most blocks per game by a rookie nba season

Manute Bol has averaged the most blocks per game by a rookie with 5.0 per game in 1985-86.

Interpreted as:
most blocks per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a rookie NBA season
NAMEBPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Manute Bol
M. Bol
5.0
1985-86
WAS WAS
80
26.1
3.7
6.0
0.3
0.4
1.6
3.5
46.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
1.1
48.8
47.2
1.5
4.4
0.8
2,090
298
477
23
28
397
65
255
2David Robinson
D. Robinson
3.9
1989-90
SAS 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
3Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
3.6
2023-24
SAS 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
4Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
3.5
1992-93
ORL 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
5Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
3.5
1992-93
CHA 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
6Mark Eaton
M. Eaton
3.4
1982-83
UTA UTA
81
18.9
4.3
5.7
1.4
0.3
1.8
4.4
41.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.7
1.1
65.6
44.7
1.1
4.6
1.7
1,528
351
462
112
24
275
140
257
7Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
3.0
1991-92
DEN 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
8Tree Rollins
T. Rollins
2.7
1977-78
ATL ATL
80
22.4
7.6
6.9
1.0
0.7
3.2
6.5
48.7
1.3
1.9
70.3
52.1
2.2
4.7
1.5
1,795
610
552
79
57
218
121
326
9Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
2.7
1984-85
HOU 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
344
10Sam Bowie
S. Bowie
2.7
1984-85
POR 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
11Benoit Benjamin
B. Benjamin
2.6
1985-86
LAC 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
74.6
55.1
2.0
5.6
1.8
2,088
878
600
79
64
206
145
286
12Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
2.5
1997-98
SAS 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
13Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
2.5
1978-79
DET DET
82
31.2
12.9
7.9
1.1
1.3
5.6
11.5
48.2
1.8
2.7
65.8
50.7
2.6
5.3
1.7
2,560
1,056
648
89
104
201
141
254
14Mitchell Robinson
M. Robinson
2.4
2018-19
NYK 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
1,360
485
423
37
52
161
35
217
-203
15Michael Stewart
M. Stewart
2.4
1997-98
SAC 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
16Ralph Sampson
R. Sampson
2.4
1983-84
HOU HOU
82
32.8
21.0
11.1
2.0
0.9
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
70
197
294
339
17Ryan Kalkbrenner
R. Kalkbrenner
2.4
2025-26
CHA CHA
8
27.4
9.1
7.1
0.6
1.3
4.3
5.1
82.9
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.9
71.4
82.8
3.3
3.9
1.6
219
73
57
5
10
19
13
19
+8
18Walker Kessler
W. Kessler
2.3
2022-23
UTA 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
19Chet Holmgren
C. Holmgren
2.3
2023-24
OKC 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
20Herb Williams
H. Williams
2.2
1981-82
IND IND
82
27.8
11.5
7.4
1.7
0.6
5.0
10.4
47.7
0.0
0.1
28.6
1.5
2.3
67.0
50.3
2.1
5.2
1.7
2,277
942
605
139
53
178
137
200
21Chris Webber
C. Webber
2.2
1993-94
GSW 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
22Hot Rod Williams
H. Rod Williams
2.1
1986-87
CLE 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
23Marcus Camby
M. Camby
2.1
1996-97
TOR 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
24Pau Gasol
P. Gasol
2.1
2001-02
MEM 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
25Roy Rogers
R. Rogers
2.0
1996-97
VAN 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
StatMuse has season-level data for blocks per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

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