most blocks by an nba rookie

Ryan Kalkbrenner has rejected the most shots by a rookie this season, with 50 blocks.

Interpreted as:
most blocks by an NBA rookie this regular season
NAMEBLKSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLTOVPF+/-
1Ryan Kalkbrenner
R. Kalkbrenner
50
2025-26
33
24.5
8.7
6.3
0.7
0.6
1.5
3.7
4.8
77.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.3
1.8
71.7
77.8
2.5
3.8
1.1
807
287
208
22
20
35
58
-51
2Derik Queen
D. Queen
42
2025-26
45
26.0
12.5
7.4
4.4
1.0
0.9
4.8
9.8
49.4
0.2
0.9
19.0
2.6
3.3
78.0
55.3
1.7
5.7
2.5
1,169
561
333
198
46
111
128
-205
3Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
32
2025-26
42
33.8
18.8
6.4
4.1
1.3
0.8
7.2
15.1
47.7
1.0
3.5
28.3
3.5
4.4
79.8
55.4
1.1
5.2
2.3
1,421
791
268
172
53
95
96
-113
4Moussa Cisse
M. Cisse
31
2025-26
26
11.6
3.9
4.5
0.2
0.3
1.2
1.5
2.3
63.9
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.9
46.0
60.8
1.9
2.7
0.8
302
101
118
6
9
21
47
-30
5Dylan Cardwell
D. Cardwell
29
2025-26
18
18.9
4.7
7.2
1.1
0.7
1.6
1.9
3.6
53.8
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.8
1.4
53.8
54.9
3.1
4.2
0.7
341
84
130
19
13
13
69
+23
6Collin Murray-Boyles
C. Murray-Boyles
26
2025-26
37
21.5
7.8
5.1
2.0
0.9
0.7
3.2
6.0
53.6
0.4
1.2
34.9
0.9
1.4
64.2
58.5
2.5
2.6
1.1
796
287
189
73
32
41
97
+5
7VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
20
2025-26
39
35.9
15.6
5.4
4.2
1.5
0.5
5.8
13.6
42.9
2.2
5.8
36.8
1.8
2.4
76.6
53.5
1.7
3.7
1.9
1,399
610
209
163
60
73
126
+93
8Maxime Raynaud
M. Raynaud
18
2025-26
37
23.4
10.0
6.6
1.2
0.4
0.5
4.3
7.8
54.5
0.2
0.8
30.0
1.2
1.7
71.4
58.2
1.8
4.8
1.0
864
370
243
43
16
36
95
-217
9Sion James
S. James
17
2025-26
45
25.1
6.2
3.4
2.0
0.6
0.4
1.9
4.9
38.4
1.0
2.9
36.2
1.4
1.6
87.3
55.3
0.6
2.8
0.8
1,131
277
154
91
27
34
82
-44
10Ace Bailey
A. Bailey
15
2025-26
38
24.5
10.9
3.5
1.6
0.7
0.4
4.4
9.7
45.2
1.4
4.1
35.0
0.7
0.9
72.2
53.9
1.6
1.9
1.3
930
413
133
62
26
49
94
-217
11Cedric Coward
C. Coward
14
2025-26
39
26.6
14.1
6.5
2.8
0.6
0.4
5.1
10.7
47.4
1.6
4.5
34.5
2.3
2.7
85.0
58.9
1.5
5.0
1.7
1,037
548
254
110
22
67
79
+57
12Noah Penda
N. Penda
13
2025-26
28
14.1
5.3
4.0
1.3
0.6
0.5
1.9
4.1
45.7
0.8
1.7
44.7
0.7
1.2
60.6
56.3
1.6
2.4
0.8
394
147
112
35
16
21
38
-2
13Nique Clifford
N. Clifford
12
2025-26
41
18.7
5.3
3.0
1.3
0.6
0.3
2.0
5.1
39.9
0.7
2.3
29.5
0.6
0.8
67.6
48.7
0.7
2.3
1.1
765
217
121
54
23
45
78
-85
14Egor Dëmin
E. Dëmin
12
2025-26
37
24.6
10.3
3.0
3.4
0.9
0.3
3.5
8.7
40.2
2.4
6.1
39.6
0.8
1.0
83.8
56.1
0.5
2.5
1.7
909
381
110
126
32
64
67
-51
15Tre Johnson
T. Johnson
12
2025-26
36
25.0
12.6
2.8
2.1
0.7
0.3
4.6
10.2
44.8
2.1
5.3
39.3
1.3
1.5
88.9
57.8
0.5
2.3
1.5
900
453
102
74
24
54
66
-128
16Asa Newell
A. Newell
11
2025-26
33
10.6
5.2
1.9
0.5
0.4
0.3
2.0
3.6
55.8
0.8
1.7
43.9
0.3
0.6
55.0
66.0
0.8
1.1
0.5
351
170
63
18
12
17
53
+11
17Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
11
2025-26
46
26.4
13.9
3.7
3.1
1.2
0.2
5.3
12.1
43.5
1.0
3.2
32.0
2.3
2.9
80.6
52.0
0.8
3.0
2.3
1,214
639
172
143
56
107
81
-293
18Yanic Konan Niederhäuser
Y. Konan Niederhäuser
11
2025-26
24
8.8
3.6
2.2
0.3
0.1
0.5
1.4
2.1
64.7
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.8
1.3
64.5
66.5
0.8
1.3
0.5
211
86
52
8
2
12
28
+16
19Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
10
2025-26
44
32.2
19.0
5.5
3.5
0.7
0.2
6.6
13.7
48.2
3.3
7.8
42.3
2.5
2.7
90.0
63.7
1.2
4.3
2.2
1,417
834
242
155
30
97
101
+9
20Danny Wolf
D. Wolf
10
2025-26
28
19.1
7.7
4.1
1.8
0.6
0.4
2.8
7.0
39.5
1.2
3.2
36.7
1.0
1.2
82.4
51.2
1.0
3.1
1.0
535
215
116
49
18
29
49
-58
21Hugo González
H. González
10
2025-26
38
14.9
3.9
3.3
0.6
0.6
0.3
1.6
3.2
49.6
0.5
1.4
35.8
0.2
0.4
52.9
57.5
0.9
2.4
0.6
565
150
126
22
22
24
73
+189
22Dylan Harper
D. Harper
9
2025-26
35
21.3
10.4
3.2
3.5
0.9
0.3
4.1
9.4
43.6
0.6
2.6
24.2
1.5
2.0
74.6
50.2
0.7
2.5
1.4
745
363
111
124
32
49
66
+78
23Walter Clayton Jr.
W. Clayton Jr.
8
2025-26
40
18.5
7.1
2.0
3.4
0.6
0.2
2.4
5.8
40.8
1.0
3.3
30.5
1.4
1.5
94.8
55.1
0.3
1.7
1.2
739
285
81
134
22
48
71
-93
24Yang Hansen
Y. Hansen
8
2025-26
25
8.4
2.4
1.6
0.8
0.1
0.3
0.8
2.7
29.4
0.2
1.3
15.6
0.6
0.6
93.8
40.0
0.4
1.2
0.9
209
60
41
19
2
22
31
-38
25Joan Beringer
J. Beringer
7
2025-26
19
6.7
3.0
2.1
0.3
0.2
0.4
1.4
2.0
71.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.2
75.0
71.7
0.9
1.1
0.3
128
57
39
5
3
5
19
+44
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11
18
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.419
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Wed
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Thu
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Sat
1/31
@
3:00 PM
Last Game
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124

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
32
10
.762
2
27
16
.628
5.5
3
26
18
.591
7.0
4
27
19
.587
7.0
5
24
19
.558
8.5
6
25
20
.556
8.5
7
23
20
.535
9.5
8
23
22
.511
10.5
9
22
22
.500
11.0
10
21
25
.457
13.0
11
18
25
.419
14.5
12
17
28
.378
16.5
13
12
30
.286
20.0
14
10
33
.233
22.5
15
10
35
.222
23.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
37
8
.822
2
31
14
.689
6.0
3
30
15
.667
7.0
4
26
16
.619
9.5
5
27
17
.614
9.5
6
26
17
.605
10.0
7
27
18
.600
10.0
8
25
21
.543
12.5
9
23
22
.511
14.0
10
20
24
.455
16.5
11
18
24
.429
17.5
12
19
26
.422
18.0
13
15
30
.333
22.0
14
12
33
.267
25.0
15
10
36
.217
27.5

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127-141
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