rookie minutes per game leader in the past 10 yrs

Between October 30, 2015 and October 30, 2025, Zavier Simpson has the most minutes per game by a rookie with 43.5 minutes per game in 2021-22.

	NAME	MPG	SEASON	TM	GP	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	Zavier Simpson Z. Simpson	43.5	2021-22	OKC	4	11.0	5.3	7.5	1.3	1.0	4.8	13.0	36.5	0.3	2.0	12.5	1.3	1.3	100.0	40.6	0.5	4.8	2.5	174	44	21	30	5	4	10	15	-95
2	Jacob Gilyard J. Gilyard	40.8	2022-23	MEM	1	3.0	4.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	41	3	4	7	3	0	2	3	-13
3	VJ Edgecombe	40.2	2025-26	PHI	4	22.3	5.8	5.5	1.5	0.5	8.3	17.5	47.1	3.0	7.0	42.9	2.8	3.5	78.6	58.4	1.3	4.5	2.0	161	89	23	22	6	2	8	14	+31
4	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	35.4	2021-22	TOR	74	15.3	7.5	3.5	1.1	0.7	6.2	12.6	49.2	0.8	2.6	30.1	2.1	2.9	73.5	55.2	2.6	4.9	1.8	2,617	1,134	557	256	80	55	136	192	+66
5	RaiQuan Gray R. Gray	35.1	2022-23	BKN	1	16.0	9.0	7.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	12.0	50.0	2.0	5.0	40.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	62.1	3.0	6.0	4.0	35	16	9	7	0	1	4	5	-14
6	Aaron Jackson A. Jackson	34.5	2017-18	HOU	1	8.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	33.3	1.0	4.0	25.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	40.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	35	8	3	1	0	0	1	4	-10
7	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	34.2	2017-18	LAL	52	10.2	6.9	7.2	1.7	0.8	3.9	10.8	36.0	1.7	5.7	30.5	0.6	1.4	45.1	44.4	1.3	5.6	2.6	1,780	528	360	376	88	43	136	117	-18
8	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	33.8	2021-22	CLE	69	15.0	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	6.1	12.0	50.8	0.3	1.3	25.0	2.4	3.7	66.3	54.9	2.1	6.2	1.9	2,331	1,034	570	174	56	115	133	147	+94
9	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	33.7	2022-23	ORL	72	20.0	6.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	6.7	15.6	42.7	1.2	4.0	29.8	5.5	7.4	73.8	52.9	1.2	5.7	2.8	2,430	1,437	497	269	60	39	200	160	-215
10	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	33.7	2017-18	PHI	81	15.8	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	6.7	12.3	54.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.2	56.0	55.7	1.8	6.3	3.4	2,732	1,279	659	661	140	70	278	211	+387
11	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	33.4	2017-18	UTA	79	20.5	3.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.7	2.4	7.0	34.0	3.0	3.8	80.5	54.1	0.7	3.1	2.7	2,638	1,616	296	291	118	27	215	213	+357
12	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	32.6	2021-22	DET	64	17.4	5.5	5.6	1.2	0.7	6.7	16.1	41.6	1.8	5.7	31.4	2.2	2.6	84.5	50.4	0.9	4.6	3.7	2,088	1,114	354	356	78	43	234	200	-275
13	Isaac Okoro I. Okoro	32.4	2020-21	CLE	67	9.6	3.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	3.5	8.3	42.0	0.9	3.2	29.0	1.7	2.3	72.6	51.4	1.0	2.1	1.3	2,173	646	206	128	62	24	86	185	-407
14	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	32.3	2025-26	DAL	5	13.4	6.2	2.8	0.8	0.6	5.0	12.2	41.0	0.8	3.0	26.7	2.6	2.6	100.0	50.2	0.6	5.6	2.0	161	67	31	14	4	3	10	13	-57
15	Brandon Miller B. Miller	32.2	2023-24	CHA	74	17.3	4.3	2.4	0.9	0.6	6.4	14.6	44.0	2.5	6.7	37.3	1.9	2.3	82.7	55.2	0.8	3.4	1.8	2,383	1,279	315	175	66	42	132	184	-510
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32.2	2018-19	DAL	72	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	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	32.1	2020-21	MIN	72	19.3	4.7	2.9	1.1	0.5	7.0	16.8	41.7	2.4	7.2	32.9	2.9	3.8	77.6	52.3	0.8	3.8	2.2	2,314	1,392	336	211	82	36	160	129	-228
18	Andre Ingram A. Ingram	32.1	2017-18	LAL	2	12.0	3.0	3.5	1.5	1.5	4.0	8.5	47.1	2.5	4.5	55.6	1.5	1.5	100.0	65.5	0.5	2.5	1.5	64	24	6	7	3	3	3	3	+20
19	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	32.0	2015-16	MIN	81	18.4	10.4	2.0	0.7	1.7	7.6	14.1	54.2	0.4	1.1	34.5	2.7	3.4	81.0	58.9	2.8	7.6	2.2	2,595	1,489	846	160	58	138	180	241	-137
20	De'Andre Hunter D. Hunter	32.0	2019-20	ATL	63	12.3	4.5	1.8	0.7	0.3	4.4	10.8	41.0	1.7	4.8	35.5	1.7	2.3	76.4	52.1	0.7	3.8	1.6	2,018	778	286	112	44	18	103	182	-261
21	Jalen Green J. Green	31.9	2021-22	HOU	67	17.3	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	6.1	14.2	42.6	2.3	6.8	34.3	2.8	3.5	79.7	54.7	0.5	2.9	2.0	2,138	1,157	226	176	44	18	135	103	-519
22	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	31.8	2018-19	CLE	82	16.7	2.9	3.0	0.5	0.1	6.3	14.7	43.0	1.5	3.6	40.2	2.6	3.1	83.9	52.0	0.7	2.2	2.3	2,605	1,371	236	243	44	6	185	186	-672
23	Elijah Bryant E. Bryant	31.6	2020-21	MIL	1	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
24	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	31.5	2021-22	OKC	54	12.5	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	5.2	12.4	41.9	1.0	3.9	26.3	1.0	1.5	70.9	47.8	1.8	6.0	3.2	1,700	674	421	345	51	20	171	88	-299
25	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	31.2	2017-18	LAL	77	16.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	6.1	13.5	45.0	2.1	5.6	36.6	1.9	2.7	70.7	54.9	1.1	5.1	1.8	2,401	1,242	483	141	49	34	140	160	-126