most blocks per game by a power forward in a single season in the 80s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Larry Nance averaged the most blocks per game by a power forward in a season with 2.8 per game in 1988-89.

Interpreted as:

most blocks per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a power forward in a single season in the 80s

	NAME	BPG	SEASON	TM	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	Larry Nance L. Nance	2.8	1988-89	CLE	73	34.6	17.2	8.0	2.2	0.8	6.8	12.6	53.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.7	4.6	79.9	59.0	2.1	5.8	1.6	2,526	1,259	581	159	57	206	117	186
2	Wayne Cooper W. Cooper	2.7	1988-89	DEN	79	23.6	6.6	7.8	1.0	0.5	2.8	5.6	49.5	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.0	1.3	74.5	53.0	2.7	5.2	0.9	1,864	520	619	78	36	211	73	302
3	Larry Nance L. Nance	2.6	1982-83	PHX	82	35.5	16.7	8.7	2.4	1.2	7.2	13.0	55.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	2.4	3.5	67.2	57.3	2.9	5.7	2.3	2,914	1,370	710	197	99	217	190	254
4	Harvey Catchings H. Catchings	2.4	1980-81	MIL	77	21.2	4.2	6.1	1.3	0.4	1.7	3.9	44.7	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.2	64.1	48.0	2.0	4.1	1.4	1,635	327	473	99	33	184	105	284
5	Larry Nance L. Nance	2.4	1987-88	TOT	67	35.6	19.1	9.1	3.1	0.9	7.3	13.7	52.9	0.0	0.1	33.3	4.5	5.8	77.9	58.6	2.9	6.2	2.3	2,383	1,280	607	207	63	159	155	242
6	Herb Williams H. Williams	2.4	1985-86	IND	78	35.5	19.9	9.1	2.2	0.6	8.0	16.3	49.2	0.0	0.2	8.3	3.8	5.2	73.0	53.3	2.2	6.9	2.7	2,770	1,549	710	174	50	184	210	244
7	Kevin McHale K. McHale	2.3	1982-83	BOS	82	28.6	14.1	6.7	1.3	0.4	5.9	10.9	54.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.3	71.7	57.3	2.6	4.1	1.9	2,345	1,159	553	104	34	192	159	241
8	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2.3	1986-87	NYK	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
9	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	2.3	1979-80	WAS	81	39.3	23.0	11.1	1.6	0.8	9.4	20.7	45.4	0.0	0.2	23.1	4.1	5.9	69.9	49.2	3.3	7.7	2.7	3,183	1,859	896	129	62	189	215	309
10	Roy Hinson R. Hinson	2.3	1984-85	CLE	76	30.8	15.8	7.8	0.9	0.7	6.1	12.2	50.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.9	72.1	55.1	2.4	5.4	2.3	2,344	1,201	596	68	51	173	171	311
11	Kevin McHale K. McHale	2.3	1981-82	BOS	82	28.4	13.6	6.8	1.1	0.4	5.7	10.7	53.1	0.0	0.0		2.3	3.0	75.4	56.8	2.3	4.5	1.7	2,332	1,117	556	91	30	185	137	264
12	Kevin McHale K. McHale	2.2	1986-87	BOS	77	39.7	26.1	9.9	2.6	0.5	10.3	17.0	60.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.6	6.6	83.6	65.5	3.2	6.7	2.6	3,060	2,008	763	198	38	172	197	240
13	Larry Nance L. Nance	2.1	1986-87	PHX	69	37.2	22.5	8.7	3.4	1.2	8.5	15.4	55.1	0.0	0.1	20.0	5.5	7.1	77.3	60.7	2.7	6.0	2.2	2,569	1,552	599	233	86	148	149	223
14	Larry Nance L. Nance	2.1	1983-84	PHX	82	35.4	17.7	8.3	2.6	1.0	7.3	12.7	57.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.3	70.7	60.5	2.8	5.5	2.2	2,899	1,451	678	214	86	174	177	274
15	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	2.1	1980-81	WAS	81	36.2	17.8	9.7	1.2	0.8	7.2	16.0	45.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	5.4	61.7	48.3	2.9	6.8	2.3	2,931	1,439	789	98	68	171	189	300
16	Charles Jones C. Jones	2.1	1986-87	WAS	79	20.4	3.6	4.5	1.0	0.8	1.5	3.2	47.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.0	63.2	50.3	1.8	2.7	1.0	1,609	284	356	80	67	165	77	252
17	Hot Rod Williams H. Rod Williams	2.1	1986-87	CLE	80	33.9	14.6	7.9	1.9	0.7	5.4	11.2	48.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.0	74.5	54.4	2.8	5.1	1.7	2,714	1,168	629	154	58	167	139	197
18	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	2.0	1984-85	HOU	82	37.6	22.1	10.4	2.7	1.0	9.2	18.3	50.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.7	5.5	67.6	53.3	2.8	7.6	4.0	3,086	1,809	853	224	81	168	326	306
19	Harvey Catchings H. Catchings	2.0	1982-83	MIL	74	21.0	3.3	5.5	1.0	0.4	1.2	2.7	45.7	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.2	67.4	51.0	1.8	3.7	1.1	1,554	242	408	77	26	148	83	224
20	Kevin McHale K. McHale	2.0	1985-86	BOS	68	35.3	21.3	8.1	2.7	0.4	8.3	14.4	57.4	0.0	0.0		4.8	6.2	77.6	62.3	2.5	5.6	2.2	2,397	1,448	551	181	29	134	149	192
21	Terry Tyler T. Tyler	2.0	1982-83	DET	82	31.0	12.1	6.6	1.9	1.3	5.1	10.7	47.8	0.0	0.2	13.3	1.8	2.4	74.5	51.2	2.2	4.4	1.5	2,543	990	540	157	103	160	120	221
22	Herb Williams H. Williams	1.9	1987-88	IND	75	26.2	10.0	6.3	1.3	0.5	4.1	9.8	42.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.7	2.3	73.7	46.3	1.5	4.7	1.6	1,966	748	469	98	37	146	119	244
23	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	1.9	1980-81	ATL	63	33.8	17.6	10.1	2.6	1.2	6.8	12.8	52.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.6	72.1	57.5	3.7	6.4	2.8	2,128	1,108	634	161	76	119	178	258
24	Hot Rod Williams H. Rod Williams	1.9	1987-88	CLE	77	27.4	10.9	6.6	1.3	0.8	4.1	8.6	47.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.6	75.6	53.6	2.1	4.5	1.4	2,106	843	506	103	61	145	104	203
25	Joe Meriweather J. Meriweather	1.8	1979-80	NYK	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

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