NBA All-Time Blocks Leaders: Career Per Game Average in the Playoffs
List with the stats for the top 50 players with the best career blocks per game average in the Playoffs in NBA history.
Notes: - These stats were updated on April 27, 2024
- Blocks were not recorded until 1973-74.
- In this case, 'Playoffs' and 'Games' only include playoffs since 1974.
- This list includes players with a minimum of 3 games.
* Players in bold played in the 2024 Playoffs
NBA All-Time Blocks Leaders:
Career Per Game Average in the Playoffs - Top 50
Player |
Blocks |
Total Blocks |
Playoffs | Games | |||||||
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 3.26 | 472 | 15 | 145 | ||||||
| 2. | Mark Eaton | 2.84 | 210 | 10 | 74 | ||||||
| 3. | Manute Bol | 2.66 | 77 | 5 | 29 | ||||||
| 4. | Elvin Hayes | 2.61 | 222 | 8 | 85 | ||||||
| 5. | Mike Green | 2.55 | 51 | 2 | 20 | ||||||
| 6. | David Robinson | 2.54 | 312 | 12 | 123 | ||||||
| 7. | Dikembe Mutombo | 2.49 | 251 | 13 | 101 | ||||||
| 8. | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 2.43 | 476 | 14 | 196 | ||||||
| 9. | Alonzo Mourning | 2.26 | 215 | 11 | 95 | ||||||
| 10. | Tim Duncan | 2.26 | 568 | 18 | 251 |
Player |
Blocks |
Total Blocks |
Playoffs | Games | |||||||
| 11. | Raef LaFrentz | 2.20 | 77 | 3 | 35 | ||||||
| 12. | Patrick Ewing | 2.18 | 303 | 14 | 139 | ||||||
| 13. | Anthony Davis | 2.17 | 126 | 6 | 58 | ||||||
| 14. | Shaquille O'Neal | 2.13 | 459 | 17 | 216 | ||||||
| 15. | Larry Nance | 2.12 | 144 | 8 | 68 | ||||||
| 16. | Roy Hinson | 2.11 | 19 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| 17. | Jaren Jackson Jr. | 2.09 | 48 | 3 | 23 | ||||||
| 18. | George Johnson | 2.02 | 101 | 7 | 50 | ||||||
| 19. | Myles Turner | 2.00 | 58 | 6 | 29 | ||||||
| Hassan Whiteside | 2.00 | 52 | 4 | 26 |
Player |
Blocks |
Total Blocks |
Playoffs | Games | |||||||
| 21. | Dwight Howard | 1.98 | 248 | 12 | 125 | ||||||
| 22. | Roy Hibbert | 1.96 | 106 | 4 | 54 | ||||||
| 23. | Marvin Webster | 1.96 | 94 | 5 | 48 | ||||||
| 24. | Elmore Smith | 1.92 | 25 | 4 | 13 | ||||||
| Ben Wallace | 1.92 | 250 | 8 | 130 | |||||||
| 26. | Serge Ibaka | 1.92 | 292 | 12 | 152 | ||||||
| 27. | Marcus Camby | 1.91 | 151 | 11 | 79 | ||||||
| 28. | Benoit Benjamin | 1.89 | 34 | 3 | 18 | ||||||
| Nate Thurmond | 1.89 | 51 | 3 | 27 | |||||||
| 30. | Caldwell Jones | 1.87 | 223 | 12 | 119 |
Player |
Blocks |
Total Blocks |
Playoffs | Games | |||||||
| 31. | Greg Ostertag | 1.85 | 165 | 9 | 89 | ||||||
| 32. | DeAndre Jordan | 1.85 | 120 | 9 | 65 | ||||||
| 33. | Roy Tarpley | 1.79 | 43 | 3 | 24 | ||||||
| 34. | Daniel Gafford | 1.75 | 14 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| Jerome Moiso | 1.75 | 7 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 36. | Brook Lopez | 1.74 | 141 | 8 | 81 | ||||||
| 37. | Tom Burleson | 1.73 | 26 | 2 | 15 | ||||||
| 38. | Jermaine O'Neal | 1.72 | 167 | 14 | 97 | ||||||
| 39. | Gar Heard | 1.72 | 98 | 6 | 57 | ||||||
| 40. | Pau Gasol | 1.71 | 233 | 12 | 136 |
Player |
Blocks |
Total Blocks |
Playoffs | Games | |||||||
| 41. | Joakim Noah | 1.71 | 106 | 8 | 62 | ||||||
| 42. | Joel Embiid | 1.70 | 95 | 7 | 56 | ||||||
| 43. | Julius Erving | 1.70 | 239 | 11 | 141 | ||||||
| 44. | Bill Walton | 1.69 | 83 | 4 | 49 | ||||||
| 45. | Artis Gilmore | 1.69 | 71 | 6 | 42 | ||||||
| 46. | Joe Barry Carroll | 1.68 | 32 | 4 | 19 | ||||||
| 47. | Robert Parish | 1.68 | 309 | 16 | 184 | ||||||
| 48. | Rudy Gobert | 1.67 | 95 | 8 | 57 | ||||||
| Dereck Lively II | 1.67 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 50. | Kevin McHale | 1.66 | 281 | 13 | 169 |