what nba player has the most blocks as a rookie

Ryan Kalkbrenner has denied the most shots by a rookie this season, with 47 blocks.

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What NBA player has the most blocks as a rookie 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	47	2025-26	CHA	26	25.6	8.7	6.4	0.6	0.7	1.8	3.7	4.7	78.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.3	1.8	72.3	79.2	2.6	3.8	1.2	665	226	167	16	18	30	48	-99
2	Derik Queen D. Queen	33	2025-26	NOP	35	25.8	13.1	7.0	4.0	1.0	0.9	5.0	10.0	50.0	0.2	1.0	20.6	2.9	3.8	77.4	56.3	1.6	5.4	2.3	904	460	246	141	36	82	112	-115
3	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	27	2025-26	DAL	34	34.6	19.2	6.4	4.1	1.2	0.8	7.3	15.2	48.2	0.9	3.4	27.6	3.6	4.4	80.8	55.9	1.2	5.2	2.2	1,177	652	218	139	41	76	79	-154
4	Moussa Cisse M. Cisse	20	2025-26	DAL	20	10.0	3.0	3.5	0.2	0.3	1.0	1.2	1.9	60.5	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.6	41.9	57.1	1.5	2.0	0.7	200	59	69	3	5	14	31	-20
5	Dylan Cardwell D. Cardwell	16	2025-26	SAC	9	17.9	3.9	5.0	0.9	1.0	1.8	1.3	2.4	54.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.2	2.2	55.0	56.8	2.0	3.0	0.8	161	35	45	8	9	7	30	0
6	Maxime Raynaud M. Raynaud	15	2025-26	SAC	27	22.8	10.5	6.3	1.1	0.4	0.6	4.4	8.1	54.3	0.3	0.8	33.3	1.4	2.0	70.9	58.4	1.9	4.4	1.0	616	284	170	29	12	27	69	-170
7	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	14	2025-26	TOR	28	18.5	6.9	4.3	1.4	0.7	0.5	2.8	5.4	52.0	0.5	1.3	40.5	0.8	1.3	56.8	57.7	2.3	2.0	1.2	519	192	119	40	20	33	71	-10
8	Sion James S. James	14	2025-26	CHA	34	25.9	6.7	3.3	1.7	0.7	0.4	2.1	5.1	41.3	1.1	3.1	36.5	1.4	1.6	85.5	57.8	0.5	2.7	0.8	879	227	111	57	23	27	59	-95
9	VJ Edgecombe	13	2025-26	PHI	28	35.4	16.1	5.4	3.9	1.4	0.5	6.0	14.1	42.8	2.2	5.8	37.9	1.9	2.5	76.8	53.1	1.9	3.5	1.6	990	452	152	109	39	45	91	+58
10	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	11	2025-26	UTA	30	23.8	10.4	3.3	1.5	0.7	0.4	4.1	9.4	43.8	1.5	4.2	35.7	0.7	1.0	66.7	52.9	1.4	1.8	1.2	715	311	98	46	22	37	74	-155
11	Cedric Coward C. Coward	11	2025-26	MEM	33	27.1	13.7	6.5	3.0	0.5	0.3	4.9	10.5	46.6	1.4	4.4	32.2	2.4	2.9	84.2	57.9	1.6	4.9	1.6	895	451	215	99	18	53	65	0
12	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	10	2025-26	WAS	26	23.7	12.2	2.9	1.6	0.5	0.4	4.5	9.7	46.0	2.1	5.0	42.0	1.2	1.3	88.2	59.4	0.5	2.4	1.5	615	317	76	42	14	38	41	-82
13	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	9	2025-26	BKN	29	24.3	9.8	3.3	3.4	0.9	0.3	3.4	8.9	38.5	2.2	6.0	36.6	0.8	0.9	88.5	53.1	0.4	2.8	1.9	705	285	95	99	27	55	55	-35
14	Asa Newell A. Newell	8	2025-26	ATL	26	11.2	5.5	2.0	0.6	0.4	0.3	2.1	3.8	56.1	0.9	1.9	46.9	0.4	0.7	55.6	67.5	0.8	1.2	0.6	291	143	53	15	10	15	42	-6
15	Nique Clifford N. Clifford	8	2025-26	SAC	31	18.7	5.5	2.9	1.4	0.6	0.3	2.1	5.1	40.3	0.7	2.3	31.0	0.7	0.9	72.4	49.8	0.7	2.2	1.1	579	171	91	43	20	35	67	-110
16	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Y. Konan Niederhäuser	8	2025-26	LAC	17	9.0	3.5	2.2	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.1	66.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.2	57.1	66.3	1.0	1.2	0.5	153	60	38	6	2	8	22	+37
17	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	7	2025-26	CHA	33	33.1	19.5	5.1	3.6	0.7	0.2	6.8	13.9	48.5	3.6	8.5	43.0	2.3	2.6	88.5	64.5	0.9	4.2	2.4	1,093	643	168	118	22	79	76	-48
18	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	7	2025-26	NOP	36	26.8	14.3	3.6	3.1	1.2	0.2	5.4	12.4	43.5	1.0	3.0	32.4	2.5	3.1	78.8	51.6	0.8	2.8	2.3	964	514	128	113	43	83	65	-258
19	Khaman Maluach K. Maluach	7	2025-26	PHX	16	4.7	1.4	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	1.1	44.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	87.5	53.4	0.3	0.7	0.5	75	23	16	2	1	8	14	-13
20	Hugo González H. González	7	2025-26	BOS	28	15.0	4.3	3.3	0.6	0.8	0.3	1.8	3.4	52.1	0.5	1.4	39.5	0.2	0.4	54.5	60.0	0.9	2.4	0.7	420	121	92	18	22	19	55	+149
21	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	6	2025-26	UTA	29	16.7	6.6	1.9	3.1	0.5	0.2	2.2	5.1	42.3	0.8	2.7	30.4	1.4	1.4	95.2	56.7	0.3	1.6	1.1	484	190	56	90	14	31	51	-52
22	Yang Hansen Y. Hansen	6	2025-26	POR	18	7.8	2.4	1.8	0.7	0.1	0.3	0.8	2.8	29.4	0.2	1.2	13.6	0.6	0.7	91.7	39.1	0.4	1.4	0.8	141	44	33	13	1	15	21	-21
23	Noah Penda N. Penda	6	2025-26	ORL	21	10.7	4.0	3.6	1.1	0.3	0.3	1.5	3.2	46.3	0.5	1.2	44.0	0.5	0.8	58.8	55.7	1.5	2.0	0.7	224	83	75	23	6	14	21	+4
24	Joan Beringer J. Beringer	5	2025-26	MIN	12	4.4	1.5	1.4	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	61.5	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.3	66.7	62.8	0.3	1.1	0.3	53	18	17	0	1	3	9	+8
25	Rasheer Fleming R. Fleming	5	2025-26	PHX	19	7.1	2.6	1.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.9	2.7	34.6	0.3	1.6	19.4	0.4	0.5	77.8	43.8	0.7	0.5	0.2	134	49	23	3	5	3	15	-15

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