NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Blocks Per 36 Minutes

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Season Lg Player BLK/36 MP Tm
2024-25 NBA Donovan Clingan 2.99 POR
2023-24 NBA Victor Wembanyama 4.34 SAS
2022-23 NBA Jaren Jackson Jr. 3.81 MEM
2021-22 NBA Hassan Whiteside 3.19 UTA
2020-21 NBA Daniel Gafford 3.41 TOT
2019-20 NBA Mo Bamba 3.53 ORL
2018-19 NBA Mitchell Robinson 4.26 NYK
2017-18 NBA JaVale McGee 3.34 GSW
2016-17 NBA JaVale McGee 3.26 GSW
2015-16 NBA Hassan Whiteside 4.56 MIA
2014-15 NBA John Henson 3.96 MIL
2013-14 NBA Serge Ibaka 2.96 OKC
2012-13 NBA JaVale McGee 3.94 DEN
2011-12 NBA Serge Ibaka 4.84 OKC
2010-11 NBA Serge Ibaka 3.22 OKC
2009-10 NBA Chris Andersen 3.04 DEN
2008-09 NBA Chris Andersen 4.32 DEN
2007-08 NBA Marcus Camby 3.72 DEN
2006-07 NBA Alonzo Mourning* 4.08 MIA
2005-06 NBA Eddie Griffin 3.92 MIN
2004-05 NBA Marcus Camby 3.56 DEN
2003-04 NBA Theo Ratliff 4.15 TOT
2002-03 NBA Adonal Foyle 4.13 GSW
2001-02 NBA Adonal Foyle 4.07 GSW
2000-01 NBA Shawn Bradley 4.10 DAL
1999-00 NBA Greg Ostertag 3.86 UTA
1998-99 NBA Shawn Bradley 4.42 DAL
1997-98 NBA Marcus Camby 4.14 TOR
1996-97 NBA Jim McIlvaine 4.00 SEA
1995-96 NBA Jim McIlvaine 5.00 WSB
1994-95 NBA Shawn Bradley 4.17 PHI
1993-94 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 4.24 DEN
1992-93 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 3.80 HOU
1991-92 NBA Manute Bol 5.82 PHI
1990-91 NBA Manute Bol 5.84 PHI
1989-90 NBA Manute Bol 6.54 GSW
1988-89 NBA Manute Bol 7.02 GSW
1987-88 NBA Manute Bol 6.59 WSB
1986-87 NBA Manute Bol 7.01 WSB
1985-86 NBA Manute Bol 6.84 WSB
1984-85 NBA Mark Eaton 5.84 UTA
1983-84 NBA Mark Eaton 5.91 UTA
1982-83 NBA Mark Eaton 6.48 UTA
1981-82 NBA George Johnson 5.34 SAS
1980-81 NBA George Johnson 5.17 SAS
1979-80 NBA George Johnson 4.38 NJN
1978-79 NBA Tree Rollins 4.81 ATL
1977-78 NBA Tree Rollins 4.37 ATL
1976-77 NBA George Johnson 3.86 TOT
1975-76 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3.60 LAL
  ABA Billy Paultz 3.08 SAA
1974-75 NBA George Johnson 3.40 GSW
  ABA Caldwell Jones 2.95 SDA
1973-74 NBA Elmore Smith 4.84 LAL
  ABA Caldwell Jones 3.88 SDA
1972-73 ABA Billy Paultz 2.75 NYA
1971-72 ABA Artis Gilmore* 4.14 KEN