NBA Players with the Highest Block Averages in Playoffs in Their 17th Season

Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 17th 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 17th year?

Playing for the 2008 Houston Rockets, Dikembe Mutombo averaged 1.8 blocks in 6 games — the highest playoff blocks per game average by any NBA player in his 17th season.

Blocks Per Game, 17th Season

1.8 bpg
Dikembe Mutombo
(2008 Houston Rockets)

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

Blocks Per Game in a Player's 17th Season - Full List

Playoffs

		Blocks			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	3pm
1	Dikembe Mutombo (2008 Rockets)	1.8	11	6	3.8	6.5	0.3	0.2	0.0
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1986 Lakers)	1.7	24	14	25.9	5.9	3.5	1.1	0.0
	Nicolas Batum (2025 Clippers)	1.7	12	7	5.6	3.9	2.0	0.9	1.9
4	Robert Parish (1993 Celtics)	1.5	6	4	17.0	9.5	1.3	0.3	0.0
5	Kevin Garnett (2012 Celtics)	1.5	29	20	19.2	10.3	1.5	1.2	0.1
6	Tim Duncan (2014 Spurs)	1.3	29	23	16.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	0.0
7	Patrick Ewing (2002 Magic)	1.0	4	4	6.5	5.5	1.0	0.3	0.0
	Brook Lopez (2025 Bucks)	1.0	5	5	5.0	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.8
9	LeBron James (2020 Lakers)	0.9	18	21	27.6	10.8	8.8	1.2	2.1
10	Al Horford (2024 Celtics)	0.8	16	19	9.2	7.0	2.1	0.8	1.8

		Blocks			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	3pm
11	Karl Malone (2002 Jazz)	0.8	3	4	20.0	7.5	4.5	1.3	0.0
12	Paul Pierce (2015 Wizards)	0.7	7	10	14.6	4.2	0.9	0.6	3.3
13	Kyle Lowry (2023 Heat)	0.6	14	23	9.2	3.5	4.4	1.0	1.4
14	John Stockton (2001 Jazz)	0.6	3	5	9.8	5.6	11.4	2.0	0.0
15	Dwight Howard (2021 76ers)	0.5	6	12	4.7	6.3	0.7	0.2	0.0
	Andre Iguodala (2021 Heat)	0.5	2	4	3.8	3.0	1.3	1.0	0.8
17	Jason Kidd (2011 Mavericks)	0.5	10	21	9.3	4.5	7.3	1.9	2.0
18	Carmelo Anthony (2020 Trail Blazers)	0.4	2	5	15.2	5.0	2.0	1.0	1.6
	Dirk Nowitzki (2015 Mavericks)	0.4	2	5	21.2	10.4	2.4	0.4	0.8
20	Clifford Robinson (2006 Nets)	0.4	3	8	4.5	3.3	0.6	1.1	0.8

		Blocks			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	3pm
21	Nazr Mohammed (2015 Bulls)	0.3	1	3	1.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Tree Rollins (1994 Magic)	0.3	1	3	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
	Buck Williams (1998 Knicks)	0.3	1	3	4.7	5.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
24	Nene (2019 Rockets)	0.3	2	7	3.9	2.0	0.4	0.4	0.0
25	Trevor Ariza (2021 Heat)	0.3	1	4	4.8	5.8	0.5	0.8	1.3
26	Mike Conley (2024 Timberwolves)	0.2	3	15	11.6	3.9	5.7	1.4	2.0
	Pau Gasol (2018 Spurs)	0.2	1	5	6.0	4.8	2.8	0.0	0.2
	Jason Terry (2016 Rockets)	0.2	1	5	7.0	2.2	1.2	0.4	1.2
29	Reggie Miller (2004 Pacers)	0.2	3	16	10.1	2.3	2.8	1.1	1.5
30	Vince Carter (2015 Grizzlies)	0.2	2	11	6.3	4.3	1.0	0.6	0.6

		Blocks			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	3pm
31	Chris Paul (2022 Suns)	0.2	2	13	17.5	4.2	8.3	1.5	1.5
32	Jamal Crawford (2017 Clippers)	0.1	1	7	12.6	1.3	1.9	0.6	0.9
	DeAndre Jordan (2025 Nuggets)	0.1	1	7	0.9	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
34	Ray Allen (2013 Heat)	0.1	3	23	10.2	2.8	1.3	0.5	1.7
35	Joe Johnson (2018 Rockets)	0.1	1	8	1.5	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.0
36	Kyle Korver (2020 Bucks)	0.1	1	10	6.2	0.8	0.1	0.3	1.5
37	Derek Fisher (2013 Thunder)	0.1	1	11	8.7	1.5	0.7	0.6	2.2
38	Russell Westbrook (2025 Nuggets)	0.1	1	13	11.7	3.7	2.6	0.9	1.5
39	Marcus Camby (2013 Knicks)	0.0	0	3	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Jeff Green (2025 Rockets)	0.0	0	3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
	Juwan Howard (2011 Heat)	0.0	0	11	1.5	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
	Mark Jackson (2004 Rockets)	0.0	0	5	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.4	0.0
	Andre Miller (2016 Spurs)	0.0	0	5	1.8	1.0	1.4	0.0	0.2
	Steve Nash (2013 Lakers)	0.0	0	2	12.5	2.5	4.5	0.0	0.0
	Tony Parker (2018 Spurs)	0.0	0	5	6.6	0.8	1.2	0.4	0.0
	Gary Payton (2007 Heat)	0.0	0	2	0.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	0.0
	Sam Perkins (2001 Pacers)	0.0	0	3	1.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
	Terry Porter (2002 Spurs)	0.0	0	10	3.3	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.5
	Otis Thorpe (2001 Hornets)	0.0	0	8	0.5	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Thaddeus Young (2024 Suns)	0.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0