which nba rookie has the highest assists

Derik Queen has the most assists by a rookie this season, with 97 assists.

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Which NBA rookie has the highest assists this regular season?

	NAME	AST	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	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Derik Queen D. Queen	97	2025-26	NOP	25	24.9	12.9	6.4	3.9	1.0	0.8	4.8	9.6	49.6	0.1	0.7	11.1	3.3	4.1	79.6	56.4	1.7	4.7	2.3	622	322	160	25	21	57	82	-130
2	VJ Edgecombe	80	2025-26	PHI	20	34.6	14.4	5.7	4.0	1.3	0.5	5.4	13.1	41.4	1.9	5.1	37.6	1.7	2.2	76.7	51.3	1.8	3.9	1.8	692	287	113	26	9	36	64	+60
3	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	78	2025-26	DAL	24	33.7	17.3	6.3	3.3	1.3	0.7	6.7	14.0	47.5	0.9	3.5	25.3	3.1	3.8	82.2	55.1	1.2	5.1	2.2	808	415	152	32	16	52	53	-153
4	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	78	2025-26	CHA	24	33.5	18.0	5.5	3.3	0.8	0.2	6.3	13.7	45.9	3.4	8.4	40.3	2.1	2.3	90.9	61.3	1.0	4.5	2.4	803	433	131	18	5	57	54	-54
5	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	77	2025-26	NOP	25	27.7	15.4	3.4	3.1	1.4	0.2	5.7	13.1	43.6	1.2	3.4	36.9	2.7	3.4	79.8	52.6	0.7	2.7	2.2	692	384	84	36	4	56	49	-227
6	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	77	2025-26	BKN	21	23.0	8.3	3.3	3.7	0.8	0.3	3.0	7.8	38.0	1.9	5.3	35.1	0.6	0.7	85.7	51.7	0.6	2.7	1.7	482	175	69	17	7	36	42	-80
7	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	70	2025-26	UTA	19	17.2	6.8	2.2	3.7	0.5	0.2	2.4	5.5	43.3	0.9	2.8	31.5	1.2	1.3	95.8	56.7	0.4	1.7	1.4	327	130	41	9	4	27	37	-10
8	Cedric Coward C. Coward	65	2025-26	MEM	24	27.1	13.3	6.2	2.7	0.6	0.3	4.8	10.5	45.1	1.5	4.6	31.8	2.4	2.8	83.8	56.6	1.3	4.8	1.5	651	320	148	14	8	36	46	+45
9	Ryan Nembhard R. Nembhard	57	2025-26	DAL	12	18.5	8.9	1.6	4.8	0.3	0.0	3.8	6.7	56.3	1.3	2.3	53.6	0.2	0.3	66.7	65.8	0.3	1.3	1.2	222	107	19	3	0	14	19	-35
10	Dylan Harper D. Harper	51	2025-26	SAS	13	21.8	13.5	3.1	3.9	0.9	0.0	5.2	10.8	47.9	0.7	2.5	28.1	2.5	3.4	72.7	54.9	0.9	2.2	1.5	283	175	40	12	0	20	28	+36
11	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	40	2025-26	UTA	23	23.2	10.3	3.3	1.7	0.8	0.3	4.0	9.0	44.7	1.5	4.2	36.5	0.7	1.0	77.3	54.7	1.4	1.9	1.4	534	236	75	19	8	32	57	-122
12	Sion James S. James	36	2025-26	CHA	24	26.1	6.6	3.1	1.5	0.8	0.5	2.0	5.0	41.2	1.2	3.2	36.8	1.3	1.5	86.5	58.4	0.5	2.6	1.0	626	158	74	18	11	23	41	-46
13	Ben Saraf B. Saraf	34	2025-26	BKN	12	16.9	5.4	1.6	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.8	5.2	35.5	0.8	2.8	27.3	1.0	1.3	80.0	47.4	0.4	1.2	1.9	203	65	19	8	3	23	15	-18
14	Drake Powell D. Powell	33	2025-26	BKN	16	19.2	6.3	1.8	2.1	0.8	0.1	2.3	4.7	48.0	0.8	2.1	36.4	1.1	1.1	94.4	60.9	0.3	1.5	1.1	307	101	28	13	2	18	28	-53
15	Caleb Love C. Love	31	2025-26	POR	16	18.0	8.0	2.8	1.9	0.4	0.0	2.9	9.0	32.6	1.4	5.5	26.1	0.7	0.9	78.6	42.6	0.6	2.1	0.8	288	128	44	7	0	13	20	-79
16	Nique Clifford N. Clifford	30	2025-26	SAC	20	16.2	4.5	2.6	1.5	0.4	0.3	1.7	4.1	40.7	0.6	1.7	33.3	0.6	0.9	66.7	50.0	0.6	2.0	0.8	323	89	52	8	6	15	43	-44
17	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	28	2025-26	TOR	21	17.6	7.0	3.3	1.3	0.6	0.3	2.7	4.9	55.3	0.6	1.2	48.0	1.0	1.5	62.5	62.4	1.8	1.5	1.2	370	146	69	13	7	25	48	-29
18	Will Richard W. Richard	25	2025-26	GSW	23	19.1	8.0	2.7	1.1	1.0	0.0	2.8	5.3	53.3	1.3	3.2	39.7	1.0	1.3	77.4	67.5	1.0	1.7	0.7	440	183	62	23	1	15	47	+9
19	Tyrese Proctor T. Proctor	25	2025-26	CLE	18	12.4	5.6	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.0	1.8	5.2	34.4	1.1	3.4	31.1	1.0	1.2	85.7	49.4	0.2	1.1	0.4	223	101	23	6	0	7	24	-40
20	Micah Peavy M. Peavy	23	2025-26	NOP	21	16.3	4.9	2.4	1.1	0.6	0.1	2.0	5.2	39.4	0.3	1.6	17.6	0.5	0.7	71.4	44.3	1.0	1.4	0.4	343	102	51	13	2	9	36	-72
21	Javon Small J. Small	22	2025-26	MEM	8	12.4	4.3	1.0	2.8	0.0	0.1	1.3	3.5	35.7	0.8	2.4	31.6	1.0	1.3	80.0	52.5	0.1	0.9	1.0	99	34	8	0	1	8	7	+4
22	Kobe Sanders K. Sanders	21	2025-26	LAC	16	19.9	6.9	2.0	1.3	0.6	0.1	2.3	5.4	41.4	1.0	2.9	34.8	1.4	1.5	91.7	56.4	0.5	1.5	1.3	319	110	32	10	2	21	42	+8
23	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	20	2025-26	WAS	15	24.3	11.5	3.0	1.3	0.4	0.5	4.3	9.7	44.5	2.0	5.1	39.5	0.9	1.1	81.3	56.5	0.5	2.5	1.6	364	173	45	6	7	24	28	-109
24	David Jones Garcia D. Jones Garcia	18	2025-26	SAS	10	6.7	3.2	1.2	1.8	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.5	52.0	0.3	0.5	60.0	0.3	0.6	50.0	57.9	0.4	0.8	0.5	67	32	12	6	1	5	6	+38
25	Liam McNeeley L. McNeeley	16	2025-26	CHA	18	14.1	4.9	2.4	0.9	0.2	0.1	1.4	3.7	39.4	1.0	2.4	40.9	1.1	1.3	82.6	58.5	0.4	2.0	0.6	254	89	44	4	2	10	29	+3