NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Playoff Leaders and Records for Blocks Per Game

Active players are listed in bold
* Indicates member of the Hall of Fame.
Blocks Per Game since 1973-74 (1971-72 for ABA)

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Table
Year Lg Player BPG Tm
2023 NBA Anthony Davis 3.12 LAL
2022 NBA Jaren Jackson Jr. 2.50 MEM
2021 NBA Rudy Gobert 2.09 UTA
2020 NBA Myles Turner 4.00 IND
2019 NBA Rudy Gobert 2.60 UTA
2018 NBA Anthony Davis 2.33 NOP
2017 NBA Andre Roberson 3.40 OKC
2016 NBA Myles Turner 3.29 IND
2015 NBA Anthony Davis 3.00 NOP
2014 NBA Dwight Howard 2.83 HOU
2013 NBA Serge Ibaka 3.00 OKC
    Brook Lopez 3.00 BRK
2012 NBA JaVale McGee 3.14 DEN
2011 NBA Serge Ibaka 3.06 OKC
2010 NBA Dwight Howard 3.50 ORL
2009 NBA Tyrus Thomas 2.86 CHI
2008 NBA Dwight Howard 3.40 ORL
2007 NBA Marcus Camby 3.20 DEN
2006 NBA Marcus Camby 2.80 DEN
2005 NBA Marcus Camby 3.20 DEN
2004 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 2.77 LAL
2003 NBA Tim Duncan* 3.29 SAS
2002 NBA Tim Duncan* 4.33 SAS
2001 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 3.13 PHI
2000 NBA Alonzo Mourning* 3.30 MIA
1999 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 2.88 LAL
1998 NBA David Robinson* 3.33 SAS
1997 NBA Alonzo Mourning* 2.71 MIA
1996 NBA Patrick Ewing* 3.12 NYK
1995 NBA Alonzo Mourning* 3.25 CHH
1994 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 5.75 DEN
1993 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 4.92 HOU
1992 NBA Antoine Carr 3.67 SAS
1991 NBA David Robinson* 3.75 SAS
1990 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 5.75 HOU
1989 NBA Manute Bol 3.62 GSW
1988 NBA Patrick Ewing* 3.25 NYK
1987 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 4.30 HOU
1986 NBA Manute Bol 5.80 WSB
1985 NBA Mark Eaton 5.80 UTA
1984 NBA Mark Eaton 3.09 UTA
1983 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3.67 LAL
1982 NBA Robert Parish* 4.00 BOS
1981 NBA Artis Gilmore* 2.83 CHI
1980 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3.87 LAL
1979 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 4.12 LAL
1978 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 4.00 LAL
1977 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3.45 LAL
1976 NBA Elvin Hayes* 4.00 WSB
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 3.60 KEN
1975 NBA Bob Lanier* 4.00 DET
  ABA Billy Paultz 3.20 NYA
1974 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2.44 MIL
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 3.75 KEN