which rookie leads the league in player efficiency rating

Cedric Coward has the best PER by a rookie this season, with a 20.7 rating.

Interpreted as:
Which rookie leads the league in player efficiency rating with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games this regular season?
NAMEPERSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Cedric Coward
C. Coward
20.7
2025-26
MEM MEM
8
26.0
15.3
5.0
2.5
1.0
0.4
5.3
9.0
58.3
1.8
3.6
48.3
3.0
3.3
92.3
73.1
1.4
3.6
1.3
208
122
40
20
8
3
10
20
+32
2Ryan Kalkbrenner
R. Kalkbrenner
18.3
2025-26
CHA CHA
8
27.4
9.1
7.1
0.6
1.3
2.4
4.3
5.1
82.9
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.9
71.4
82.8
3.3
3.9
1.6
219
73
57
5
10
19
13
19
+8
3VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
15.9
2025-26
PHI PHI
7
38.7
19.1
5.9
4.9
1.6
0.3
7.1
15.0
47.6
2.6
5.9
43.9
2.3
2.7
84.2
59.1
2.0
3.9
2.0
271
134
41
34
11
2
14
22
+36
4Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
13.9
2025-26
NOP NOP
7
25.1
13.3
2.6
3.3
1.4
0.0
5.3
11.6
45.7
1.1
3.4
33.3
1.6
2.0
78.6
53.4
0.7
1.9
2.0
176
93
18
23
10
0
14
14
-74
5Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
11.5
2025-26
CHA CHA
8
30.4
14.8
5.8
2.3
0.5
0.0
5.3
11.5
45.7
3.1
7.6
41.0
1.1
1.4
81.8
60.9
0.5
5.3
2.1
243
118
46
18
4
0
17
19
+7
6Tre Johnson
T. Johnson
10.6
2025-26
WAS WAS
7
25.7
12.3
3.4
1.6
0.3
0.9
4.6
11.0
41.6
2.1
6.0
35.7
1.0
1.0
100.0
53.7
0.7
2.7
1.3
180
86
24
11
2
6
9
14
-21
7Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
9.7
2025-26
DAL DAL
7
32.7
13.6
6.3
2.9
0.9
0.4
4.7
12.1
38.8
1.1
3.7
30.8
3.0
3.0
100.0
50.4
1.0
5.3
2.1
229
95
44
20
6
3
15
20
-78
StatMuse has season-level data for MIN/82TG going back to the 1951-52 season.

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Team Rankings

ORTG

113.1

25th

DRTG

117.8

23rd

NETRTG

-4.8

25th

3P%

32.9

24th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
9
Jazz Jazz
3
4
.429
4.5
10
Clippers Clippers
3
4
.429
4.5
11
Grizzlies Grizzlies
3
5
.375
5.0
12
Suns Suns
3
5
.375
5.0
13
Kings Kings
2
5
.286
5.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
11/5
HOU HOU
@
MEM MEM
8:00 PM
Fri
11/7
DAL DAL
@
MEM MEM
8:00 PM
Sun
11/9
OKC OKC
@
MEM MEM
6:00 PM
Tue
11/11
MEM MEM
@
NYK NYK
7:30 PM
Wed
11/12
MEM MEM
@
BOS BOS
7:30 PM
Last Game
DET Pistons

5 - 2

114

Final

106

MEM Grizzlies

3 - 5

Mon 3 Nov 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
8
0
1.000
2
Spurs Spurs
5
1
.833
2.0
3
Lakers Lakers
6
2
.750
2.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
4
2
.667
3.0
5
Rockets Rockets
4
2
.667
3.0
6
Warriors Warriors
5
3
.625
3.0
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Bulls Bulls
6
1
.857
2
76ers 76ers
5
2
.714
1.0
3
Pistons Pistons
5
2
.714
1.0
4
Bucks Bucks
5
3
.625
1.5
5
Heat Heat
4
3
.571
2.0
6
Knicks Knicks
4
3
.571
2.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
124-125
Mon
10/20
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
119-109
Tue
10/21
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
111-119
Tue
10/21
BKN BKN
@
CHA CHA
117-136
Tue
10/21
MIA MIA
@
ORL ORL
121-125

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
11/5
PHI PHI
@
CLE CLE
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
BKN BKN
@
IND IND
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
UTA UTA
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
WAS WAS
@
BOS BOS
7:30 PM
Wed
11/5
MIN MIN
@
NYK NYK
7:30 PM