NBA & ABA Career Leaders and Records for Blocks

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

NBA/ABA

NBA/ABA Table
Rank Player BLK
1.Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830
2.Dikembe Mutombo* 3289
3.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189
4.Artis Gilmore* 3178
5.Mark Eaton 3064
6.Tim Duncan* 3020
7.David Robinson* 2954
8.Patrick Ewing* 2894
9.Shaquille O'Neal* 2732
10.Tree Rollins 2542
11.Robert Parish* 2361
12.Alonzo Mourning* 2356
13.Marcus Camby 2331
14.Caldwell Jones 2297
15.Dwight Howard 2228
16.Ben Wallace* 2137
17.Shawn Bradley 2119
18.Manute Bol 2086
19.George Johnson 2082
20.Kevin Garnett* 2037
21.Larry Nance 2027
22.Theo Ratliff 1968
23.Julius Erving* 1941
 Pau Gasol* 1941
25.Brook Lopez 1912
26.Moses Malone* 1889
27.Elton Brand 1828
28.Jermaine O'Neal 1820
29.Elvin Hayes* 1771
30.Serge Ibaka 1759
31.Josh Smith 1713
32.Anthony Davis 1705
33.Kevin McHale* 1690
34.Vlade Divac* 1631
35.Rudy Gobert 1614
36.Herb Williams 1605
37.Elden Campbell 1602
38.Benoit Benjamin 1581
39.Samuel Dalembert 1546
40.DeAndre Jordan 1541
41.Wayne Cooper 1535
42.Alton Lister 1473
43.Andrei Kirilenko 1461
44.Rasheed Wallace 1460
45.Billy Paultz 1457
46.Hot Rod Williams 1456
47.Mark West 1403
48.Erick Dampier 1398
49.Clifford Robinson 1390
50.Terry Tyler 1342
51.Tyson Chandler 1335
52.Zydrunas Ilgauskas 1327
53.Bobby Jones* 1319
54.Greg Ostertag 1293
55.Dirk Nowitzki* 1281
56.Shawn Kemp 1279
57.Dale Davis 1270
58.Myles Turner 1268
59.James Donaldson 1267
60.JaVale McGee 1258
61.Marc Gasol 1254
62.Al Horford 1249
63.Shawn Marion 1233
64.Harvey Catchings 1226
65.Chris Webber* 1200
66.Kevin Durant 1196
67.Adonal Foyle 1193
 Bo Outlaw 1193
69.LaMarcus Aldridge 1187
70.Elmore Smith 1183
71.Sam Lacey 1160
 Dan Roundfield 1160
73.Bob McAdoo* 1147
74.Roy Hibbert 1146
75.Karl Malone* 1145
76.Hassan Whiteside 1143
77.Horace Grant 1136
78.Charles Jones 1134
79.Andre Drummond 1130
80.Joe Barry Carroll 1121
81.P.J. Brown 1116
82.LeBron James 1111
 Rik Smits 1111
84.Brendan Haywood 1109
85.Antonio McDyess 1102
86.Bob Lanier* 1100
 Buck Williams 1100
88.Andrew Lang 1099
89.Al Jefferson 1093
90.Andrew Bogut 1091
91.Ervin Johnson 1087
92.Thurl Bailey 1086
93.Bismack Biyombo 1077
94.Mychal Thompson 1073
95.Amar'e Stoudemire 1054
96.Derrick Coleman 1051
97.Jack Sikma* 1048
98.George Gervin* 1047
99.Robin Lopez 1045
 Paul Millsap 1045
101.Robert Horry 1035
102.Bill Walton* 1034
103.Chris Dudley 1027
104.Darryl Dawkins 1023
105.Rick Mahorn 1007
106.Emeka Okafor 1003
107.Chris Andersen 991
108.Mike Gminski 989
109.Giannis Antetokounmpo 986
110.John Salley 983
111.LaSalle Thompson 972
112.Bill Laimbeer 965
113.Scottie Pippen* 947
114.Taj Gibson 946
115.Derrick Favors 939
116.Rasho Nesterović 934
117.Sam Perkins 933
118.Chris Bosh* 932
119.Chris Kaman 931
120.Antoine Carr 925
121.Yao Ming* 920
122.Raef LaFrentz 919
123.Sam Bowie 909
124.Shane Battier 906
125.Kendrick Perkins 903
126.Clint Capela 898
127.Michael Jordan* 893
128.Lamar Odom 892
129.Antonio Davis 889
130.Charles Barkley* 888
 Vince Carter* 888
132.Marcin Gortat 885
 Dwyane Wade* 885
134.Roy Hinson 882
135.Marvin Webster 881
136.Joakim Noah 874
137.Rony Seikaly 872
138.Joe Smith 868
139.James Edwards 867
140.Kenyon Martin 864
141.David West 850
142.Dave Corzine 848
 Donyell Marshall 848
144.Kristaps Porziņģis 846
145.Kurt Thomas 841
146.Danny Schayes 840
147.Amir Johnson 839
148.Joel Przybilla 836
149.Alex English* 833
150.Jonas Valančiūnas 822
151.Draymond Green 818
152.Joe Meriweather 810
153.Alvan Adams 808
154.Tracy McGrady* 807
155.Jerome Kersey 799
156.Vin Baker 798
 Rudy Gay 798
158.Ben Poquette 794
 Clarence Weatherspoon 794
160.Nikola Vučević 792
161.Jon Koncak 791
162.Charles Smith 789
163.Darnell Hillman 782
164.Gar Heard 780
165.Jim Chones 774
166.Duane Causwell 767
167.Oliver Miller 758
168.Larry Bird* 755
169.Pervis Ellison 752
 Mike Green 752
 Danny Manning 752
 Ralph Sampson* 752
173.Randy Breuer 750
 Kevin Willis 750
175.Rich Kelley 749
176.Paul Pierce* 745
177.DeMarcus Cousins 742
178.Dave Greenwood 736
179.Ron Harper 729
180.Michael Cage 725
181.Nenê 721
 Karl-Anthony Towns 721
183.Joel Embiid 720
184.Clyde Drexler* 719
185.Clemon Johnson 717
186.Tony Battie 713
187.Jerami Grant 702
188.Michael Olowokandi 697
189.Kurt Nimphius 696
190.Jim McIlvaine 691
191.Jakob Poeltl 686
192.Kelvin Cato 685
193.Nerlens Noel 683
 Stromile Swift 683
195.Gerald Wallace 681
196.Steven Adams 675
 Dennis Johnson* 675
 Christian Laettner 675
199.Len Elmore 674
200.Bill Cartwright 668
201.Jaren Jackson Jr. 664
202.Nicolas Batum 661
203.Maurice Lucas 659
204.Andrew Bynum 657
205.Mason Plumlee 656
206.James Johnson 653
207.Spencer Hawes 652
208.Olden Polynice 651
209.Terry Cummings 650
210.Carmelo Anthony 644
211.John Henson 642
 Dominique Wilkins* 642
213.Kobe Bryant* 640
214.Nazr Mohammed 639
215.Shareef Abdur-Rahim 638
 Clifford Ray 638
217.Danny Green 634
218.Andre Iguodala 633
219.Mickey Johnson 632
220.Jarrett Allen 630
 DeSagana Diop 630
222.Spencer Haywood* 629
223.Tom Chambers 627
224.James Worthy* 624
225.Kevin Kunnert 616
226.Darko Miličić 613
 Jusuf Nurkić 613
228.Derrick McKey 611
229.Armen Gilliam 607
230.Jamaal Magloire 603
231.Mitchell Robinson 602
232.James Harden 600
233.Alex Len 594
234.Cliff Levingston 593
 Ronny Turiaf 593
236.Brad Miller 592
237.Tom Burleson 591
238.Greg Anderson 590
239.Jeff Green 587
240.Kent Benson 586
241.Andris Biedriņš 580
 Eddie Jones 580
243.Robert Covington 578
244.Marvin Williams 577
245.Grant Hill* 576
246.Lorenzen Wright 572
247.Keon Clark 571
248.Orlando Woolridge 569
249.Ed Davis 566
250.Brian Grant 561

ABA

ABA Table
Rank Player BLK
1.Artis Gilmore* 1431
2.Caldwell Jones 780
3.Billy Paultz 751
4.Julius Erving* 648
5.Darnell Hillman 505
6.Jim Eakins 384
7.Julius Keye 380
 Mike Green 380
9.George Gervin* 377
10.Mel Daniels* 351
11.Bobby Jones* 337
12.Marvin Barnes 271
13.Len Elmore 269
14.Coby Dietrick 236
15.Gene Moore 207
16.Wil Jones 206
17.Swen Nater 201
18.Gus Gerard 183
19.Dave Robisch 173
20.Mike Gale 168
21.Tom Owens 164
22.Moses Malone* 156
23.Willie Sojourner 152
24.Zelmo Beaty* 143
25.Jan van Breda Kolff 139
26.Dan Issel* 136
27.Jim Chones 131
28.David Vaughn 128
29.Maurice Lucas 121
30.Kim Hughes 120
31.Louie Dampier* 117
32.Tim Bassett 112
33.Randy Denton 110
34.Charles Edge 105
35.David Thompson* 102
36.Gerald Govan 97
37.George McGinnis* 96
38.Larry Kenon 92
39.Roger Brown 84
40.John Williamson 83
41.Roger Brown* 81
42.Lee Davis 80
43.Bruce Seals 73
44.Ron Boone 71
45.Brian Taylor 70
46.Rich Jones 66
 Don Buse 66
48.Red Robbins 65
49.Ted McClain 63
 Johnny Neumann 63
 Mike Jackson 63
 Al Skinner 63
53.Jim Bradley 62
54.Willie Wise 59
 George Adams 59
56.Ralph Simpson 54
57.Bob Netolicky 52
 Billy Knight 52
 Marvin Webster 52
60.Travis Grant 51
61.James Silas 49
62.George Carter 48
63.Fatty Taylor 47
 Mel Bennett 47
65.Collis Jones 46
66.Joe Caldwell 45
67.M.L. Carr 44
68.Dan Roundfield 43
69.Byron Beck 42
70.Bird Averitt 41
71.Stew Johnson 40
 Cincy Powell 40
73.Ron Thomas 39
74.Donnie Freeman 37
 Mark Olberding 37
76.Chuck Williams 36
 Don Chaney 36
78.Kevin Joyce 34
79.Jimmy Jones 32
 Roy Ebron 32
81.Barry Parkhill 30
82.Warren Jabali 29
83.Bob Warren 28
 George Irvine 28
85.Goo Kennedy 27
 Ed Manning 27
 Bo Lamar 27
88.Jim O'Brien 26
89.Jim Ard 25
 Mike Barr 25
 Lamar Green 25
92.George Thompson 24
93.John Roche 23
94.Steve Jones 22
 Dave Twardzik 22
96.Freddie Lewis 21
 Gene Littles 21
 Billy Cunningham* 21
99.Bill Melchionni 20
 Scott English 20
 George Karl* 20
 Billy Schaeffer 20
 Don Washington 20
104.Marv Roberts 19
 Billy Shepherd 19
106.Jim McDaniels 17
107.Mack Calvin 16
 Simmie Hill 16
 Johnny Baum 16
 Aulcie Perry 16
111.Chuck Terry 14
 Mike D'Antoni 14
113.Glen Combs 13
 Willie Long 13
 Charles Jordan 13
116.Al Smith 12
 Pat McFarland 12
118.Bill Keller 11
119.John Beasley 10
 Walt Simon 10
 Claude Terry 10
 Lionel Billingy 10
 Fly Williams 10
 Steve Green 10
 Henry Ward 10
126.Goose Ligon 9
 Ronnie Robinson 9
 Wil Robinson 9
 Don Adams 9
 Darrell Elston 9
 Jimmy Foster 9
 Ticky Burden 9
 Mike Flynn 9
134.Rick Mount 8
 Rudy Hackett 8
 Allen Murphy 8
137.Wendell Ladner 7
 Larry Finch 7
 Joe Reaves 7
140.Larry Miller 6
 Ollie Taylor 6
 Paul Stovall 6
 Lloyd Batts 6
 Terry Driscoll 6
 Billy Harris 6
 Harry Rogers 6
147.Joe Hamilton 5
 Bill Franklin 5
 Dennis Wuycik 5
 Joby Wright 5
 Jimmy Conner 5
 Monte Towe 5
153.George Lehmann 4
 Stan Love 4
 Collis Temple 4
 Hank Williams 4
157.Jimmy O'Brien 3
 Sam Cash 3
 Jerry Chambers 3
 Wali Jones 3
 Jimmie Baker 3
 George Bucci 3
 Rick Darnell 3
164.Bob Arnzen 2
 Ron King 2
 Flynn Robinson 2
 Bob Nash 2
 Allan Bristow 2
 Dwaine Dillard 2
170.Gary Gregor 1
 Mo Layton 1
 Bill Higgins 1
 Tom Ingelsby 1
 Nate Barnett 1
 Ken Gardner 1
176.Mike Lewis 0
 Larry Cannon 0
 Skeeter Swift 0
 Paul Ruffner 0
 Bernie Williams 0
 Bob Lackey 0
 Erwin Mueller 0
 Bill Newton 0
 Billy James 0
 Jerry Pender 0
 Rich Rinaldi 0
 Clyde Dickey 0
 Bernie Fryer 0
 Greg Lee 0
 Roy McPipe 0
 Wayne Pack 0
 Reggie Royals 0
 Art Williams 0
 Milt Williams 0
 Ken Smith 0
 Dennis Van Zant 0
 Skip Wise 0

NBA

NBA Table
Rank Player BLK
1.Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830
2.Dikembe Mutombo* 3289
3.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189
4.Mark Eaton 3064
5.Tim Duncan* 3020
6.David Robinson* 2954
7.Patrick Ewing* 2894
8.Shaquille O'Neal* 2732
9.Tree Rollins 2542
10.Robert Parish* 2361
11.Alonzo Mourning* 2356
12.Marcus Camby 2331
13.Dwight Howard 2228
14.Ben Wallace* 2137
15.Shawn Bradley 2119
16.Manute Bol 2086
17.George Johnson 2082
18.Kevin Garnett* 2037
19.Larry Nance 2027
20.Theo Ratliff 1968
21.Pau Gasol* 1941
22.Brook Lopez 1912
23.Elton Brand 1828
24.Jermaine O'Neal 1820
25.Elvin Hayes* 1771
26.Serge Ibaka 1759
27.Artis Gilmore* 1747
28.Moses Malone* 1733
29.Josh Smith 1713
30.Anthony Davis 1705
31.Kevin McHale* 1690
32.Vlade Divac* 1631
33.Rudy Gobert 1614
34.Herb Williams 1605
35.Elden Campbell 1602
36.Benoit Benjamin 1581
37.Samuel Dalembert 1546
38.DeAndre Jordan 1541
39.Wayne Cooper 1535
40.Caldwell Jones 1517
41.Alton Lister 1473
42.Andrei Kirilenko 1461
43.Rasheed Wallace 1460
44.Hot Rod Williams 1456
45.Mark West 1403
46.Erick Dampier 1398
47.Clifford Robinson 1390
48.Terry Tyler 1342
49.Tyson Chandler 1335
50.Zydrunas Ilgauskas 1327
51.Julius Erving* 1293
 Greg Ostertag 1293
53.Dirk Nowitzki* 1281
54.Shawn Kemp 1279
55.Dale Davis 1270
56.Myles Turner 1268
57.James Donaldson 1267
58.JaVale McGee 1258
59.Marc Gasol 1254
60.Al Horford 1249
61.Shawn Marion 1233
62.Harvey Catchings 1226
63.Chris Webber* 1200
64.Kevin Durant 1196
65.Adonal Foyle 1193
 Bo Outlaw 1193
67.LaMarcus Aldridge 1187
68.Elmore Smith 1183
69.Sam Lacey 1160
70.Bob McAdoo* 1147
71.Roy Hibbert 1146
72.Karl Malone* 1145
73.Hassan Whiteside 1143
74.Horace Grant 1136
75.Charles Jones 1134
76.Andre Drummond 1130
77.Joe Barry Carroll 1121
78.Dan Roundfield 1117
79.P.J. Brown 1116
80.LeBron James 1111
 Rik Smits 1111
82.Brendan Haywood 1109
83.Antonio McDyess 1102
84.Bob Lanier* 1100
 Buck Williams 1100
86.Andrew Lang 1099
87.Al Jefferson 1093
88.Andrew Bogut 1091
89.Ervin Johnson 1087
90.Thurl Bailey 1086
91.Bismack Biyombo 1077
92.Mychal Thompson 1073
93.Amar'e Stoudemire 1054
94.Derrick Coleman 1051
95.Jack Sikma* 1048
96.Robin Lopez 1045
 Paul Millsap 1045
98.Robert Horry 1035
99.Bill Walton* 1034
100.Chris Dudley 1027
101.Darryl Dawkins 1023
102.Rick Mahorn 1007
103.Emeka Okafor 1003
104.Chris Andersen 991
105.Mike Gminski 989
106.Giannis Antetokounmpo 986
107.John Salley 983
108.Bobby Jones* 982
109.LaSalle Thompson 972
110.Bill Laimbeer 965
111.Scottie Pippen* 947
112.Taj Gibson 946
113.Derrick Favors 939
114.Rasho Nesterović 934
115.Sam Perkins 933
116.Chris Bosh* 932
117.Chris Kaman 931
118.Antoine Carr 925
119.Yao Ming* 920
120.Raef LaFrentz 919
121.Sam Bowie 909
122.Shane Battier 906
123.Kendrick Perkins 903
124.Clint Capela 898
125.Michael Jordan* 893
126.Lamar Odom 892
127.Antonio Davis 889
128.Charles Barkley* 888
 Vince Carter* 888
130.Marcin Gortat 885
 Dwyane Wade* 885
132.Roy Hinson 882
133.Joakim Noah 874
134.Rony Seikaly 872
135.Joe Smith 868
136.James Edwards 867
137.Kenyon Martin 864
138.David West 850
139.Dave Corzine 848
 Donyell Marshall 848
141.Kristaps Porziņģis 846
142.Kurt Thomas 841
143.Danny Schayes 840
144.Amir Johnson 839
145.Joel Przybilla 836
146.Alex English* 833
147.Marvin Webster 829
148.Jonas Valančiūnas 822
149.Draymond Green 818
150.Joe Meriweather 810
151.Alvan Adams 808
152.Tracy McGrady* 807
153.Jerome Kersey 799
154.Vin Baker 798
 Rudy Gay 798
156.Ben Poquette 794
 Clarence Weatherspoon 794
158.Nikola Vučević 792
159.Jon Koncak 791
160.Charles Smith 789
161.Gar Heard 780
162.Duane Causwell 767
163.Oliver Miller 758
164.Larry Bird* 755
165.Pervis Ellison 752
 Danny Manning 752
 Ralph Sampson* 752
168.Randy Breuer 750
 Kevin Willis 750
170.Rich Kelley 749
171.Paul Pierce* 745
172.DeMarcus Cousins 742
173.Dave Greenwood 736
174.Ron Harper 729
175.Michael Cage 725
176.Nenê 721
 Karl-Anthony Towns 721
178.Joel Embiid 720
179.Clyde Drexler* 719
180.Clemon Johnson 717
181.Tony Battie 713
182.Billy Paultz 706
183.Jerami Grant 702
184.Michael Olowokandi 697
185.Kurt Nimphius 696
186.Jim McIlvaine 691
187.Jakob Poeltl 686
188.Kelvin Cato 685
189.Nerlens Noel 683
 Stromile Swift 683
191.Gerald Wallace 681
192.Steven Adams 675
 Dennis Johnson* 675
 Christian Laettner 675
195.George Gervin* 670
196.Bill Cartwright 668
197.Jaren Jackson Jr. 664
198.Nicolas Batum 661
199.Andrew Bynum 657
200.Mason Plumlee 656
201.James Johnson 653
202.Spencer Hawes 652
203.Olden Polynice 651
204.Terry Cummings 650
205.Carmelo Anthony 644
206.Jim Chones 643
207.John Henson 642
 Dominique Wilkins* 642
209.Kobe Bryant* 640
210.Nazr Mohammed 639
211.Shareef Abdur-Rahim 638
 Clifford Ray 638
213.Danny Green 634
214.Andre Iguodala 633
215.Mickey Johnson 632
216.Jarrett Allen 630
 DeSagana Diop 630
218.Spencer Haywood* 629
219.Tom Chambers 627
220.James Worthy* 624
221.Kevin Kunnert 616
222.Darko Miličić 613
 Jusuf Nurkić 613
224.Derrick McKey 611
225.Armen Gilliam 607
226.Jamaal Magloire 603
227.Mitchell Robinson 602
228.James Harden 600
229.Alex Len 594
230.Cliff Levingston 593
 Ronny Turiaf 593
232.Brad Miller 592
233.Tom Burleson 591
234.Greg Anderson 590
235.Jeff Green 587
236.Kent Benson 586
237.Andris Biedriņš 580
 Eddie Jones 580
239.Robert Covington 578
240.Marvin Williams 577
241.Grant Hill* 576
242.Lorenzen Wright 572
243.Keon Clark 571
244.Orlando Woolridge 569
245.Ed Davis 566
246.Brian Grant 561
247.Lonnie Shelton 559
248.Nate Thurmond* 553
249.Kermit Washington 550
250.Gorgui Dieng 549
 Luc Longley 549
 Chris Mullin* 549