BPG

Sports abbreviation · Basketball

BPG
Stands forBlocks per game
CategoriesSports

BPG stands for Blocks per game, a basketball abbreviation.

Blocked shots per game, used to gauge rim protection. Centers and long-armed forwards lead this category.

Example: The rookie center averaged 3.6 BPG and changed every shot near the rim.

Usage notes

Blocks became an official NBA stat in 1973-74. Mark Eaton averaged a record 5.56 BPG in 1984-85, and Hakeem Olajuwon holds the career record of 3,830 blocks. Blocks do not capture the shots a defender deters, so analysts pair BPG with opponents' shooting near the rim.

More basketball abbreviations

  • 3PT – Three-pointer
  • 6MOY – Sixth Man of the Year
  • APG – Assists per game
  • AST – Assists
  • AST/TO – Assist-to-turnover ratio
  • BLK – Blocks
  • BPM – Box Plus/Minus
  • C – Center (American football)
  • COY – Coach of the Year
  • DHO – Dribble handoff
  • DNP – Did not play
  • DPOY – Defensive Player of the Year

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