nba rookie leaders in blocks per 36 minutes with a minimum of 500 total minutes played per 82 team games 2023

Walker Kessler had the most blocks / minutes played / 36 by a rookie in 2022-23, with 3.66.

NAMEBLK/(MIN/36)MIN/(TM GMS/82)BLKMINTM GMSSEASONTMGPPTSREBASTSTLFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-MPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGTPG
1Walker Kessler
W. Kessler
3.66
1,703
173
1,703
82
2022-23
74
679
620
69
26
298
414
72.0
1
3
33.3
82
159
51.6
70.2
231
389
58
169
+72
23.0
9.2
8.4
0.9
0.4
2.3
0.8
2Christian Koloko
C. Koloko
2.56
802
57
802
82
2022-23
58
182
171
31
21
72
150
48.0
1
12
8.3
37
59
62.7
51.7
84
87
20
128
+156
13.8
3.1
2.9
0.5
0.4
1.0
0.3
3Mark Williams
M. Williams
1.96
828
45
828
82
2022-23
43
387
304
18
28
160
251
63.7
0
0
67
97
69.1
65.9
93
211
40
94
-79
19.3
9.0
7.1
0.4
0.7
1.0
0.9
4Jalen Duren
J. Duren
1.27
1,670
59
1,670
82
2022-23
67
612
595
75
44
258
398
64.8
0
2
0.0
96
157
61.1
65.5
229
366
92
182
-279
24.9
9.1
8.9
1.1
0.7
0.9
1.4
5Jabari Smith Jr.
J. Smith Jr.
1.09
2,450
74
2,450
82
2022-23
79
1,010
569
101
43
364
892
40.8
120
391
30.7
162
206
78.6
51.4
122
447
104
227
-555
31.0
12.8
7.2
1.3
0.5
0.9
1.3
6Tari Eason
T. Eason
0.96
1,767
47
1,767
82
2022-23
82
760
496
88
96
296
660
44.8
59
172
34.3
109
145
75.2
52.5
195
301
101
189
-157
21.5
9.3
6.0
1.1
1.2
0.6
1.2
7Jabari Walker
J. Walker
0.76
619
13
619
82
2022-23
56
216
131
34
10
83
198
41.9
16
56
28.6
34
45
75.6
49.6
48
83
29
69
-115
11.1
3.9
2.3
0.6
0.2
0.2
0.5
8Keegan Murray
K. Murray
0.64
2,381
42
2,381
82
2022-23
80
976
371
98
61
354
782
45.3
206
501
41.1
62
81
76.5
59.7
89
282
60
162
+99
29.8
12.2
4.6
1.2
0.8
0.5
0.8
9Paolo Banchero
P. Banchero
0.58
2,430
39
2,430
82
2022-23
72
1,437
497
269
60
479
1,122
42.7
85
285
29.8
394
534
73.8
52.9
84
413
200
160
-215
33.8
20.0
6.9
3.7
0.8
0.5
2.8
10Jeremy Sochan
J. Sochan
0.57
1,458
23
1,458
82
2022-23
56
614
295
142
43
250
552
45.3
33
134
24.6
81
116
69.8
50.9
95
200
97
138
-235
26.0
11.0
5.3
2.5
0.8
0.4
1.7
11Jalen Williams
J. Williams
0.55
2,275
35
2,275
82
2022-23
75
1,056
337
248
103
414
794
52.1
73
205
35.6
155
191
81.2
60.1
84
253
123
191
-53
30.3
14.1
4.5
3.3
1.4
0.5
1.6
12David Roddy
D. Roddy
0.54
1,258
19
1,258
82
2022-23
70
466
193
59
29
180
420
42.9
65
212
30.7
41
65
63.1
51.9
50
143
57
107
-61
18.0
6.7
2.8
0.8
0.4
0.3
0.8
13Christian Braun
C. Braun
0.52
1,181
17
1,181
82
2022-23
76
360
181
59
41
143
289
49.5
34
96
35.4
40
64
62.5
56.8
48
133
35
101
-114
15.5
4.7
2.4
0.8
0.5
0.2
0.5
14Max Christie
M. Christie
0.49
512
7
512
82
2022-23
41
128
75
21
9
44
106
41.5
26
62
41.9
14
16
87.5
56.6
7
68
13
33
-77
12.5
3.1
1.8
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.3
15Shaedon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
0.49
1,779
24
1,779
82
2022-23
80
789
236
94
38
306
648
47.2
102
283
36.0
75
105
71.4
56.8
63
173
83
136
-297
22.2
9.9
3.0
1.2
0.5
0.3
1.0
16Jaylin Williams
J. Williams
0.47
914
12
914
82
2022-23
49
288
241
76
28
102
234
43.6
46
113
40.7
38
54
70.4
55.9
44
197
37
111
-90
18.7
5.9
4.9
1.6
0.6
0.2
0.8
17Ochai Agbaji
O. Agbaji
0.45
1,209
15
1,209
82
2022-23
59
467
121
67
16
165
386
42.7
81
228
35.5
56
69
81.2
56.1
43
78
41
99
-19
20.5
7.9
2.1
1.1
0.3
0.3
0.7
18Ousmane Dieng
O. Dieng
0.44
569
7
569
82
2022-23
39
193
105
46
14
76
181
42.0
26
98
26.5
15
23
65.2
50.5
19
86
26
42
+39
14.6
4.9
2.7
1.2
0.4
0.2
0.7
19Dyson Daniels
D. Daniels
0.38
1,042
11
1,042
82
2022-23
59
227
188
134
43
87
208
41.8
27
86
31.4
26
40
65.0
50.3
36
152
57
99
-9
17.7
3.8
3.2
2.3
0.7
0.2
1.0
20Simone Fontecchio
S. Fontecchio
0.38
766
8
766
82
2022-23
52
328
86
42
15
115
312
36.9
63
191
33.0
35
44
79.5
49.5
31
55
39
62
-205
14.7
6.3
1.7
0.8
0.3
0.2
0.8
21MarJon Beauchamp
M. Beauchamp
0.36
701
7
701
82
2022-23
52
266
115
35
21
96
243
39.5
47
142
33.1
27
37
73.0
51.3
38
77
45
71
-99
13.5
5.1
2.2
0.7
0.4
0.1
0.9
22Jaden Hardy
J. Hardy
0.36
708
7
708
82
2022-23
48
420
89
65
17
146
333
43.8
63
156
40.4
65
79
82.3
57.1
11
78
46
64
-32
14.8
8.8
1.9
1.4
0.4
0.1
1.0
23Caleb Houstan
C. Houstan
0.31
812
7
812
82
2022-23
51
193
99
30
12
66
182
36.3
46
136
33.8
15
18
83.3
50.8
34
65
18
63
-84
15.9
3.8
1.9
0.6
0.2
0.1
0.4
24AJ Griffin
AJ Griffin
0.31
1,401
12
1,401
82
2022-23
72
639
153
73
42
248
533
46.5
101
259
39.0
42
47
89.4
57.7
37
116
42
87
+63
19.5
8.9
2.1
1.0
0.6
0.2
0.6
25Bryce McGowens
B. McGowens
0.27
787
6
787
82
2022-23
46
246
93
54
15
80
202
39.6
26
80
32.5
60
80
75.0
51.9
20
73
43
48
-150
17.1
5.3
2.0
1.2
0.3
0.1
0.9
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