most blocks per game by a rookie in the last 50 years

Between July 20, 1976 and July 20, 2026, Manute Bol has the most blocks per game by a rookie with 5.0 per game in 1985-86.

	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	Manute Bol M. Bol	5.0	1985-86	WAS	80	26.1	3.7	6.0	0.3	0.4	1.6	3.5	45.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.1	48.8	47.0	1.5	4.4	0.8	2,090	298	477	23	28	397	64	255
2	David Robinson D. Robinson	3.9	1989-90	SAS	82	36.6	24.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	8.4	15.9	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.2	73.2	59.7	3.7	8.3	3.1	3,002	1,993	983	164	138	319	257	259
3	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	3.6	2023-24	SAS	71	29.7	21.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	7.8	16.7	46.5	1.8	5.5	32.5	4.1	5.2	79.6	56.5	2.3	8.4	3.7	2,106	1,522	755	274	88	254	260	153	-142
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	3.5	1992-93	ORL	81	37.9	23.4	13.9	1.9	0.7	9.0	16.1	56.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	8.9	59.2	58.4	4.2	9.6	3.8	3,071	1,893	1,122	152	60	286	307	321
5	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	3.5	1992-93	CHA	78	33.9	21.0	10.3	1.0	0.3	7.3	14.3	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.3	8.1	78.1	58.6	3.4	6.9	3.0	2,644	1,639	805	76	27	271	236	286
6	Shawn Bradley S. Bradley	3.0	1993-94	PHI	49	28.3	10.3	6.2	2.0	0.9	4.1	10.0	40.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.1	3.4	60.7	44.6	2.0	4.2	3.0	1,385	504	306	98	45	147	148	170
7	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	3.0	1991-92	DEN	71	38.3	16.6	12.3	2.2	0.6	6.0	12.2	49.3	0.0	0.0		4.5	7.0	64.2	54.0	4.5	7.8	3.5	2,716	1,177	870	156	43	210	252	273
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2.7	1984-85	HOU	82	35.5	20.6	11.9	1.4	1.2	8.3	15.3	53.8	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.7	61.3	56.4	5.4	6.5	2.9	2,914	1,692	974	111	99	220	234	341
9	Sam Bowie S. Bowie	2.7	1984-85	POR	76	29.2	10.0	8.6	2.8	0.7	3.9	7.3	53.7	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.0	71.1	57.8	2.7	5.9	2.3	2,216	758	656	215	55	203	172	278
10	Benoit Benjamin B. Benjamin	2.6	1985-86	LAC	79	26.4	11.1	7.6	1.0	0.8	4.1	8.4	49.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	2.9	3.9	74.8	55.2	2.0	5.6	1.8	2,088	878	600	79	64	206	146	286
11	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2.5	1997-98	SAS	82	39.1	21.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	8.6	15.7	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.2	57.7	3.3	8.6	3.4	3,204	1,731	977	224	55	206	279	254	+429
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2.5	2016-17	PHI	31	25.4	20.2	7.8	2.1	0.9	6.5	13.8	46.6	1.2	3.2	36.7	6.2	7.9	78.3	58.4	2.0	5.9	3.8	786	627	243	66	27	76	117	112	+67
13	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	2.4	2018-19	NYK	66	20.6	7.3	6.4	0.6	0.8	3.1	4.4	69.4	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.0	60.0	69.2	2.7	3.7	0.5	1,359	485	423	37	52	161	35	217	-203
14	Michael Stewart M. Stewart	2.4	1997-98	SAC	81	21.7	4.6	6.6	0.8	0.4	1.9	4.0	48.0	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.8	45.8	48.6	2.4	4.2	1.0	1,761	375	536	61	29	195	85	251	-151
15	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	2.4	1983-84	HOU	82	32.8	21.0	11.1	2.0	0.8	8.7	16.7	52.3	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.5	5.3	66.1	55.1	3.6	7.6	3.6	2,693	1,720	913	163	69	197	294	339
16	Walker Kessler W. Kessler	2.3	2022-23	UTA	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
17	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	2.3	2023-24	OKC	82	29.4	16.5	7.9	2.4	0.6	6.2	11.6	53.0	1.6	4.3	37.0	2.7	3.4	79.3	63.2	1.6	6.3	1.6	2,413	1,357	648	200	53	190	131	197	+422
18	Chris Webber C. Webber	2.2	1993-94	GSW	76	32.1	17.5	9.1	3.6	1.2	7.5	13.6	55.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.5	4.7	53.2	55.9	4.0	5.1	2.7	2,438	1,333	694	272	93	164	206	247
19	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
20	Marcus Camby M. Camby	2.1	1996-97	TOR	63	30.1	14.8	6.3	1.5	1.0	6.0	12.3	48.2	0.0	0.2	14.3	2.9	4.2	69.3	52.3	2.1	4.2	2.1	1,897	935	394	97	66	130	134	214	-37
21	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	2.1	2001-02	MEM	82	36.7	17.6	8.9	2.7	0.5	6.7	13.0	51.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.1	5.8	70.9	56.6	2.9	6.0	2.7	3,007	1,441	730	223	41	169	224	195	-310
22	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2.1	1985-86	NYK	50	35.4	20.0	9.0	2.0	1.1	7.7	16.3	47.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	73.9	52.5	2.5	6.5	3.4	1,771	998	451	102	54	103	168	191
23	Roy Rogers R. Rogers	2.0	1996-97	VAN	82	22.5	6.6	4.7	0.6	0.3	3.0	5.9	50.5	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.7	1.1	57.4	51.8	1.7	3.0	1.0	1,848	543	386	46	21	163	86	214	-492
24	Duane Causwell D. Causwell	1.9	1990-91	SAC	76	22.6	6.9	5.1	0.9	0.6	2.8	5.4	50.8	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.2	63.6	54.1	1.9	3.3	1.3	1,718	525	391	69	49	148	96	225
25	Josh Smith J. Smith	1.9	2004-05	ATL	74	27.7	9.7	6.2	1.7	0.8	3.7	8.1	45.5	0.1	0.3	17.4	2.2	3.2	68.8	50.6	2.0	4.2	1.8	2,050	715	457	127	59	144	135	157	-374

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