NBA Honors: Blocks Leaders, Year by Year

This is the complete list of NBA players that led the league in blocks, year by year.

Current Blocks Leader:

Jaren Jackson Jr.
2022-23 Blocks Leader

NBA Honors: Blocks Leader

The blocks were not recorded and were not an official statistic until the 1973-74 season. That's the reason why, although Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain could have been the top shot blockers of all time, you won't find them here.

Only twice the top blocker was a member of the championship team.

Mark Eaton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Marcus Camby led the league in blocked shots per game 4 times each. Abdul-Jabbar is the only player to have led the NBA in scoring, rebounds and blocks at least once.

Blocks Leaders: by Year / by Player / by Team

NBA Champions = NBA Champion that same year

NBA Blocks Leaders Year by Year

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Season
Player
Team
Blocks Per Game
Total Blocks Games
2022-23 Jaren Jackson Jr. Memphis Grizzlies 3.0 189 63
2021-22 Jaren Jackson Jr. Memphis Grizzlies 2.3 177 78
2020-21 Myles Turner Indiana Pacers 3.4 159 47
2019-20 Hassan Whiteside Portland Trail Blazers 2.9 196 67
2018-19 Myles Turner Indiana Pacers 2.7 199 74
2017-18 Anthony Davis New Orleans Pelicans 2.6 193 75
2016-17 Rudy Gobert Utah Jazz 2.6 214 81
2015-16 Hassan Whiteside Miami Heat 3.7 269 73
2014-15 Anthony Davis New Orleans Pelicans 2.9 200 68
2013-14 Anthony Davis New Orleans Pelicans 2.8 189 67
2012-13 Serge Ibaka Oklahoma City Thunder 3.0 242 80
2011-12 Serge Ibaka Oklahoma City Thunder 3.7 241 66
2010-11 Andrew Bogut Milwaukee Bucks 2.6 168 65
2009-10 Dwight Howard Orlando Magic 2.8 228 82
2008-09 Dwight Howard Orlando Magic 2.9 231 79
Season
Player
Team
Blocks Per Game
Total Blocks Games
2007-08 Marcus Camby Denver Nuggets 3.6 285 79
2006-07 Marcus Camby Denver Nuggets 3.3 231 70
2005-06 Marcus Camby Denver Nuggets 3.3 184 56
2004-05 Andrei Kirilenko Utah Jazz 3.3 136 41
2003-04 Theo Ratliff Atlanta Hawks / Portland Trail Blazers 3.6 307 85
2002-03 Elton Brand Los Angeles Clippers 2.5 158 62
2001-02 Ben Wallace Detroit Pistons 3.5 278 80
2000-01 Theo Ratliff Philadelphia 76ers 3.7 187 50
1999-00 Alonzo Mourning Miami Heat 3.7 294 79
1998-99 Alonzo Mourning Miami Heat 3.9 180 46
1997-98 Marcus Camby Toronto Raptors 3.7 230 63
1996-97 Shawn Bradley New Jersey Nets / Dallas Mavericks 3.4 248 73
1995-96 Dikembe Mutombo Denver Nuggets 4.5 332 74
1994-95 Dikembe Mutombo Denver Nuggets 3.9 321 82
1993-94 Dikembe Mutombo Denver Nuggets 4.1 336 82
1992-93 Hakeem Olajuwon Houston Rockets 4.2 342 82
1991-92 David Robinson San Antonio Spurs 4.5 305 68
Season
Player
Team
Blocks Per Game
Total Blocks Games
1990-91 Hakeem Olajuwon Houston Rockets 3.9 221 56
1989-90 Hakeem Olajuwon Houston Rockets 4.6 376 82
1988-89 Manute Bol Golden State Warriors 4.3 345 80
1987-88 Mark Eaton Utah Jazz 3.7 304 82
1986-87 Mark Eaton Utah Jazz 4.1 321 79
1985-86 Manute Bol Washington Bullets 5.0 397 80
1984-85 Mark Eaton Utah Jazz 5.6 456 82
1983-84 Mark Eaton Utah Jazz 4.3 351 82
1982-83 Tree Rollins Atlanta Hawks 4.3 343 80
1981-82 George Johnson San Antonio Spurs 3.1 234 75
1980-81 George Johnson San Antonio Spurs 3.4 278 82
1979-80 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
NBA Champions
Los Angeles Lakers 3.4 280 82
1978-79 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Los Angeles Lakers 4.0 316 80
1977-78 George Johnson New Jersey Nets 3.4 274 81
1976-77 Bill Walton
NBA Champions
Portland Trail Blazers 3.2 211 65
1975-76 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Los Angeles Lakers 4.1 338 82
1974-75 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Milwaukee Bucks 3.3 212 65
Season
Player
Team
Blocks Per Game
Total Blocks Games
1973-74 Elmore Smith Los Angeles Lakers 4.9 393 81