highest bpg by nba rookie

Ryan Kalkbrenner has averaged the most blocks per game by a rookie this season with 1.5 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest bpg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by NBA rookie this regular season
NAMEBPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Ryan Kalkbrenner
R. Kalkbrenner
1.5
2025-26
60
21.8
7.9
5.7
0.8
0.5
3.3
4.5
74.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.2
1.8
68.9
75.4
2.5
3.2
1.0
1,308
473
339
46
30
88
58
93
+15
2Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
0.9
2025-26
62
33.9
20.4
6.6
4.6
1.2
7.8
16.5
47.4
1.0
3.4
28.6
3.8
4.7
81.4
55.0
1.2
5.4
2.4
2,101
1,267
408
286
74
57
148
129
-222
3Derik Queen
D. Queen
0.9
2025-26
74
24.4
11.4
6.9
3.7
1.0
4.3
8.9
47.7
0.3
1.0
27.3
2.6
3.2
79.2
54.9
1.6
5.3
2.3
1,808
841
508
272
71
65
169
194
-247
4Ace Bailey
A. Bailey
0.6
2025-26
65
27.1
13.5
4.2
1.8
0.9
5.3
11.9
44.6
1.9
5.4
35.4
0.9
1.2
78.2
54.1
1.5
2.6
1.4
1,761
875
270
116
56
41
89
178
-351
5Danny Wolf
D. Wolf
0.6
2025-26
57
20.8
8.9
4.9
2.2
0.5
3.1
7.7
40.5
1.2
3.7
32.2
1.5
1.9
77.1
52.1
1.0
3.9
1.3
1,187
508
281
127
30
32
73
126
-231
6VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
0.5
2025-26
66
34.9
16.1
5.7
4.0
1.4
6.0
13.8
43.4
2.0
5.7
35.6
2.1
2.5
82.5
54.0
1.6
4.1
1.8
2,306
1,064
376
266
94
36
120
192
+38
7Maxime Raynaud
M. Raynaud
0.5
2025-26
66
26.0
11.9
7.3
1.3
0.5
5.0
8.9
56.7
0.3
0.9
28.3
1.5
2.0
79.1
61.0
1.9
5.4
1.2
1,714
785
481
85
33
36
80
155
-431
8Cedric Coward
C. Coward
0.4
2025-26
56
26.0
13.3
6.1
2.8
0.6
4.8
10.3
46.6
1.5
4.4
33.7
2.2
2.6
84.7
58.0
1.4
4.7
1.7
1,455
743
339
158
32
23
97
112
+12
9Noah Penda
N. Penda
0.3
2025-26
53
13.6
4.2
3.4
1.2
0.5
1.5
3.7
41.5
0.5
1.6
33.7
0.6
0.9
68.8
51.8
1.3
2.2
0.8
719
224
181
63
29
18
40
66
-25
10Dylan Harper
D. Harper
0.3
2025-26
60
22.3
11.5
3.4
3.9
0.8
4.7
9.4
49.5
0.8
2.6
31.6
1.4
1.8
74.5
56.3
0.7
2.7
1.4
1,340
690
204
233
46
20
83
116
+260
11Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
0.3
2025-26
75
24.9
13.0
3.6
3.2
1.1
4.9
11.5
42.9
1.1
3.4
33.3
2.0
2.6
78.2
51.5
0.7
2.9
2.2
1,867
977
267
243
83
25
165
131
-267
12Egor Dëmin
E. Dëmin
0.3
2025-26
52
25.2
10.3
3.2
3.3
0.8
3.4
8.6
39.9
2.4
6.2
38.5
1.0
1.3
83.1
56.1
0.4
2.8
1.7
1,308
536
165
173
42
17
86
93
-161
13Tre Johnson
T. Johnson
0.3
2025-26
57
24.0
12.3
2.8
2.0
0.5
4.5
10.7
42.2
1.9
5.4
36.4
1.3
1.5
87.4
54.1
0.5
2.3
1.5
1,370
703
157
112
31
18
87
112
-295
14Nique Clifford
N. Clifford
0.3
2025-26
67
23.9
7.7
3.6
2.2
0.9
3.0
7.3
40.9
1.0
2.9
33.5
0.8
1.2
69.2
49.6
0.9
2.7
1.3
1,600
519
240
145
63
21
90
140
-179
15Hugo González
H. González
0.3
2025-26
68
15.1
4.0
3.4
0.6
0.6
1.6
3.4
47.0
0.6
1.6
34.9
0.2
0.4
50.0
55.2
0.9
2.6
0.5
1,026
269
233
39
38
21
35
118
+252
16Walter Clayton Jr.
W. Clayton Jr.
0.3
2025-26
TOT
63
19.9
7.4
2.0
3.9
0.7
2.4
6.5
37.3
1.0
3.4
29.0
1.6
1.7
89.1
50.9
0.3
1.7
1.6
1,256
465
126
243
41
18
98
110
-221
17Carter Bryant
C. Bryant
0.3
2025-26
62
10.9
4.0
2.5
0.5
0.2
1.4
3.7
38.8
0.7
2.1
31.8
0.4
0.6
71.1
50.3
0.5
2.0
0.4
675
245
155
32
13
17
26
74
-20
18Sion James
S. James
0.3
2025-26
73
22.8
5.4
3.4
1.9
0.6
1.6
4.3
37.9
1.0
2.7
37.1
1.1
1.3
83.9
54.6
0.6
2.8
0.8
1,666
391
250
142
43
20
61
133
+8
19Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
0.2
2025-26
72
31.5
19.1
5.3
3.5
0.7
6.5
13.4
48.9
3.5
8.0
43.8
2.5
2.9
86.3
65.2
1.2
4.1
2.0
2,268
1,378
384
250
51
17
142
157
+295
20Drake Powell
D. Powell
0.2
2025-26
56
20.0
6.1
1.7
1.4
0.5
2.1
5.2
41.2
0.8
2.7
28.5
1.1
1.2
90.8
53.5
0.3
1.3
1.0
1,119
342
93
81
27
10
54
79
-375
21Kobe Sanders
K. Sanders
0.1
2025-26
60
20.4
7.1
2.4
1.7
0.7
2.6
5.7
45.9
1.2
2.8
40.6
0.7
0.9
81.1
58.4
0.5
1.9
1.3
1,224
424
142
100
40
8
75
129
+8
22Will Richard
W. Richard
0.1
2025-26
64
20.4
6.9
2.5
1.4
1.2
2.5
5.3
47.9
1.1
3.2
34.8
0.7
0.8
85.2
61.0
1.0
1.5
0.8
1,306
439
162
88
78
8
53
126
-47
23Micah Peavy
M. Peavy
0.1
2025-26
54
13.2
3.9
1.8
0.9
0.6
1.6
4.3
37.8
0.4
1.7
23.3
0.2
0.4
68.4
43.6
0.7
1.0
0.3
712
208
96
48
33
6
15
73
-96
24Mohamed Diawara
M. Diawara
0.1
2025-26
63
9.0
3.6
1.4
0.7
0.2
1.3
3.1
43.1
0.8
1.9
40.0
0.2
0.3
70.6
56.3
0.2
1.2
0.4
568
228
88
44
14
6
28
47
+56
25Will Riley
W. Riley
0.1
2025-26
65
20.6
9.3
2.7
1.8
0.6
3.3
7.4
44.0
1.0
3.0
33.8
1.8
2.2
78.6
55.3
0.8
1.9
1.2
1,336
604
176
118
40
6
76
71
-356
StatMuse has season-level data for blocks per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

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14.5
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Sat
3/28
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6:00 PM
Sun
3/29
@
6:00 PM
Tue
3/31
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7:30 PM
Thu
4/2
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7:00 PM
Fri
4/3
@
7:00 PM
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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

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1
53
20
.726
2
49
24
.671
4.0
3
48
26
.649
5.5
4
46
28
.622
7.5
5
41
32
.562
12.0
6
41
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.554
12.5
7
40
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.548
13.0
8
39
34
.534
14.0
9
39
34
.534
14.0
10
39
35
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11
29
43
.403
23.5
12
Bulls Bulls - e
29
44
.397
24.0
13
17
56
.233
36.0
14
Nets Nets - e
17
57
.230
36.5
15
16
58
.216
37.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
58
16
.784
2
Spurs Spurs - x
55
18
.753
2.5
3
48
26
.649
10.0
4
47
28
.627
11.5
5
45
28
.616
12.5
6
44
29
.603
13.5
7
40
33
.548
17.5
8
38
36
.514
20.0
9
37
38
.493
21.5
10
36
38
.486
22.0
11
25
50
.333
33.5
12
24
49
.329
33.5
13
24
50
.324
34.0
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Jazz Jazz - e
21
53
.284
37.0
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Kings Kings - e
19
55
.257
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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
2/28
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2/28
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104-128
Sun
3/1
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123-118
Sun
3/1
@
108-81
Sun
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128-125

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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Sat
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