Tim Duncan has the most games by a rookie forward with 1+ block, with 72 games in 1997-98.

Interpreted as:

most 1+ block regular-season game by a rookie forward

	NAME	GP	BLK	SEASON	TM	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	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	72	206	1997-98	SAS	39.3	20.9	12.0	2.7	0.6	2.9	8.5	15.7	53.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.9	57.0	3.3	8.7	3.5	2,829	1,503	865	193	46	255	224	+351
2	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	71	190	2023-24	OKC	30.0	17.0	8.4	2.5	0.7	2.7	6.3	11.8	53.4	1.7	4.4	38.1	2.8	3.5	79.5	63.9	1.7	6.7	1.7	2,131	1,208	593	176	47	119	178	+382
3	Roy Rogers R. Rogers	70	163	1996-97	VAN	22.9	6.6	4.8	0.6	0.2	2.3	3.0	5.9	50.6	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.7	1.1	60.3	52.1	1.6	3.1	1.0	1,603	464	335	42	17	73	193	-390
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	69	254	2023-24	SAS	29.8	21.4	10.6	3.8	1.2	3.7	7.7	16.6	46.6	1.8	5.5	33.0	4.2	5.2	79.5	56.8	2.3	8.4	3.7	2,055	1,479	734	264	86	256	149	-126
5	Dwight Howard D. Howard	68	136	2004-05	ORL	32.4	11.5	10.2	0.9	1.0	2.0	4.1	7.9	52.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.8	66.8	57.2	3.5	6.6	1.9	2,205	783	693	60	65	132	197	-102
6	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	66	169	2001-02	MEM	37.4	18.3	8.8	2.7	0.5	2.6	7.0	13.3	52.6	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.3	6.2	69.3	57.1	2.8	5.9	2.7	2,470	1,208	578	175	36	181	171	-138
7	Thurl Bailey T. Bailey	66	122	1983-84	UTA	25.4	9.2	5.9	1.6	0.5	1.8	4.0	7.7	51.8	0.0	0.0		1.2	1.7	72.7	54.5			1.3	1,675	606	387	105	31	88	150
8	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	65	159	2001-02	UTA	27.1	11.6	4.8	1.2	1.4	2.4	3.8	8.1	46.9	0.4	1.3	29.8	3.6	4.7	76.3	56.8	1.8	3.1	1.3	1,762	751	314	76	89	83	124	+322
9	Elton Brand E. Brand	65	132	1999-00	CHI	37.6	20.2	10.3	1.9	0.8	2.0	7.8	16.1	48.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	7.0	67.3	52.6	4.2	6.1	2.7	2,446	1,313	672	125	54	174	203	-444
10	Hot Rod Williams H. Rod Williams	64	167	1986-87	CLE	35.5	15.5	8.3	2.1	0.8	2.6	5.7	11.7	48.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	5.6	74.1	54.8	3.0	5.3	1.8	2,270	994	532	133	50	117	157
11	Josh Smith J. Smith	63	144	2004-05	ATL	29.3	10.2	6.8	1.8	0.9	2.3	3.9	8.7	44.3	0.0	0.3	14.3	2.4	3.5	69.3	49.6	2.2	4.6	2.0	1,846	642	426	115	56	125	141	-362
12	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	63	131	1995-96	MIN	31.7	11.7	7.1	2.0	1.2	2.1	5.1	10.2	49.7	0.1	0.4	26.1	1.5	2.2	69.1	52.6	2.3	4.7	1.4	2,000	740	446	128	78	89	163
13	Joe Smith J. Smith	62	134	1995-96	GSW	34.7	15.2	8.6	0.9	1.0	2.2	5.7	12.6	44.8	0.1	0.4	31.8	3.8	4.9	76.8	51.4	3.6	4.9	1.6	2,150	944	532	58	64	99	177
14	Jamario Moon J. Moon	61	108	2007-08	TOR	29.1	8.8	6.4	1.2	0.9	1.8	3.7	7.9	47.6	0.5	1.8	30.8	0.8	1.1	73.8	52.9	1.2	5.2	0.7	1,772	537	390	72	57	42	116	+107
15	Roy Hinson R. Hinson	61	145	1983-84	CLE	24.5	5.4	6.7	0.9	0.4	2.4	2.3	4.5	49.8	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.6	56.8	51.8	2.2	4.4	1.5	1,493	330	406	56	25	90	236
16	Brian Grant B. Grant	60	116	1994-95	SAC	29.9	13.6	7.7	1.2	0.6	1.9	5.4	10.3	51.9	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.9	4.6	63.1	55.2	2.6	5.1	2.1	1,791	818	459	73	35	124	211
17	Darius Miles D. Miles	59	125	2000-01	LAC	27.6	9.7	6.1	1.4	0.7	2.1	4.0	8.0	49.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.8	3.3	53.6	51.5	1.6	4.5	1.7	1,627	572	362	83	39	99	148	+75
18	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	59	114	1995-96	DEN	30.5	14.1	7.3	1.0	0.7	1.9	5.8	11.8	49.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.4	71.5	52.8	2.8	4.5	1.9	1,797	831	432	58	42	114	200
19	Greg Anderson G. Anderson	58	122	1987-88	SAS	26.1	12.5	7.0	1.0	0.8	2.1	4.9	9.5	51.0	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.7	4.5	61.0	54.2	2.0	5.0	1.8	1,514	723	406	59	44	105	163
20	LaPhonso Ellis L. Ellis	57	111	1992-93	DEN	34.2	14.9	9.2	1.9	1.0	1.9	5.8	11.4	51.2	0.0	0.2	18.2	3.3	4.2	77.2	56.5	3.1	6.1	1.9	1,949	852	522	107	57	111	193
21	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	56	134	2015-16	NYK	29.3	14.6	7.7	1.4	0.8	2.4	5.3	12.5	42.3	1.1	3.4	33.2	2.9	3.3	85.6	52.2	1.9	5.9	1.7	1,643	815	433	81	46	94	164	+78
22	Anthony Davis A. Davis	55	112	2012-13	NOH	29.3	13.1	8.3	1.0	1.3	2.0	5.3	10.5	50.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.5	72.8	54.9	2.7	5.6	1.4	1,612	723	454	57	71	78	130	-118
23	Taj Gibson T. Gibson	55	104	2009-10	CHI	29.6	9.9	8.6	1.1	0.7	1.9	4.2	8.3	50.1	0.0	0.0		1.6	2.5	64.5	52.8	3.1	5.6	1.5	1,626	547	475	58	36	84	189	-3
24	Emeka Okafor E. Okafor	55	125	2004-05	CHA	36.1	16.0	11.0	0.9	0.8	2.3	6.5	14.2	45.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	5.1	60.3	48.6	3.9	7.1	1.7	1,984	882	606	49	46	93	165	-196
25	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	55	80	1984-85	PHI	29.2	14.9	8.8	1.8	1.2	1.5	5.6	10.0	56.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.6	5.1	71.7	60.7	3.3	5.5	2.7	1,605	819	486	97	65	148	203