Rookies · 2025–26
Rookies by fantasy points
A rookie here is a player whose first game in our box scores is this season; our box scores go back to 1995–96. 103 rookies played; the 57 with 20+ regular-season games are ranked by FPTS per game.
| # | Player | Team | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FPTS/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooper Flagg | DAL | 70 | 33.5 | 21.0 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 40.4 |
| 2 | VJ Edgecombe | PHI | 75 | 35.0 | 16.0 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 34.1 |
| 3 | Kon Knueppel | CHA | 81 | 31.4 | 18.5 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 32.5 |
| 4 | Derik Queen | NOP | 81 | 25.0 | 11.7 | 7.1 | 3.7 | 29.3 |
| 5 | Cedric Coward | MEM | 62 | 25.8 | 13.6 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 27.1 |
| 6 | Jeremiah Fears | NOP | 82 | 25.7 | 14.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 26.8 |
| 7 | Airious Bailey | UTA | 72 | 27.5 | 13.8 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 25.6 |
| 8 | Maxime Raynaud | SAC | 74 | 26.6 | 12.5 | 7.5 | 1.4 | 25.5 |
| 9 | Dylan Harper | SAS | 69 | 22.6 | 11.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 24.0 |
| 10 | Dylan Cardwell | SAC | 44 | 20.7 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 1.4 | 22.3 |
| 11 | Egor Demin | BKN | 52 | 25.1 | 10.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 22.0 |
| 12 | Javon Small | MEM | 40 | 20.8 | 9.9 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 22.0 |
| 13 | Collin Murray-Boyles | TOR | 57 | 21.9 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 21.9 |
| 14 | Danny Wolf | BKN | 57 | 20.9 | 8.9 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 20.7 |
| 15 | Tre Johnson | WAS | 60 | 23.9 | 12.2 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 20.6 |
| 16 | Ryan Kalkbrenner | CHA | 69 | 21.5 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 20.2 |
| 17 | Nique Clifford | SAC | 75 | 25.1 | 8.6 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 19.3 |
| 18 | Jamir Watkins | WAS | 49 | 21.0 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 18.8 |
| 19 | Nolan Traoré | BKN | 56 | 22.2 | 8.9 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 18.6 |
| 20 | Caleb Love | POR | 49 | 20.7 | 10.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 18.5 |
| 21 | Will Riley | WAS | 74 | 22.1 | 10.3 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 18.5 |
| 22 | Walter Clayton Jr. | UTA → MEM | 69 | 20.5 | 7.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 17.9 |
| 23 | Ryan Nembhard | DAL | 60 | 19.5 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 5.3 | 17.5 |
| 24 | Jahmai Mashack | MEM | 31 | 21.6 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 16.3 |
| 25 | Moussa Cisse | DAL | 37 | 14.4 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 0.2 | 16.3 |
| 26 | Ben Saraf | BKN | 44 | 20.8 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 16.1 |
| 27 | Kasparas Jakučionis | MIA | 53 | 17.8 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 15.1 |
| 28 | Will Richard | GSW | 69 | 19.9 | 6.4 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 15.0 |
| 29 | Sion James | CHA | 82 | 22.5 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 14.9 |
| 30 | Ethan Thompson | IND | 32 | 20.4 | 7.0 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 14.8 |
| 31 | Kobe Sanders | LAC | 68 | 19.9 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 14.4 |
| 32 | Drake Powell | BKN | 63 | 21.0 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 12.6 |
| 33 | Kam Jones | IND | 37 | 16.6 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 11.9 |
| 34 | Noah Penda | ORL | 58 | 13.1 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 11.6 |
| 35 | Hugo González | BOS | 74 | 14.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| 36 | Asa Newell | ATL | 43 | 11.7 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 10.8 |
| 37 | Micah Peavy | NOP | 61 | 14.9 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 10.6 |
| 38 | Tyrese Proctor | CLE | 50 | 11.0 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 10.4 |
| 39 | Yanic Konan Niederhauser | LAC | 41 | 10.4 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 10.2 |
| 40 | Taelon Peter | IND | 38 | 12.9 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 10.1 |
| 41 | Myron Gardner | MIA | 45 | 9.2 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 10.1 |
| 42 | Rasheer Fleming | PHX | 55 | 12.3 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 9.7 |
| 43 | Carter Bryant | SAS | 71 | 11.5 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 9.7 |
| 44 | Joan Beringer | MIN | 40 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 9.3 |
| 45 | Liam McNeeley | CHA | 31 | 11.8 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 9.0 |
| 46 | Lachlan Olbrich | CHI | 37 | 9.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 9.0 |
| 47 | Khaman Maluach | PHX | 46 | 8.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 8.7 |
| 48 | Jase Richardson | ORL | 54 | 10.9 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| 49 | Mohamed Diawara | NYK | 68 | 9.3 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 7.4 |
| 50 | DaRon Holmes II | DEN | 25 | 8.4 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 7.1 |
| 51 | Brooks Barnhizer | OKC | 40 | 8.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 5.9 |
| 52 | Amari Williams | BOS | 21 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 5.8 |
| 53 | Alijah Martin | TOR | 23 | 6.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
| 54 | Hansen Yang | POR | 43 | 7.0 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 55 | Chaz Lanier | DET | 33 | 8.0 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 4.9 |
| 56 | Chris Youngblood | OKC → POR | 32 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 4.7 |
| 57 | Adou Thiero | LAL | 25 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 4.6 |