NBA & ABA Career 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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NBA/ABA

NBA/ABA Table
Rank Player BPG
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
11.Patrick Ewing* 2.45
12.Theo Ratliff 2.43
13.Marcus Camby 2.40
14.Artis Gilmore* 2.39
15.Anthony Davis 2.33
16.Myles Turner 2.28
17.Shaquille O'Neal* 2.26
18.Hassan Whiteside 2.24
19.Bill Walton* 2.21
20.Larry Nance 2.20
21.Tree Rollins 2.20
22.Tim Duncan* 2.17
23.Rudy Gobert 2.14
24.Elvin Hayes* 1.98
25.Ben Wallace* 1.96
26.Benoit Benjamin 1.96
27.Josh Smith 1.92
28.Serge Ibaka 1.91
29.Yao Ming* 1.89
30.Brook Lopez 1.84
31.Andrei Kirilenko 1.83
32.Kristaps Porziņģis 1.82
33.Jermaine O'Neal 1.80
34.Dwight Howard 1.79
35.Sam Bowie 1.78
36.Caldwell Jones 1.77
37.Samuel Dalembert 1.74
38.Kevin McHale* 1.74
39.Roy Hinson 1.74
40.Roy Hibbert 1.73
41.Elton Brand 1.73
42.Jim McIlvaine 1.72
43.Greg Ostertag 1.71
44.Harvey Catchings 1.69
45.Julius Erving* 1.67
46.Joel Embiid 1.67
47.Ralph Sampson* 1.65
48.Hot Rod Williams 1.64
49.Mike Green 1.64
50.Raef LaFrentz 1.63
51.Emeka Okafor 1.63
52.Adonal Foyle 1.63
53.Joe Barry Carroll 1.59
54.Pervis Ellison 1.59
55.Pau Gasol* 1.58
56.Zydrunas Ilgauskas 1.57
57.Andrew Bynum 1.57
58.Charles Jones 1.56
59.Wayne Cooper 1.56
60.Alton Lister 1.55
61.Andrew Bogut 1.55
62.Terry Tyler 1.54
63.Oliver Miller 1.54
64.Bob Lanier* 1.54
65.Elden Campbell 1.53
66.Sam Lacey 1.52
67.Billy Paultz 1.52
68.DeAndre Jordan 1.49
69.Andrew Lang 1.49
70.Bob McAdoo* 1.49
71.Clint Capela 1.48
72.Robert Parish* 1.47
73.Nerlens Noel 1.46
74.Herb Williams 1.46
75.Chris Webber* 1.44
76.John Henson 1.44
77.Vlade Divac* 1.44
78.Marvin Webster 1.43
79.Dan Roundfield 1.43
80.Chris Andersen 1.43
81.JaVale McGee 1.42
82.Duane Causwell 1.42
83.Erick Dampier 1.42
84.Joel Przybilla 1.41
85.Darryl Dawkins 1.41
86.Marc Gasol 1.41
87.Bobby Jones* 1.40
88.Charles Smith 1.40
89.Michael Olowokandi 1.39
90.Kevin Garnett* 1.39
91.Brendan Haywood 1.36
92.Andre Drummond 1.35
93.Derrick Coleman 1.35
94.Gar Heard 1.34
95.Jarrett Allen 1.34
96.Tom Burleson 1.33
97.James Donaldson 1.32
98.Rasheed Wallace 1.32
99.John Salley 1.31
100.Karl-Anthony Towns 1.31
101.Darko Miličić 1.31
102.Tyrus Thomas 1.31
103.Bo Outlaw 1.31
104.Joakim Noah 1.30
105.Moses Malone* 1.30
106.Bismack Biyombo 1.30
107.Mark West 1.29
108.Ervin Johnson 1.29
109.Rony Seikaly 1.29
110.Darnell Hillman 1.28
111.Rik Smits 1.28
112.Chris Kaman 1.27
113.Kelvin Cato 1.27
114.Giannis Antetokounmpo 1.26
115.Ronny Turiaf 1.25
116.Stromile Swift 1.25
117.Amar'e Stoudemire 1.25
118.Jakob Poeltl 1.24
119.Kurt Nimphius 1.23
120.Shawn Kemp 1.22
121.Joe Meriweather 1.21
122.Al Jefferson 1.19
123.Derrick Favors 1.19
124.Kim Hughes 1.18
125.Thurl Bailey 1.17
126.Al Horford 1.17
127.Dale Davis 1.16
128.Chris Dudley 1.16
129.Jusuf Nurkić 1.16
130.Kendrick Perkins 1.15
131.Rasho Nesterović 1.15
132.Tyson Chandler 1.15
133.Mychal Thompson 1.15
134.Kenyon Martin 1.14
135.DeMarcus Cousins 1.13
136.Andris Biedriņš 1.12
137.Kevin Durant 1.12
138.Kevin Kunnert 1.11
139.Darius Miles 1.11
140.Ben Poquette 1.11
141.LaMarcus Aldridge 1.10
142.Randy Breuer 1.10
143.Marcin Gortat 1.10
144.Jim Chones 1.10
145.Spencer Haywood* 1.09
146.Antonio McDyess 1.09
147.Kermit Washington 1.08
148.Joel Anthony 1.08
149.Jerami Grant 1.08
150.Robin Lopez 1.06
151.Shawn Marion 1.06
152.Steven Hunter 1.05
153.Mike Gminski 1.05
154.Arvydas Sabonis* 1.05
155.DeSagana Diop 1.05
156.Etan Thomas 1.04
157.Chris Bosh* 1.04
158.P.J. Brown 1.02
159.Len Elmore 1.02
160.Chris Mihm 1.02
161.George Gervin* 1.02
162.Clifford Ray 1.01
163.Draymond Green 1.01
164.Jon Koncak 1.01
165.Vin Baker 1.01
166.Clifford Robinson 1.01
167.Taj Gibson 0.99
168.Brandan Wright 0.99
169.LaSalle Thompson 0.99
170.Antonio Davis 0.98
171.Jonas Valančiūnas 0.98
172.Horace Grant 0.98
173.John Gianelli 0.97
174.Luc Longley 0.97
175.Amir Johnson 0.96
176.Paul Millsap 0.96
177.Richaun Holmes 0.96
178.Kyle O'Quinn 0.96
179.Steven Adams 0.96
180.Spencer Hawes 0.95
181.Robert Covington 0.95
182.Dave Corzine 0.95
183.Jack Sikma* 0.95
184.Steve Stipanovich 0.94
185.Clemon Johnson 0.94
186.Alex Len 0.94
187.Antoine Carr 0.94
188.Ivica Zubac 0.94
189.Robert Horry 0.93
190.Dave Cowens* 0.93
191.Lamar Odom 0.93
192.Shane Battier 0.93
193.Reggie Lewis 0.93
194.Rich Kelley 0.92
195.Blair Rasmussen 0.91
196.Bill Laimbeer 0.90
197.Rick Mahorn 0.90
198.Dave Greenwood 0.89
199.Bam Adebayo 0.89
200.Jamaal Magloire 0.89
201.Donyell Marshall 0.89
202.Nikola Vučević 0.88
203.James Bailey 0.88
204.Brian Skinner 0.88
205.Gorgui Dieng 0.87
206.Clarence Weatherspoon 0.87
207.Greg Anderson 0.87
208.Kent Benson 0.86
209.Tim Perry 0.86
210.Tracy McGrady* 0.86
211.David Thompson* 0.86
212.Bison Dele 0.86
213.Mason Plumlee 0.86
214.Andrea Bargnani 0.85
215.James Johnson 0.85
216.Tony Battie 0.85
217.Danny Manning 0.85
218.Dan Gadzuric 0.85
219.Steve Johnson 0.85
220.Timofey Mozgov 0.84
221.Joe Smith 0.84
222.Larry Bird* 0.84
223.Dirk Nowitzki* 0.84
224.Buck Williams 0.84
225.Mark Blount 0.84
226.Dwyane Wade* 0.84
227.Felton Spencer 0.83
228.Michael Jordan* 0.83
229.Lonnie Shelton 0.83
230.Charles Barkley* 0.83
231.David West 0.82
232.Danny Granger 0.82
233.Kenneth Faried 0.82
234.Gerald Wallace 0.82
235.Alvan Adams 0.82
236.Andray Blatche 0.81
237.Wil Jones 0.81
238.Scottie Pippen* 0.80
239.Lionel Simmons 0.80
240.Dewayne Dedmon 0.79
241.Willie Cauley-Stein 0.79
242.Jason Maxiell 0.79
243.Montrezl Harrell 0.78
244.Ed Davis 0.78
245.Jan van Breda Kolff 0.78
246.Christian Laettner 0.78
247.Karl Malone* 0.78
248.Shareef Abdur-Rahim 0.77
249.Brad Lohaus 0.77
250.LaPhonso Ellis 0.76

ABA

ABA Table
Rank Player BPG
1.Artis Gilmore* 3.41
2.Caldwell Jones 3.38
3.Billy Paultz 2.34
4.Julius Erving* 2.01
5.Darnell Hillman 1.57

NBA

NBA Table
Rank Player BPG
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
11.Patrick Ewing* 2.45
12.Theo Ratliff 2.43
13.Marcus Camby 2.40
14.Anthony Davis 2.33
15.Myles Turner 2.28
16.Shaquille O'Neal* 2.26
17.Hassan Whiteside 2.24
18.Bill Walton* 2.21
19.Larry Nance 2.20
20.Tree Rollins 2.20
21.Tim Duncan* 2.17
22.Rudy Gobert 2.14
23.Elvin Hayes* 1.98
24.Ben Wallace* 1.96
25.Benoit Benjamin 1.96
26.Artis Gilmore* 1.92
27.Josh Smith 1.92
28.Serge Ibaka 1.91
29.Yao Ming* 1.89
30.Brook Lopez 1.84
31.Andrei Kirilenko 1.83
32.Kristaps Porziņģis 1.82
33.Jermaine O'Neal 1.80
34.Dwight Howard 1.79
35.Sam Bowie 1.78
36.Samuel Dalembert 1.74
37.Kevin McHale* 1.74
38.Roy Hinson 1.74
39.Roy Hibbert 1.73
40.Elton Brand 1.73
41.Jim McIlvaine 1.72
42.Greg Ostertag 1.71
43.Harvey Catchings 1.69
44.Joel Embiid 1.67
45.Ralph Sampson* 1.65
46.Hot Rod Williams 1.64
47.Raef LaFrentz 1.63
48.Emeka Okafor 1.63
49.Adonal Foyle 1.63
50.Joe Barry Carroll 1.59
51.Pervis Ellison 1.59
52.Pau Gasol* 1.58
53.Zydrunas Ilgauskas 1.57
54.Andrew Bynum 1.57
55.Charles Jones 1.56
56.Wayne Cooper 1.56
57.Julius Erving* 1.55
58.Alton Lister 1.55
59.Andrew Bogut 1.55
60.Terry Tyler 1.54
61.Oliver Miller 1.54
62.Bob Lanier* 1.54
63.Elden Campbell 1.53
64.Sam Lacey 1.52
65.Dan Roundfield 1.50
66.DeAndre Jordan 1.49
67.Andrew Lang 1.49
68.Bob McAdoo* 1.49
69.Clint Capela 1.48
70.Robert Parish* 1.47
71.Nerlens Noel 1.46
72.Herb Williams 1.46
73.Chris Webber* 1.44
74.John Henson 1.44
75.Vlade Divac* 1.44
76.Marvin Webster 1.43
77.Chris Andersen 1.43
78.JaVale McGee 1.42
79.Caldwell Jones 1.42
80.Duane Causwell 1.42
81.Erick Dampier 1.42
82.Joel Przybilla 1.41
83.Darryl Dawkins 1.41
84.Marc Gasol 1.41
85.Charles Smith 1.40
86.Michael Olowokandi 1.39
87.Kevin Garnett* 1.39
88.Brendan Haywood 1.36
89.Andre Drummond 1.35
90.Derrick Coleman 1.35
91.Gar Heard 1.34
92.Jarrett Allen 1.34
93.Tom Burleson 1.33
94.James Donaldson 1.32
95.Rasheed Wallace 1.32
96.John Salley 1.31
97.Karl-Anthony Towns 1.31
98.Darko Miličić 1.31
99.Tyrus Thomas 1.31
100.Bo Outlaw 1.31
101.Moses Malone* 1.30
102.Joakim Noah 1.30
103.Bismack Biyombo 1.30
104.Mark West 1.29
105.Ervin Johnson 1.29
106.Rony Seikaly 1.29
107.Rik Smits 1.28
108.Bobby Jones* 1.27
109.Chris Kaman 1.27
110.Kelvin Cato 1.27
111.Giannis Antetokounmpo 1.26
112.Ronny Turiaf 1.25
113.Stromile Swift 1.25
114.Amar'e Stoudemire 1.25
115.Jakob Poeltl 1.24
116.Kurt Nimphius 1.23
117.Shawn Kemp 1.22
118.Joe Meriweather 1.21
119.Al Jefferson 1.19
120.Derrick Favors 1.19
121.Thurl Bailey 1.17
122.Al Horford 1.17
123.Dale Davis 1.16
124.Chris Dudley 1.16
125.Jusuf Nurkić 1.16
126.Kendrick Perkins 1.15
127.Rasho Nesterović 1.15
128.Tyson Chandler 1.15
129.Mychal Thompson 1.15
130.Kenyon Martin 1.14
131.DeMarcus Cousins 1.13
132.Andris Biedriņš 1.12
133.Kevin Durant 1.12
134.Kevin Kunnert 1.11
135.Darius Miles 1.11
136.Billy Paultz 1.11
137.Ben Poquette 1.11
138.LaMarcus Aldridge 1.10
139.Randy Breuer 1.10
140.Marcin Gortat 1.10
141.Spencer Haywood* 1.09
142.Antonio McDyess 1.09
143.Kermit Washington 1.08
144.Joel Anthony 1.08
145.Jerami Grant 1.08
146.Robin Lopez 1.06
147.Shawn Marion 1.06
148.Steven Hunter 1.05
149.Mike Gminski 1.05
150.Arvydas Sabonis* 1.05
151.DeSagana Diop 1.05
152.Etan Thomas 1.04
153.Chris Bosh* 1.04
154.Jim Chones 1.03
155.P.J. Brown 1.02
156.Chris Mihm 1.02
157.Clifford Ray 1.01
158.Draymond Green 1.01
159.Jon Koncak 1.01
160.Vin Baker 1.01
161.Clifford Robinson 1.01
162.Taj Gibson 0.99
163.Brandan Wright 0.99
164.LaSalle Thompson 0.99
165.Antonio Davis 0.98
166.Jonas Valančiūnas 0.98
167.Horace Grant 0.98
168.John Gianelli 0.97
169.Luc Longley 0.97
170.Amir Johnson 0.96
171.Paul Millsap 0.96
172.Richaun Holmes 0.96
173.Kyle O'Quinn 0.96
174.Steven Adams 0.96
175.Spencer Hawes 0.95
176.Robert Covington 0.95
177.Dave Corzine 0.95
178.Jack Sikma* 0.95
179.Steve Stipanovich 0.94
180.Clemon Johnson 0.94
181.Alex Len 0.94
182.Antoine Carr 0.94
183.Ivica Zubac 0.94
184.Robert Horry 0.93
185.Dave Cowens* 0.93
186.Lamar Odom 0.93
187.Shane Battier 0.93
188.Reggie Lewis 0.93
189.Rich Kelley 0.92
190.Blair Rasmussen 0.91
191.Bill Laimbeer 0.90
192.Rick Mahorn 0.90
193.Dave Greenwood 0.89
194.Bam Adebayo 0.89
195.Jamaal Magloire 0.89
196.Donyell Marshall 0.89
197.Nikola Vučević 0.88
198.James Bailey 0.88
199.Brian Skinner 0.88
200.Gorgui Dieng 0.87
201.Clarence Weatherspoon 0.87
202.Greg Anderson 0.87
203.Kent Benson 0.86
204.Tim Perry 0.86
205.Tracy McGrady* 0.86
206.Bison Dele 0.86
207.Mason Plumlee 0.86
208.Andrea Bargnani 0.85
209.James Johnson 0.85
210.Tony Battie 0.85
211.Danny Manning 0.85
212.Dan Gadzuric 0.85
213.George Gervin* 0.85
214.Steve Johnson 0.85
215.Timofey Mozgov 0.84
216.Joe Smith 0.84
217.Larry Bird* 0.84
218.Dirk Nowitzki* 0.84
219.Buck Williams 0.84
220.Mark Blount 0.84
221.Dwyane Wade* 0.84
222.Felton Spencer 0.83
223.Michael Jordan* 0.83
224.Lonnie Shelton 0.83
225.Charles Barkley* 0.83
226.David West 0.82
227.Danny Granger 0.82
228.Kenneth Faried 0.82
229.Gerald Wallace 0.82
230.Alvan Adams 0.82
231.Andray Blatche 0.81
232.Scottie Pippen* 0.80
233.Len Elmore 0.80
234.David Thompson* 0.80
235.Lionel Simmons 0.80
236.Dewayne Dedmon 0.79
237.Willie Cauley-Stein 0.79
238.Jason Maxiell 0.79
239.Montrezl Harrell 0.78
240.Ed Davis 0.78
241.Christian Laettner 0.78
242.Karl Malone* 0.78
243.Shareef Abdur-Rahim 0.77
244.Brad Lohaus 0.77
245.LaPhonso Ellis 0.76
246.Danny Green 0.76
247.Marques Johnson 0.76
248.Jan van Breda Kolff 0.76
249.Kurt Thomas 0.76
250.LeBron James 0.76