most assists per minute by a rookie since 1980

Since 1979-80, Ennis Whatley has the most assists per minute played by a rookie, with 0.31 in 1983-84.

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most assists per minute with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a rookie since 1980

	NAME	AST/MIN	AST	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	0.31	662	2,159	1983-84	CHI	80	27.0	8.4	2.5	8.3	1.5	0.2	3.3	7.0	46.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.5	73.0	51.9	0.8	1.7	3.4	668	197	119	17	268	223
2	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	0.27	868	3,249	1987-88	NYK	82	39.6	13.6	4.8	10.6	2.5	0.1	5.3	12.4	43.2	0.4	1.5	25.4	2.5	3.2	77.4	49.3	1.5	3.4	3.1	1,114	396	205	6	258	244
3	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	0.26	647	2,442	2001-02	IND	80	30.5	9.4	3.7	8.1	1.7	0.5	3.6	9.5	38.0	0.5	2.2	24.0	1.6	2.3	70.4	44.6	1.0	2.8	3.4	751	298	138	40	270	248	+43
4	Brevin Knight B. Knight	0.26	656	2,483	1997-98	CLE	80	31.0	9.0	3.2	8.2	2.5	0.2	3.3	7.4	44.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.1	80.1	51.5	0.8	2.3	2.4	723	253	196	18	194	271	+298
5	Trae Young T. Young	0.26	653	2,503	2018-19	ATL	81	30.9	19.1	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	6.5	15.5	41.8	1.9	6.0	32.4	4.2	5.1	82.9	53.9	0.8	2.9	3.8	1,549	301	72	15	308	140	-336
6	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	0.26	689	2,663	1989-90	GSW	79	33.7	14.7	3.9	8.7	2.1	0.2	5.9	12.5	47.1	0.3	1.1	27.4	2.7	3.5	76.4	52.5	0.7	3.2	3.3	1,162	310	165	12	260	232
7	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	0.25	619	2,470	1989-90	MIA	81	30.5	14.3	2.5	7.6	1.8	0.1	5.7	11.6	49.4	0.1	0.4	16.1	2.8	4.0	68.7	53.4	0.9	1.7	3.0	1,155	206	145	10	246	187
8	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	0.24	661	2,732	2017-18	PHI	81	33.7	15.8	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	6.7	12.3	54.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.2	56.0	55.7	1.8	6.3	3.4	1,279	659	140	70	278	211	+387
9	Ja Morant J. Morant	0.24	488	2,074	2019-20	MEM	67	31.0	17.8	3.9	7.3	0.9	0.3	6.7	14.0	47.7	0.9	2.7	33.5	3.6	4.6	77.6	55.6	0.8	3.1	3.3	1,193	259	58	18	220	110	-17
10	Gary Payton G. Payton	0.24	528	2,244	1990-91	SEA	82	27.4	7.2	3.0	6.4	2.0	0.2	3.2	7.0	45.0	0.0	0.2	7.7	0.8	1.2	71.1	47.6	1.3	1.6	2.2	588	243	165	15	180	249
11	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	0.23	565	2,433	1981-82	DET	72	33.8	17.0	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	6.3	14.8	42.4	0.2	0.8	28.8	4.2	6.0	70.4	48.7	0.8	2.1	4.2	1,225	209	150	17	299	253
12	Kelvin Ransey K. Ransey	0.23	555	2,431	1980-81	POR	80	30.4	15.2	2.4	6.9	1.1	0.1	6.6	14.5	45.2	0.0	0.4	9.7	2.1	2.7	74.9	48.4	0.5	1.9	2.9	1,217	195	88	9	232	201
13	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	0.23	653	2,865	1995-96	TOR	70	40.9	19.0	4.0	9.3	1.4	0.3	6.9	16.1	42.6	1.9	4.8	39.5	3.4	4.2	79.7	52.8	0.8	3.2	3.8	1,331	281	98	19	267	166
14	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	0.23	607	2,668	1994-95	DAL	79	33.8	11.7	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.3	4.2	10.8	38.5	0.9	3.3	27.2	2.4	3.5	69.8	47.1	1.9	3.5	3.2	922	430	151	24	250	146
15	Andre Miller A. Miller	0.23	476	2,093	1999-00	CLE	82	25.5	11.1	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.2	4.1	9.2	44.9	0.1	0.6	20.4	2.8	3.6	77.4	51.7	1.0	2.4	2.0	914	280	84	17	166	194	-107
16	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	0.22	522	2,324	1996-97	MIN	67	34.7	15.8	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	5.3	13.0	40.8	1.5	4.3	35.4	3.7	5.0	72.7	51.9	0.8	1.9	3.1	1,057	184	67	19	210	159	-157
17	John Wall J. Wall	0.22	574	2,606	2010-11	WAS	69	37.8	16.4	4.6	8.3	1.8	0.5	5.8	14.1	40.9	0.5	1.7	29.6	4.4	5.7	76.6	49.4	0.5	4.1	3.8	1,131	317	121	35	261	175	-440
18	Chris Paul C. Paul	0.22	611	2,808	2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.6	2.3	28.2	5.1	6.0	84.7	54.6	0.8	4.3	2.3	1,258	400	175	6	183	218	-181
19	Pooh Richardson P. Richardson	0.21	554	2,581	1989-90	MIN	82	31.5	11.4	2.6	6.8	1.6	0.3	5.2	11.3	46.1	0.3	1.0	27.7	0.8	1.3	58.9	48.2	0.7	2.0	1.7	938	217	133	25	141	143
20	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	0.21	533	2,489	2014-15	ORL	82	30.4	8.9	4.3	6.5	1.7	0.2	3.7	8.6	42.5	0.1	0.5	26.2	1.4	2.6	55.1	45.6	1.3	3.0	2.5	731	349	142	20	203	193	-204
21	Fat Lever F. Lever	0.21	426	2,020	1982-83	POR	81	24.9	7.8	2.8	5.3	1.9	0.2	3.2	7.3	43.1	0.1	0.2	33.3	1.4	2.0	73.0	47.7	1.0	1.7	1.7	633	225	153	15	137	179
22	Brian Shaw B. Shaw	0.21	472	2,301	1988-89	BOS	82	28.1	8.6	4.6	5.8	1.0	0.3	3.6	8.4	43.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.3	1.6	82.6	47.2	1.5	3.1	2.3	703	376	78	27	188	211
23	Darren Collison D. Collison	0.2	432	2,109	2009-10	NOH	76	27.8	12.4	2.5	5.7	1.0	0.1	4.9	10.4	47.7	0.6	1.5	40.0	1.9	2.3	85.1	54.6	0.5	2.0	2.7	946	192	78	4	202	92	-175
24	Winston Garland W. Garland	0.2	429	2,122	1987-88	GSW	67	31.7	12.4	3.4	6.4	1.7	0.1	5.1	11.6	43.9	0.2	0.6	33.3	2.1	2.3	87.9	49.2	1.0	2.4	2.5	831	227	116	7	167	188
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	0.2	563	2,795	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	6.5	12.3	53.0	0.1	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	1,387	596	187	41	305	218

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Sat 12/27	MIL	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 12/29	MIN	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Wed 12/31	NOP	@	CHI	7:00 PM
Fri 1/2	ORL	@	CHI	8:00 PM
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