most blocks by a rookie in mavericks history

Kurt Nimphius has denied the most shots by a Mavericks rookie, with 82 blocks in 1981-82.

	NAME	BLK	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kurt Nimphius K. Nimphius	82	1981-82	DAL	63	17.2	5.3	4.7	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.2	4.7	46.1	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.7	58.3	48.9	1.5	3.2	0.9	1,085	337	295	61	17	56	190
2	Sean Rooks S. Rooks	81	1992-93	DAL	72	29.0	13.5	7.4	1.3	0.5	1.1	5.1	10.4	49.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	5.4	60.2	52.8	2.7	4.7	2.2	2,087	970	536	95	38	160	204
3	Roy Tarpley R. Tarpley	79	1986-87	DAL	75	18.7	7.5	7.1	0.7	0.7	1.1	3.1	6.7	46.7	0.0	0.0	33.3	1.3	1.9	67.6	50.1	2.4	4.7	1.3	1,405	561	533	52	56	101	232
4	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	77	2023-24	DAL	55	23.5	8.8	6.9	1.1	0.7	1.4	4.0	5.4	74.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.5	50.6	72.8	2.5	4.4	0.9	1,294	483	378	60	36	50	144	+144
5	Bill Garnett B. Garnett	70	1982-83	DAL	75	18.8	6.3	5.4	1.4	0.6	0.9	2.3	4.3	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.3	74.1	59.3	1.9	3.5	1.1	1,411	469	406	103	48	81	245
6	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	64	2025-26	DAL	70	33.5	21.0	6.7	4.5	1.2	0.9	8.0	17.1	46.8	1.0	3.5	29.5	4.0	4.9	82.7	54.8	1.2	5.4	2.3	2,344	1,473	466	316	84	161	142	-266
7	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	63	1984-85	DAL	82	28.3	11.0	7.4	1.6	0.8	0.8	4.2	9.0	47.1	0.1	0.4	25.0	2.4	3.0	82.0	53.5	2.3	5.1	1.2	2,317	903	605	135	63	102	236
8	Josh Howard J. Howard	54	2003-04	DAL	67	23.7	8.6	5.5	1.4	1.0	0.8	3.4	7.9	43.0	0.3	1.0	30.3	1.4	2.1	70.3	48.5	2.2	3.3	1.0	1,589	575	368	97	69	67	168	+214
9	Maxi Kleber M. Kleber	47	2017-18	DAL	72	16.8	5.4	3.3	0.7	0.4	0.7	2.1	4.3	48.9	0.6	1.8	31.3	0.6	0.8	74.6	57.6	1.0	2.3	0.4	1,206	386	234	51	26	30	114	-131
10	Moussa Cisse M. Cisse	45	2025-26	DAL	38	13.9	4.5	5.7	0.2	0.5	1.2	1.7	3.0	57.4	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.1	46.9	56.4	2.3	3.3	0.8	530	170	216	9	19	30	73	-3
11	Bernard James B. James	38	2012-13	DAL	46	9.9	2.8	2.8	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.2	2.2	51.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.9	61.0	54.1	1.1	1.7	0.4	457	131	131	6	12	18	64	-22
12	Salah Mejri S. Mejri	36	2015-16	DAL	34	11.7	3.7	3.6	0.3	0.2	1.1	1.4	2.3	62.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.4	58.7	63.6	1.2	2.4	0.7	397	125	123	10	8	23	54	+41
13	Doug Smith D. Smith	34	1991-92	DAL	76	22.5	8.8	5.1	1.7	0.8	0.4	3.8	9.2	41.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.2	1.6	73.6	44.4	1.7	3.4	1.3	1,707	671	391	129	62	97	259
14	Loren Meyer L. Meyer	32	1995-96	DAL	72	17.6	5.0	4.4	0.8	0.3	0.4	2.0	4.6	43.9	0.0	0.2	27.3	1.0	1.4	68.6	48.4	1.6	2.8	0.9	1,266	363	319	57	20	67	224
15	Cherokee Parks C. Parks	32	1995-96	DAL	64	13.6	3.9	3.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.6	3.9	40.9	0.1	0.4	26.9	0.6	1.0	66.1	45.6	1.0	2.3	0.5	869	250	216	29	25	31	100
16	Popeye Jones P. Jones	31	1993-94	DAL	81	21.9	5.8	7.5	1.2	0.8	0.4	2.4	5.0	47.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.3	72.9	51.5	3.7	3.8	1.2	1,773	468	605	99	61	94	246
17	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	30	1981-82	DAL	82	24.1	13.3	3.1	1.3	0.6	0.4	5.4	10.4	51.3	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.6	3.4	76.8	55.9	1.2	1.9	1.4	1,979	1,091	254	105	46	113	122
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	27	1998-99	DAL	47	20.4	8.2	3.4	1.0	0.6	0.6	2.9	7.1	40.5	0.3	1.4	20.6	2.1	2.7	77.3	49.1	0.9	2.6	1.6	958	385	162	47	29	73	105	-17
19	Chris Anstey C. Anstey	27	1997-98	DAL	41	16.6	5.9	3.8	0.9	0.8	0.7	2.2	5.6	39.8	0.1	0.4	18.8	1.3	1.8	71.6	45.5	1.3	2.5	1.0	680	240	157	35	31	41	95	-116
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	25	2018-19	DAL	72	32.2	21.2	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	7.0	16.5	42.7	2.3	7.1	32.7	4.8	6.7	71.3	54.5	1.2	6.6	3.4	2,318	1,526	563	429	77	247	137	-118
21	Dorian Finney-Smith D. Finney-Smith	25	2016-17	DAL	81	20.3	4.3	2.7	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.5	4.1	37.2	0.7	2.4	29.3	0.6	0.8	75.4	48.6	0.7	2.1	0.6	1,642	350	222	67	52	45	125	-118
22	Justin Anderson J. Anderson	25	2015-16	DAL	55	11.8	3.8	2.4	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.3	3.2	40.6	0.4	1.5	26.5	0.8	1.0	80.0	52.2	0.3	2.1	0.4	647	208	132	29	19	24	45	+8
23	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	24	1994-95	DAL	79	33.8	11.7	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.3	4.2	10.8	38.5	0.9	3.3	27.2	2.4	3.5	69.8	47.1	1.9	3.5	3.2	2,668	922	430	607	151	250	146
24	Donald Hodge D. Hodge	23	1991-92	DAL	51	20.7	8.4	5.4	0.8	0.5	0.5	3.2	6.4	49.7	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.9	66.7	54.1	2.3	3.1	1.5	1,058	426	275	39	25	75	128
25	Samaki Walker S. Walker	22	1996-97	DAL	43	14.0	5.0	3.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.9	4.3	44.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.7	64.9	48.7	1.1	2.3	0.9	602	214	147	17	15	39	71	-131

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