most blocks per game by a rookie 2023

Walker Kessler had the most blocks per game by a rookie in 2022-23 with 2.3 per game.

Interpreted as:
most blocks per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a rookie 2023
NAMEBPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Walker Kessler
W. Kessler
2.3
2022-23
74
23.0
9.2
8.4
0.9
0.4
4.0
5.6
72.0
0.0
0.0
33.3
1.1
2.1
51.6
70.2
3.1
5.3
0.8
1,703
679
620
69
26
173
58
169
+72
2Christian Koloko
C. Koloko
1.0
2022-23
58
13.8
3.1
2.9
0.5
0.4
1.2
2.6
48.0
0.0
0.2
8.3
0.6
1.0
62.7
51.7
1.4
1.5
0.3
802
182
171
31
21
57
20
128
+156
3Jabari Smith Jr.
J. Smith Jr.
0.9
2022-23
79
31.0
12.8
7.2
1.3
0.5
4.6
11.3
40.8
1.5
4.9
30.7
2.1
2.6
78.6
51.4
1.5
5.7
1.3
2,450
1,010
569
101
43
74
104
227
-555
4Jalen Duren
J. Duren
0.9
2022-23
67
24.9
9.1
8.9
1.1
0.7
3.9
5.9
64.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.4
2.3
61.1
65.5
3.4
5.5
1.4
1,670
612
595
75
44
59
92
182
-279
5Tari Eason
T. Eason
0.6
2022-23
82
21.5
9.3
6.0
1.1
1.2
3.6
8.0
44.8
0.7
2.1
34.3
1.3
1.8
75.2
52.5
2.4
3.7
1.2
1,767
760
496
88
96
47
101
189
-157
6Paolo Banchero
P. Banchero
0.5
2022-23
72
33.8
20.0
6.9
3.7
0.8
6.7
15.6
42.7
1.2
4.0
29.8
5.5
7.4
73.8
52.9
1.2
5.7
2.8
2,430
1,437
497
269
60
39
200
160
-215
7Keegan Murray
K. Murray
0.5
2022-23
80
29.8
12.2
4.6
1.2
0.8
4.4
9.8
45.3
2.6
6.3
41.1
0.8
1.0
76.5
59.7
1.1
3.5
0.8
2,381
976
371
98
61
42
60
162
+99
8Jalen Williams
J. Williams
0.5
2022-23
75
30.3
14.1
4.5
3.3
1.4
5.5
10.6
52.1
1.0
2.7
35.6
2.1
2.5
81.2
60.1
1.1
3.4
1.6
2,275
1,056
337
248
103
35
123
191
-53
9Shaedon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
0.3
2022-23
80
22.2
9.9
3.0
1.2
0.5
3.8
8.1
47.2
1.3
3.5
36.0
0.9
1.3
71.4
56.8
0.8
2.2
1.0
1,779
789
236
94
38
24
83
136
-297
10David Roddy
D. Roddy
0.3
2022-23
70
18.0
6.7
2.8
0.8
0.4
2.6
6.0
42.9
0.9
3.0
30.7
0.6
0.9
63.1
51.9
0.7
2.0
0.8
1,258
466
193
59
29
19
57
107
-61
11Ochai Agbaji
O. Agbaji
0.3
2022-23
59
20.5
7.9
2.1
1.1
0.3
2.8
6.5
42.7
1.4
3.9
35.5
0.9
1.2
81.2
56.1
0.7
1.3
0.7
1,209
467
121
67
16
15
41
99
-19
12Jaden Ivey
J. Ivey
0.2
2022-23
74
31.1
16.3
3.9
5.2
0.8
5.5
13.3
41.6
1.6
4.7
34.3
3.6
4.8
74.7
52.8
1.0
2.9
3.2
2,304
1,204
288
387
61
17
237
242
-642
13Christian Braun
C. Braun
0.2
2022-23
76
15.5
4.7
2.4
0.8
0.5
1.9
3.8
49.5
0.4
1.3
35.4
0.5
0.8
62.5
56.8
0.6
1.8
0.5
1,181
360
181
59
41
17
35
101
-114
14Dyson Daniels
D. Daniels
0.2
2022-23
59
17.7
3.8
3.2
2.3
0.7
1.5
3.5
41.8
0.5
1.5
31.4
0.4
0.7
65.0
50.3
0.6
2.6
1.0
1,042
227
188
134
43
11
57
99
-9
15Andrew Nembhard
A. Nembhard
0.2
2022-23
75
27.6
9.5
2.7
4.5
0.9
3.8
8.6
44.1
1.2
3.5
35.0
0.7
0.8
79.0
52.8
0.5
2.2
1.7
2,073
709
199
341
70
13
126
179
-263
16Bennedict Mathurin
B. Mathurin
0.2
2022-23
78
28.5
16.7
4.1
1.5
0.6
5.3
12.2
43.4
1.3
4.0
32.3
4.8
5.8
82.8
56.6
1.1
3.0
1.9
2,222
1,302
318
116
48
13
152
162
-179
17AJ Griffin
AJ Griffin
0.2
2022-23
72
19.5
8.9
2.1
1.0
0.6
3.4
7.4
46.5
1.4
3.6
39.0
0.6
0.7
89.4
57.7
0.5
1.6
0.6
1,401
639
153
73
42
12
42
87
+63
18Malaki Branham
M. Branham
0.1
2022-23
66
23.5
10.2
2.7
1.9
0.5
4.1
9.3
44.0
1.2
3.9
30.2
0.9
1.1
82.9
52.4
0.4
2.3
1.2
1,549
673
181
127
33
7
76
115
-364
StatMuse has season-level data for blocks per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

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.390
22.5
12
21
39
.350
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19
43
.306
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Wed
3/4
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7:30 PM
Thu
3/5
@
7:00 PM
Sat
3/7
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8:00 PM
Mon
3/9
@
9:00 PM
Wed
3/11
@
9:00 PM
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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

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1
45
14
.763
2
41
20
.672
5.0
3
39
22
.639
7.0
4
38
24
.613
8.5
5
35
25
.583
10.5
6
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.550
12.5
7
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15.5
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.492
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11
26
34
.433
19.5
12
25
36
.410
21.0
13
16
44
.267
29.5
14
15
45
.250
30.5
15
15
46
.246
31.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
47
15
.758
2
43
17
.717
3.0
3
38
22
.633
8.0
4
38
23
.623
8.5
5
38
24
.613
9.0
6
36
24
.600
10.0
7
34
26
.567
12.0
8
31
30
.508
15.5
9
29
31
.483
17.0
10
29
33
.468
18.0
11
23
36
.390
22.5
12
21
39
.350
25.0
13
19
43
.306
28.0
14
18
43
.295
28.5
15
14
48
.226
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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
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111-123
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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Tue
3/3
@
7:00 PM
Tue
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Tue
3/3
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