highest bpg in first season nba

Manute Bol averaged the most blocks per game by a player in his first season with 5.0 per game in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:
highest bpg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in first season NBA
NAMEBPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Manute Bol
M. Bol
5.0
1985-86
80
26.1
3.7
6.0
0.3
0.4
1.6
3.5
46.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
1.1
48.8
47.2
1.5
4.4
0.8
2,090
298
477
23
28
397
65
255
2Elmore Smith
E. Smith
4.9
1973-74
81
36.1
12.5
11.2
1.9
0.9
5.4
11.7
45.7
1.8
3.1
59.0
47.9
2.5
8.7
2,922
1,015
906
150
71
393
309
3David Robinson
D. Robinson
3.9
1989-90
82
36.6
24.3
12.0
2.0
1.7
8.4
15.9
53.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.5
10.2
73.2
59.7
3.7
8.3
3.1
3,002
1,993
983
164
138
319
257
259
4Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
3.6
2023-24
71
29.7
21.4
10.6
3.9
1.2
7.8
16.7
46.5
1.8
5.5
32.5
4.1
5.2
79.6
56.5
2.3
8.4
3.7
2,106
1,522
755
274
88
254
260
153
-142
5Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
3.5
1992-93
81
37.9
23.4
13.9
1.9
0.7
9.0
16.1
56.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.3
8.9
59.2
58.4
4.2
9.6
3.8
3,071
1,893
1,122
152
60
286
307
321
6Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
3.5
1973-74
81
43.8
27.0
14.5
4.8
1.4
11.7
21.7
53.9
3.6
5.2
70.2
56.4
3.5
11.0
3,548
2,191
1,178
386
112
283
238
7Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
3.5
1992-93
78
33.9
21.0
10.3
1.0
0.3
7.3
14.3
51.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
6.3
8.1
78.1
58.6
3.4
6.9
3.0
2,644
1,639
805
76
27
271
236
286
8Mark Eaton
M. Eaton
3.4
1982-83
81
18.9
4.3
5.7
1.4
0.3
1.8
4.4
41.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.7
1.1
65.6
44.7
1.1
4.6
1.7
1,528
351
462
112
24
275
140
257
9Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
3.3
1973-74
74
43.0
30.6
15.1
2.3
1.2
12.2
22.3
54.7
6.2
7.8
79.3
59.4
3.8
11.3
3,185
2,261
1,117
170
88
246
252
10Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
3.0
1973-74
81
37.6
22.5
13.3
4.2
1.4
9.2
18.3
50.4
4.0
5.0
79.7
54.8
3.3
9.9
3,047
1,822
1,074
343
110
247
273
11Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
3.0
1973-74
81
44.5
21.4
18.1
2.0
1.1
8.5
20.1
42.3
4.4
6.1
72.1
47.0
4.4
13.7
3,602
1,735
1,463
163
86
240
252
12Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
3.0
1991-92
71
38.3
16.6
12.3
2.2
0.6
6.0
12.2
49.3
0.0
0.0
4.5
7.0
64.2
54.0
4.5
7.8
3.5
2,716
1,177
870
156
43
210
252
273
13Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
2.9
1973-74
62
39.7
13.0
14.2
2.7
0.7
5.0
11.2
44.4
3.1
4.6
66.6
49.2
4.0
10.1
2,463
807
878
165
41
179
179
14Gar Heard
G. Heard
2.8
1973-74
81
35.7
15.3
11.7
2.2
1.7
6.5
14.9
43.5
2.4
3.6
65.0
46.4
3.3
8.4
2,889
1,239
947
180
136
230
300
15Tree Rollins
T. Rollins
2.7
1977-78
80
22.4
7.6
6.9
1.0
0.7
3.2
6.5
48.7
1.3
1.9
70.3
52.1
2.2
4.7
1.5
1,795
610
552
79
57
218
121
326
16Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
2.7
1984-85
82
35.5
20.6
11.9
1.4
1.2
8.3
15.3
53.8
0.0
0.0
4.1
6.7
61.3
56.4
5.4
6.5
2.9
2,914
1,692
974
111
99
220
234
344
17Sam Bowie
S. Bowie
2.7
1984-85
76
29.2
10.0
8.6
2.8
0.7
3.9
7.3
53.7
0.0
0.0
2.1
3.0
71.1
57.8
2.7
5.9
2.3
2,216
758
656
215
55
203
172
278
18Benoit Benjamin
B. Benjamin
2.6
1985-86
79
26.4
11.1
7.6
1.0
0.8
4.1
8.4
49.0
0.0
0.0
33.3
2.9
3.9
74.6
55.1
2.0
5.6
1.8
2,088
878
600
79
64
206
145
286
19Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
2.5
1997-98
82
39.1
21.1
11.9
2.7
0.7
8.6
15.7
54.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.9
5.9
66.2
57.7
3.3
8.6
3.4
3,204
1,731
977
224
55
206
279
254
+429
20Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
2.5
1976-77
82
35.1
18.6
13.0
2.4
0.5
7.0
13.3
52.2
4.7
7.1
66.0
56.6
3.8
9.2
2,877
1,527
1,070
199
44
203
266
21Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
2.5
1978-79
82
31.2
12.9
7.9
1.1
1.3
5.6
11.5
48.2
1.8
2.7
65.8
50.7
2.6
5.3
1.7
2,560
1,056
648
89
104
201
141
254
22Mitchell Robinson
M. Robinson
2.4
2018-19
66
20.6
7.3
6.4
0.6
0.8
3.1
4.4
69.4
0.0
0.0
1.2
2.0
60.0
69.2
2.7
3.7
0.5
1,360
485
423
37
52
161
35
217
-203
23Caldwell Jones
C. Jones
2.4
1976-77
82
24.7
6.0
8.1
1.1
0.5
2.6
5.2
50.7
0.8
1.4
55.2
52.0
2.3
5.8
2,023
494
666
92
43
200
301
24Michael Stewart
M. Stewart
2.4
1997-98
81
21.7
4.6
6.6
0.8
0.4
1.9
4.0
48.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
1.8
45.8
48.6
2.4
4.2
1.0
1,761
375
536
61
29
195
85
251
-151
25Ralph Sampson
R. Sampson
2.4
1983-84
82
32.8
21.0
11.1
2.0
0.9
8.7
16.7
52.3
0.0
0.0
25.0
3.5
5.3
66.1
55.1
3.6
7.6
3.6
2,693
1,720
913
163
70
197
294
339
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