The Rookies from the 2008-09 Season

Ranked in terms of Wins Produced

WP48 = Wins Produced per 48 minutes

Data taken from Basketball-Reference.com

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Rank

Player

Team

Games

Played

Games

Started

Minutes

Played

Wins

Produced

WP48

1

Kevin Love

Minnesota

81

37

2,048

9.97

0.234

2

Brook Lopez

New Jersey

82

75

2,501

7.44

0.143

3

Marc Gasol

Memphis

82

75

2,521

6.94

0.132

4

Mario Chalmers

Miami

82

82

2,626

6.55

0.120

5

Derrick Rose

Chicago

81

80

3,000

6.48

0.104

6

Rudy Fernandez

Portland

78

4

1,993

6.15

0.148

7

Greg Oden

Portland

61

39

1,314

5.28

0.193

8

Russell Westbrook

Oklahoma

82

65

2,668

3.96

0.071

9

D.J. Augustin

Charlotte

72

12

1,908

3.74

0.094

10

Nicolas Batum

Portland

79

76

1,454

3.73

0.123

11

Luc Mbah a Moute

Milwaukee

82

52

2,114

3.38

0.077

12

Anthony Morrow

Golden State

67

17

1,515

3.04

0.096

13

Anthony Randolph

Golden State

63

22

1,129

2.98

0.127

14

Eric Gordon

LA Clippers

78

65

2,677

2.70

0.048

15

DeAndre Jordan

LA Clippers

53

13

771

2.59

0.161

16

Courtney Lee

Orlando

77

42

1,939

2.26

0.056

17

O.J. Mayo

Memphis

82

82

3,120

2.26

0.035

18

Kyle Weaver

Oklahoma

56

19

1,167

1.90

0.078

19

Jason Thompson

Sacramento

82

56

2,303

1.67

0.035

20

Marreese Speights

Philadelphia

79

2

1,262

1.64

0.063

21

JaVale McGee

Washington

75

14

1,143

1.54

0.065

22

George Hill

San Antonio

77

7

1,270

1.48

0.056

23

Ryan Anderson

New Jersey

66

30

1,312

1.24

0.045

24

Kosta Koufos

Utah

48

7

565

0.83

0.070

25

Hamed Haddadi

Memphis

19

0

120

0.77

0.309

26

Danilo Gallinari

New York

28

2

412

0.72

0.084

27

D.J. White

Oklahoma

7

0

130

0.47

0.174

28

J.J. Hickson

Cleveland

62

0

705

0.46

0.031

29

Michael Beasley

Miami

81

19

2,009

0.41

0.010

30

Malik Hairston

San Antonio

15

0

155

0.31

0.098

31

Dontell Jefferson

Charlotte

6

0

84

0.27

0.155

32

Darrell Arthur

Memphis

76

63

1,464

0.25

0.008

33

Chris Douglas Roberts

New Jersey

44

3

584

0.22

0.018

34

Othello Hunter

Atlanta

16

0

92

0.17

0.088

35

Brandon Rush

Indiana

75

19

1,803

0.12

0.003

36

Steven Hill

Oklahoma

1

0

2

0.12

2.862

37

J.R. Giddens

Boston

6

0

8

0.09

0.561

38

Joey Dorsey

Houston

3

0

6

0.02

0.144

39

Bill Walker

Boston

29

0

216

0.00

0.000

40

Joe Crawford

New York

2

0

23

-0.01

-0.017

41

Cartier Martin

Charlotte

33

1

266

-0.07

-0.012

42

Jawad Williams

Cleveland

10

0

20

-0.09

-0.212

43

Walter Sharpe

Detroit

8

0

20

-0.16

-0.392

44

Trey Johnson

Cleveland

4

0

14

-0.20

-0.671

45

Goran Dragic

Phoenix

55

1

728

-0.20

-0.013

46

Nathan Jawai

Toronto

6

0

19

-0.24

-0.602

47

Joe Alexander

Milwaukee

59

0

716

-0.40

-0.027

48

Anthony Tolliver

San Antonio

19

0

208

-0.40

-0.093

49

DeMarcus Nelson

Golden State

13

5

171

-0.41

-0.115

50

Sun Yue

LA Lakers

10

0

28

-0.43

-0.744

51

Sean Singletary

Charlotte-Phoenix

37

2

303

-0.44

-0.070

52

Sonny Weems

Denver

12

0

55

-0.61

-0.532

53

Mike Taylor

LA Clippers

51

5

771

-0.71

-0.044

54

Darnell Jackson

Cleveland

51

2

430

-0.81

-0.090

55

Roy Hibbert

Indiana

70

42

1,009

-0.82

-0.039

56

Rob Kurz

Golden State

40

5

442

-0.90

-0.098

57

Robin Lopez

Phoenix

60

7

614

-0.96

-0.075

58

Alexis Ajinca

Charlotte

31

4

182

-0.97

-0.255

59

Jerryd Bayless

Portland

53

0

655

-1.16

-0.085

60

Roko Ukic

Toronto

72

0

890

-1.30

-0.070

61

Donte Greene

Sacramento

55

4

725

-2.43

-0.161

62

Bobby Brown

Minnesota-Sacramento

68

2

931

-2.48

-0.128