nba rookie that averages the most blocks

Ryan Kalkbrenner has averaged the most blocks per game by a rookie this season with 1.5 per game.

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NBA rookie that averages the most blocks with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games this regular season

	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	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	1.5	2025-26	CHA	62	21.6	7.7	5.5	0.8	0.5	3.3	4.3	75.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.2	1.7	69.4	75.7	2.4	3.1	0.9	1,338	479	342	48	30	90	58	98	+27
2	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	0.9	2025-26	DAL	62	33.9	20.4	6.6	4.6	1.2	7.8	16.5	47.4	1.0	3.4	28.6	3.8	4.7	81.4	55.0	1.2	5.4	2.4	2,101	1,267	408	286	74	57	148	129	-222
3	Derik Queen D. Queen	0.9	2025-26	NOP	75	24.4	11.4	6.8	3.6	0.9	4.3	9.0	47.5	0.3	1.1	27.5	2.6	3.3	78.7	54.7	1.6	5.2	2.3	1,832	854	511	273	71	66	171	195	-282
4	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	0.7	2025-26	UTA	66	27.2	13.5	4.2	1.8	0.8	5.3	12.0	44.4	1.9	5.3	35.4	1.0	1.2	77.8	53.8	1.5	2.7	1.4	1,795	888	276	118	56	44	93	179	-370
5	Danny Wolf D. Wolf	0.6	2025-26	BKN	57	20.8	8.9	4.9	2.2	0.5	3.1	7.7	40.5	1.2	3.7	32.2	1.5	1.9	77.1	52.1	1.0	3.9	1.3	1,187	508	281	127	30	32	73	126	-231
6	VJ Edgecombe	0.5	2025-26	PHI	67	34.9	16.1	5.7	4.0	1.4	6.0	13.8	43.4	2.1	5.7	36.0	2.0	2.5	82.5	54.1	1.6	4.0	1.8	2,337	1,077	381	269	94	36	121	196	+41
7	Maxime Raynaud M. Raynaud	0.5	2025-26	SAC	68	26.1	12.0	7.3	1.3	0.5	5.0	8.9	56.5	0.3	0.9	30.6	1.7	2.1	77.9	61.0	1.9	5.4	1.2	1,776	816	499	87	35	36	82	161	-459
8	Cedric Coward C. Coward	0.4	2025-26	MEM	57	25.9	13.5	6.1	2.8	0.6	4.9	10.5	46.8	1.5	4.4	33.7	2.2	2.6	84.4	58.0	1.4	4.7	1.8	1,479	767	348	162	36	23	100	114	+25
9	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	0.3	2025-26	NOP	76	24.9	13.0	3.5	3.3	1.1	4.9	11.5	42.6	1.1	3.4	33.2	2.0	2.6	78.2	51.3	0.7	2.8	2.2	1,889	989	269	248	85	26	167	134	-293
10	Noah Penda N. Penda	0.3	2025-26	ORL	54	13.6	4.2	3.4	1.2	0.6	1.5	3.7	41.4	0.6	1.6	33.7	0.6	0.9	68.8	51.8	1.2	2.2	0.8	734	227	184	65	30	18	42	68	-38
11	Dylan Harper D. Harper	0.3	2025-26	SAS	61	22.3	11.5	3.4	3.9	0.8	4.7	9.4	49.8	0.9	2.6	32.3	1.3	1.8	74.5	56.7	0.7	2.7	1.4	1,361	704	205	235	47	20	85	116	+279
12	Nique Clifford N. Clifford	0.3	2025-26	SAC	69	24.1	7.8	3.6	2.2	0.9	3.0	7.4	40.7	1.0	3.0	32.8	0.8	1.1	69.2	49.2	0.9	2.8	1.4	1,661	539	251	152	63	22	96	143	-204
13	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	0.3	2025-26	WAS	57	24.0	12.3	2.8	2.0	0.5	4.5	10.7	42.2	1.9	5.4	36.4	1.3	1.5	87.4	54.1	0.5	2.3	1.5	1,370	703	157	112	31	18	87	112	-295
14	Hugo González H. González	0.3	2025-26	BOS	69	15.0	3.9	3.4	0.6	0.6	1.6	3.4	47.0	0.6	1.6	35.5	0.2	0.4	50.0	55.4	0.9	2.6	0.5	1,038	272	236	39	39	21	35	118	+240
15	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	0.3	2025-26	TOT	64	20.1	7.4	2.0	3.9	0.7	2.4	6.5	37.2	1.0	3.5	28.7	1.5	1.7	89.1	50.7	0.3	1.7	1.6	1,286	472	129	249	43	18	103	112	-220
16	Carter Bryant C. Bryant	0.3	2025-26	SAS	63	10.9	4.0	2.5	0.5	0.2	1.4	3.6	39.3	0.7	2.1	31.8	0.4	0.6	71.1	50.7	0.5	2.0	0.4	686	249	156	34	13	17	26	74	-21
17	Sion James S. James	0.3	2025-26	CHA	75	22.6	5.4	3.4	2.0	0.6	1.7	4.4	37.8	1.0	2.7	36.9	1.1	1.3	84.2	54.6	0.6	2.8	0.8	1,695	404	253	148	43	20	61	136	+6
18	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	0.2	2025-26	CHA	74	31.6	18.9	5.4	3.4	0.7	6.5	13.4	48.4	3.5	8.0	43.3	2.5	2.9	86.2	64.6	1.2	4.2	2.0	2,336	1,402	399	254	51	17	146	157	+279
19	Drake Powell D. Powell	0.2	2025-26	BKN	57	20.1	6.3	1.7	1.5	0.5	2.2	5.2	42.1	0.8	2.8	29.9	1.0	1.1	90.8	54.6	0.3	1.3	0.9	1,147	358	95	83	28	10	54	80	-369
20	Kobe Sanders K. Sanders	0.1	2025-26	LAC	61	20.2	7.0	2.3	1.6	0.7	2.6	5.6	46.0	1.1	2.8	40.9	0.7	0.9	81.1	58.6	0.4	1.9	1.2	1,234	427	142	100	41	8	76	130	-1
21	Will Richard W. Richard	0.1	2025-26	GSW	64	20.4	6.9	2.5	1.4	1.2	2.5	5.3	47.9	1.1	3.2	34.8	0.7	0.8	85.2	61.0	1.0	1.5	0.8	1,306	439	162	88	78	8	53	126	-47
22	Micah Peavy M. Peavy	0.1	2025-26	NOP	55	13.2	3.8	1.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	4.2	37.7	0.4	1.7	23.1	0.2	0.3	68.4	43.4	0.7	1.0	0.3	728	208	97	48	34	6	15	74	-114
23	Mohamed Diawara M. Diawara	0.1	2025-26	NYK	64	8.9	3.6	1.4	0.7	0.2	1.3	3.0	43.1	0.8	1.9	40.0	0.2	0.3	70.6	56.3	0.2	1.1	0.4	570	228	88	44	14	6	28	47	+56
24	Will Riley W. Riley	0.1	2025-26	WAS	66	20.6	9.4	2.7	1.8	0.6	3.3	7.4	44.0	1.0	3.0	33.8	1.8	2.3	79.3	55.5	0.8	1.9	1.2	1,362	618	177	119	42	6	76	73	-366
25	Ryan Nembhard R. Nembhard	0.0	2025-26	DAL	53	18.5	6.2	1.9	4.9	0.4	2.5	6.1	41.9	0.8	2.1	38.1	0.3	0.4	80.0	49.7	0.2	1.8	1.4	980	329	102	258	19	1	73	70	-39

StatMuse has season-level data for blocks per game going back to the 1973-74 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

20.3

Miller

RPG

8.7

Diabaté

APG

7.0

Ball

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.1

5th

DRTG

114.7

12th

NETRTG

4.4

7th

3P%

38.0

3rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
8	Magic	39	35	.527	15.0
9	Heat	39	36	.520	15.5
10	Hornets	39	36	.520	15.5
11	Bucks	29	45	.392	25.0
12	Bulls	29	45	.392	25.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 3/31	CHA	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Thu 4/2	PHX	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Fri 4/3	IND	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Sun 4/5	CHA	@	MIN	7:00 PM
Tue 4/7	CHA	@	BOS	8:00 PM

Last Game

Celtics

50 - 24

114

Final

Hornets

39 - 36

Sun 29 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

31.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.7

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.8

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

9.2

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Thompson

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.8

Holmgren

1.8

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.7

Ball

3.5

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.1

Duren

67.7

Ayton

67.4

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.0

120.3

119.6

119.2

119.1

119.0

DRtg Rankings

107.5

109.5

111.0

112.6

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.2

8.0

7.7

6.5

4.7

Tank Leaderboard

17-58

17-57

18-57

19-57

21-54

24-50

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,737.6

Jokić

3,597.7

Dončić

3,244.9

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,983.3

Jokić

3,807.5

Dončić

3,436.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.0

Brown

33.9

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

45-28-1

46-29

43-31

43-32

43-31

43-33

Worst Record ATS

31-45

31-43

32-43

32-42

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - x	54	20	.730
2	Celtics - x	50	24	.676	4.0
3	Knicks	48	27	.640	6.5
4	Cavaliers	46	28	.622	8.0
5	Raptors	42	32	.568	12.0
6	Hawks	42	33	.560	12.5
7	76ers	41	33	.554	13.0
8	Magic	39	35	.527	15.0
9	Heat	39	36	.520	15.5
10	Hornets	39	36	.520	15.5
11	Bucks - e	29	45	.392	25.0
12	Bulls - e	29	45	.392	25.0
13	Nets - e	18	57	.240	36.5
14	Wizards - e	17	57	.230	37.0
15	Pacers - e	17	58	.227	37.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - y	59	16	.787
2	Spurs - y	56	18	.757	2.5
3	Lakers	48	26	.649	10.5
4	Nuggets	48	28	.632	11.5
5	Timberwolves	45	29	.608	13.5
6	Rockets	45	29	.608	13.5
7	Suns	41	33	.554	17.5
8	Clippers	39	36	.520	20.0
9	Trail Blazers	38	38	.500	21.5
10	Warriors	36	39	.480	23.0
11	Grizzlies - e	25	49	.338	33.5
12	Pelicans - e	25	51	.329	34.5
13	Mavericks - e	24	50	.324	34.5
14	Jazz - e	21	54	.280	38.0
15	Kings - e	19	57	.250	40.5