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NBA Blocks Records and Leaders

NBA Leaders and Records for Blocks: career total, per game, per season. Check out the best blockers ever!

Zeno Schievenin 2021-10-24T09:05:00

Who are the best blockers ever in the NBA? In this article we will try to satisfy all your blocked-themed curiosities, a technical gesture of the prerogative of the tallest and most imposing players.

NBA All-Time Blocks Record

The NBA career block record is 3,830 blocks and belongs to Hakeem Olajuwon.

Hakeem Olajuwon has been able to establish this record in 18 years of career and 1,238 games played, finishing with an average of 21.8 points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 3.1 blocks per game.

NBA All-Time Blocks Leaders

Rank	Player	Blocks	Games	Blocks per Game
1	Hakeem Olajuwon	3830	1238	3.09
2	Dikembe Mutombo	3289	1196	2.75
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	3189	1560	2.04
4	Mark Eaton	3064	875	3.5
5	Tim Duncan	3020	1392	2.17
6	David Robinson	2954	987	2.99
7	Patrick Ewing	2894	1183	2.45
8	Shaquille O’Neal	2732	1207	2.26
9	Tree Rollins	2542	1156	2.2
10	Robert Parish	2361	1611	1.47
11	Alonzo Mourning	2356	838	2.81
12	Marcus Camby	2331	973	2.4
13	Dwight Howard	2192	1182	1,85
13	Ben Wallace	2137	1088	1.96
15	Shawn Bradley	2119	832	2.55
16	Manute Bol	2086	624	3.34
17	George T. Johnson	2082	848	2.46
18	Kevin Garnett	2037	1462	1.39
19	Larry Nance	2027	920	2.2
20	Theo Ratliff	1968	810	2.43

Single-Game Blocks Record

The NBA single game blocks record is 17 blocks and was set by Elmore Smith in 1973 while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Single-Game Blocks Leaders

Rank	Player	Blocks	Team	Year
1	Elmore Smith	17	Los Angeles Lakers	1973
2	Manute Bol	15	Washington Bullets	1986
3	Manute Bol	15	Washington Bullets	1987
4	Shaquille O’Neal	15	Orlando Magic	1993
5	Elmore Smith	14	Los Angeles Lakers	1973
6	Elmore Smith	14	Los Angeles Lakers	1973
7	Mark Eaton	14	Utah Jazz	1985
8	Mark Eaton	14	Utah Jazz	1989
9	George T. Johnson	13	San Antonio Spurs	1981
10	Mark Eaton	13	Utah Jazz	1983
11	Darryl Dawkins	13	New Jersey Nets	1983
12	Ralph Sampson	13	Houston Rockets	1983
13	Manute Bol	13	Golden State Warriors	1990
14	Shawn Bradley	13	Dallas Mavericks	1998

Single Season Blocks Record

The Season record is 456 blocks and was set by Mark Eaton in the 1984-85 season while playing for the Utah Jazz.

Single Season Blocks Leaders

Rank	Player	Blocks	Team	Season
1	Mark Eaton	456	Utah Jazz	1984–85
2	Manute Bol	397	Washington Bullets	1985–86
3	Elmore Smith	393	Los Angeles Lakers	1973–74
4	Hakeem Olajuwon	376	Houston Rockets	1989–90
5	Mark Eaton	351	Utah Jazz	1983–84
6	Manute Bol	345	Golden State Warriors	1988–89
7	Tree Rollins	343	Atlanta Hawks	1982–83
8	Hakeem Olajuwon	342	Houston Rockets	1992–93
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	338	Los Angeles Lakers	1975–76
10	Dikembe Mutombo	336	Denver Nuggets	1993–94

Blocks per Game Record

Mark Eaton ended his career with an average of 3.50 blocks per game, setting the all-time record for this statistic.

Blocks per Game Leaders

#	Player	Blocks per game
1	Mark Eaton	3,50
2	Manute Bol	3,34
3	Hakeem Olajuwon	3,09
4	David Robinson	2,99
5	Elmore Smith	2,90
6	Alonzo Mourning	2,81
7	Dikembe Mutombo	2,75
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	2,57
9	Shawn Bradley	2,55
10	George Johnson	2,46