ranking of rookies with most usage rate with at least 20 games all seasons

Ronnie Valentine has the highest usage percentage by a rookie with 20+ games played and more than 0 seasons, at 37.1 percent in 1980-81.

NAME USG% GP SEAS SEASON TM 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 Ronnie Valentine
R. Valentine
37.1
24
1
1980-81
DEN DEN
5.1
3.5
1.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
1.5
4.1
37.8
0.0
0.1
50.0
0.4
0.8
47.4
39.5
0.4
0.8
0.7
123
84
30
7
7
4
16
23
2 Lanard Copeland
L. Copeland
36.1
23
1
1989-90
PHI PHI
4.8
3.2
0.4
0.4
0.0
0.0
1.3
3.0
45.6
0.0
0.2
20.0
0.5
0.6
78.6
49.9
0.2
0.3
0.8
110
74
10
9
1
1
19
12
3 Priest Lauderdale
P. Lauderdale
35.8
35
1
1996-97
ATL ATL
5.1
3.2
1.2
0.3
0.0
0.3
1.4
2.5
55.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.7
56.5
56.0
0.5
0.8
1.1
180
111
43
12
1
9
37
39
-14
4 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
35.8
31
1
2016-17
PHI PHI
25.4
20.2
7.8
2.1
0.9
2.5
6.5
13.8
46.6
1.2
3.2
36.7
6.2
7.9
78.3
58.4
2.0
5.9
3.8
786
627
243
66
27
76
117
112
+67
5 Trevor Ruffin
T. Ruffin
35.5
49
1
1994-95
PHX PHX
6.5
4.8
0.5
1.0
0.3
0.0
1.7
4.0
42.6
0.8
2.0
38.4
0.6
0.8
71.1
54.5
0.2
0.3
1.0
319
233
23
48
14
2
47
52
6 Oliver Robinson
O. Robinson
35.0
35
1
1982-83
SAS SAS
4.2
2.9
0.5
0.6
0.1
0.1
1.0
2.8
36.1
0.0
0.3
9.1
0.9
1.3
66.7
43.2
0.2
0.3
0.4
147
101
17
21
4
2
13
18
7 Dontonio Wingfield
D. Wingfield
34.0
20
1
1994-95
SEA SEA
4.1
2.3
1.5
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.9
2.6
35.3
0.1
0.6
16.7
0.4
0.5
80.0
41.5
0.6
1.0
0.4
81
46
30
3
5
3
8
15
8 Sean Green
S. Green
32.4
35
1
1991-92
IND IND
7.3
4.0
1.2
0.6
0.4
0.2
1.8
4.5
39.2
0.1
0.3
20.0
0.4
0.8
53.6
41.4
0.6
0.6
0.8
256
141
42
22
13
6
27
31
9 Sherell Ford
S. Ford
32.3
28
1
1995-96
SEA SEA
5.0
3.2
0.9
0.2
0.3
0.0
1.1
2.9
37.5
0.1
0.9
16.0
0.9
1.2
76.5
47.4
0.4
0.4
0.2
139
90
24
5
8
1
6
27
10 Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
32.1
71
1
2023-24
SAS SAS
29.7
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
11 Cedric Ceballos
C. Ceballos
31.3
63
1
1990-91
PHX PHX
11.6
8.2
2.4
0.6
0.3
0.1
3.2
6.7
48.7
0.0
0.1
16.7
1.7
2.6
66.3
52.7
1.2
1.2
1.1
730
519
150
35
22
5
69
70
12 Richard Petruska
R. Petruska
31.2
22
1
1993-94
HOU HOU
4.2
2.4
1.4
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.9
2.1
43.5
0.3
0.7
46.7
0.3
0.4
75.0
53.5
0.4
1.0
0.7
92
53
31
1
2
3
15
15
13 Fennis Dembo
F. Dembo
31.0
31
1
1988-89
DET DET
2.4
1.2
0.7
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.5
1.4
33.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.3
80.0
38.8
0.3
0.5
0.2
74
36
23
5
1
0
7
15
14 Jonathan Bender
J. Bender
30.6
24
1
1999-00
IND IND
5.4
2.7
0.9
0.1
0.0
0.2
1.0
2.9
32.9
0.1
0.5
16.7
0.7
1.0
66.7
39.7
0.2
0.7
0.3
130
64
21
3
1
5
7
18
-2
15 Ben Gordon
B. Gordon
30.5
82
1
2004-05
CHI CHI
24.4
15.1
2.6
2.0
0.6
0.1
5.3
12.9
41.1
1.6
4.0
40.5
2.8
3.3
86.3
52.6
0.7
2.0
2.3
2,002
1,235
215
164
53
10
186
224
+146
16 Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
30.4
72
1
2018-19
DAL DAL
32.2
21.2
7.8
6.0
1.1
0.3
7.0
16.5
42.7
2.3
7.1
32.7
4.8
6.7
71.3
54.5
1.2
6.6
3.4
2,318
1,526
563
429
77
25
247
137
-118
17 Mike Niles
M. Niles
30.3
44
1
1980-81
PHX PHX
5.3
2.6
1.3
0.3
0.2
0.0
1.1
3.1
34.8
0.0
0.1
50.0
0.4
0.8
45.9
37.3
0.6
0.7
0.6
231
115
58
15
8
1
25
41
18 Zion Williamson
Z. Williamson
30.3
24
1
2019-20
NOP NOP
27.8
22.5
6.3
2.1
0.7
0.4
8.8
15.0
58.3
0.3
0.6
42.9
4.8
7.4
64.0
61.6
2.7
3.6
2.5
668
540
150
50
16
9
59
42
+62
19 Walter Palmer
W. Palmer
30.0
28
1
1990-91
UTA UTA
3.0
1.4
0.8
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.5
1.6
33.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.5
66.7
38.8
0.2
0.5
0.2
85
40
21
6
3
4
6
20
20 Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
29.9
51
1
1981-82
DAL DAL
28.8
18.7
4.9
3.2
0.7
0.4
7.5
16.1
46.5
0.5
1.4
35.2
3.3
4.8
68.0
51.4
1.7
3.1
2.6
1,468
955
249
164
37
22
135
152
21 James Collins
J. Collins
29.8
23
1
1997-98
LAC LAC
4.5
2.6
0.6
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.9
2.4
38.2
0.4
0.9
45.0
0.3
0.6
57.1
48.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
103
59
14
3
6
3
8
12
-14
22 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
29.7
82
1
1984-85
CHI CHI
38.3
28.2
6.5
5.9
2.4
0.8
10.2
19.8
51.5
0.1
0.6
17.3
7.7
9.1
84.5
59.2
2.0
4.5
3.5
3,144
2,313
534
481
196
69
291
285
23 Dave Jamerson
D. Jamerson
29.5
37
1
1990-91
HOU HOU
5.5
3.1
0.8
0.7
0.2
0.0
1.2
3.1
38.1
0.1
0.5
26.3
0.6
0.7
81.5
45.2
0.2
0.6
0.5
202
113
30
27
6
1
20
24
24 Gerald Glass
G. Glass
29.5
51
1
1990-91
MIN MIN
11.9
6.9
2.0
0.8
0.5
0.2
2.9
6.7
43.8
0.0
0.3
11.8
1.0
1.5
68.4
47.1
1.1
0.9
0.8
606
352
102
42
28
9
41
76
25 Derrick Gervin
D. Gervin
29.3
21
1
1989-90
NJN NJN
16.1
12.0
3.1
0.4
1.0
0.3
4.4
9.4
47.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.1
4.2
73.0
53.1
1.4
1.7
0.6
339
251
65
8
20
7
12
47
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37.6

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TEAM W L PCT GB
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
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5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
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5/13
DEN DEN
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OKC OKC
9:30 PM
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5/15
OKC OKC
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DEN DEN
1:00 PM
Sun
5/18
DEN DEN
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OKC OKC
1:00 PM
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
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Nuggets Nuggets
50
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.610
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50
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.610
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49
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.598
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Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
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.780
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61
21
.744
3.0
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Knicks Knicks
51
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.622
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50
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Bucks Bucks
48
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Pistons Pistons
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38
.537
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107-128
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3/27
CLE CLE
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122-133
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5/13
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Tue
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OKC OKC
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5/14
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