List of National Basketball Association career blocks leaders
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This article provides two lists:
- A list of National Basketball Association players by total career regular season leaders in blocking shots.
- A progressive list of blocked shots leaders showing how the record has increased through the years.[1]
Blocks leaders[edit]
This is a list of National Basketball Association players by total career regular season leaders in blocking shots.[a]
- Statistics accurate as of the 2021–22 NBA season.
| ^ | Active NBA player |
| * | Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| † | Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration[b] |
Progressive list for blocks[edit]
This is a progressive list of blocked shot leaders showing how the record has increased through the years.
- Statistics accurate as of the 2021–22 NBA season.
| ^ | Active NBA player |
| * | Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| ATL | Atlanta Hawks | DEN | Denver Nuggets | LAL | Los Angeles Lakers | OKC | Oklahoma City Thunder | WAS | Washington Wizards |
| BOS | Boston Celtics | DET | Detroit Pistons | MEM | Memphis Grizzlies | ORL | Orlando Magic | WSB | Washington Bullets |
| CHI | Chicago Bulls | GSW | Golden State Warriors | MIA | Miami Heat | POR | Portland Trail Blazers | ||
| CHO | Charlotte Hornets | HOU | Houston Rockets | NJN | New Jersey Nets | SAS | San Antonio Spurs | ||
| CLE | Cleveland Cavaliers | IND | Indiana Pacers | NOP | New Orleans Pelicans | UTA | Utah Jazz | ||
| DAL | Dallas Mavericks | LAC | Los Angeles Clippers | NYK | New York Knicks | TOR | Toronto Raptors |
| Season | Year-by-Year Leader | Blk | Active Leader | Blk | Career Record | Blk | Single Season Record | Blk | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–74 | Elmore SmithLAL | 393 | Elmore SmithLAL | 393 | Elmore SmithLAL | 393 | Elmore SmithLAL | 393 | 1973–74 |
| 1974–75 | 216 | 609 | 609 | 1974–75 | |||||
| 1975–76 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* LAL |
338 | 847 | 847 | 1975–76 | ||||
| 1976–77 | 261 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* LAL |
1,094 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* LAL |
1,094 | 1976–77 | |||
| 1977–78 | George JohnsonNJN | 274 | 1,279 | 1,279 | 1977–78 | ||||
| 1978–79 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* LAL |
316 | 1,595 | 1,595 | 1978–79 | ||||
| 1979–80 | 280 | 1,875 | 1,875 | 1979–80 | |||||
| 1980–81 | George JohnsonSAS | 278 | 2,103 | 2,103 | 1980–81 | ||||
| 1981–82 | 234 | 2,310 | 2,310 | 1981–82 | |||||
| 1982–83 | Tree RollinsATL | 343 | 2,480 | 2,480 | 1982–83 | ||||
| 1983–84 | Mark EatonUTA | 351 | 2,623 | 2,623 | 1983–84 | ||||
| 1984–85 | 456 | 2,785 | 2,785 | Mark EatonUTA | 456 | 1984–85 | |||
| 1985–86 | Manute BolWSB | 397 | 2,915 | 2,915 | 1985–86 | ||||
| 1986–87 | Mark EatonUTA | 321 | 3,012 | 3,012 | 1986–87 | ||||
| 1987–88 | 304 | 3,104 | 3,104 | 1987–88 | |||||
| 1988–89 | Manute BolGSW | 345 | 3,189 | 3,189 | 1988–89 | ||||
| 1989–90 | Hakeem Olajuwon* HOU | 376 | Mark EatonUTA | 2,592 | 1989–90 | ||||
| 1990–91 | David Robinson*SAS | 320 | 2,780 | 1990–91 | |||||
| 1991–92 | 305 | 2,985 | 1991–92 | ||||||
| 1992–93 | Hakeem Olajuwon* HOU | 342 | 3,064 | 1992–93 | |||||
| 1993–94 | Dikembe Mutombo* DEN 1993–96 ATL 1996–98 |
336 | Hakeem Olajuwon* HOU 1993–2001 TOR 2001–02 |
2,741 | 1993–94 | ||||
| 1994–95 | 321 | 2,983 | 1994–95 | ||||||
| 1995–96 | 332 | 3,190 | Hakeem Olajuwon* HOU 1984–2001 TOR 2001–02 |
3,190 | 1995–96 | ||||
| 1996–97 | 264 | 3,363 | 3,363 | 1996–97 | |||||
| 1997–98 | 277 | 3,459 | 3,459 | 1997–98 | |||||
| 1998–99 | Alonzo Mourning*MIA | 180 | 3,582 | 3,582 | 1998–99 | ||||
| 1999–00 | 294 | 3,652 | 3,652 | 1999–00 | |||||
| 2000–01 | Shawn BradleyDAL | 228 | 3,740 | 3,740 | 2000–01 | ||||
| 2001–02 | Ben Wallace*DET | 278 | 3,830 | 3,830 | 2001–02 | ||||
| 2002–03 | Theo Ratliff ATL 2002–04 POR 2004 |
262 | David Robinson*SAS | 2,954 | 2002–03 | ||||
| 2003–04 | 307 | Dikembe Mutombo* NYK 2003–04 HOU 2004–09 |
2,996 | 2003–04 | |||||
| 2004–05 | Marcus CambyDEN | 199 | 3,097 | 2004–05 | |||||
| 2005–06 | Andrei KirilenkoUTA | 220 | 3,154 | 2005–06 | |||||
| 2006–07 | Marcus CambyDEN | 231 | 3,230 | 2006–07 | |||||
| 2007–08 | 285 | 3,278 | 2007–08 | ||||||
| 2008–09 | Dwight Howard^ORL | 231 | 3,289 | 2008–09 | |||||
| 2009–10 | 228 | Shaquille O'Neal* CLE 2009–10 BOS 2010–11 |
2,690 | 2009–10 | |||||
| 2010–11 | Serge Ibaka^OKC | 198 | 2,732 | 2010–11 | |||||
| 2011–12 | 241 | Tim Duncan*SAS | 2,469 | 2011–12 | |||||
| 2012–13 | 242 | 2,652 | 2012–13 | ||||||
| 2013–14 | 219 | 2,791 | 2013–14 | ||||||
| 2014–15 | Anthony Davis^NOP | 200 | 2,941 | 2014–15 | |||||
| 2015–16 | Hassan Whiteside^MIA | 269 | 3,020 | 2015–16 | |||||
| 2016–17 | Rudy Gobert^UTA | 214 | Dwight Howard^ ATL 2016–17 CHO 2017–18 WAS 2018–19 LAL 2019–20 PHI 2020–21 LAL 2021– |
1,916 | 2016–17 | ||||
| 2017–18 | Anthony Davis^NOP | 193 | 2,047 | 2017–18 | |||||
| 2018–19 | Myles Turner^IND | 199 | 2,051 | 2018–19 | |||||
| 2019–20 | Hassan Whiteside^POR | 196 | 2,130 | 2019–20 | |||||
| 2020–21 | Rudy Gobert^UTA | 190 | 2,192 | 2020–21 | |||||
| 2021–22 | Jaren Jackson Jr.^MEM | 177 | 2,228 | 2021–22 | |||||
| Season | Year-by-Year Leader | Blk | Active Leader | Blk | Career Record | Blk | Single Season Record | Blk | Season |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ The National Basketball Association did not record blocked shot statistics until the 1973–74 season.
- ^ A player is not eligible for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame until he has been fully retired for three calendar years.
- ^ American Basketball Association (ABA) teams other than those admitted into the NBA in 1976 are not included; each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.
- ^ Games played in prior seasons where blocks were not recorded are not included in total games played nor are they used in calculating the per game average.
- ^ Average is rounded to the nearest hundredth and its calculation does not include games played in seasons before blocks were officially recorded.
- ^ a b c d Blocked shots were not yet recorded during the player's tenure with this team and season(s).
References[edit]
- ^ "NBA Progressive Leaders and Records for Blocks". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports-Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 March 2015.