NBA Players with the Most Blocks Recorded in Their 20th Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 20th NBA season, ranked by regular season total blocks. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.
Which NBA player had the most total blocks in the Regular Season in his 20th year?
Playing for the 1989 Los Angeles Lakers, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recorded a total of 85 blocks in 74 games — the highest total ever by an NBA player in his 20th season.
Total Blocks, 20th Season
85 blk
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
(1989 Los Angeles Lakers)
Total Blocks in a Player's 20th Season - Full List
Regular Season
| Blocks | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | 3pm |
| 1 | (1989 Lakers) |
85 | 1.1 | 74 | 748 | 334 | 74 | 38 | 0 |
| 2 | (1996 Hornets) |
54 | 0.7 | 74 | 290 | 303 | 29 | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | (2018 Mavericks) |
45 | 0.6 | 77 | 927 | 438 | 120 | 43 | 138 |
| 4 | (2023 Lakers) |
32 | 0.6 | 55 | 1,590 | 457 | 375 | 50 | 121 |
| 5 | (2018 Kings) |
26 | 0.4 | 58 | 313 | 148 | 69 | 42 | 57 |
| 6 | (2025 Spurs) |
22 | 0.3 | 82 | 723 | 296 | 605 | 103 | 140 |
| 7 | (2015 more than 1 team) |
17 | 0.4 | 47 | 323 | 311 | 77 | 46 | 1 |
| 8 | (2016 Lakers) |
13 | 0.2 | 66 | 1,161 | 247 | 184 | 62 | 133 |
| 9 | (2005 Hawks) |
7 | 0.2 | 29 | 87 | 76 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | (2023 Heat) |
2 | 0.3 | 7 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Blocks | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | 3pm |
| 11 | (2020 Nets) |
0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
(2026 76ers) |
0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |