How have the 2025 rookies performed this season? It’s hard to live up to the reputation of the No. 1 pick, and Yang Hansen needs to prove it!

The NBA regular season is underway, and the rookies produced in the 2025 draft are also competing in their rookie seasons. So who are the best and worst performing players? This column will help you understand through in-depth data analysis.

As a rookie, maybe the record is not the focus, but if you want to have better development, you must show your abilities or potential. Of course, not every rookie has enough playing opportunities. Only 44 of the 59 rookie players have been given playing opportunities, of which the number of appearances is more than Only 34 players averaged more than 5 minutes per game at one time, and only 10 players averaged more than 20 minutes per game. The player who averaged more than 20 minutes per game was VJ Edgecombe of the 76ers, which means that he got the most opportunities among rookies. Yang Hansen, who has attracted much attention from Chinese fans, only ranked 31st with an average of 5.8 minutes per game.

Of course, there are certain limitations in using playing time alone to determine the number of opportunities obtained. Then the average number of shots per game can also be used to see the training opportunities given by the team. In order to maintain the relative rationality of the data, this column will also use Using the prerequisites of playing more than one game and averaging more than five minutes per game, VJ Edgecombe still takes the most shots per game with 15.5, while Yang Hansen only ranks 29th with 1.8 shots per game. This shows that Edgecombe has received the most reuse among rookie players.

So how effective are the training plans of each team? Edgecombe is still the player with the highest scoring average at 20.3 points per game. Flagg, the much-anticipated No. 1 pick, ranks fifth with 13.8 points per game, and Yang Hansen ranks 30th with 1.8 points per game. Edgecombe can be said to be the rookie with the most opportunities and the most contributions among this rookie class.

Of course, it is unreasonable to only look at scoring without looking at scoring efficiency. Since rookies have a mix of inside and outside players, the true shooting percentage that combines three-pointers and free throws can better reflect scoring efficiency. Among the 10 rookies with the highest usage rate, the Hawks' Newell's true shooting percentage The shooting rate is as high as 61.2%, Edgecomb's 60.7% is the second highest, and Yang Hansen's usage rate of 19.5% is ranked tenth. This means that although Yang Hansen does not have many playing opportunities and time, he consumes more shots when he plays, but his 38.7% true shooting rate is the lowest among the top ten players in usage rate.

So where is Yang Hansen's scoring efficiency among this rookie class? Among the 34 players, Yang Hansen's true shooting percentage of 38.7% is the sixth lowest from the bottom. To some extent, Yang Hansen's shooting after normal level confrontation is very weak. Of course, Flagg, the current No. 1 pick, is not much better. His true shooting percentage of 49.3% is the 11th lowest from the bottom.

Overall, among the rookies who have received relatively more playing opportunities, the one who currently performs best is Edgecombe. He is one of the best among rookies in terms of playing opportunities and scoring contributions. The Grizzlies' Coward, the Spurs' Harper, the Hornets' Knipper, the Pelicans' Fiers and the Hawks' Newell all have sufficient scoring contributions. Either they have a high enough scoring efficiency, so they are also at the top level among rookies; the performance of the fourth-pick Bailey of the Jazz, the 16th-pick Jan Hansen of the Trail Blazers, and the 14th-pick Carter Bryant of the Spurs fell far short of the expectations of the draft picks. The on-field contributions of these three players are comparable to those of players picked after the 20th pick or even second-round picks. Although Flagg, the top pick, has received many opportunities, his performance has not reached the level he should have.