There are two lists:
- The 50 National Basketball Association players with the most career regular season blocked shots. Blocked shots were first officially recorded in the NBA during the 1973–74 season.
- A progressive list of NBA blocked shots leaders year by year since 1973.[1]
Blocks leaders
This is a list of National Basketball Association players by total career regular season leaders in blocking shots.[a]
- Statistics accurate as of February 10, 2025.
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^ | 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
This is a progressive list of blocked shot leaders showing how the record has increased through the years.
- Statistics accurate as of February 10, 2025.
^ | Active NBA player |
* | Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
† | Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration[2] |
ATL | Atlanta Hawks | DEN | Denver Nuggets | LAL | Los Angeles Lakers | NYK | New York Knicks | TOR | Toronto Raptors |
BOS | Boston Celtics | DET | Detroit Pistons | MEM | Memphis Grizzlies | OKC | Oklahoma City Thunder | WAS | Washington Wizards |
CHI | Chicago Bulls | GSW | Golden State Warriors | MIA | Miami Heat | ORL | Orlando Magic | WSB | Washington Bullets |
CHO | Charlotte Hornets | HOU | Houston Rockets | MIL | Milwaukee Bucks | POR | Portland Trail Blazers | ||
CLE | Cleveland Cavaliers | IND | Indiana Pacers | NJN | New Jersey Nets | SAS | San Antonio Spurs | ||
DAL | Dallas Mavericks | LAC | Los Angeles Clippers | NOP | New Orleans Pelicans | UTA | Utah Jazz |
Season | Year-by-Year Leader | Blk | Active Leader | Blk | Career Record | Blk | Single Season Record | Blk | Season |
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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 WhitesideMIA | 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 2021–22 |
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 WhitesidePOR | 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 | |||||
2022–23 | Brook Lopez^MIL | 193 | Serge Ibaka†MIL | 1,759 | 2022–23 | ||||
2023–24 | Victor Wembanyama^SAS | 254 | Brook Lopez^MIL | 1,912 | 2023–24 | ||||
2024–25 | 174 | 2,011 | 2024–25 | ||||||
Season | Year-by-Year Leader | Blk | Active Leader | Blk | Career Record | Blk | Single Season Record | Blk | Season |
See also
Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ "NBA Progressive Leaders and Records for Blocks". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports-Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ 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.
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