rookies under age 21 with the highest player efficiency rating in a season

Victor Wembanyama has the best PER by a rookie younger than 21, with a 23.1 rating in 2023-24.

Interpreted as:

rookies under age 21 with the highest player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games in a season

	NAME	PER	AGE	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	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	23.1	20	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
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	22.9	20	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
3	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	22.5	20	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
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	22.1	20	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
5	Chris Webber C. Webber	21.7	20	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
6	John Drew J. Drew	21.4	20	1974-75	ATL	78	29.3	18.5	10.7	1.8	1.5	0.5	6.8	15.8	42.8				5.0	7.0	71.3	49.1	4.6	6.1		2,289	1,442	836	138	119	39		274
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20.6	20	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
8	Elton Brand E. Brand	20.6	20	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
9	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	20.5	20	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
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	19.5	19	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
11	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	18.8	20	2001-02	UTA	82	26.2	10.7	4.9	1.1	1.4	1.9	3.5	7.7	45.0	0.3	1.2	25.0	3.5	4.5	76.8	55.3	1.8	3.1	1.3	2,151	880	402	94	116	159	108	156	+347
12	Kevin Love K. Love	18.3	20	2008-09	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
13	LeBron James L. James	18.3	19	2003-04	CLE	79	39.5	20.9	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	7.9	18.9	41.7	0.8	2.7	29.0	4.4	5.8	75.4	48.8	1.3	4.2	3.5	3,122	1,654	432	465	130	58	273	149	-144
14	Tyreke Evans T. Evans	18.2	20	2009-10	SAC	72	37.2	20.1	5.3	5.8	1.5	0.4	7.4	16.2	45.8	0.5	2.0	25.5	4.8	6.5	74.8	52.9	0.9	4.4	3.0	2,677	1,450	380	414	109	26	216	204	-334
15	Greg Monroe G. Monroe	18	20	2010-11	DET	80	27.8	9.4	7.5	1.3	1.2	0.6	3.8	6.9	55.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.9	62.2	57.5	3.1	4.4	1.0	2,222	751	601	105	93	45	81	196	-136
16	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	17.9	20	2008-09	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
17	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	17.8	20	2015-16	NYK	72	28.4	14.3	7.3	1.3	0.7	1.9	5.2	12.3	42.1	1.1	3.4	33.3	2.8	3.3	83.8	51.8	1.8	5.5	1.7	2,047	1,028	526	94	53	134	121	205	+15
18	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	17.6	19	2003-04	DEN	82	36.5	21.0	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	7.6	17.9	42.6	0.8	2.6	32.2	5.0	6.4	77.7	50.9	2.2	3.8	3.0	2,995	1,725	498	227	97	41	247	225	+65
19	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	17.4	20	1996-97	VAN	80	35.0	18.7	6.9	2.2	1.0	1.0	6.9	15.2	45.3	0.1	0.3	25.9	4.8	6.5	74.6	51.8	2.7	4.2	2.8	2,802	1,494	555	175	79	79	225	199	-596
20	Ja Morant J. Morant	17.4	20	2019-20	MEM	67	31.0	17.8	3.9	7.3	0.9	0.3	6.7	14.0	47.7	0.9	2.7	33.5	3.6	4.6	77.6	55.6	0.8	3.1	3.3	2,074	1,193	259	488	58	18	220	110	-17
21	Dwight Howard D. Howard	17.2	19	2004-05	ORL	82	32.6	12.0	10.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	4.3	8.3	52.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	5.0	67.1	57.1	3.5	6.5	2.0	2,670	981	823	75	77	136	165	232	-179
22	Michael Beasley M. Beasley	17.2	20	2008-09	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
23	Joe Smith J. Smith	17.2	20	1995-96	GSW	82	34.4	15.3	8.7	1.0	1.0	1.6	5.7	12.5	45.8	0.1	0.3	35.7	3.7	4.8	77.3	52.3	3.7	5.1	1.7	2,821	1,251	717	79	85	134	138	224
24	Trae Young T. Young	16.9	20	2018-19	ATL	81	30.9	19.1	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	6.5	15.5	41.8	1.9	6.0	32.4	4.2	5.1	82.9	53.9	0.8	2.9	3.8	2,503	1,549	301	653	72	15	308	140	-336
25	Lamar Odom L. Odom	16.8	20	1999-00	LAC	76	36.4	16.6	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	5.9	13.5	43.8	0.8	2.2	36.0	4.0	5.5	71.9	52.1	2.1	5.7	3.4	2,767	1,259	595	317	91	95	258	291	-451