rookie with the highest player efficiency rating in 2009

Kevin Love had the highest PER by a rookie in 2008-09, with an 18.3 rating.

Interpreted as:
rookie with the highest player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games in 2009
NAMEPERSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kevin Love
K. Love
18.3
2008-09
MIN MIN
81
25.3
11.1
9.1
1.0
0.4
0.6
3.9
8.5
45.9
0.0
0.2
10.5
3.3
4.1
78.9
53.8
3.4
5.7
1.5
2,048
899
734
84
35
50
118
205
-270
2Brook Lopez
B. Lopez
17.9
2008-09
NJN NJN
82
30.5
13.0
8.1
1.0
0.5
1.8
5.5
10.3
53.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.1
2.6
79.3
56.8
2.7
5.4
1.8
2,501
1,068
665
86
44
151
147
257
-104
3Michael Beasley
M. Beasley
17.2
2008-09
MIA MIA
81
24.8
13.9
5.4
1.0
0.5
0.5
5.6
11.8
47.2
0.4
1.0
40.7
2.3
3.0
77.2
52.8
1.4
4.1
1.5
2,009
1,123
439
83
41
37
121
184
+8
4Marc Gasol
M. Gasol
16.7
2008-09
MEM MEM
82
30.7
11.9
7.4
1.7
0.8
1.1
4.3
8.1
53.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.4
4.6
73.3
59.0
2.5
4.9
2.0
2,521
975
605
143
63
90
164
265
-337
5Derrick Rose
D. Rose
16
2008-09
CHI CHI
81
37.0
16.8
3.9
6.3
0.8
0.2
7.1
14.9
47.5
0.2
0.9
22.2
2.4
3.1
78.8
51.6
1.2
2.7
2.5
3,000
1,361
317
512
66
18
202
125
-121
6Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
15.2
2008-09
OKC OKC
82
32.5
15.3
4.9
5.3
1.3
0.2
5.3
13.4
39.8
0.4
1.6
27.1
4.3
5.2
81.5
48.9
2.2
2.7
3.3
2,668
1,256
399
435
110
16
274
191
-272
7Eric Gordon
E. Gordon
14.9
2008-09
LAC LAC
78
34.3
16.1
2.6
2.8
1.0
0.4
5.3
11.6
45.6
1.7
4.3
38.9
3.8
4.5
85.4
59.3
0.6
2.0
2.1
2,677
1,252
201
215
78
35
164
172
-457
8O.J. Mayo
O.J. Mayo
14.2
2008-09
MEM MEM
82
38.0
18.5
3.8
3.2
1.1
0.2
6.9
15.6
43.8
1.8
4.6
38.4
3.0
3.4
87.9
53.9
0.7
3.1
2.8
3,120
1,516
308
262
91
13
226
204
-416
9Jason Thompson
J. Thompson
13.9
2008-09
SAC SAC
82
28.1
11.1
7.4
1.1
0.6
0.7
4.3
8.7
49.7
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.4
3.5
69.2
54.0
2.9
4.5
1.8
2,303
910
606
93
46
59
146
314
-291
10Mario Chalmers
M. Chalmers
13.3
2008-09
MIA MIA
82
32.0
10.0
2.8
4.9
2.0
0.1
3.4
8.1
42.0
1.4
3.8
36.7
1.8
2.4
76.7
54.8
0.5
2.3
2.0
2,626
818
228
403
160
8
165
240
+30
11Luc Mbah a Moute
L. Mbah a Moute
12.3
2008-09
MIL MIL
82
25.8
7.2
5.9
1.1
1.1
0.5
2.8
6.0
46.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.7
2.3
72.9
51.6
2.3
3.6
1.2
2,114
594
487
87
87
45
100
204
-32
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Thunder Thunder
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Nuggets Nuggets
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PHX PHX
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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