Ryan Kalkbrenner has denied the most shots by a rookie this season, with 42 blocks.

Interpreted as:

most blocks in a rookie debut this regular season

	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	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	42	2025-26	CHA	23	25.8	9.0	6.7	0.5	0.7	1.8	3.8	4.8	80.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.8	75.6	80.8	2.7	4.0	1.2	593	207	153	12	16	27	44	-85
2	Derik Queen D. Queen	20	2025-26	NOP	26	25.3	13.0	6.3	4.0	1.0	0.8	4.9	9.7	50.4	0.1	0.7	11.1	3.2	4.0	79.8	56.9	1.7	4.7	2.2	657	339	165	104	27	57	86	-118
3	Moussa Cisse M. Cisse	19	2025-26	DAL	18	10.1	2.9	3.3	0.2	0.2	1.1	1.2	1.9	61.8	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.5	40.7	57.8	1.3	2.1	0.7	181	53	60	3	4	13	29	-19
4	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	17	2025-26	DAL	25	33.7	17.5	6.3	3.4	1.3	0.7	6.8	14.1	48.2	0.8	3.4	25.0	3.0	3.7	81.7	55.5	1.2	5.1	2.1	842	437	157	86	33	52	56	-143
5	Sion James S. James	11	2025-26	CHA	25	26.1	6.9	3.1	1.5	0.7	0.4	2.2	5.1	42.2	1.2	3.2	37.5	1.4	1.6	85.0	59.1	0.4	2.7	1.0	652	172	78	37	18	24	41	-58
6	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	10	2025-26	UTA	24	23.6	10.2	3.3	1.7	0.8	0.4	4.0	9.1	44.0	1.5	4.1	35.4	0.7	0.9	77.3	53.6	1.4	1.9	1.4	566	244	79	40	19	33	59	-123
7	VJ Edgecombe	9	2025-26	PHI	21	34.8	14.7	5.6	4.0	1.3	0.4	5.4	12.9	42.1	2.0	5.0	38.7	1.9	2.5	75.5	52.5	1.8	3.8	1.7	731	309	117	85	28	36	67	+77
8	Cedric Coward C. Coward	8	2025-26	MEM	25	27.2	13.5	6.4	2.8	0.6	0.3	4.8	10.6	45.8	1.5	4.6	32.5	2.3	2.8	84.1	57.2	1.4	5.0	1.5	681	337	160	71	14	37	50	+49
9	Maxime Raynaud M. Raynaud	8	2025-26	SAC	17	18.0	8.5	4.6	1.0	0.4	0.5	3.5	6.6	52.7	0.3	0.8	35.7	1.3	1.7	75.9	58.1	1.2	3.4	0.8	306	145	79	17	6	13	35	-67
10	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	7	2025-26	TOR	21	17.6	7.0	3.3	1.3	0.6	0.3	2.7	4.9	55.3	0.6	1.2	48.0	1.0	1.5	62.5	62.4	1.8	1.5	1.2	370	146	69	28	13	25	48	-29
11	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	7	2025-26	BKN	22	22.7	8.1	3.2	3.5	0.9	0.3	2.9	7.7	37.1	1.8	5.2	34.8	0.5	0.6	85.7	50.5	0.5	2.6	1.7	500	178	70	78	19	38	43	-80
12	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	7	2025-26	WAS	16	23.8	11.0	2.9	1.3	0.4	0.4	4.1	9.5	43.4	1.9	4.9	38.0	0.9	1.1	77.8	55.0	0.5	2.4	1.6	380	176	46	21	7	25	30	-120
13	Nique Clifford N. Clifford	6	2025-26	SAC	21	16.8	4.3	2.7	1.4	0.4	0.3	1.6	4.2	38.2	0.5	1.9	28.2	0.6	0.9	66.7	46.9	0.6	2.0	0.9	352	91	56	30	8	19	45	-73
14	Yang Hansen Y. Hansen	5	2025-26	POR	13	7.7	2.6	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.9	3.1	30.0	0.1	1.2	6.3	0.7	0.8	90.0	38.3	0.5	1.3	0.7	100	34	23	10	0	9	13	-20
15	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	5	2025-26	CHA	25	33.6	18.6	5.4	3.5	0.7	0.2	6.5	14.0	46.6	3.4	8.5	40.4	2.2	2.4	91.5	62.0	1.0	4.4	2.4	839	466	136	87	18	59	57	-46
16	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	4	2025-26	UTA	20	16.7	6.5	2.2	3.6	0.5	0.2	2.3	5.3	42.5	0.9	2.8	30.9	1.2	1.2	95.8	55.8	0.5	1.7	1.4	334	130	43	71	9	27	40	-15
17	Asa Newell A. Newell	4	2025-26	ATL	16	9.0	4.9	1.6	0.4	0.4	0.3	1.8	3.2	56.9	0.8	1.5	50.0	0.6	0.8	75.0	70.2	0.9	0.7	0.4	144	79	26	7	6	6	18	+9
18	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	4	2025-26	NOP	26	27.6	15.5	3.5	3.1	1.4	0.2	5.8	13.2	44.4	1.2	3.3	36.5	2.6	3.3	80.0	53.1	0.7	2.8	2.3	717	403	91	81	37	59	52	-216
19	Khaman Maluach K. Maluach	4	2025-26	PHX	12	4.9	1.4	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	1.1	38.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.7	87.5	51.5	0.2	0.8	0.4	59	17	12	2	0	5	10	-16
20	Danny Wolf D. Wolf	3	2025-26	BKN	10	16.8	8.8	4.2	1.7	0.2	0.3	2.9	6.2	46.8	1.5	3.0	50.0	1.5	1.8	83.3	62.9	1.0	3.2	1.5	168	88	42	17	2	15	12	+5
21	Drake Powell D. Powell	3	2025-26	BKN	17	18.2	5.9	1.6	2.0	0.8	0.2	2.1	4.4	48.0	0.7	1.9	36.4	1.0	1.1	94.4	60.9	0.2	1.4	1.1	310	101	28	34	13	19	30	-51
22	Ben Saraf B. Saraf	3	2025-26	BKN	12	16.9	5.4	1.6	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.8	5.2	35.5	0.8	2.8	27.3	1.0	1.3	80.0	47.4	0.4	1.2	1.9	203	65	19	34	8	23	15	-18
23	Hugo González H. González	3	2025-26	BOS	20	11.6	3.6	2.1	0.6	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.9	50.9	0.5	1.1	47.6	0.2	0.4	42.9	59.1	0.7	1.4	0.6	231	71	41	11	14	11	34	+43
24	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Y. Konan Niederhäuser	3	2025-26	LAC	11	5.2	2.8	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.2	1.6	72.2	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.9	50.0	69.2	0.6	0.7	0.3	57	31	15	3	0	3	4	-13
25	Noah Penda N. Penda	3	2025-26	ORL	13	8.8	3.6	3.2	1.1	0.1	0.2	1.3	2.7	48.6	0.5	0.8	60.0	0.5	0.8	63.6	59.0	1.6	1.6	0.5	114	47	42	14	1	7	12	+42