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2026-27 season

Rookie of the Year

The rookie race with our own criteria, the Massive Rookie Rating: what they score and what they do on the floor rules, and their team record barely counts.

2 8 Caleb Wilson Chicago Bulls 73.6 21.0 pts · 7.3 reb · 1.8 ast
1 1 Yaxel Lendeborg Golden State Warriors 85.5 21.8 pts · 9.3 reb · 4.8 ast
3 27 Cameron Boozer Memphis Grizzlies 73.2 15.3 pts · 10.5 reb · 4.8 ast
# Rookie Rating PJ MIN PTS REB AST STL+BLK eFG% FG% 3P%
1 Yaxel LendeborgGSW · 1-3 85.5 4 33.3 21.8 9.3 4.8 1.5 52.5% 45.0% 34.6%
2 Caleb WilsonCHI · 1-3 73.6 4 33.8 21.0 7.3 1.8 3.3 45.3% 41.9% 17.9%
3 Cameron BoozerMEM · 4-0 73.2 4 33.0 15.3 10.5 4.8 1.3 35.3% 29.5% 26.9%
4 Darius Acuff Jr.SAC · 0-4 66.6 4 35.3 21.5 2.8 4.8 1.0 38.2% 34.4% 21.2%
5 Keaton WaglerLAC · 1-2 59.5 3 26.3 13.0 4.3 4.0 1.3 50.0% 36.4% 42.9%
6 Darryn PetersonUTA · 1-3 54.8 4 29.3 11.5 4.3 2.5 1.3 40.0% 36.0% 33.3%
7 Allen GravesTOR · 2-1 52.2 3 15.0 6.0 4.3 1.3 2.0 65.4% 61.5% 20.0%
8 Graham IkeGSW · 1-3 49.3 4 13.3 8.3 3.5 1.3 1.0 58.3% 50.0% 100.0%
9 Trevon BrazileDEN · 1-2 48.6 3 21.0 9.0 7.3 0.0 1.0 57.9% 47.4% 33.3%
10 Aday MaraOKC · 4-0 43.2 4 14.8 5.5 4.8 1.0 1.5 56.3% 56.3% 0.0%
11 Mikel Brown Jr.BKN · 0-4 43.1 3 22.7 10.3 3.3 4.3 0.7 38.6% 28.6% 35.0%
12 Tobe AwakaCHI · 1-3 41.9 2 13.0 3.0 6.5 1.0 1.5 75.0% 75.0% 0.0%
13 Brayden BurriesMIL · 1-3 41.6 4 14.3 7.3 3.3 1.5 0.5 52.4% 42.9% 36.4%
14 Bryce HopkinsDEN · 1-2 39.4 3 17.3 5.0 2.0 0.7 0.0 59.1% 54.6% 25.0%
15 Morez Johnson Jr.DAL · 2-2 36.4 4 14.5 6.5 3.0 1.0 0.3 55.0% 55.0% 0.0%

In the race: 21 rookies —out of 36— with at least 2 games (half of what the most-played rookie has) and 10 minutos per game. Rookie of the Year has no official games minimum: the 65-game rule does not apply.

How we measure it

There is no official formula: Rookie of the Year is voted by US and Canadian media. Looking at how they vote, what weighs most is how much the rookie scores and his role on the team; efficiency and record count, but far less than for MVP. That is why this rating is not the MVP Race one:

  • 30% Scoring · Points per game: what weighs most in the real vote.
  • 20% All-around game · Rebounds, assists, steals and blocks per game.
  • 15% Efficiency · Effective shooting (eFG%, the heaviest), true shooting (TS%) and ball security.
  • 15% Impact · PER and Win Shares: what he adds per minute and to wins.
  • 10% Role · Minutes per game and starts: his coach's trust.
  • 5% Availability · Games played out of his team's games.
  • 5% Team record · Counts little: good rookies usually land on bad teams.

Each measure goes from 0 to 100 among the rookies in the race.