NBA & ABA Career Leaders and Records for Blocks Per 36 Minutes

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NBA/ABA

NBA/ABA Table
Rank Player BLK/36 MP
1.Manute Bol 6.42
2.Mark Eaton 4.38
3.George Johnson 4.22
4.Jim McIlvaine 4.20
5.Shawn Bradley 3.91
6.Tree Rollins 3.81
7.Elmore Smith 3.59
8.Theo Ratliff 3.46
9.Harvey Catchings 3.35
10.Adonal Foyle 3.29
11.Alonzo Mourning* 3.27
12.Hassan Whiteside 3.25
13.Dikembe Mutombo* 3.22
14.Greg Ostertag 3.16
15.Hakeem Olajuwon* 3.12
16.David Robinson* 3.10
17.JaVale McGee 3.09
18.Duane Causwell 2.93
19.Marcus Camby 2.93
20.Chris Andersen 2.91
21.Charles Jones 2.90
22.Bill Walton* 2.81
23.Alton Lister 2.80
24.Myles Turner 2.75
25.Wayne Cooper 2.73
26.Joel Anthony 2.71
27.DeSagana Diop 2.70
28.Ronny Turiaf 2.66
29.John Henson 2.64
30.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2.62
31.Nate Thurmond* 2.62
32.Benoit Benjamin 2.60
33.Andrew Lang 2.58
34.Samuel Dalembert 2.57
35.Patrick Ewing* 2.57
36.Joel Przybilla 2.57
37.Darko Miličić 2.55
38.Steven Hunter 2.53
39.Serge Ibaka 2.52
40.Roy Hibbert 2.52
41.Mark West 2.50
42.Rudy Gobert 2.43
43.Kyle O'Quinn 2.43
44.Artis Gilmore* 2.43
45.Anthony Davis 2.41
46.Oliver Miller 2.41
47.Jaren Jackson Jr. 2.40
48.Ben Wallace* 2.40
49.Jermaine O'Neal 2.39
50.Nerlens Noel 2.39
51.Mike Green 2.39
52.Tyrus Thomas 2.38
53.Larry Nance 2.38
54.Marvin Webster 2.37
55.Caldwell Jones 2.36
56.Shaquille O'Neal* 2.35
57.Bismack Biyombo 2.34
58.Julius Keye 2.34
59.Pervis Ellison 2.34
60.Kelvin Cato 2.32
61.Sam Bowie 2.32
62.Ervin Johnson 2.30
63.Tim Duncan* 2.30
64.Kim Hughes 2.29
65.Stromile Swift 2.28
66.Raef LaFrentz 2.27
67.Chris Dudley 2.27
68.Tom Burleson 2.26
69.Elden Campbell 2.24
70.Terry Tyler 2.22
71.Andrew Bynum 2.21
72.Brook Lopez 2.21
73.Brandan Wright 2.20
74.Andrei Kirilenko 2.20
75.Kurt Nimphius 2.19
76.Etan Thomas 2.17
77.Randy Breuer 2.16
78.John Salley 2.14
79.Gene Moore 2.14
80.Brendan Haywood 2.14
81.Darryl Dawkins 2.14
82.Josh Smith 2.13
83.Kristaps Porziņģis 2.12
84.Billy Paultz 2.11
85.Erick Dampier 2.10
86.Yao Ming* 2.09
87.Zydrunas Ilgauskas 2.08
88.Bo Outlaw 2.07
89.Dan Gadzuric 2.07
90.Jakob Poeltl 2.05
91.Roy Hinson 2.04
92.Dwight Howard 2.03
93.Herb Williams 2.03
94.DeAndre Jordan 2.03
95.Kevin McHale* 2.02
96.Lou Amundson 2.00
97.Ralph Sampson* 1.99
98.Hot Rod Williams 1.99
99.Elvin Hayes* 1.98
100.Andrew Bogut 1.98
101.Joe Meriweather 1.97
102.Clint Capela 1.97
103.Len Elmore 1.96
104.Clemon Johnson 1.94
105.Chris Boucher 1.92
106.Michael Olowokandi 1.91
107.Emeka Okafor 1.89
108.Kendrick Perkins 1.89
109.Otto Moore 1.89
110.Don Reid 1.89
111.Elton Brand 1.89
112.Alex Len 1.88
113.Andris Biedriņš 1.87
114.Rasho Nesterović 1.87
115.Robert Parish* 1.86
116.Bobby Jones* 1.85
117.Joel Embiid 1.84
118.Kevin Kunnert 1.83
119.Chris Mihm 1.83
120.Ben Poquette 1.81
121.Gar Heard 1.81
122.Robin Lopez 1.80
123.Sam Lacey 1.78
124.Joe Barry Carroll 1.77
125.Robert Traylor 1.76
126.Derrick Favors 1.76
127.Mel Daniels* 1.76
128.Brian Skinner 1.76
129.Brad Lohaus 1.74
130.James Donaldson 1.74
131.Jon Koncak 1.74
132.Darnell Hillman 1.74
133.Vlade Divac* 1.74
134.Charles Smith 1.73
135.Rik Smits 1.73
136.Richaun Holmes 1.73
137.Dan Roundfield 1.72
138.Andre Drummond 1.71
139.Chris Kaman 1.71
140.Pau Gasol* 1.70
141.Kevin Séraphin 1.70
142.Marvin Barnes 1.70
143.Joakim Noah 1.69
144.Timofey Mozgov 1.69
145.Antoine Carr 1.68
146.Julius Erving* 1.68
147.Manny Leaks 1.66
148.Bob Lanier* 1.66
149.Dewayne Dedmon 1.66
150.Amir Johnson 1.65
151.LaSalle Thompson 1.65
152.Luc Longley 1.65
153.Zaid Abdul-Aziz 1.65
154.Jusuf Nurkić 1.62
155.Aaron Williams 1.62
156.Kosta Koufos 1.62
157.James Bailey 1.61
158.Bob McAdoo* 1.60
159.Ryan Hollins 1.59
160.Jarrett Allen 1.58
161.Tim Perry 1.58
162.Daniel Theis 1.58
163.Marc Gasol 1.57
164.Shawn Kemp 1.57
165.Thurl Bailey 1.57
166.Gorgui Dieng 1.57
167.Arvydas Sabonis* 1.56
168.Felton Spencer 1.56
169.Naz Reid 1.56
170.Jason Maxiell 1.55
171.Kermit Washington 1.55
172.Dale Davis 1.54
173.Ivica Zubac 1.54
174.Ian Mahinmi 1.54
175.Marcin Gortat 1.54
176.Will Perdue 1.53
177.Blair Rasmussen 1.53
178.Rich Kelley 1.52
179.Tyson Chandler 1.52
180.Darius Miles 1.52
181.James Johnson 1.52
182.Scot Pollard 1.51
183.Greg Anderson 1.51
184.Willis Reed* 1.51
185.Spencer Hawes 1.51
186.Taj Gibson 1.50
187.Al Jefferson 1.50
188.Samaki Walker 1.49
189.Jamaal Magloire 1.48
190.Ed Davis 1.48
191.Mike Gminski 1.48
192.Greg Kite 1.48
193.Cherokee Parks 1.48
194.Dave Corzine 1.47
195.Rony Seikaly 1.47
196.Jason Smith 1.46
197.Derrick Coleman 1.46
198.Kevin Garnett* 1.45
199.Tony Battie 1.45
200.Rasheed Wallace 1.45
201.Jim Eakins 1.45
202.Nazr Mohammed 1.45
203.Amar'e Stoudemire 1.45
204.Gus Gerard 1.44
205.Clifford Ray 1.43
206.Antonio McDyess 1.41
207.Lloyd Neal 1.41
208.Rick Mahorn 1.41
209.Steve Johnson 1.40
210.Chris Webber* 1.40
211.Mychal Thompson 1.39
212.Maxi Kleber 1.38
213.Montrezl Harrell 1.38
214.Robert Horry 1.38
215.Walt Wesley 1.38
216.Danny Schayes 1.38
217.Moses Malone* 1.38
218.Jim Ard 1.38
219.DeMarcus Cousins 1.37
220.Giannis Antetokounmpo 1.36
221.Mason Plumlee 1.35
222.Kenyon Martin 1.34
223.Jerami Grant 1.34
224.Kent Benson 1.34
225.Jim Petersen 1.33
226.Jonas Valančiūnas 1.33
227.Sean Rooks 1.32
228.Ömer Aşık 1.32
229.Andray Blatche 1.32
230.Mark Blount 1.31
231.John Gianelli 1.30
232.Al Horford 1.30
233.Willie Cauley-Stein 1.30
234.Jim Chones 1.30
235.Steven Adams 1.28
236.Bison Dele 1.28
237.Francisco Elson 1.27
238.Jordan Hill 1.27
239.Draymond Green 1.26
240.Karl-Anthony Towns 1.26
241.Cliff Levingston 1.26
242.Spencer Haywood* 1.26
243.John Collins 1.25
244.Scott Williams 1.24
245.Darrell Arthur 1.24
246.Paul Millsap 1.23
247.Alvin Scott 1.23
248.Antonio Davis 1.23
249.Jan van Breda Kolff 1.22
250.Donyell Marshall 1.22

NBA

NBA Table
Rank Player BLK/36 MP
1.Manute Bol 6.42
2.Mark Eaton 4.38
3.George Johnson 4.22
4.Jim McIlvaine 4.20
5.Shawn Bradley 3.91
6.Tree Rollins 3.81
7.Elmore Smith 3.59
8.Theo Ratliff 3.46
9.Harvey Catchings 3.35
10.Adonal Foyle 3.29
11.Alonzo Mourning* 3.27
12.Hassan Whiteside 3.25
13.Dikembe Mutombo* 3.22
14.Greg Ostertag 3.16
15.Hakeem Olajuwon* 3.12
16.David Robinson* 3.10
17.JaVale McGee 3.09
18.Duane Causwell 2.93
19.Marcus Camby 2.93
20.Chris Andersen 2.91
21.Charles Jones 2.90
22.Bill Walton* 2.81
23.Alton Lister 2.80
24.Myles Turner 2.75
25.Wayne Cooper 2.73
26.Joel Anthony 2.71
27.DeSagana Diop 2.70
28.Ronny Turiaf 2.66
29.John Henson 2.64
30.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2.62
31.Nate Thurmond* 2.62
32.Benoit Benjamin 2.60
33.Andrew Lang 2.58
34.Samuel Dalembert 2.57
35.Patrick Ewing* 2.57
36.Joel Przybilla 2.57
37.Darko Miličić 2.55
38.Steven Hunter 2.53
39.Serge Ibaka 2.52
40.Roy Hibbert 2.52
41.Mark West 2.50
42.Rudy Gobert 2.43
43.Kyle O'Quinn 2.43
44.Anthony Davis 2.41
45.Oliver Miller 2.41
46.Jaren Jackson Jr. 2.40
47.Ben Wallace* 2.40
48.Jermaine O'Neal 2.39
49.Nerlens Noel 2.39
50.Tyrus Thomas 2.38
51.Larry Nance 2.38
52.Shaquille O'Neal* 2.35
53.Bismack Biyombo 2.34
54.Pervis Ellison 2.34
55.Kelvin Cato 2.32
56.Sam Bowie 2.32
57.Ervin Johnson 2.30
58.Marvin Webster 2.30
59.Tim Duncan* 2.30
60.Stromile Swift 2.28
61.Raef LaFrentz 2.27
62.Chris Dudley 2.27
63.Tom Burleson 2.26
64.Elden Campbell 2.24
65.Terry Tyler 2.22
66.Andrew Bynum 2.21
67.Brook Lopez 2.21
68.Brandan Wright 2.20
69.Andrei Kirilenko 2.20
70.Kurt Nimphius 2.19
71.Etan Thomas 2.17
72.Randy Breuer 2.16
73.John Salley 2.14
74.Brendan Haywood 2.14
75.Darryl Dawkins 2.14
76.Josh Smith 2.13
77.Kristaps Porziņģis 2.12
78.Artis Gilmore* 2.12
79.Erick Dampier 2.10
80.Yao Ming* 2.09
81.Zydrunas Ilgauskas 2.08
82.Bo Outlaw 2.07
83.Dan Gadzuric 2.07
84.Caldwell Jones 2.06
85.Jakob Poeltl 2.05
86.Roy Hinson 2.04
87.Dwight Howard 2.03
88.Herb Williams 2.03
89.DeAndre Jordan 2.03
90.Kevin McHale* 2.02
91.Lou Amundson 2.00
92.Ralph Sampson* 1.99
93.Hot Rod Williams 1.99
94.Elvin Hayes* 1.98
95.Andrew Bogut 1.98
96.Joe Meriweather 1.97
97.Clint Capela 1.97
98.Clemon Johnson 1.94
99.Chris Boucher 1.92
100.Michael Olowokandi 1.91
101.Emeka Okafor 1.89
102.Kendrick Perkins 1.89
103.Otto Moore 1.89
104.Don Reid 1.89
105.Elton Brand 1.89
106.Alex Len 1.88
107.Andris Biedriņš 1.87
108.Rasho Nesterović 1.87
109.Billy Paultz 1.86
110.Robert Parish* 1.86
111.Joel Embiid 1.84
112.Kevin Kunnert 1.83
113.Chris Mihm 1.83
114.Ben Poquette 1.81
115.Gar Heard 1.81
116.Robin Lopez 1.80
117.Sam Lacey 1.78
118.Joe Barry Carroll 1.77
119.Robert Traylor 1.76
120.Derrick Favors 1.76
121.Brian Skinner 1.76
122.Bobby Jones* 1.75
123.Brad Lohaus 1.74
124.James Donaldson 1.74
125.Len Elmore 1.74
126.Jon Koncak 1.74
127.Vlade Divac* 1.74
128.Charles Smith 1.73
129.Rik Smits 1.73
130.Richaun Holmes 1.73
131.Dan Roundfield 1.72
132.Andre Drummond 1.71
133.Chris Kaman 1.71
134.Pau Gasol* 1.70
135.Kevin Séraphin 1.70
136.Joakim Noah 1.69
137.Timofey Mozgov 1.69
138.Antoine Carr 1.68
139.Bob Lanier* 1.66
140.Dewayne Dedmon 1.66
141.Amir Johnson 1.65
142.LaSalle Thompson 1.65
143.Luc Longley 1.65
144.Zaid Abdul-Aziz 1.65
145.Jusuf Nurkić 1.62
146.Julius Erving* 1.62
147.Aaron Williams 1.62
148.Kosta Koufos 1.62
149.James Bailey 1.61
150.Bob McAdoo* 1.60
151.Ryan Hollins 1.59
152.Jarrett Allen 1.58
153.Tim Perry 1.58
154.Daniel Theis 1.58
155.Marc Gasol 1.57
156.Shawn Kemp 1.57
157.Thurl Bailey 1.57
158.Gorgui Dieng 1.57
159.Arvydas Sabonis* 1.56
160.Felton Spencer 1.56
161.Naz Reid 1.56
162.Jason Maxiell 1.55
163.Kermit Washington 1.55
164.Dale Davis 1.54
165.Ivica Zubac 1.54
166.Ian Mahinmi 1.54
167.Marcin Gortat 1.54
168.Will Perdue 1.53
169.Blair Rasmussen 1.53
170.Rich Kelley 1.52
171.Tyson Chandler 1.52
172.Darius Miles 1.52
173.James Johnson 1.52
174.Scot Pollard 1.51
175.Greg Anderson 1.51
176.Willis Reed* 1.51
177.Spencer Hawes 1.51
178.Taj Gibson 1.50
179.Al Jefferson 1.50
180.Samaki Walker 1.49
181.Jamaal Magloire 1.48
182.Ed Davis 1.48
183.Mike Gminski 1.48
184.Greg Kite 1.48
185.Cherokee Parks 1.48
186.Dave Corzine 1.47
187.Rony Seikaly 1.47
188.Jason Smith 1.46
189.Derrick Coleman 1.46
190.Kevin Garnett* 1.45
191.Tony Battie 1.45
192.Rasheed Wallace 1.45
193.Nazr Mohammed 1.45
194.Amar'e Stoudemire 1.45
195.Clifford Ray 1.43
196.Antonio McDyess 1.41
197.Lloyd Neal 1.41
198.Rick Mahorn 1.41
199.Steve Johnson 1.40
200.Chris Webber* 1.40
201.Mychal Thompson 1.39
202.Maxi Kleber 1.38
203.Moses Malone* 1.38
204.Montrezl Harrell 1.38
205.Robert Horry 1.38
206.Walt Wesley 1.38
207.Danny Schayes 1.38
208.DeMarcus Cousins 1.37
209.Giannis Antetokounmpo 1.36
210.Mason Plumlee 1.35
211.Kenyon Martin 1.34
212.Jerami Grant 1.34
213.Kent Benson 1.34
214.Jim Petersen 1.33
215.Jonas Valančiūnas 1.33
216.Sean Rooks 1.32
217.Ömer Aşık 1.32
218.Andray Blatche 1.32
219.Mark Blount 1.31
220.John Gianelli 1.30
221.Al Horford 1.30
222.Willie Cauley-Stein 1.30
223.Steven Adams 1.28
224.Bison Dele 1.28
225.Francisco Elson 1.27
226.Jordan Hill 1.27
227.Draymond Green 1.26
228.Karl-Anthony Towns 1.26
229.Cliff Levingston 1.26
230.Spencer Haywood* 1.26
231.John Collins 1.25
232.Scott Williams 1.24
233.Darrell Arthur 1.24
234.Paul Millsap 1.23
235.Alvin Scott 1.23
236.Antonio Davis 1.23
237.Donyell Marshall 1.22
238.Bill Willoughby 1.22
239.Jim Chones 1.21
240.Marreese Speights 1.20
241.Kenneth Faried 1.20
242.Dale Schlueter 1.20
243.Robert Covington 1.20
244.Tyler Zeller 1.20
245.Mel Counts 1.19
246.Kenny Walker 1.19
247.P.J. Brown 1.19
248.Kenny Gattison 1.19
249.LaMarcus Aldridge 1.18
250.Francisco García 1.18

ABA

ABA Table
Rank Player BLK/36 MP
1.Caldwell Jones 3.26
2.Artis Gilmore* 2.95
3.Billy Paultz 2.42
4.Julius Keye 2.34
5.Gene Moore 2.14
6.Darnell Hillman 1.89
7.Julius Erving* 1.79
8.Mel Daniels* 1.73
9.George Gervin* 1.62
10.Jim Eakins 1.46
11.Mike Gale 0.98
12.Tom Owens 0.98
13.Zelmo Beaty* 0.97
14.Wil Jones 0.91
15.Goose Ligon 0.90
16.Dave Robisch 0.86
17.Lee Davis 0.82
18.Randy Denton 0.76
19.John Beasley 0.75
20.Red Robbins 0.69
21.Roger Brown* 0.67
22.Bob Netolicky 0.67
23.George McGinnis* 0.57
24.Gerald Govan 0.56
25.Dan Issel* 0.50
26.Johnny Neumann 0.50
27.Bob Warren 0.49
28.Joe Caldwell 0.46
29.Willie Wise 0.41
30.Walt Simon 0.39
31.Louie Dampier* 0.39
32.Cincy Powell 0.39
33.Larry Kenon 0.37
34.Brian Taylor 0.37
35.Jimmy Jones 0.36
36.Ted McClain 0.35
37.Warren Jabali 0.34
38.Donnie Freeman 0.32
39.George Thompson 0.32
40.Don Buse 0.29
41.George Carter 0.29
42.Rich Jones 0.28
43.Ron Boone 0.27
44.George Lehmann 0.26
45.Gene Littles 0.26
46.Byron Beck 0.25
47.Stew Johnson 0.25
48.Fatty Taylor 0.23
49.Ralph Simpson 0.22
50.Glen Combs 0.22
51.John Roche 0.20
52.Steve Jones 0.20
53.Bill Melchionni 0.19
54.James Silas 0.19
55.Chuck Williams 0.15
56.Marv Roberts 0.14
57.Al Smith 0.11
58.Freddie Lewis 0.11
59.Wendell Ladner 0.11
60.Larry Miller 0.11
61.Mack Calvin 0.09
62.Joe Hamilton 0.08
63.Bill Keller 0.05
64.Mike Lewis 0.00