Ryan Kalkbrenner has rejected the most shots by a rookie this season, with 42 blocks.

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NBA rookies with most blocks this regular season

	NAME	BLK	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	42	2025-26	CHA	22	25.5	9.0	6.7	0.5	0.7	1.9	3.8	4.7	79.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.9	75.6	80.7	2.8	3.9	1.2	562	197	147	10	16	26	42	-100
2	Derik Queen D. Queen	20	2025-26	NOP	26	25.3	13.0	6.3	4.0	1.0	0.8	4.9	9.7	50.4	0.1	0.7	11.1	3.2	4.0	79.8	56.9	1.7	4.7	2.2	657	339	165	104	27	57	86	-118
3	Moussa Cisse M. Cisse	19	2025-26	DAL	18	10.1	2.9	3.3	0.2	0.2	1.1	1.2	1.9	61.8	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.5	40.7	57.8	1.3	2.1	0.7	181	53	60	3	4	13	29	-19
4	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	16	2025-26	DAL	24	33.7	17.3	6.3	3.3	1.3	0.7	6.7	14.0	47.5	0.9	3.5	25.3	3.1	3.8	82.2	55.1	1.2	5.1	2.2	808	415	152	78	32	52	53	-153
5	Sion James S. James	11	2025-26	CHA	24	26.1	6.6	3.1	1.5	0.8	0.5	2.0	5.0	41.2	1.2	3.2	36.8	1.3	1.5	86.5	58.4	0.5	2.6	1.0	626	158	74	36	18	23	41	-46
6	VJ Edgecombe	9	2025-26	PHI	20	34.6	14.4	5.7	4.0	1.3	0.5	5.4	13.1	41.4	1.9	5.1	37.6	1.7	2.2	76.7	51.3	1.8	3.9	1.8	692	287	113	80	26	36	64	+60
7	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	8	2025-26	UTA	23	23.2	10.3	3.3	1.7	0.8	0.3	4.0	9.0	44.7	1.5	4.2	36.5	0.7	1.0	77.3	54.7	1.4	1.9	1.4	534	236	75	40	19	32	57	-122
8	Cedric Coward C. Coward	8	2025-26	MEM	24	27.1	13.3	6.2	2.7	0.6	0.3	4.8	10.5	45.1	1.5	4.6	31.8	2.4	2.8	83.8	56.6	1.3	4.8	1.5	651	320	148	65	14	36	46	+45
9	Maxime Raynaud M. Raynaud	8	2025-26	SAC	17	18.0	8.5	4.6	1.0	0.4	0.5	3.5	6.6	52.7	0.3	0.8	35.7	1.3	1.7	75.9	58.1	1.2	3.4	0.8	306	145	79	17	6	13	35	-67
10	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	7	2025-26	TOR	21	17.6	7.0	3.3	1.3	0.6	0.3	2.7	4.9	55.3	0.6	1.2	48.0	1.0	1.5	62.5	62.4	1.8	1.5	1.2	370	146	69	28	13	25	48	-29
11	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	7	2025-26	BKN	21	23.0	8.3	3.3	3.7	0.8	0.3	3.0	7.8	38.0	1.9	5.3	35.1	0.6	0.7	85.7	51.7	0.6	2.7	1.7	482	175	69	77	17	36	42	-80
12	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	7	2025-26	WAS	15	24.3	11.5	3.0	1.3	0.4	0.5	4.3	9.7	44.5	2.0	5.1	39.5	0.9	1.1	81.3	56.5	0.5	2.5	1.6	364	173	45	20	6	24	28	-109
13	Nique Clifford N. Clifford	6	2025-26	SAC	21	16.8	4.3	2.7	1.4	0.4	0.3	1.6	4.2	38.2	0.5	1.9	28.2	0.6	0.9	66.7	46.9	0.6	2.0	0.9	352	91	56	30	8	19	45	-73
14	Yang Hansen Y. Hansen	5	2025-26	POR	13	7.7	2.6	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.9	3.1	30.0	0.1	1.2	6.3	0.7	0.8	90.0	38.3	0.5	1.3	0.7	100	34	23	10	0	9	13	-20
15	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	5	2025-26	CHA	24	33.5	18.0	5.5	3.3	0.8	0.2	6.3	13.7	45.9	3.4	8.4	40.3	2.1	2.3	90.9	61.3	1.0	4.5	2.4	803	433	131	78	18	57	54	-54
16	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	4	2025-26	UTA	19	17.2	6.8	2.2	3.7	0.5	0.2	2.4	5.5	43.3	0.9	2.8	31.5	1.2	1.3	95.8	56.7	0.4	1.7	1.4	327	130	41	70	9	27	37	-10
17	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	4	2025-26	NOP	26	27.6	15.5	3.5	3.1	1.4	0.2	5.8	13.2	44.4	1.2	3.3	36.5	2.6	3.3	80.0	53.1	0.7	2.8	2.3	717	403	91	81	37	59	52	-216
18	Khaman Maluach K. Maluach	4	2025-26	PHX	12	4.9	1.4	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	1.1	38.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.7	87.5	51.5	0.2	0.8	0.4	59	17	12	2	0	5	10	-16
19	Asa Newell A. Newell	3	2025-26	ATL	15	8.5	4.6	1.5	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.7	3.1	54.3	0.7	1.5	50.0	0.5	0.7	80.0	68.5	0.9	0.7	0.4	128	69	23	6	6	6	16	+21
20	Ben Saraf B. Saraf	3	2025-26	BKN	12	16.9	5.4	1.6	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.8	5.2	35.5	0.8	2.8	27.3	1.0	1.3	80.0	47.4	0.4	1.2	1.9	203	65	19	34	8	23	15	-18
21	Hugo González H. González	3	2025-26	BOS	20	11.6	3.6	2.1	0.6	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.9	50.9	0.5	1.1	47.6	0.2	0.4	42.9	59.1	0.7	1.4	0.6	231	71	41	11	14	11	34	+43
22	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Y. Konan Niederhäuser	3	2025-26	LAC	11	5.2	2.8	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.2	1.6	72.2	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.9	50.0	69.2	0.6	0.7	0.3	57	31	15	3	0	3	4	-13
23	Noah Penda N. Penda	3	2025-26	ORL	13	8.8	3.6	3.2	1.1	0.1	0.2	1.3	2.7	48.6	0.5	0.8	60.0	0.5	0.8	63.6	59.0	1.6	1.6	0.5	114	47	42	14	1	7	12	+42
24	Dylan Cardwell D. Cardwell	3	2025-26	SAC	3	11.0	1.7	1.7	0.0	0.7	1.0	0.7	2.0	33.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	50.0	36.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	33	5	5	0	2	2	10	-8
25	Ethan Thompson E. Thompson	2	2025-26	IND	4	18.0	4.8	1.8	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.8	3.0	58.3	1.3	2.3	55.6	0.0	0.0		79.2	0.8	1.0	0.0	72	19	7	4	3	0	7	+26