Marquese Chriss and Joel Embiid were tied for denying the most shots by a rookie in a game in 2016-17, with 5 blocks.

Interpreted as:

most blocks by a player in a regular-season game 2017 rookie

	NAME	BLK	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Marquese Chriss M. Chriss	5	3/15/2017	PHX	vs	SAC	32	17	7	2	2	6	14	42.9	2	8	25.0	3	7	42.9	49.8	2	5	3	5	-4
2	Marquese Chriss M. Chriss	5	3/5/2017	PHX	vs	BOS	25	10	6	0	1	5	9	55.6	0	3	0.0	0	0		55.6	1	5	1	2	0
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	5	1/16/2017	PHI	@	MIL	28	22	13	2	2	4	9	44.4	1	3	33.3	13	18	72.2	65.0	3	10	4	3	+13
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	5	12/5/2016	PHI	vs	DEN	26	16	4	1	0	5	15	33.3	1	3	33.3	5	6	83.3	45.4	1	3	3	3	-9
5	Marquese Chriss M. Chriss	4	4/2/2017	PHX	vs	HOU	28	9	6	1	0	4	10	40.0	0	4	0.0	1	4	25.0	38.3	3	3	3	3	-12
6	Marquese Chriss M. Chriss	4	3/17/2017	PHX	vs	ORL	26	13	9	0	0	6	9	66.7	1	2	50.0	0	0		72.2	0	9	2	4	+9
7	Taurean Prince T. Prince	4	3/16/2017	ATL	vs	MEM	29	16	6	1	0	6	10	60.0	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	73.5	1	5	3	2	-2
8	Skal Labissière S. Labissière	4	3/13/2017	SAC	vs	ORL	20	11	7	0	0	5	9	55.6	0	0		1	3	33.3	53.3	1	6	0	2	-4
9	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	4	3/12/2017	LAL	vs	PHI	19	10	6	0	0	4	5	80.0	0	0		2	3	66.7	79.1	0	6	2	2	-11
10	Okaro White O. White	4	1/25/2017	MIA	@	BKN	27	10	7	1	1	3	4	75.0	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	102.5	0	7	1	4	+12
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	4	1/20/2017	PHI	vs	POR	22	18	10	5	0	7	14	50.0	0	0		4	9	44.4	50.1	3	7	5	2	-1
12	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	4	1/1/2017	TOR	@	LAL	31	3	10	0	0	1	4	25.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	30.7	1	9	2	5	-2
13	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	4	12/18/2016	TOR	@	ORL	28	6	7	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	61.5	3	4	2	4	+16
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	4	12/8/2016	PHI	@	NOP	27	14	7	2	3	5	15	33.3	0	5	0.0	4	5	80.0	40.7	3	4	3	3	+27
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	4	11/5/2016	PHI	vs	CLE	25	22	6	2	1	7	13	53.8	4	4	100.0	4	4	100.0	74.5	2	4	6	3	-11
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	4	11/1/2016	PHI	vs	ORL	25	18	10	3	0	6	12	50.0	0	1	0.0	6	9	66.7	56.4	3	7	4	2	+5
17	Thon Maker T. Maker	3	4/12/2017	MIL	@	BOS	27	9	6	3	0	3	8	37.5	0	2	0.0	3	3	100.0	48.3	3	3	3	2	-4
18	Maurice Ndour M. Ndour	3	4/7/2017	NYK	@	MEM	29	15	7	0	1	7	9	77.8	0	0		1	2	50.0	75.9	2	5	1	1	-3
19	AJ Hammons	3	4/4/2017	DAL	@	SAC	26	9	6	0	1	3	6	50.0	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	65.4	1	5	2	4	-6
20	Kris Dunn K. Dunn	3	3/28/2017	MIN	@	IND	26	9	2	1	4	3	3	100.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	94.5	0	2	1	2	+6
21	Dario Šarić D. Šarić	3	3/22/2017	PHI	@	OKC	26	12	2	2	1	4	14	28.6	1	3	33.3	3	3	100.0	39.2	1	1	3	1	-23
22	Taurean Prince T. Prince	3	3/18/2017	ATL	vs	POR	31	8	6	2	0	2	9	22.2	0	3	0.0	4	5	80.0	35.7	1	5	1	1	0
23	Shawn Long S. Long	3	3/17/2017	PHI	vs	DAL	9	2	3	2	0	1	2	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		50.0	1	2	1	0	+2
24	Isaiah Whitehead I. Whitehead	3	3/17/2017	BKN	vs	BOS	23	2	2	1	0	0	8	0.0	0	3	0.0	2	2	100.0	11.3	0	2	1	1	-4
25	Georgios Papagiannis G. Papagiannis	3	3/15/2017	SAC	@	PHX	13	0	3	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	3	0	3	+2