most blocks per game by nba rookie in 2023

Walker Kessler averaged 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 NBA rookie in 2023
NAMEBPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Walker 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
2Christian Koloko
C. Koloko
1.0
2022-23
TOR TOR
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
HOU HOU
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
DET DET
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
HOU HOU
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
ORL ORL
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
SAC SAC
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
OKC OKC
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
POR POR
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
MEM MEM
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
UTA UTA
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
DET DET
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
DEN DEN
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
NOP NOP
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
IND IND
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
IND IND
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
ATL ATL
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
SAS SAS
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
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