most per by a nba rookie

Derik Queen has the highest PER by a rookie this season, with a 16.9 rating.

Interpreted as:
most per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a NBA rookie this regular season
NAMEPERSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Derik Queen
D. Queen
16.9
2025-26
42
26.0
12.5
7.5
4.3
1.0
1.0
4.9
9.9
49.0
0.2
0.9
17.9
2.7
3.4
77.8
55.0
1.7
5.7
2.5
1,091
527
313
182
44
41
103
125
-162
2Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
16.5
2025-26
40
32.6
19.1
5.2
3.6
0.7
0.2
6.6
13.6
48.4
3.4
8.0
42.8
2.4
2.7
89.0
64.3
1.0
4.2
2.2
1,302
762
206
144
27
8
89
93
-12
3Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
16.3
2025-26
40
34.1
18.8
6.3
4.2
1.3
0.8
7.2
15.0
47.8
1.0
3.4
28.7
3.5
4.3
81.8
55.6
1.2
5.1
2.2
1,363
752
250
167
51
32
87
91
-156
4Cedric Coward
C. Coward
15.4
2025-26
37
26.7
14.0
6.6
2.9
0.5
0.4
5.0
10.6
47.1
1.6
4.6
34.3
2.4
2.9
84.9
58.9
1.5
5.1
1.7
987
518
243
107
20
13
63
76
+28
5VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
13.5
2025-26
35
35.8
15.9
5.3
4.3
1.6
0.5
5.9
13.9
42.5
2.3
6.0
37.6
1.8
2.3
79.0
53.3
1.7
3.6
1.7
1,253
555
186
150
55
18
61
113
+78
6Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
12.3
2025-26
43
26.8
14.2
3.7
3.2
1.2
0.2
5.4
12.4
43.4
1.0
3.2
32.4
2.3
2.9
79.4
51.7
0.8
2.9
2.4
1,152
609
158
136
52
10
105
75
-279
7Sion James
S. James
8.9
2025-26
41
25.4
6.5
3.5
1.9
0.6
0.4
2.0
5.0
40.5
1.1
3.0
37.4
1.4
1.6
86.2
57.4
0.6
2.9
0.8
1,040
268
143
79
25
17
33
73
-44
StatMuse has season-level data for MIN/82TG going back to the 1951-52 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

22.4

Williamson

Zion Williamson

RPG

7.5

Queen

Derik Queen

APG

4.3

Queen

Derik Queen
Team Rankings

ORTG

113.1

24th

DRTG

120.3

28th

NETRTG

-7.1

26th

3P%

34.1

26th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
11
17
23
.425
17.0
12
16
26
.381
19.0
13
14
27
.341
20.5
14
11
30
.268
23.5
15
Pelicans Pelicans
10
33
.233
25.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
1/16
@
7:00 PM
Sun
1/18
@
7:00 PM
Wed
1/21
@
8:00 PM
Fri
1/23
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/25
@
7:00 PM
Last Game
BKN Nets

11 - 27

113

Final

116

NOP Pelicans

10 - 33

Wed 14 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
29
10
.744
2
25
15
.625
4.5
3
25
16
.610
5.0
4
25
17
.595
5.5
5
22
17
.564
7.0
6
23
18
.561
7.0
7
23
19
.548
7.5
8
21
20
.512
9.0
9
19
21
.475
10.5
10
20
23
.465
11.0
11
17
24
.415
13.0
12
15
26
.366
15.0
13
11
27
.289
17.5
14
10
29
.256
19.0
15
9
32
.220
21.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
35
7
.833
2
28
13
.683
6.5
3
28
13
.683
6.5
4
27
14
.659
7.5
5
24
15
.615
9.5
6
23
15
.605
10.0
7
24
17
.585
10.5
8
23
19
.548
12.0
9
20
22
.476
15.0
10
17
23
.425
17.0
11
17
23
.425
17.0
12
16
26
.381
19.0
13
14
27
.341
20.5
14
11
30
.268
23.5
15
10
33
.233
25.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
12/19
@
130-122
Fri
12/19
@
116-119
Fri
12/19
@
128-127
Fri
12/19
@
98-93
Fri
12/19
@
88-103

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
1/16
@
7:00 PM
Fri
1/16
@
7:00 PM
Fri
1/16
@
7:30 PM
Fri
1/16
@
7:30 PM
Fri
1/16
@
9:30 PM