rookie with the highest player efficiency rating in a season since 1980

Since 1979-80, David Robinson has the best PER by a rookie, with a 26.3 rating in 1989-90.

Interpreted as:

rookie with the highest player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games in a season since 1980

	NAME	PER	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	David Robinson D. Robinson	26.3	1989-90	SAS	82	36.6	24.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	8.4	15.9	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.2	73.2	59.7	3.7	8.3	3.1	3,002	1,993	983	164	138	319	257	259
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25.8	1984-85	CHI	82	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
3	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	23.1	2023-24	SAS	71	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
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	22.9	1992-93	ORL	81	37.9	23.4	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	9.0	16.1	56.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	8.9	59.2	58.4	4.2	9.6	3.8	3,071	1,893	1,122	152	60	286	307	321
5	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	22.8	1982-83	SDC	70	36.2	23.7	10.6	2.5	1.8	0.9	9.8	18.7	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	5.9	70.9	55.7	4.3	6.3	2.9	2,531	1,660	744	177	129	62	204	294
6	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	22.6	1997-98	SAS	82	39.1	21.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	8.6	15.7	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.2	57.7	3.3	8.6	3.4	3,204	1,731	977	224	55	206	279	254	+429
7	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	22.5	2015-16	MIN	82	32.0	18.3	10.5	2.0	0.7	1.7	7.6	14.1	54.2	0.4	1.1	34.1	2.7	3.4	81.1	59.0	2.8	7.7	2.2	2,627	1,503	858	161	58	138	183	245	-131
8	Chris Paul C. Paul	22.1	2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.6	2.3	28.2	5.1	6.0	84.7	54.6	0.8	4.3	2.3	2,808	1,258	400	611	175	6	183	218	-181
9	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	21.9	2010-11	LAC	82	38.0	22.5	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	8.5	16.8	50.6	0.1	0.3	29.2	5.4	8.5	64.2	54.9	3.3	8.8	2.7	3,112	1,845	989	312	63	45	223	252	-146
10	Chris Webber C. Webber	21.7	1993-94	GSW	76	32.1	17.5	9.1	3.6	1.2	2.2	7.5	13.6	55.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.5	4.7	53.2	55.9	4.0	5.1	2.7	2,438	1,333	694	272	93	164	206	247
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	21.1	1984-85	HOU	82	35.5	20.6	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	8.3	15.3	53.8	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.7	61.3	56.4	5.4	6.5	2.9	2,914	1,692	974	111	99	220	234	344
12	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	20.8	1992-93	CHA	78	33.9	21.0	10.3	1.0	0.3	3.5	7.3	14.3	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.3	8.1	78.1	58.6	3.4	6.9	3.0	2,644	1,639	805	76	27	271	236	286
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20.6	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	6.5	12.3	53.0	0.1	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	2,795	1,387	596	563	187	41	305	218
14	Elton Brand E. Brand	20.6	1999-00	CHI	81	37.0	20.1	10.0	1.9	0.8	1.6	7.8	16.1	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	6.6	68.5	52.8	4.3	5.7	2.8	2,999	1,627	810	155	66	132	228	259	-647
15	Yao Ming Y. Ming	20.6	2002-03	HOU	82	29.0	13.5	8.2	1.7	0.4	1.8	4.9	9.8	49.8	0.0	0.0	50.0	3.7	4.5	81.1	57.0	2.4	5.8	2.1	2,382	1,104	675	137	31	147	173	230	+142
16	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	20.5	2018-19	PHX	71	30.7	16.3	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	7.2	12.3	58.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.7	74.6	60.8	3.1	7.1	1.8	2,183	1,159	729	125	61	67	126	209	-383
17	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	20.5	2023-24	OKC	82	29.4	16.5	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	6.2	11.6	53.0	1.6	4.3	37.0	2.7	3.4	79.3	63.2	1.6	6.3	1.6	2,413	1,357	648	200	53	190	131	197	+422
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	20.5	1979-80	BOS	82	36.0	21.3	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	8.5	17.8	47.4	0.7	1.7	40.6	3.7	4.4	83.6	53.8	2.6	7.8	3.2	2,955	1,745	852	370	143	53	263	279
19	Clark Kellogg C. Kellogg	20.3	1982-83	IND	81	34.1	20.1	10.6	2.8	1.7	0.5	8.4	17.5	47.9	0.0	0.2	22.2	3.2	4.3	74.1	51.6	4.2	6.4	2.7	2,761	1,625	860	223	141	43	217	298
20	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	20.1	1983-84	HOU	82	32.8	21.0	11.1	2.0	0.9	2.4	8.7	16.7	52.3	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.5	5.3	66.1	55.1	3.6	7.6	3.6	2,693	1,720	913	163	70	197	294	339
21	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	20	2017-18	PHI	81	33.7	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
22	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Z. Ilgauskas	19.7	1997-98	CLE	82	29.0	13.9	8.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	5.5	10.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.8	3.7	76.2	56.4	3.4	5.4	1.8	2,379	1,139	723	71	52	135	146	288	+211
23	Vince Carter V. Carter	19.6	1998-99	TOR	50	35.2	18.3	5.7	3.0	1.1	1.5	6.9	15.3	45.0	0.4	1.3	28.8	4.1	5.4	76.1	51.6	1.9	3.8	2.2	1,760	913	283	149	55	77	110	140	+47
24	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	19.5	2001-02	MEM	82	36.7	17.6	8.9	2.7	0.5	2.1	6.7	13.0	51.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.1	5.8	70.9	56.6	2.9	6.0	2.7	3,007	1,441	730	223	41	169	224	195	-310
25	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	19.5	2018-19	DAL	72	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