most blocks per game in the first season in the nba

Manute Bol had the most blocks per game by a player in his first season with 5.0 per game in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:

most blocks per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in the first season in the NBA

	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	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
2	Elmore Smith E. Smith	4.9	1973-74	LAL	81	36.1	12.5	11.2	1.9	0.9	5.4	11.7	45.7				1.8	3.1	59.0	47.9	2.5	8.7		2,922	1,015	906	150	71	393		309
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3.5	1973-74	MIL	81	43.8	27.0	14.5	4.8	1.4	11.7	21.7	53.9				3.6	5.2	70.2	56.4	3.5	11.0		3,548	2,191	1,178	386	112	283		238
7	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
8	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	3.4	1982-83	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
9	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	3.3	1973-74	BUF	74	43.0	30.6	15.1	2.3	1.2	12.2	22.3	54.7				6.2	7.8	79.3	59.4	3.8	11.3		3,185	2,261	1,117	170	88	246		252
10	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	3.0	1973-74	DET	81	37.6	22.5	13.3	4.2	1.4	9.2	18.3	50.4				4.0	5.0	79.7	54.8	3.3	9.9		3,047	1,822	1,074	343	110	247		273
11	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	3.0	1973-74	CAP	81	44.5	21.4	18.1	2.0	1.1	8.5	20.1	42.3				4.4	6.1	72.1	47.0	4.4	13.7		3,602	1,735	1,463	163	86	240		252
12	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
13	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	2.9	1973-74	GSW	62	39.7	13.0	14.2	2.7	0.7	5.0	11.2	44.4				3.1	4.6	66.6	49.2	4.0	10.1		2,463	807	878	165	41	179		179
14	Gar Heard G. Heard	2.8	1973-74	BUF	81	35.7	15.3	11.7	2.2	1.7	6.5	14.9	43.5				2.4	3.6	65.0	46.4	3.3	8.4		2,889	1,239	947	180	136	230		300
15	Tree Rollins T. Rollins	2.7	1977-78	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
16	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	344
17	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
18	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	74.6	55.1	2.0	5.6	1.8	2,088	878	600	79	64	206	145	286
19	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
20	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	2.5	1976-77	CHI	82	35.1	18.6	13.0	2.4	0.5	7.0	13.3	52.2				4.7	7.1	66.0	56.6	3.8	9.2		2,877	1,527	1,070	199	44	203		266
21	Terry Tyler T. Tyler	2.5	1978-79	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
22	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	1,360	485	423	37	52	161	35	217	-203
23	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	2.4	1976-77	PHI	82	24.7	6.0	8.1	1.1	0.5	2.6	5.2	50.7				0.8	1.4	55.2	52.0	2.3	5.8		2,023	494	666	92	43	200		301
24	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
25	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	2.4	1983-84	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