NBA & ABA Career Playoff Leaders and Records for Blocks Per Game

Active players are listed in bold
* Indicates member of the Hall of Fame.
Blocks Per Game since 1973-74 (1971-72 for ABA)

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NBA/ABA

NBA/ABA Table
Rank Player BPG
1.Hakeem Olajuwon* 3.26
2.Mark Eaton 2.84
3.Manute Bol 2.66
4.Elvin Hayes* 2.61
5.David Robinson* 2.54
6.Dikembe Mutombo* 2.49
7.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2.43
8.Alonzo Mourning* 2.26
9.Tim Duncan* 2.26
10.Artis Gilmore* 2.24
11.Mike Green 2.21
12.Raef LaFrentz 2.20
13.Patrick Ewing* 2.18
14.Anthony Davis 2.15
15.Shaquille O'Neal* 2.12
16.Larry Nance 2.12
17.George Johnson 2.02
18.Hassan Whiteside 2.00
19.Dwight Howard 1.98
20.Roy Hibbert 1.96
21.Myles Turner 1.94
22.Ben Wallace* 1.92
23.Serge Ibaka 1.92
24.Marcus Camby 1.91
25.Caldwell Jones 1.90
26.Nate Thurmond* 1.89
27.Greg Ostertag 1.85
28.DeAndre Jordan 1.85
29.Marvin Webster 1.77
30.Joel Embiid 1.73
31.Jermaine O'Neal 1.72
32.Gar Heard 1.72
33.Brook Lopez 1.71
34.Pau Gasol* 1.71
35.Joakim Noah 1.71
36.Bill Walton* 1.69
37.Julius Erving* 1.69
38.Robert Parish* 1.68
39.Rudy Gobert 1.67
40.Kevin McHale* 1.66
41.Alton Lister 1.63
42.Mike Gminski 1.63
43.Bob McAdoo* 1.61
44.Moses Malone* 1.60
45.Andrei Kirilenko 1.58
46.Elton Brand 1.57
47.Shawn Kemp 1.56
48.Oliver Miller 1.55
49.Theo Ratliff 1.52
50.Sam Lacey 1.52
51.Darryl Dawkins 1.51
52.Derrick Coleman 1.51
53.Yao Ming* 1.50
 Dan Roundfield 1.50
 Ralph Sampson* 1.50
56.Andrew Bynum 1.49
57.Bob Lanier* 1.48
58.Josh Smith 1.47
59.Tree Rollins 1.44
60.Samuel Dalembert 1.44
61.Marc Gasol 1.41
62.Sam Bowie 1.41
63.Robert Williams 1.39
64.LaMarcus Aldridge 1.39
65.Andre Roberson 1.38
66.Len Elmore 1.38
67.Clifford Ray 1.37
68.Vlade Divac* 1.36
69.Draymond Green 1.36
70.DeSagana Diop 1.36
71.Amar'e Stoudemire 1.33
72.Giannis Antetokounmpo 1.33
73.Kevin Garnett* 1.30
74.Wayne Cooper 1.30
75.Brendan Haywood 1.30
76.Elden Campbell 1.29
77.Rasheed Wallace 1.27
78.Clint Capela 1.26
79.Mark West 1.25
80.Bobby Jones* 1.25
81.Al Horford 1.24
82.Chris Andersen 1.23
83.Kenyon Martin 1.23
84.Hot Rod Williams 1.23
85.Andrew Bogut 1.21
86.Kevin Durant 1.20
87.Andrew Lang 1.19
88.Thurl Bailey 1.19
89.John Salley 1.19
90.Darnell Hillman 1.17
91.Charles Smith 1.17
 Felton Spencer 1.17
93.Shawn Marion 1.17
94.Chris Webber* 1.15
95.Chris Bosh* 1.15
96.Timofey Mozgov 1.12
97.Tyson Chandler 1.12
98.Mel Daniels* 1.11
99.John Wall 1.11
100.Willie Sojourner 1.11
101.Billy Paultz 1.10
102.Antonio Davis 1.10
103.Shawn Bradley 1.09
104.Joel Anthony 1.09
 Spencer Haywood* 1.09
 Kendrick Perkins 1.09
107.Gerald Govan 1.08
108.Ervin Johnson 1.06
109.Zydrunas Ilgauskas 1.06
110.Paul Millsap 1.06
111.Lamar Odom 1.04
112.George Gervin* 1.03
113.Bismack Biyombo 1.02
114.Mychal Thompson 1.02
115.Horace Grant 1.02
116.Taj Gibson 1.01
117.Derrick Favors 1.00
 JaVale McGee 1.00
 Andrew Wiggins 1.00
120.Dwyane Wade* 0.99
121.Erick Dampier 0.98
122.Brad Daugherty 0.98
123.Robert Covington 0.97
124.LeBron James 0.96
125.Glenn Robinson 0.95
126.Robin Lopez 0.95
127.Arvydas Sabonis* 0.94
128.Tracy McGrady* 0.94
129.Clifford Robinson 0.94
130.Kevin Huerter 0.93
131.Blair Rasmussen 0.93
132.Harvey Catchings 0.92
133.Zelmo Beaty* 0.92
134.Robert Horry 0.92
135.Jared Jeffries 0.92
136.Dale Davis 0.92
137.Jason Maxiell 0.91
138.Deandre Ayton 0.91
139.Alvan Adams 0.91
140.Jayson Tatum 0.91
141.Steven Adams 0.89
142.Tony Battie 0.89
 LaSalle Thompson 0.89
144.Dirk Nowitzki* 0.89
145.Scottie Pippen* 0.89
146.Jon Koncak 0.89
147.Larry Bird* 0.88
148.Michael Jordan* 0.88
149.Ben Simmons 0.88
150.Charles Barkley* 0.88
151.John Gianelli 0.88
152.Jamaal Magloire 0.87
153.Rik Smits 0.87
154.Ömer Aşık 0.86
155.Nikola Jokić 0.86
156.Onyeka Okongwu 0.86
157.Dave Cowens* 0.86
158.Antoine Carr 0.86
159.Jerami Grant 0.86
160.Al-Farouq Aminu 0.85
161.Mike Gale 0.85
162.Luc Longley 0.84
163.Alvin Scott 0.84
164.Marques Johnson 0.83
165.Lonnie Shelton 0.83
166.James Donaldson 0.82
167.Curtis Rowe 0.82
168.Jim Eakins 0.81
169.Marcin Gortat 0.81
170.Rick Barry* 0.81
171.Jonas Valančiūnas 0.81
172.David West 0.81
173.Antonio McDyess 0.80
 Mike Mitchell 0.80
 David Thompson* 0.80
176.OG Anunoby 0.79
 Clemon Johnson 0.79
178.Ronny Turiaf 0.79
 Scott Williams 0.79
180.Jack Sikma* 0.78
181.P.J. Brown 0.78
182.Blake Griffin 0.78
183.Roger Brown* 0.78
184.Brian Grant 0.78
 Derrick White 0.78
186.Jim Brewer 0.77
187.Aaron Williams 0.77
188.Mikal Bridges 0.77
189.Kurt Nimphius 0.76
 Matisse Thybulle 0.76
191.Maurice Harkless 0.76
192.Sam Perkins 0.75
193.Eddie Jones 0.75
194.Anfernee Hardaway 0.75
195.Ian Mahinmi 0.75
196.Clyde Drexler* 0.74
197.Luol Deng 0.74
198.Danny Green 0.74
199.Bill Laimbeer 0.73
200.Randy Breuer 0.73
201.Daniel Theis 0.73
202.Orlando Woolridge 0.72
203.Tristan Thompson 0.72
204.Danny Manning 0.72
205.Antawn Jamison 0.72
 Rodney McCray 0.72
207.Nenad Krstić 0.71
208.Charles Jones 0.70
209.Karl Malone* 0.70
210.Todd MacCulloch 0.70
211.Wes Unseld* 0.70
212.Maxi Kleber 0.69
213.Bob Dandridge* 0.68
214.Danny Schayes 0.68
215.Bob Gross 0.68
216.Keon Clark 0.68
 Ron Harper 0.68
218.Kawhi Leonard 0.68
219.James Worthy* 0.67
220.Rod Higgins 0.67
 De'Anthony Melton 0.67
 Josh Richardson 0.67
223.Metta World Peace 0.66
224.Kobe Bryant* 0.65
225.Paul Pressey 0.65
226.Bam Adebayo 0.65
227.Buck Williams 0.65
228.Mehmet Okur 0.65
229.Maurice Lucas 0.65
230.Coby Dietrick 0.65
231.Alex Caruso 0.65
 Larry Smith 0.65
233.Michael Cage 0.64
234.Terrence Jones 0.64
235.Ivica Zubac 0.64
236.Jerome Kersey 0.63
237.Chris Mullin* 0.63
238.Tom Chambers 0.63
239.Dennis Johnson* 0.63
240.Pascal Siakam 0.63
241.Kelly Olynyk 0.62
 Red Robbins 0.62
 Dominique Wilkins* 0.62
244.Truck Robinson 0.62
245.John Collins 0.62
246.Brad Miller 0.62
247.Derrick McKey 0.62
248.Paul Pierce* 0.62
249.Tayshaun Prince 0.61
250.Joe Smith 0.61

ABA

ABA Table
Rank Player BPG
1.Artis Gilmore* 2.94
2.Billy Paultz 2.00
3.Julius Erving* 1.69
4.George Gervin* 1.50
 Darnell Hillman 1.50
6.Mike Gale 1.42
7.Bobby Jones* 1.23
8.Mel Daniels* 1.11
9.Willie Sojourner 1.11
10.Gerald Govan 1.08
11.Zelmo Beaty* 0.92
12.Jim Eakins 0.92
13.Roger Brown* 0.78
14.Dan Issel* 0.72
15.Red Robbins 0.62
16.Rich Jones 0.56
17.Willie Wise 0.56
18.Steve Jones 0.50
 Dave Robisch 0.50
 George McGinnis* 0.50
21.Wil Jones 0.48
22.Ron Boone 0.42
23.John Williamson 0.41
24.Rick Mount 0.38
 Walt Simon 0.38
26.Louie Dampier* 0.36
27.Chuck Williams 0.35
28.Goose Ligon 0.33
29.George Carter 0.30
30.Kevin Joyce 0.30
31.John Roche 0.29
32.Jimmy Jones 0.28
 Fatty Taylor 0.28
34.Ralph Simpson 0.27
35.Bob Warren 0.25
 Brian Taylor 0.25
37.Larry Kenon 0.23
38.Ted McClain 0.22
 John Beasley 0.22
40.Cincy Powell 0.20
 George Irvine 0.20
 Bird Averitt 0.20
43.Tom Owens 0.19
44.Ron Thomas 0.18
45.Don Buse 0.17
46.Jimmy O'Brien 0.17
47.Byron Beck 0.15
48.Bob Netolicky 0.14
49.Johnny Baum 0.09
50.Freddie Lewis 0.09
51.Claude Terry 0.08
52.Bill Melchionni 0.06
 Mack Calvin 0.06
54.Wendell Ladner 0.00
 Ollie Taylor 0.00
 Gene Moore 0.00
 Donnie Freeman 0.00
 Bill Keller 0.00
 Gene Littles 0.00

NBA

NBA Table
Rank Player BPG
1.Hakeem Olajuwon* 3.26
2.Mark Eaton 2.84
3.Manute Bol 2.66
4.Elvin Hayes* 2.61
5.David Robinson* 2.54
6.Dikembe Mutombo* 2.49
7.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2.43
8.Alonzo Mourning* 2.26
9.Tim Duncan* 2.26
10.Raef LaFrentz 2.20
11.Patrick Ewing* 2.18
12.Anthony Davis 2.15
13.Shaquille O'Neal* 2.12
14.Larry Nance 2.12
15.George Johnson 2.02
16.Hassan Whiteside 2.00
17.Dwight Howard 1.98
18.Roy Hibbert 1.96
19.Marvin Webster 1.96
20.Myles Turner 1.94
21.Ben Wallace* 1.92
22.Serge Ibaka 1.92
23.Marcus Camby 1.91
24.Nate Thurmond* 1.89
25.Caldwell Jones 1.87
26.Greg Ostertag 1.85
27.DeAndre Jordan 1.85
28.Joel Embiid 1.73
29.Jermaine O'Neal 1.72
30.Gar Heard 1.72
31.Brook Lopez 1.71
32.Pau Gasol* 1.71
33.Joakim Noah 1.71
34.Julius Erving* 1.70
35.Bill Walton* 1.69
36.Artis Gilmore* 1.69
37.Robert Parish* 1.68
38.Rudy Gobert 1.67
39.Kevin McHale* 1.66
40.Alton Lister 1.63
41.Mike Gminski 1.63
42.Moses Malone* 1.61
 Bob McAdoo* 1.61
44.Andrei Kirilenko 1.58
45.Elton Brand 1.57
46.Shawn Kemp 1.56
47.Oliver Miller 1.55
48.Theo Ratliff 1.52
49.Sam Lacey 1.52
50.Darryl Dawkins 1.51
51.Derrick Coleman 1.51
52.Yao Ming* 1.50
 Ralph Sampson* 1.50
54.Andrew Bynum 1.49
55.Bob Lanier* 1.48
56.Dan Roundfield 1.47
57.Josh Smith 1.47
58.Tree Rollins 1.44
59.Samuel Dalembert 1.44
60.Marc Gasol 1.41
61.Sam Bowie 1.41
62.Robert Williams 1.39
63.LaMarcus Aldridge 1.39
64.Andre Roberson 1.38
65.Clifford Ray 1.37
66.Vlade Divac* 1.36
67.Draymond Green 1.36
68.DeSagana Diop 1.36
69.Amar'e Stoudemire 1.33
70.Giannis Antetokounmpo 1.33
71.Kevin Garnett* 1.30
72.Wayne Cooper 1.30
73.Brendan Haywood 1.30
74.Elden Campbell 1.29
75.Rasheed Wallace 1.27
76.Clint Capela 1.26
77.Mark West 1.25
78.Bobby Jones* 1.25
79.Al Horford 1.24
80.Chris Andersen 1.23
81.Kenyon Martin 1.23
82.Hot Rod Williams 1.23
83.Andrew Bogut 1.21
84.Kevin Durant 1.20
85.Andrew Lang 1.19
86.Thurl Bailey 1.19
87.John Salley 1.19
88.Charles Smith 1.17
 Felton Spencer 1.17
90.Shawn Marion 1.17
91.Chris Webber* 1.15
92.Chris Bosh* 1.15
93.Timofey Mozgov 1.12
94.Tyson Chandler 1.12
95.John Wall 1.11
96.Antonio Davis 1.10
97.Shawn Bradley 1.09
98.Joel Anthony 1.09
 Spencer Haywood* 1.09
 Kendrick Perkins 1.09
101.Ervin Johnson 1.06
102.Zydrunas Ilgauskas 1.06
103.Paul Millsap 1.06
104.Lamar Odom 1.04
105.Bismack Biyombo 1.02
106.Mychal Thompson 1.02
107.Horace Grant 1.02
108.Taj Gibson 1.01
109.Derrick Favors 1.00
 JaVale McGee 1.00
 David Thompson* 1.00
 Andrew Wiggins 1.00
113.Dwyane Wade* 0.99
114.Erick Dampier 0.98
115.Brad Daugherty 0.98
116.Robert Covington 0.97
117.LeBron James 0.96
118.Glenn Robinson 0.95
119.Robin Lopez 0.95
120.Arvydas Sabonis* 0.94
121.Tracy McGrady* 0.94
122.Clifford Robinson 0.94
123.Kevin Huerter 0.93
124.Blair Rasmussen 0.93
125.Harvey Catchings 0.92
126.Robert Horry 0.92
127.Jared Jeffries 0.92
128.Dale Davis 0.92
129.Jason Maxiell 0.91
130.Deandre Ayton 0.91
131.Alvan Adams 0.91
132.Jayson Tatum 0.91
133.Steven Adams 0.89
134.Tony Battie 0.89
 LaSalle Thompson 0.89
136.Dirk Nowitzki* 0.89
137.Scottie Pippen* 0.89
138.Jon Koncak 0.89
139.Larry Bird* 0.88
140.Michael Jordan* 0.88
141.Ben Simmons 0.88
142.Charles Barkley* 0.88
143.John Gianelli 0.88
144.Jamaal Magloire 0.87
145.Rik Smits 0.87
146.Ömer Aşık 0.86
147.George Gervin* 0.86
148.Nikola Jokić 0.86
149.Onyeka Okongwu 0.86
150.Dave Cowens* 0.86
151.Antoine Carr 0.86
152.Jerami Grant 0.86
153.Al-Farouq Aminu 0.85
154.Luc Longley 0.84
155.Alvin Scott 0.84
156.Marques Johnson 0.83
157.Lonnie Shelton 0.83
158.James Donaldson 0.82
159.Curtis Rowe 0.82
160.Marcin Gortat 0.81
161.Rick Barry* 0.81
162.Jonas Valančiūnas 0.81
163.David West 0.81
164.Antonio McDyess 0.80
 Mike Mitchell 0.80
166.OG Anunoby 0.79
 Clemon Johnson 0.79
168.Ronny Turiaf 0.79
 Scott Williams 0.79
170.Jack Sikma* 0.78
171.P.J. Brown 0.78
172.Blake Griffin 0.78
173.Brian Grant 0.78
 Derrick White 0.78
175.Jim Brewer 0.77
176.Aaron Williams 0.77
177.Billy Paultz 0.77
178.Mikal Bridges 0.77
179.Kurt Nimphius 0.76
 Matisse Thybulle 0.76
181.Maurice Harkless 0.76
182.Sam Perkins 0.75
183.Eddie Jones 0.75
184.Anfernee Hardaway 0.75
185.Ian Mahinmi 0.75
186.Clyde Drexler* 0.74
187.Luol Deng 0.74
188.Danny Green 0.74
189.Bill Laimbeer 0.73
190.Randy Breuer 0.73
191.Daniel Theis 0.73
192.Orlando Woolridge 0.72
193.Tristan Thompson 0.72
194.Danny Manning 0.72
195.Antawn Jamison 0.72
 Rodney McCray 0.72
197.Nenad Krstić 0.71
198.Charles Jones 0.70
199.Karl Malone* 0.70
200.Todd MacCulloch 0.70
201.Wes Unseld* 0.70
202.Maxi Kleber 0.69
203.Bob Dandridge* 0.68
204.Danny Schayes 0.68
205.Bob Gross 0.68
206.Keon Clark 0.68
 Ron Harper 0.68
208.Kawhi Leonard 0.68
209.James Worthy* 0.67
210.Rod Higgins 0.67
 De'Anthony Melton 0.67
 Josh Richardson 0.67
213.Metta World Peace 0.66
214.Kobe Bryant* 0.65
215.Paul Pressey 0.65
216.Bam Adebayo 0.65
217.Buck Williams 0.65
218.Mehmet Okur 0.65
219.Alex Caruso 0.65
 Larry Smith 0.65
221.Michael Cage 0.64
222.Terrence Jones 0.64
223.Ivica Zubac 0.64
224.Jerome Kersey 0.63
225.Chris Mullin* 0.63
226.Tom Chambers 0.63
227.Dennis Johnson* 0.63
228.Pascal Siakam 0.63
229.Kelly Olynyk 0.62
 Dominique Wilkins* 0.62
231.Truck Robinson 0.62
232.John Collins 0.62
233.Brad Miller 0.62
234.Derrick McKey 0.62
235.Paul Pierce* 0.62
236.Tayshaun Prince 0.61
237.Joe Smith 0.61
238.Tom Boerwinkle 0.61
239.Rasho Nesterović 0.61
240.Nikola Mirotić 0.60
 Mason Plumlee 0.60
242.Olden Polynice 0.59
243.Rick Mahorn 0.59
244.Eric Gordon 0.59
245.Nick Anderson 0.59
246.Patrick Beverley 0.59
247.Josh Howard 0.59
 Nazr Mohammed 0.59
249.Armen Gilliam 0.59
250.Kyrie Irving 0.58