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 June 13, 2023
- 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 2023 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. | Anthony Davis | 2.20 | 121 | 5 | 55 | ||||||
Raef LaFrentz | 2.20 | 77 | 3 | 35 | |||||||
13. | Patrick Ewing | 2.18 | 303 | 14 | 139 | ||||||
14. | Shaquille O'Neal | 2.13 | 459 | 17 | 216 | ||||||
15. | Larry Nance | 2.12 | 144 | 8 | 68 | ||||||
16. | Myles Turner | 2.12 | 55 | 5 | 26 | ||||||
17. | Roy Hinson | 2.11 | 19 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
18. | Jaren Jackson Jr. | 2.09 | 48 | 3 | 23 | ||||||
19. | George Johnson | 2.02 | 101 | 7 | 50 | ||||||
20. | Daniel Gafford | 2.00 | 10 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
Hassan Whiteside | 2.00 | 52 | 4 | 26 |
Player |
Blocks |
Total Blocks |
Playoffs | Games | |||||||
22. | Dwight Howard | 1.98 | 248 | 12 | 125 | ||||||
23. | Roy Hibbert | 1.96 | 106 | 4 | 54 | ||||||
24. | Marvin Webster | 1.96 | 94 | 5 | 48 | ||||||
25. | Elmore Smith | 1.92 | 25 | 4 | 13 | ||||||
Ben Wallace | 1.92 | 250 | 8 | 130 | |||||||
27. | Serge Ibaka | 1.92 | 292 | 12 | 152 | ||||||
28. | Marcus Camby | 1.91 | 151 | 11 | 79 | ||||||
29. | Benoit Benjamin | 1.89 | 34 | 3 | 18 | ||||||
Nate Thurmond | 1.89 | 51 | 3 | 27 |
Player |
Blocks |
Total Blocks |
Playoffs | Games | |||||||
31. | Caldwell Jones | 1.87 | 223 | 12 | 119 | ||||||
32. | DeAndre Jordan | 1.86 | 119 | 8 | 64 | ||||||
33. | Greg Ostertag | 1.85 | 165 | 9 | 89 | ||||||
34. | Jaden McDaniels | 1.83 | 11 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
35. | Roy Tarpley | 1.79 | 43 | 3 | 24 | ||||||
36. | Joel Embiid | 1.75 | 93 | 6 | 53 | ||||||
37. | Jerome Moiso | 1.75 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
38. | Brook Lopez | 1.74 | 136 | 7 | 78 | ||||||
39. | Rudy Gobert | 1.74 | 94 | 7 | 54 | ||||||
40. | Tom Burleson | 1.73 | 26 | 2 | 15 |
Player |
Blocks |
Total Blocks |
Playoffs | Games | |||||||
41. | Jermaine O'Neal | 1.72 | 167 | 14 | 97 | ||||||
42. | Gar Heard | 1.72 | 98 | 6 | 57 | ||||||
43. | Pau Gasol | 1.71 | 233 | 12 | 136 | ||||||
44. | Joakim Noah | 1.71 | 106 | 8 | 62 | ||||||
45. | Julius Erving | 1.70 | 239 | 11 | 141 | ||||||
46. | Bill Walton | 1.69 | 83 | 4 | 49 | ||||||
47. | Artis Gilmore | 1.69 | 71 | 6 | 42 | ||||||
48. | Joe Barry Carroll | 1.68 | 32 | 4 | 19 | ||||||
49. | Robert Parish | 1.68 | 309 | 16 | 184 | ||||||
50. | Kevin McHale | 1.66 | 281 | 13 | 169 |