most blocks per game by a forward in 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Patrick Ewing averaged the most blocks per game by a forward with 2.3 per game.

Interpreted as:

most blocks per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a forward in 1980s

	NAME	BPG	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2.3	63	35.0	21.5	8.8	1.7	1.4	8.4	16.7	50.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.7	6.6	71.3	54.9	2.5	6.3	3.6	2,206	1,356	555	104	89	147	229	248
2	Larry Nance L. Nance	2.1	587	32.6	17.3	7.8	2.5	1.0	7.0	12.5	55.7	0.0	0.1	13.9	3.3	4.6	73.3	59.5	2.5	5.3	2.1	19,163	10,126	4,585	1,491	591	1,209	1,238	1,780
3	Hot Rod Williams H. Rod Williams	1.9	239	29.1	12.4	6.7	1.5	0.8	4.6	9.5	49.0	0.0	0.0	16.7	3.1	4.2	74.9	54.9	2.3	4.4	1.4	6,945	2,959	1,612	365	196	446	345	588
4	Charles Jones C. Jones	1.9	149	19.6	3.2	4.6	0.9	0.8	1.3	2.9	44.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	65.8	48.7	1.7	2.9	0.9	2,925	482	681	139	120	278	134	479
5	Joe Meriweather J. Meriweather	1.8	65	24.1	9.0	5.4	1.0	0.6	3.9	7.3	52.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.9	64.5	54.9	1.9	3.5	1.7	1,565	582	350	66	37	120	112	239
6	Kevin McHale K. McHale	1.8	694	32.1	18.5	7.6	1.8	0.4	7.3	12.9	56.5	0.0	0.0	5.0	3.9	5.0	78.0	61.2	2.6	5.0	2.0	22,275	12,830	5,277	1,217	262	1,269	1,396	2,076
7	Harvey Catchings H. Catchings	1.8	300	19.8	3.1	5.0	1.1	0.4	1.3	2.9	43.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.0	62.4	46.9	1.7	3.3	1.1	5,948	942	1,508	316	126	547	339	917
8	Roy Hinson R. Hinson	1.8	473	31.0	14.4	6.9	1.0	0.6	5.5	11.1	49.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	4.5	73.6	54.9	2.1	4.8	2.0	14,659	6,789	3,261	469	292	852	951	1,787
9	Wayne Cooper W. Cooper	1.8	238	24.1	9.1	7.3	1.0	0.3	3.8	8.1	47.3	0.0	0.1	15.4	1.5	2.0	72.3	50.8	2.6	4.7	1.6	5,744	2,166	1,737	236	83	426	375	866
10	Herb Williams H. Williams	1.8	447	32.6	14.7	7.8	2.3	0.7	6.0	12.9	46.9	0.0	0.1	4.4	2.6	3.7	70.7	50.7	2.0	5.9	2.4	14,568	6,579	3,503	1,037	306	799	1,095	1,390
11	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	1.7	204	35.7	19.5	10.3	3.1	1.1	8.1	16.4	49.4	0.0	0.1	8.3	3.2	5.0	65.4	52.4	2.8	7.5	3.6	7,276	3,972	2,104	627	220	355	737	783
12	Julius Erving J. Erving	1.7	468	34.4	23.3	6.9	3.9	1.9	9.2	17.7	51.9	0.0	0.2	25.3	4.9	6.3	77.0	56.9	2.6	4.3	3.0	16,114	10,918	3,227	1,843	892	807	1,398	1,288
13	Alton Lister A. Lister	1.7	82	23.8	7.6	7.4	1.3	0.5	3.1	6.2	50.0	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.2	62.6	52.9	1.9	5.5	1.9	1,955	626	603	110	41	140	153	327
14	Kurt Nimphius K. Nimphius	1.5	162	27.8	9.5	6.0	1.5	0.5	3.8	7.5	51.2	0.0	0.0	14.3	1.8	2.6	69.6	54.9	2.1	3.9	1.3	4,510	1,542	966	238	74	249	218	550
15	Terry Tyler T. Tyler	1.4	789	24.3	9.9	5.1	1.2	0.9	4.3	8.8	48.4	0.0	0.1	12.2	1.3	1.9	70.9	51.2	1.8	3.3	1.3	19,182	7,812	4,027	950	697	1,141	999	1,683
16	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1.4	406	30.6	14.9	8.1	1.5	0.6	6.0	13.2	45.7	0.0	0.1	14.7	2.9	4.3	66.4	49.5	2.6	5.5	2.2	12,442	6,064	3,308	600	258	573	894	1,251
17	John Salley J. Salley	1.4	149	23.2	7.8	4.9	1.3	0.6	2.8	5.3	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.1	70.2	59.0	2.0	2.9	1.5	3,461	1,168	737	188	93	209	220	491
18	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	1.4	77	26.0	12.7	6.4	1.5	0.6	5.2	12.0	43.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	2.9	76.4	47.7	1.7	4.6	2.1	2,004	976	489	113	50	106	164	195
19	Greg Anderson G. Anderson	1.4	164	26.7	12.7	7.3	0.9	1.0	5.1	10.2	50.2	0.0	0.0	12.5	2.5	4.5	55.4	52.3	2.5	4.7	2.0	4,385	2,084	1,189	140	156	225	323	449
20	Kermit Washington K. Washington	1.3	179	29.3	11.3	9.3	1.9	1.0	4.4	8.0	55.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.9	63.4	58.4	3.4	5.9	1.9	5,251	2,020	1,664	345	171	237	337	634
21	Thurl Bailey T. Bailey	1.3	488	29.9	15.2	5.9	1.7	0.5	6.2	12.9	47.7	0.0	0.0	22.2	2.9	3.5	82.1	52.6	1.7	4.3	1.9	14,584	7,415	2,892	818	266	645	922	1,089
22	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	1.3	526	32.0	15.6	9.6	2.3	0.8	5.8	12.1	48.3	0.0	0.1	11.5	3.9	5.2	74.8	54.2	3.2	6.5	2.7	16,836	8,186	5,058	1,224	435	661	1,403	1,663
23	Charles Smith C. Smith	1.3	71	30.4	16.3	6.5	1.5	1.0	6.1	12.4	49.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.5	72.5	55.0	2.4	4.1	2.1	2,161	1,155	465	103	68	89	146	273
24	Edgar Jones E. Jones	1.2	282	18.4	8.6	4.6	0.9	0.6	3.1	6.2	50.9	0.0	0.1	23.8	2.3	3.3	70.6	56.6	1.5	3.1	1.6	5,190	2,431	1,296	246	156	348	438	866
25	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1.2	389	36.8	22.1	12.0	3.5	1.6	7.8	13.5	57.7	0.3	1.3	23.4	6.3	8.5	73.9	64.3	4.6	7.4	3.7	14,297	8,616	4,660	1,377	613	479	1,439	1,426