NBA Players with the Highest Block Averages in Playoffs in Their 16th Season

Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 16th NBA season, ranked by playoff blocks per game. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.

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Which NBA player averaged the most blocks in the Playoffs in his 16th year?

Playing for the 2008 Phoenix Suns, Shaquille O'Neal averaged 2.6 blocks in 5 games — the highest playoff blocks per game average by any NBA player in his 16th season.

Blocks Per Game, 16th Season

2.6 bpg
Shaquille O'Neal
(2008 Phoenix Suns)

Note: No game minimums were used for this list / = NBA champion in this season.

Blocks Per Game in a Player's 16th Season - Top 50

Playoffs

		Blocks			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	3pm
1	Shaquille O'Neal (2008 Suns)	2.6	13	5	15.2	9.2	1.0	1.0	0.0
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1985 Lakers)	1.9	36	19	21.9	8.1	4.0	1.2	0.0
3	Al Horford (2023 Celtics)	1.7	34	20	6.7	7.2	3.0	1.1	1.4
4	Tim Duncan (2013 Spurs)	1.6	34	21	18.1	10.2	1.9	0.9	0.0
5	Kevin Durant (2024 Suns)	1.5	6	4	26.8	6.5	3.3	0.5	1.3
	Robert Parish (1992 Celtics)	1.5	15	10	12.0	9.7	1.4	0.7	0.0
7	Brook Lopez (2024 Bucks)	1.3	8	6	17.7	4.3	1.8	0.0	1.7
8	Kevin Garnett (2011 Celtics)	1.0	9	9	14.9	10.9	2.6	1.9	0.0
	James Harden (2025 Clippers)	1.0	7	7	18.7	5.4	9.1	1.3	2.3
10	Pau Gasol (2017 Spurs)	0.9	15	16	7.7	7.1	1.9	0.4	0.4

		Blocks			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	3pm
11	Dirk Nowitzki (2014 Mavericks)	0.9	6	7	19.1	8.0	1.6	0.9	0.1
12	Nicolas Batum (2024 76ers)	0.8	5	6	6.3	5.8	1.3	0.2	1.5
13	Karl Malone (2001 Jazz)	0.8	4	5	27.6	8.8	3.4	1.0	0.2
14	Stephen Curry (2025 Warriors)	0.8	6	8	22.6	5.3	5.1	1.0	4.0
15	Kyle Lowry (2022 Heat)	0.7	7	10	7.8	3.6	4.7	1.2	1.3
16	Andre Iguodala (2020 Heat)	0.6	13	21	3.8	2.6	1.5	0.8	0.7
17	Charles Oakley (2001 Raptors)	0.6	7	12	9.3	6.3	1.8	1.0	0.3
18	Dell Curry (2002 Raptors)	0.5	2	4	7.0	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.0
	Eric Gordon (2024 Suns)	0.5	2	4	8.0	1.8	1.3	1.3	1.8
	DeAndre Jordan (2024 Nuggets)	0.5	1	2	2.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0
	Jerome Kersey (2000 Spurs)	0.5	1	2	1.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	0.0
	Alton Lister (1998 Trail Blazers)	0.5	1	2	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Tracy McGrady (2013 Spurs)	0.5	3	6	0.0	1.3	1.2	0.3	0.0
	Russell Westbrook (2024 Clippers)	0.5	3	6	6.3	4.2	1.7	1.2	0.7

		Blocks			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	3pm
25	Nene (2018 Rockets)	0.5	5	11	2.8	2.5	0.5	0.2	0.0
26	Dwight Howard (2020 Lakers)	0.4	8	18	5.8	4.6	0.5	0.4	0.1
27	Dikembe Mutombo (2007 Rockets)	0.4	3	7	1.3	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
	Kurt Thomas (2011 Bulls)	0.4	3	7	2.9	2.7	0.4	0.1	0.0
29	James Johnson (2025 Pacers)	0.4	2	5	1.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.0
	Buck Williams (1997 Knicks)	0.4	4	10	4.3	4.0	0.6	0.3	0.0

		Blocks			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	3pm
31	Robert Horry (2008 Spurs)	0.3	5	15	1.5	2.1	0.5	0.3	0.3
	Rashard Lewis (2014 Heat)	0.3	6	18	5.3	2.1	0.3	0.4	1.2
	Paul Pierce (2014 Nets)	0.3	4	12	13.7	4.5	2.0	1.2	1.6
	Zach Randolph (2017 Grizzlies)	0.3	2	6	13.2	8.2	0.7	0.8	0.2
35	Vince Carter (2014 Mavericks)	0.3	2	7	12.6	3.6	2.4	0.4	2.1
36	Sam Perkins (2000 Pacers)	0.3	6	23	4.8	3.2	0.4	0.2	1.0
37	Terry Cummings (1998 Knicks)	0.3	2	8	4.0	4.4	0.6	0.5	0.0
	Erick Dampier (2012 Hawks)	0.3	1	4	4.0	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Dale Davis (2007 Pistons)	0.3	2	8	1.0	1.5	0.1	0.3	0.0
	Clifford Robinson (2005 Nets)	0.3	1	4	7.0	2.5	1.3	0.8	1.0

		Blocks			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	3pm
41	Richard Jefferson (2017 Cavaliers)	0.2	3	14	3.9	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.4
42	Manu Ginobili (2018 Spurs)	0.2	1	5	9.0	3.0	3.2	1.4	1.2
	Danny Schayes (1997 Magic)	0.2	1	5	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.4	0.0
	John Stockton (2000 Jazz)	0.2	2	10	11.2	3.0	10.3	1.3	0.7
	Otis Thorpe (2000 Heat)	0.2	2	10	3.3	2.9	0.3	0.0	0.0
46	Chauncey Billups (2013 Clippers)	0.2	1	6	6.2	2.0	1.0	0.2	1.0
	Kobe Bryant (2012 Lakers)	0.2	2	12	30.0	4.8	4.3	1.3	1.4
	Juwan Howard (2010 Trail Blazers)	0.2	1	6	3.3	2.7	0.7	0.2	0.0
	Jason Kidd (2010 Mavericks)	0.2	1	6	8.0	6.8	7.0	2.3	1.5
	Reggie Miller (2003 Pacers)	0.2	1	6	9.2	2.3	2.3	0.2	0.7