NBA Players with the Highest Block Averages in Playoffs in Their Rookie Season

Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 1st NBA season, ranked by playoff blocks per game. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.

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Which NBA player averaged the most blocks in the Playoffs in his rookie year?

Playing for the 1986 Washington Bullets, Manute Bol averaged 5.8 blocks in 5 games — the highest playoff blocks per game average by any NBA player in his 1st season.

Blocks Per Game, Rookie Season

5.8 bpg
Manute Bol
(1986 Washington Bullets)

Note: No game minimums were used for this list / = NBA champion in this season.

Blocks Per Game in a Player's Rookie Season - Top 50

Playoffs

		Blocks			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	3pm
1	Manute Bol (1986 Bullets)	5.8	29	5	4.6	7.6	0.2	0.6	0.0
2	David Robinson (1990 Spurs)	4.0	40	10	24.3	12.0	2.3	1.1	0.0
3	Alonzo Mourning (1993 Hornets)	3.4	31	9	23.8	9.9	1.4	0.7	0.0
4	Myles Turner (2016 Pacers)	3.3	23	7	10.3	6.4	0.4	0.3	0.0
5	Ron Brewer (1979 Trail Blazers)	3.0	9	3	17.7	3.7	2.7	0.3	-
	Chris Webber (1994 Warriors)	3.0	9	3	15.7	8.7	9.0	1.0	0.0
7	Artis Gilmore (1977 Bulls)	2.7	8	3	18.7	13.0	2.0	1.0	-
8	Hakeem Olajuwon (1985 Rockets)	2.6	13	5	21.2	13.0	1.4	1.4	0.0
9	Tim Duncan (1998 Spurs)	2.6	23	9	20.7	9.0	1.9	0.6	0.0
10	Zach Edey (2025 Grizzlies)	2.5	10	4	6.3	7.8	1.8	0.0	0.0
	Chris Gatling (1992 Warriors)	2.5	10	4	12.5	6.3	0.0	0.5	0.0
	Chet Holmgren (2024 Thunder)	2.5	25	10	15.6	7.2	2.1	0.7	1.3
	Andrei Kirilenko (2002 Jazz)	2.5	10	4	8.8	3.8	1.0	1.8	0.0
	Alton Lister (1982 Bucks)	2.5	15	6	5.5	4.5	0.8	0.3	0.0

		Blocks			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	3pm
15	Oliver Miller (1993 Suns)	2.5	59	24	7.2	5.2	2.1	0.9	0.0
16	Sam Bowie (1985 Trail Blazers)	2.3	21	9	7.3	8.4	2.3	0.4	0.0
	Bobby Jones (1977 Nuggets)	2.3	14	6	12.0	5.8	3.5	2.8	-
18	Caldwell Jones (1977 76ers)	2.1	40	19	4.8	7.9	1.1	0.5	-
19	Tom Burleson (1975 Supersonics)	2.0	18	9	20.7	10.7	1.4	0.8	-
	Paul George (2011 Pacers)	2.0	10	5	6.0	5.0	1.0	1.4	0.6
	Penny Hardaway (1994 Magic)	2.0	6	3	18.7	6.7	7.0	1.7	1.7
	Serge Ibaka (2010 Thunder)	2.0	12	6	7.8	6.5	0.3	0.3	0.0
	Tree Rollins (1978 Hawks)	2.0	4	2	8.0	4.5	0.5	0.5	-
	Daniel Santiago (2001 Suns)	2.0	2	1	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

		Blocks			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	3pm
25	Marques Johnson (1978 Bucks)	1.9	17	9	24.0	12.4	3.4	1.1	-
26	Thon Maker (2017 Bucks)	1.8	11	6	5.8	3.2	2.0	0.8	0.3
	Marvin Webster (1977 Nuggets)	1.8	11	6	5.0	6.7	0.5	0.3	-
28	Kelvin Cato (1998 Trail Blazers)	1.8	7	4	6.5	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.0
	Moses Malone (1977 Rockets)	1.8	21	12	18.8	16.9	0.6	1.1	-
	Roy Tarpley (1987 Mavericks)	1.8	7	4	13.3	10.5	0.3	0.3	0.0
	Jake Tsakalidis (2001 Suns)	1.8	7	4	3.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

		Blocks			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	3pm
32	Dale Davis (1992 Pacers)	1.7	5	3	2.7	6.3	0.7	0.0	0.0
	Vlade Divac (1990 Lakers)	1.7	15	9	9.1	5.3	1.1	0.9	0.1
	Leon Douglas (1977 Pistons)	1.7	5	3	3.3	3.3	1.0	0.3	-
	Larry Micheaux (1984 Kings)	1.7	5	3	10.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
	Mychal Thompson (1979 Trail Blazers)	1.7	5	3	19.7	10.3	2.0	0.7	-
37	Larry Nance (1982 Suns)	1.6	11	7	7.7	4.6	1.0	1.4	0.0
38	Shawn Marion (2000 Suns)	1.6	14	9	9.1	8.8	0.8	0.7	0.1
39	Charles Jones (1985 Suns)	1.5	3	2	6.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0
	Amar'e Stoudemire (2003 Suns)	1.5	9	6	14.2	7.8	1.2	1.7	0.2

		Blocks			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	3pm
41	Kevin McHale (1981 Celtics)	1.5	25	17	8.5	3.5	0.8	0.2	0.0
42	John Shumate (1976 Braves)	1.4	13	9	14.1	8.6	2.8	1.0	-
43	Greg Ostertag (1996 Jazz)	1.4	21	15	3.5	3.3	0.1	0.1	0.0
44	Steven Adams (2014 Thunder)	1.3	24	18	3.9	4.1	0.2	0.1	0.0
	Greg Anderson (1988 Spurs)	1.3	4	3	12.7	7.0	1.0	0.7	0.0
	Robert Horry (1993 Rockets)	1.3	16	12	10.3	5.2	3.2	1.5	0.8
	Clemon Johnson (1979 Trail Blazers)	1.3	4	3	4.7	5.7	0.7	0.7	-
	George McGinnis (1976 76ers)	1.3	4	3	23.0	13.7	4.0	0.3	-
	Robert Traylor (1999 Bucks)	1.3	4	3	5.3	4.0	0.7	0.7	0.0
50	Zydrunas Ilgauskas (1998 Cavaliers)	1.3	5	4	17.3	7.5	0.5	0.5	0.0
	Salah Mejri (2016 Mavericks)	1.3	5	4	4.8	3.3	0.3	0.8	0.0