nba players to win championship their rookie year

Dillon Jones won a championship in his rookie season in 2024-25.

	NAME	Champs	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	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	Dillon Jones D. Jones	1	2024-25	OKC	54	10.2	2.5	2.2	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.9	2.5	38.3	0.3	1.2	25.4	0.3	0.5	60.7	46.4	0.6	1.7	0.5	551	135	121	58	16	4	28	54	+75
2	Ajay Mitchell A. Mitchell	1	2024-25	OKC	36	16.6	6.5	1.9	1.8	0.7	0.1	2.5	5.1	49.5	0.6	1.7	38.3	0.8	1.0	82.9	58.7	0.5	1.4	0.8	597	234	68	64	25	4	29	68	+127
3	Jordan Walsh J. Walsh	1	2023-24	BOS	9	9.2	1.7	2.2	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.7	40.0	0.2	1.0	22.2	0.1	0.2	50.0	47.2	0.6	1.7	0.3	83	15	20	5	5	1	3	11	+47
4	Peyton Watson P. Watson	1	2022-23	DEN	23	8.1	3.3	1.6	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	2.6	49.2	0.3	0.6	42.9	0.5	0.9	55.0	55.3	0.3	1.3	0.3	186	75	37	11	2	11	8	14	-47
5	Christian Braun C. Braun	1	2022-23	DEN	76	15.5	4.7	2.4	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.9	3.8	49.5	0.4	1.3	35.4	0.5	0.8	62.5	56.8	0.6	1.8	0.5	1,181	360	181	59	41	17	35	101	-114
6	Moses Moody M. Moody	1	2021-22	GSW	52	11.7	4.4	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.2	1.5	3.5	43.7	0.8	2.1	36.4	0.5	0.7	77.8	57.3	0.3	1.2	0.3	607	228	80	23	7	10	13	43	-42
7	Jonathan Kuminga J. Kuminga	1	2021-22	GSW	70	16.9	9.3	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.3	3.4	6.6	51.3	0.7	2.1	33.6	1.9	2.7	68.4	60.0	0.8	2.6	1.1	1,185	652	234	64	31	22	74	146	+35
8	Sam Merrill S. Merrill	1	2020-21	MIL	30	7.8	3.0	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.1	2.4	44.4	0.7	1.6	44.7	0.1	0.1	100.0	60.3	0.2	0.8	0.3	233	89	30	21	8	1	10	17	-38
9	Jordan Nwora J. Nwora	1	2020-21	MIL	30	9.1	5.7	2.0	0.2	0.6	0.3	2.1	4.5	45.9	0.9	2.1	45.2	0.6	0.8	76.0	58.6	0.3	1.7	0.8	274	171	60	7	17	8	24	22	-3
10	Mamadi Diakite M. Diakite	1	2020-21	MIL	14	10.1	3.1	2.4	0.6	0.4	0.4	1.1	2.9	40.0	0.1	0.6	12.5	0.8	1.0	78.6	47.7	0.6	1.9	0.2	141	44	34	8	6	5	3	16	+8
11	Elijah Bryant E. Bryant	1	2020-21	MIL	1	32.0	16.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	13.0	46.2	1.0	5.0	20.0	3.0	3.0	100.0	55.9	2.0	4.0	4.0	32	16	6	3	0	1	4	4	+11
12	Talen Horton-Tucker T. Horton-Tucker	1	2019-20	LAL	6	13.5	5.7	1.2	1.0	1.3	0.2	2.3	5.0	46.7	0.7	2.2	30.8	0.3	0.7	50.0	53.5	0.3	0.8	1.0	81	34	7	6	8	1	6	10	-19
13	Jordan Bell J. Bell	1	2017-18	GSW	57	14.2	4.6	3.6	1.8	0.6	1.0	2.0	3.2	62.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.8	68.2	64.1	1.1	2.6	0.9	809	262	207	102	35	56	51	92	+160
14	Damian Jones D. Jones	1	2016-17	GSW	10	8.5	1.9	2.3	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.6	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.3	1.0	30.0	46.6	0.9	1.4	0.6	85	19	23	0	1	4	6	15	-28
15	Patrick McCaw P. McCaw	1	2016-17	GSW	71	15.1	4.0	1.4	1.1	0.5	0.2	1.5	3.5	43.3	0.6	1.7	33.3	0.4	0.5	78.4	54.0	0.3	1.1	0.5	1,074	282	100	77	32	15	36	62	-44
16	Jordan McRae J. McRae	1	2015-16	TOT	22	8.9	4.5	0.9	1.1	0.1	0.0	1.5	3.5	43.6	0.5	1.0	45.5	1.0	1.3	75.0	54.8	0.2	0.7	0.7	195	99	20	25	3	1	15	17	+44
17	James Michael McAdoo J. Michael McAdoo	1	2014-15	GSW	15	9.1	4.1	2.5	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.6	2.9	54.5	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.7	56.0	56.4	1.0	1.5	0.4	137	62	37	2	5	9	6	21	+10
18	Norris Cole N. Cole	1	2011-12	MIA	65	19.4	6.8	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.0	2.7	6.9	39.3	0.3	1.2	27.6	1.0	1.3	77.6	45.2	0.3	1.1	1.6	1,260	441	91	133	44	2	105	124	-52
19	Terrel Harris T. Harris	1	2011-12	MIA	22	14.5	3.6	2.3	1.2	0.4	0.1	1.3	3.8	34.9	0.4	1.8	20.5	0.6	1.0	66.7	43.4	0.8	1.5	1.1	318	80	51	26	9	2	25	34	-58
20	Glen Davis G. Davis	1	2007-08	BOS	69	13.6	4.5	3.0	0.4	0.4	0.3	1.6	3.2	48.4	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.2	66.0	54.5	1.4	1.6	0.9	940	313	208	28	31	20	65	160	+105
21	Wayne Simien W. Simien	1	2005-06	MIA	43	9.6	3.4	2.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.8	48.3	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.8	88.2	54.1	0.9	1.2	0.6	414	146	88	7	13	1	24	70	-37
22	Beno Udrih B. Udrih	1	2004-05	SAS	80	14.4	5.9	1.0	1.9	0.5	0.1	2.2	4.9	44.4	0.7	1.8	40.8	0.8	1.1	75.3	54.9	0.2	0.8	1.0	1,149	471	83	150	41	10	77	96	+128
23	Darko Milicic D. Milicic	1	2003-04	DET	34	4.7	1.4	1.3	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.9	26.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.7	58.3	31.8	0.3	0.9	0.4	159	48	43	7	7	15	13	33	-45
24	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	1	2002-03	SAS	69	20.7	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
25	Mark Madsen M. Madsen	1	2000-01	LAL	70	9.2	2.0	2.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.8	1.6	48.7	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.4	0.5	70.3	53.0	1.1	1.1	0.4	641	137	152	24	8	8	27	111	-94

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Team Leaders

PPG

31.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG

10.4

Hartenstein

APG

6.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

Team Rankings

ORTG

120.4

5th

DRTG

105.9

1st

NETRTG

14.6

1st

3P%

36.7

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	30	6	.833
2	Spurs	25	10	.714	4.5
3	Lakers	22	11	.667	6.5
4	Nuggets	23	12	.657	6.5
5	Rockets	21	11	.656	7.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 1/7	UTA	@	OKC	8:00 PM
Fri 1/9	OKC	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Sun 1/11	MIA	@	OKC	7:00 PM
Tue 1/13	SAS	@	OKC	8:00 PM
Thu 1/15	OKC	@	HOU	7:30 PM

Last Game

Thunder

30 - 6

105

Final

108

Suns

21 - 14

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

31.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.1

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.1

Gobert

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.2

Leonard

2.1

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.3

Sarr

2.2

Huff

2.1

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.7

Maxey

TS% Leaders

71.3

Jokić

70.2

Ayton

70.2

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

124.5

123.0

122.5

121.6

120.4

119.1

DRtg Rankings

105.9

111.4

112.2

113.1

113.3

113.5

NetRtg Rankings

14.6

8.8

7.4

6.2

6.0

5.5

Tank Leaderboard

6-30

8-29

8-28

9-25

11-22

12-23

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,795.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,684.1

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,803.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,782

Johnson

USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.3

Brown

33.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.4

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.55

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.55

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

24-11

20-12-1

20-14

21-15

20-15

Worst Record ATS

12-25

12-24

14-20

15-21

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	26	9	.743
2	Knicks	23	12	.657	3.0
3	Celtics	22	12	.647	3.5
4	Raptors	21	15	.583	5.5
5	76ers	19	14	.576	6.0
6	Magic	20	16	.556	6.5
7	Heat	20	16	.556	6.5
8	Cavaliers	20	17	.541	7.0
9	Bulls	17	18	.486	9.0
10	Hawks	17	20	.459	10.0
11	Bucks	16	20	.444	10.5
12	Hornets	12	23	.343	14.0
13	Nets	11	22	.333	14.0
14	Wizards	9	25	.265	16.5
15	Pacers	6	30	.167	20.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	30	6	.833
2	Spurs	25	10	.714	4.5
3	Lakers	22	11	.667	6.5
4	Nuggets	23	12	.657	6.5
5	Rockets	21	11	.656	7.0
6	Timberwolves	23	13	.639	7.0
7	Suns	21	14	.600	8.5
8	Warriors	19	17	.528	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	16	20	.444	14.0
10	Grizzlies	15	20	.429	14.5
11	Mavericks	13	23	.361	17.0
12	Clippers	12	22	.353	17.0
13	Jazz	12	22	.353	17.0
14	Kings	8	28	.222	22.0
15	Pelicans	8	29	.216	22.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 12/4	MIA	@	ORL	105-106
Thu 12/4	LAL	@	BOS	105-126
Thu 12/4	UTA	@	NYK	112-146
Thu 12/4	SAS	@	CLE	117-130
Thu 12/4	DEN	@	ATL	134-133

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 1/5	DEN	@	PHI	8:30 PM
Mon 1/5	UTA	@	POR	10:00 PM
Mon 1/5	GSW	@	LAC	10:00 PM
Tue 1/6	CLE	@	IND	7:00 PM
Tue 1/6	ORL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Dillon Jones won a championship in his rookie season in 2024-25.

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