nba rookies usage rate leaders in 2026

Cooper Flagg had the highest usage percentage by a rookie in 2025-26, at 26.9 percent.

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  • Assumption:2,000+ MIN/82TG
  • Data note: Usage Percentage: player season data complete from 1977-78
NAMEUSG%SEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
26.9
2025-26
70
33.5
21.0
6.7
4.5
1.2
0.9
8.0
17.1
46.8
1.0
3.5
29.5
4.0
4.9
82.7
54.8
1.2
5.4
2.3
2,344
1,473
466
316
84
64
161
142
-266
2Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
25.5
2025-26
82
25.8
14.3
3.7
3.4
1.2
0.4
5.3
12.3
43.4
1.2
3.7
33.0
2.4
3.0
78.9
52.5
0.7
2.9
2.2
2,112
1,169
300
279
97
30
178
151
-287
3Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
22.3
2025-26
81
31.5
18.5
5.3
3.4
0.7
0.2
6.4
13.4
47.5
3.4
7.9
42.5
2.4
2.8
86.3
63.3
1.2
4.1
2.0
2,551
1,498
432
274
57
19
161
169
+322
4Derik Queen
D. Queen
21.8
2025-26
81
25.0
11.7
7.1
3.7
1.0
0.9
4.4
9.2
47.3
0.3
1.1
26.1
2.7
3.4
79.5
54.6
1.7
5.4
2.3
2,023
948
572
298
84
74
190
215
-304
5VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
20.1
2025-26
75
35.0
16.0
5.6
4.2
1.4
0.5
6.0
13.7
43.8
2.0
5.6
35.4
2.0
2.4
81.8
54.0
1.6
4.0
1.8
2,623
1,199
423
315
107
39
137
214
+57

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Team Leaders

PPG

23.9

Flagg

Cooper Flagg

RPG

7.8

Washington

P.J. Washington

APG

6.4

Flagg

Cooper Flagg
Team Rankings

ORTG

113.2

17th

DRTG

112.0

11th

NETRTG

1.2

17th

3P%

33.1

20th

2026-27 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
8
6
3
.667
1.0
9
4
3
.571
2.0
10
Mavericks Mavericks
5
4
.556
2.0
11
4
4
.500
2.5
12
2
5
.286
4.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/8
@
7:30 PM
Mon
11/9
@
8:00 PM
Thu
11/12
@
8:00 PM
Sat
11/14
@
7:30 PM
Sun
11/15
@
6:00 PM
Last Game
UTA Jazz

1 - 8

100

Final

112

DAL Mavericks

5 - 4

Fri 6 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

NBA 2026-27 Betting

NBA 2026-27 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
8
2
.800
2
7
2
.778
0.5
3
6
2
.750
1.0
4
6
4
.600
2.0
5
5
4
.556
2.5
6
4
4
.500
3.0
7
4
4
.500
3.0
8
4
5
.444
3.5
9
3
6
.333
4.5
10
3
6
.333
4.5
11
3
7
.300
5.0
12
2
6
.250
5.0
13
2
6
.250
5.0
14
1
7
.125
6.0
15
1
7
.125
6.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
6
1
.857
2
7
2
.778
3
7
2
.778
4
6
2
.750
0.5
5
6
2
.750
0.5
6
6
2
.750
0.5
7
6
3
.667
1.0
8
6
3
.667
1.0
9
4
3
.571
2.0
10
5
4
.556
2.0
11
4
4
.500
2.5
12
2
5
.286
4.0
13
1
7
.125
5.5
14
1
7
.125
5.5
15
1
8
.111
6.0

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
10/20
@
113-121
Tue
10/20
@
106-100
Tue
10/20
@
116-104
Wed
10/21
@
132-125
Wed
10/21
@
116-128

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/7
@
5:00 PM
Sat
11/7
@
7:30 PM
Sat
11/7
@
8:00 PM
Sat
11/7
@
8:00 PM
Sat
11/7
@
8:30 PM