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.Moses Malone* 1889
26.Elton Brand 1828
27.Jermaine O'Neal 1820
28.Brook Lopez 1773
29.Elvin Hayes* 1771
30.Serge Ibaka 1759
31.Josh Smith 1713
32.Kevin McHale* 1690
33.Vlade Divac* 1631
34.Herb Williams 1605
35.Elden Campbell 1602
36.Benoit Benjamin 1581
37.Anthony Davis 1575
38.Samuel Dalembert 1546
39.Wayne Cooper 1535
40.DeAndre Jordan 1526
41.Rudy Gobert 1487
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.James Donaldson 1267
59.Marc Gasol 1254
60.JaVale McGee 1244
61.Shawn Marion 1233
62.Harvey Catchings 1226
63.Al Horford 1200
 Chris Webber* 1200
65.Adonal Foyle 1193
 Bo Outlaw 1193
67.LaMarcus Aldridge 1187
68.Elmore Smith 1183
69.Sam Lacey 1160
 Dan Roundfield 1160
71.Myles Turner 1159
72.Bob McAdoo* 1147
73.Roy Hibbert 1146
74.Karl Malone* 1145
75.Hassan Whiteside 1143
76.Horace Grant 1136
77.Charles Jones 1134
78.Kevin Durant 1123
79.Joe Barry Carroll 1121
80.P.J. Brown 1116
81.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.Andre Drummond 1087
 Ervin Johnson 1087
91.Thurl Bailey 1086
 LeBron James 1086
93.Mychal Thompson 1073
94.Amar'e Stoudemire 1054
95.Bismack Biyombo 1051
 Derrick Coleman 1051
97.Jack Sikma* 1048
98.George Gervin* 1047
99.Paul Millsap 1045
100.Robin Lopez 1042
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.John Salley 983
110.LaSalle Thompson 972
111.Bill Laimbeer 965
112.Scottie Pippen* 947
113.Derrick Favors 939
 Taj Gibson 939
115.Rasho Nesterović 934
116.Sam Perkins 933
117.Chris Bosh* 932
118.Chris Kaman 931
119.Giannis Antetokounmpo 926
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.Michael Jordan* 893
127.Lamar Odom 892
128.Antonio Davis 889
129.Charles Barkley* 888
 Vince Carter 888
131.Marcin Gortat 885
 Dwyane Wade* 885
133.Roy Hinson 882
134.Marvin Webster 881
135.Joakim Noah 874
136.Rony Seikaly 872
137.Joe Smith 868
138.James Edwards 867
139.Kenyon Martin 864
140.David West 850
141.Dave Corzine 848
 Donyell Marshall 848
143.Kurt Thomas 841
144.Danny Schayes 840
145.Amir Johnson 839
146.Joel Przybilla 836
147.Alex English* 833
148.Clint Capela 818
149.Joe Meriweather 810
150.Alvan Adams 808
151.Tracy McGrady* 807
152.Jerome Kersey 799
153.Vin Baker 798
 Rudy Gay 798
155.Ben Poquette 794
 Clarence Weatherspoon 794
157.Jon Koncak 791
158.Charles Smith 789
159.Darnell Hillman 782
160.Gar Heard 780
161.Jonas Valančiūnas 779
162.Draymond Green 776
163.Jim Chones 774
164.Duane Causwell 767
165.Kristaps Porziņģis 760
166.Oliver Miller 758
167.Larry Bird* 755
168.Pervis Ellison 752
 Mike Green 752
 Danny Manning 752
 Ralph Sampson* 752
172.Randy Breuer 750
 Kevin Willis 750
174.Rich Kelley 749
175.Paul Pierce* 745
176.DeMarcus Cousins 742
 Nikola Vučević 742
178.Dave Greenwood 736
179.Ron Harper 729
180.Michael Cage 725
181.Nenê 721
182.Clyde Drexler* 719
183.Clemon Johnson 717
184.Tony Battie 713
185.Michael Olowokandi 697
186.Kurt Nimphius 696
187.Karl-Anthony Towns 693
188.Jim McIlvaine 691
189.Kelvin Cato 685
190.Joel Embiid 684
191.Jerami Grant 683
 Nerlens Noel 683
 Stromile Swift 683
194.Gerald Wallace 681
195.Steven Adams 675
 Dennis Johnson* 675
 Christian Laettner 675
198.Len Elmore 674
199.Bill Cartwright 668
200.Maurice Lucas 659
201.Andrew Bynum 657
202.Spencer Hawes 652
 James Johnson 652
204.Olden Polynice 651
205.Terry Cummings 650
206.Carmelo Anthony 644
207.John Henson 642
 Dominique Wilkins* 642
209.Kobe Bryant* 640
 Mason Plumlee 640
211.Nazr Mohammed 639
212.Shareef Abdur-Rahim 638
 Clifford Ray 638
214.Nicolas Batum 634
 Danny Green 634
216.Andre Iguodala 633
217.Mickey Johnson 632
218.DeSagana Diop 630
219.Spencer Haywood* 629
220.Tom Chambers 627
221.Jakob Poeltl 626
222.James Worthy* 624
223.Kevin Kunnert 616
224.Darko Miličić 613
225.Derrick McKey 611
226.Armen Gilliam 607
227.Jamaal Magloire 603
228.Cliff Levingston 593
 Ronny Turiaf 593
230.Brad Miller 592
231.Tom Burleson 591
232.Greg Anderson 590
233.Kent Benson 586
234.Mitchell Robinson 585
235.Jaren Jackson Jr. 583
236.Andris Biedriņš 580
 Eddie Jones 580
238.Marvin Williams 577
239.Grant Hill* 576
240.Robert Covington 573
241.Lorenzen Wright 572
242.Keon Clark 571
243.Orlando Woolridge 569
244.Ed Davis 566
 Alex Len 566
246.Jarrett Allen 564
247.Jeff Green 562
248.Brian Grant 561
249.Lonnie Shelton 559
250.Jusuf Nurkić 555

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.Elton Brand 1828
23.Jermaine O'Neal 1820
24.Brook Lopez 1773
25.Elvin Hayes* 1771
26.Serge Ibaka 1759
27.Artis Gilmore* 1747
28.Moses Malone* 1733
29.Josh Smith 1713
30.Kevin McHale* 1690
31.Vlade Divac* 1631
32.Herb Williams 1605
33.Elden Campbell 1602
34.Benoit Benjamin 1581
35.Anthony Davis 1575
36.Samuel Dalembert 1546
37.Wayne Cooper 1535
38.DeAndre Jordan 1526
39.Caldwell Jones 1517
40.Rudy Gobert 1487
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.James Donaldson 1267
57.Marc Gasol 1254
58.JaVale McGee 1244
59.Shawn Marion 1233
60.Harvey Catchings 1226
61.Al Horford 1200
 Chris Webber* 1200
63.Adonal Foyle 1193
 Bo Outlaw 1193
65.LaMarcus Aldridge 1187
66.Elmore Smith 1183
67.Sam Lacey 1160
68.Myles Turner 1159
69.Bob McAdoo* 1147
70.Roy Hibbert 1146
71.Karl Malone* 1145
72.Hassan Whiteside 1143
73.Horace Grant 1136
74.Charles Jones 1134
75.Kevin Durant 1123
76.Joe Barry Carroll 1121
77.Dan Roundfield 1117
78.P.J. Brown 1116
79.Rik Smits 1111
80.Brendan Haywood 1109
81.Antonio McDyess 1102
82.Bob Lanier* 1100
 Buck Williams 1100
84.Andrew Lang 1099
85.Al Jefferson 1093
86.Andrew Bogut 1091
87.Andre Drummond 1087
 Ervin Johnson 1087
89.Thurl Bailey 1086
 LeBron James 1086
91.Mychal Thompson 1073
92.Amar'e Stoudemire 1054
93.Bismack Biyombo 1051
 Derrick Coleman 1051
95.Jack Sikma* 1048
96.Paul Millsap 1045
97.Robin Lopez 1042
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.John Salley 983
107.Bobby Jones* 982
108.LaSalle Thompson 972
109.Bill Laimbeer 965
110.Scottie Pippen* 947
111.Derrick Favors 939
 Taj Gibson 939
113.Rasho Nesterović 934
114.Sam Perkins 933
115.Chris Bosh* 932
116.Chris Kaman 931
117.Giannis Antetokounmpo 926
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.Michael Jordan* 893
125.Lamar Odom 892
126.Antonio Davis 889
127.Charles Barkley* 888
 Vince Carter 888
129.Marcin Gortat 885
 Dwyane Wade* 885
131.Roy Hinson 882
132.Joakim Noah 874
133.Rony Seikaly 872
134.Joe Smith 868
135.James Edwards 867
136.Kenyon Martin 864
137.David West 850
138.Dave Corzine 848
 Donyell Marshall 848
140.Kurt Thomas 841
141.Danny Schayes 840
142.Amir Johnson 839
143.Joel Przybilla 836
144.Alex English* 833
145.Marvin Webster 829
146.Clint Capela 818
147.Joe Meriweather 810
148.Alvan Adams 808
149.Tracy McGrady* 807
150.Jerome Kersey 799
151.Vin Baker 798
 Rudy Gay 798
153.Ben Poquette 794
 Clarence Weatherspoon 794
155.Jon Koncak 791
156.Charles Smith 789
157.Gar Heard 780
158.Jonas Valančiūnas 779
159.Draymond Green 776
160.Duane Causwell 767
161.Kristaps Porziņģis 760
162.Oliver Miller 758
163.Larry Bird* 755
164.Pervis Ellison 752
 Danny Manning 752
 Ralph Sampson* 752
167.Randy Breuer 750
 Kevin Willis 750
169.Rich Kelley 749
170.Paul Pierce* 745
171.DeMarcus Cousins 742
 Nikola Vučević 742
173.Dave Greenwood 736
174.Ron Harper 729
175.Michael Cage 725
176.Nenê 721
177.Clyde Drexler* 719
178.Clemon Johnson 717
179.Tony Battie 713
180.Billy Paultz 706
181.Michael Olowokandi 697
182.Kurt Nimphius 696
183.Karl-Anthony Towns 693
184.Jim McIlvaine 691
185.Kelvin Cato 685
186.Joel Embiid 684
187.Jerami Grant 683
 Nerlens Noel 683
 Stromile Swift 683
190.Gerald Wallace 681
191.Steven Adams 675
 Dennis Johnson* 675
 Christian Laettner 675
194.George Gervin* 670
195.Bill Cartwright 668
196.Andrew Bynum 657
197.Spencer Hawes 652
 James Johnson 652
199.Olden Polynice 651
200.Terry Cummings 650
201.Carmelo Anthony 644
202.Jim Chones 643
203.John Henson 642
 Dominique Wilkins* 642
205.Kobe Bryant* 640
 Mason Plumlee 640
207.Nazr Mohammed 639
208.Shareef Abdur-Rahim 638
 Clifford Ray 638
210.Nicolas Batum 634
 Danny Green 634
212.Andre Iguodala 633
213.Mickey Johnson 632
214.DeSagana Diop 630
215.Spencer Haywood* 629
216.Tom Chambers 627
217.Jakob Poeltl 626
218.James Worthy* 624
219.Kevin Kunnert 616
220.Darko Miličić 613
221.Derrick McKey 611
222.Armen Gilliam 607
223.Jamaal Magloire 603
224.Cliff Levingston 593
 Ronny Turiaf 593
226.Brad Miller 592
227.Tom Burleson 591
228.Greg Anderson 590
229.Kent Benson 586
230.Mitchell Robinson 585
231.Jaren Jackson Jr. 583
232.Andris Biedriņš 580
 Eddie Jones 580
234.Marvin Williams 577
235.Grant Hill* 576
236.Robert Covington 573
237.Lorenzen Wright 572
238.Keon Clark 571
239.Orlando Woolridge 569
240.Ed Davis 566
 Alex Len 566
242.Jarrett Allen 564
243.Jeff Green 562
244.Brian Grant 561
245.Lonnie Shelton 559
246.Jusuf Nurkić 555
247.Nate Thurmond* 553
248.Kermit Washington 550
249.Gorgui Dieng 549
 James Harden 549
 Luc Longley 549
 Chris Mullin* 549