nba players in nba history to average 17.7 minutes per game in their rookie season

Dylan Harper has played 21.5 minutes per game this season.

Interpreted as:
NBA players in NBA history to average 17.7 or higher minutes per game in their rookie season
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1Dylan Harper
D. Harper
21.5
2025-26
SAS SAS
12
12.8
3.1
3.8
1.0
0.0
4.8
10.3
46.0
0.7
2.4
27.6
2.6
3.5
73.8
53.7
1.0
2.1
1.5
258
153
37
45
12
0
18
28
+33
2Ace Bailey
A. Bailey
22.8
2025-26
UTA UTA
22
10.1
3.4
1.6
0.8
0.3
4.0
8.7
45.3
1.5
4.0
36.4
0.8
1.0
77.3
55.3
1.5
1.9
1.3
502
223
74
36
18
7
29
55
-104
3Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
33.6
2025-26
DAL DAL
23
17.2
6.4
3.3
1.3
0.6
6.7
14.0
47.5
0.9
3.5
24.7
3.0
3.7
81.4
55.0
1.2
5.2
2.3
772
396
147
75
30
14
52
53
-162
4VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
34.4
2025-26
PHI PHI
19
14.3
5.7
4.1
1.4
0.5
5.4
13.1
41.5
1.9
5.2
36.7
1.6
2.1
75.0
51.2
1.8
3.9
1.8
654
272
108
77
26
9
35
60
+54
5Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
33.4
2025-26
CHA CHA
23
18.2
5.5
3.2
0.7
0.2
6.3
13.7
46.2
3.4
8.3
41.4
2.1
2.3
90.6
61.7
1.0
4.6
2.4
769
419
127
74
17
5
55
51
-40
6Cedric Coward
C. Coward
27.3
2025-26
MEM MEM
23
13.4
6.2
2.7
0.6
0.3
4.7
10.5
45.2
1.5
4.7
32.7
2.4
2.8
86.2
57.3
1.3
4.9
1.4
627
309
142
62
14
7
33
44
+52
7Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
27.8
2025-26
NOP NOP
23
15.9
3.4
3.0
1.5
0.2
6.0
13.2
45.1
1.3
3.4
38.0
2.7
3.3
79.2
54.0
0.7
2.8
2.3
639
365
79
68
34
4
53
45
-206
8Derik Queen
D. Queen
24.5
2025-26
NOP NOP
23
12.3
6.1
3.6
1.0
0.7
4.6
9.6
48.2
0.1
0.7
11.8
3.0
3.8
78.4
54.7
1.8
4.3
2.2
563
283
141
82
24
16
50
75
-132
9Collin Murray-Boyles
C. Murray-Boyles
18.0
2025-26
TOR TOR
19
7.4
3.3
1.3
0.7
0.3
2.8
5.1
55.7
0.6
1.3
48.0
1.1
1.6
66.7
63.5
1.7
1.6
1.2
342
140
62
24
13
6
23
44
-45
10Egor Dëmin
E. Dëmin
22.9
2025-26
BKN BKN
20
8.4
3.3
3.5
0.9
0.4
3.0
7.9
37.3
1.9
5.4
34.6
0.6
0.7
85.7
50.9
0.6
2.7
1.7
457
167
65
70
17
7
33
39
-92
11Drake Powell
D. Powell
19.1
2025-26
BKN BKN
15
6.5
1.8
2.0
0.9
0.1
2.3
4.7
49.3
0.7
2.0
36.7
1.1
1.2
94.4
62.1
0.3
1.5
1.1
287
98
27
30
13
2
17
27
-49
12Tre Johnson
T. Johnson
24.3
2025-26
WAS WAS
15
11.5
3.0
1.3
0.4
0.5
4.3
9.7
44.5
2.0
5.1
39.5
0.9
1.1
81.3
56.5
0.5
2.5
1.6
364
173
45
20
6
7
24
28
-109
13Will Richard
W. Richard
18.8
2025-26
GSW GSW
21
8.1
2.6
1.2
1.0
0.0
2.9
5.4
54.0
1.2
3.1
39.4
1.0
1.4
75.9
67.6
1.0
1.6
0.7
395
170
55
25
21
1
14
44
-26
14Ryan Kalkbrenner
R. Kalkbrenner
25.6
2025-26
CHA CHA
21
9.1
6.7
0.5
0.8
1.9
3.8
4.8
80.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
2.0
75.6
80.9
2.9
3.8
1.2
537
191
141
10
16
40
25
36
-90
15Sion James
S. James
26.1
2025-26
CHA CHA
23
6.6
3.1
1.5
0.7
0.5
2.0
4.9
41.6
1.2
3.1
38.0
1.3
1.5
85.7
58.8
0.4
2.7
1.0
601
151
72
35
17
11
22
38
-47
16Kobe Sanders
K. Sanders
20.3
2025-26
LAC LAC
15
7.2
2.1
1.4
0.7
0.1
2.3
5.6
41.7
1.1
3.0
35.6
1.5
1.6
91.7
57.1
0.5
1.5
1.3
304
108
31
21
10
2
20
36
+9
17Caleb Love
C. Love
17.9
2025-26
POR POR
15
8.3
2.8
1.9
0.5
0.0
3.0
9.1
32.8
1.5
5.6
27.4
0.7
0.9
78.6
43.3
0.7
2.1
0.7
268
124
42
28
7
0
11
19
-60
18Ryan Nembhard
R. Nembhard
18.1
2025-26
DAL DAL
11
8.7
1.6
4.5
0.2
0.0
3.6
6.6
54.8
1.3
2.5
51.9
0.2
0.3
66.7
64.6
0.3
1.4
1.1
199
96
18
50
2
0
12
17
-35
19Tyson Etienne
T. Etienne
21.6
2024-25
BKN BKN
7
7.9
1.3
1.7
0.4
0.1
2.4
7.4
32.7
1.9
6.3
29.5
1.1
1.4
80.0
48.8
0.4
0.9
1.1
151
55
9
12
3
1
8
17
-70
20Jaylen Sims
J. Sims
18.7
2024-25
CHA CHA
6
7.0
1.0
2.0
0.5
0.2
2.0
4.7
42.9
1.0
2.5
40.0
2.0
2.5
80.0
60.7
0.5
0.5
1.3
112
42
6
12
3
1
8
10
-47
21Drew Timme
D. Timme
28.2
2024-25
BKN BKN
9
12.1
7.2
2.2
0.4
0.1
5.0
11.3
44.1
1.0
3.9
25.7
1.1
1.8
62.5
50.0
1.9
5.3
1.7
254
109
65
20
4
1
15
21
-66
22Damion Baugh
D. Baugh
24.7
2024-25
CHA CHA
15
7.3
3.3
3.7
1.0
0.1
2.8
8.7
32.3
0.8
3.7
21.4
0.9
1.0
86.7
39.9
0.9
2.4
2.1
370
109
50
56
15
2
31
22
-169
23Stephon Castle
S. Castle
26.7
2024-25
SAS 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
24Isaiah Collier
I. Collier
25.9
2024-25
UTA UTA
71
8.7
3.3
6.3
0.9
0.2
3.3
7.8
42.2
0.6
2.4
24.9
1.5
2.2
68.2
49.4
0.5
2.9
2.9
1,839
615
235
446
66
16
208
149
-403
25Cody Williams
C. Williams
21.2
2024-25
UTA UTA
50
4.6
2.3
1.2
0.5
0.3
1.7
5.1
32.3
0.7
2.7
25.9
0.6
0.8
72.5
41.9
0.5
1.7
0.9
1,060
230
113
59
23
16
44
95
-339
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8:00 PM
Wed
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10:00 PM
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