most minutes per game for a rookie in spurs history

Tim Duncan has the most minutes per game by a Spurs rookie in a season with 39.1 minutes per game in 1997-98.

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	NAME	MPG	SEASON	TM	GP	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	39.1	1997-98	SAS	82	21.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	8.6	15.7	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.2	57.7	3.3	8.6	3.4	3,204	1,731	977	224	55	206	279	254	+429
2	David Robinson D. Robinson	36.6	1989-90	SAS	82	24.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	8.4	15.9	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.2	73.2	59.7	3.7	8.3	3.1	3,002	1,993	983	164	138	319	257	259
3	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	33.8	1988-89	SAS	81	18.6	5.1	4.6	1.9	0.8	7.9	15.9	49.8	0.0	0.3	19.0	2.8	3.6	77.5	53.4	1.9	3.3	3.2	2,738	1,508	417	372	150	62	261	295
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	29.7	2023-24	SAS	71	21.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	7.8	16.7	46.5	1.8	5.5	32.5	4.1	5.2	79.6	56.5	2.3	8.4	3.7	2,106	1,522	755	274	88	254	260	153	-142
5	Tony Parker T. Parker	29.4	2001-02	SAS	77	9.2	2.6	4.3	1.2	0.1	3.5	8.3	41.9	0.8	2.5	32.3	1.4	2.1	67.5	49.7	0.4	2.1	2.0	2,267	705	197	334	89	7	151	166	+177
6	Walter Berry W. Berry	28.0	1986-87	SAS	56	17.6	5.4	1.9	0.6	0.7	7.2	13.5	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	5.1	64.8	55.9	2.4	3.0	2.7	1,567	988	302	104	36	40	153	188
7	Stephon Castle S. Castle	26.7	2024-25	SAS	81	14.7	3.7	4.1	0.9	0.3	5.2	12.2	42.8	1.2	4.1	28.5	3.1	4.2	72.4	52.2	1.1	2.6	2.2	2,162	1,190	297	332	74	22	177	164	-239
8	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	26.1	1988-89	SAS	79	11.7	2.6	3.8	1.1	0.1	4.5	10.5	43.2	0.4	1.6	24.8	2.3	3.1	74.5	49.6	0.6	1.9	2.3	2,065	927	202	301	86	8	178	136
9	Jeremy Sochan J. Sochan	26.0	2022-23	SAS	56	11.0	5.3	2.5	0.8	0.4	4.5	9.9	45.3	0.6	2.4	24.6	1.4	2.1	69.8	50.9	1.7	3.6	1.7	1,458	614	295	142	43	23	97	138	-235
10	Sean Elliott S. Elliott	25.1	1989-90	SAS	81	10.0	3.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	3.8	8.0	48.1	0.0	0.1	11.1	2.3	2.7	86.6	54.6	1.6	2.1	1.4	2,032	810	297	154	45	14	112	172
11	Greg Anderson G. Anderson	24.2	1987-88	SAS	82	11.7	6.3	1.0	0.7	1.5	4.6	9.2	50.1	0.0	0.1	20.0	2.4	4.0	60.4	53.1	2.0	4.3	1.7	1,984	957	513	79	54	122	143	228
12	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	24.0	2011-12	SAS	64	7.9	5.1	1.1	1.3	0.4	3.1	6.3	49.3	0.6	1.7	37.6	1.1	1.4	77.3	57.3	1.6	3.5	0.7	1,534	507	327	70	85	24	44	88	+131
13	Malaki Branham M. Branham	23.5	2022-23	SAS	66	10.2	2.7	1.9	0.5	0.1	4.1	9.3	44.0	1.2	3.9	30.2	0.9	1.1	82.9	52.4	0.4	2.3	1.2	1,549	673	181	127	33	7	76	115	-364
14	Dylan Harper D. Harper	22.6	2025-26	SAS	69	11.8	3.4	3.9	0.8	0.3	4.8	9.5	50.5	0.9	2.6	34.3	1.3	1.7	75.6	57.4	0.8	2.6	1.4	1,558	813	234	266	54	24	99	139	+303
15	Reggie Johnson R. Johnson	21.7	1980-81	SAS	79	10.2	4.5	1.0	0.6	0.6	4.3	8.6	49.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.4	66.3	52.7	1.7	2.9	1.6	1,716	808	358	78	45	48	130	283
16	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	21.3	1984-85	SAS	79	9.2	3.4	3.5	1.6	0.3	3.8	7.6	49.8	0.1	0.1	36.4	1.6	2.1	73.4	53.8	1.5	1.9	2.1	1,685	726	265	275	127	24	167	217
17	Gene Banks G. Banks	21.3	1981-82	SAS	80	9.6	5.1	1.8	0.7	0.2	3.9	8.2	47.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.7	68.4	51.5	2.0	3.2	1.3	1,700	767	411	147	55	17	106	199
18	Gary Neal G. Neal	21.1	2010-11	SAS	80	9.8	2.5	1.2	0.3	0.1	3.6	7.9	45.1	1.6	3.9	41.9	1.1	1.3	80.8	57.8	0.3	2.2	1.0	1,685	783	196	96	27	4	78	148	+88
19	Johnny Dawkins J. Dawkins	20.8	1986-87	SAS	81	10.3	2.1	3.6	0.8	0.0	4.1	9.4	43.7	0.2	0.6	29.8	1.9	2.4	80.1	49.2	0.7	1.4	1.5	1,682	835	169	290	67	3	120	118
20	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	20.7	2002-03	SAS	69	7.6	2.3	2.0	1.4	0.2	2.5	5.8	43.8	0.7	2.1	34.5	1.8	2.5	73.7	55.6	0.7	1.7	1.4	1,431	525	161	138	96	17	100	170	+145
21	Lloyd Daniels L. Daniels	20.4	1992-93	SAS	77	9.1	2.8	1.9	0.5	0.4	3.7	8.4	44.3	0.8	2.3	33.3	0.9	1.3	72.7	51.0	1.1	1.7	1.3	1,573	701	216	148	38	30	102	144
22	Fred Roberts F. Roberts	19.4	1983-84	SAS	79	7.3	3.8	1.2	0.7	0.5	2.7	5.1	53.6	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.8	2.2	83.7	60.4	1.3	2.6	1.3	1,531	573	304	98	52	38	100	219
23	Joshua Primo J. Primo	19.3	2021-22	SAS	50	5.8	2.3	1.6	0.4	0.5	2.0	5.4	37.4	0.8	2.7	30.7	0.9	1.2	74.6	48.7	0.6	1.6	1.1	965	288	113	81	20	23	57	79	-81
24	Johnny Moore J. Moore	19.2	1980-81	SAS	82	7.4	2.4	4.5	1.5	0.3	3.0	6.3	47.9	0.0	0.2	5.3	1.3	2.1	61.0	50.7	0.7	1.7	1.9	1,578	604	196	373	120	22	154	178
25	DeJuan Blair D. Blair	18.2	2009-10	SAS	82	7.8	6.4	0.8	0.6	0.5	3.4	6.0	55.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	2.0	54.7	56.4	2.4	4.0	1.4	1,494	638	526	65	50	39	112	224	+101

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Team Leaders

PPG

25.0

Wembanyama

RPG

11.5

Wembanyama

APG

7.4

Castle

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.6

4th

DRTG

111.3

3rd

NETRTG

8.3

2nd

3P%

35.9

15th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	64	18	.780
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Fri 10/23	HOU	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Sat 10/24	SAS	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Tue 10/27	SAC	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	SAS	@	UTA	9:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 1

Final

Spurs

1 - 4

Sat 13 Jun 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Tim Duncan has the most minutes per game by a Spurs rookie in a season with 39.1 minutes per game in 1997-98.

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11.5

7.4

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

33.5

31.1

28.8

12.9

11.9

11.6

10.7

9.9

8.3

2.0

2.0

1.9

3.1

1.9

1.9

4.0

3.8

3.4

68.8

67.6

67.4

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

4,039.7

3,694

3,474

4,298.5

3,909.3

3,685.5

38.0

36.1

33.4

38.0

37.4

36.4

1.78

1.61

1.52

1.90

1.71

1.52

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