best shot percentage by a rookie in nhl history

Warren Young has the highest shot percentage by a rookie, at 30.5 percent in 1984-85.

Interpreted as:

best shot percentage with a minimum of 1 shot per team game by a rookie in NHL history

	NAME	S%	SEASON	TM	S	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Warren Young W. Young	30.5	1984-85	PIT	131	80	40	32	72	-18	174	9	8	0	0	3	0
2	Rob Brown R. Brown	30.0	1987-88	PIT	80	51	24	20	44	+8	56	13	2	0	0	1	0
3	Ulf Nilsson U. Nilsson	28.1	1978-79	NYR	96	59	27	39	66	+17	21	8	9	2	1	5
4	Pat Elynuik P. Elynuik	26.0	1988-89	WIN	100	56	26	25	51	+5	29	5	5	0	0	6	2
5	Paul Gagne P. Gagne	25.3	1980-81	CLR	99	61	25	16	41	-25	12	9	9	0	0	2
6	Mike Bullard M. Bullard	24.8	1981-82	PIT	145	75	36	27	63	-2	91	10	9	0	0	5
7	Ian Laperriere I. Laperriere	24.5	1994-95	STL	53	37	13	14	27	+12	85	1	2	0	0	1	0
8	Peter McNab P. McNab	24.2	1974-75	BUF	91	53	22	21	43	+13	8	1	4	0	0	1
9	Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	24.1	1987-88	CGY	212	75	51	41	92	+20	23	31	14	3	2	8	0
10	Roman Oksiuta R. Oksiuta	23.9	1994-95	TOT	67	38	16	4	20	-12	10	6	0	0	0	1	0
11	Brian MacLellan B. MacLellan	23.6	1983-84	LAK	106	72	25	29	54	-19	45	3	9	1	2	1	0
12	Gilbert Dionne G. Dionne	23.3	1991-92	MTL	90	39	21	13	34	+7	10	7	6	0	0	2	0
13	Tim Kerr T. Kerr	23.2	1980-81	PHI	95	68	22	23	45	+3	84	6	9	0	0	7
14	Petr Prucha P. Prucha	23.1	2005-06	NYR	130	68	30	17	47	+3	32	16	6	0	0	2	0	78	150	52.0	52	20	17	29	13:42
15	Steve Vickers S. Vickers	22.9	1972-73	NYR	131	61	30	23	53	+35	37	2	2	0	0	5
16	Raimo Summanen R. Summanen	22.9	1985-86	EDM	83	73	19	18	37	+9	16	1	1	0	0	4	0
17	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	22.8	1992-93	PHI	180	61	41	34	75	+28	147	8	10	1	0	5	0
18	Lane Lambert L. Lambert	22.7	1983-84	DET	88	73	20	15	35	-4	115	1	2	0	0	2	0
19	Luc Robitaille L. Robitaille	22.6	1986-87	LAK	199	79	45	39	84	-19	28	18	16	0	0	3	0
20	Brent Sutter B. Sutter	22.6	1981-82	NYI	93	43	21	22	43	+27	114	3	7	0	0	1
21	Mike Bossy M. Bossy	22.6	1977-78	NYI	235	73	53	38	91	+31	6	25	15	0	0	4
22	Mike Eaves M. Eaves	22.5	1979-80	MNS	80	56	18	28	46	+4	11	9	8	0	0	3
23	Darryl Sutter D. Sutter	22.3	1980-81	CHI	179	76	40	22	62	0	86	14	3	0	0	4
24	Barry Pederson B. Pederson	22.3	1981-82	BOS	197	80	44	48	92	+27	53	13	17	4	1	7
25	Jordan Staal J. Staal	22.1	2006-07	PIT	131	81	29	13	42	+16	24	4	2	7	2	4	1	142	383	37.1	33	42	37	27	14:56