NBA Progressive Leaders and Records for Blocks

Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

Table
  Year-by-Year BLK   Active BLK   Career BLK   Single Season BLK
1973-74Elmore Smith 393   Elmore Smith 393   Elmore Smith 393   Elmore Smith 393
1974-75Elmore Smith 216   Elmore Smith 609   Elmore Smith 609   Elmore Smith 393
1975-76Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 338   Elmore Smith 847   Elmore Smith 847   Elmore Smith 393
1976-77Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 261   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1094   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1094   Elmore Smith 393
1977-78George Johnson 274   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1279   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1279   Elmore Smith 393
1978-79Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 316   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1595   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1595   Elmore Smith 393
1979-80Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 280   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1875   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1875   Elmore Smith 393
1980-81George Johnson 278   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2103   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2103   Elmore Smith 393
1981-82George Johnson 234   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2310   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2310   Elmore Smith 393
1982-83Tree Rollins 343   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2480   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2480   Elmore Smith 393
1983-84Mark Eaton 351   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2623   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2623   Elmore Smith 393
1984-85Mark Eaton 456   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2785   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2785   Mark Eaton 456
1985-86Manute Bol 397   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2915   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2915   Mark Eaton 456
1986-87Mark Eaton 321   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3012   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3012   Mark Eaton 456
1987-88Mark Eaton 304   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3104   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3104   Mark Eaton 456
1988-89Manute Bol 345   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189   Mark Eaton 456
1989-90Hakeem Olajuwon* 376   Mark Eaton 2592   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189   Mark Eaton 456
1990-91David Robinson* 320   Mark Eaton 2780   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189   Mark Eaton 456
1991-92David Robinson* 305   Mark Eaton 2985   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189   Mark Eaton 456
1992-93Hakeem Olajuwon* 342   Mark Eaton 3064   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189   Mark Eaton 456
1993-94Dikembe Mutombo* 336   Hakeem Olajuwon* 2741   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189   Mark Eaton 456
1994-95Dikembe Mutombo* 321   Hakeem Olajuwon* 2983   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189   Mark Eaton 456
1995-96Dikembe Mutombo* 332   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3190   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3190   Mark Eaton 456
1996-97Dikembe Mutombo* 264   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3363   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3363   Mark Eaton 456
1997-98Dikembe Mutombo* 277   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3459   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3459   Mark Eaton 456
1998-99Alonzo Mourning* 180   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3582   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3582   Mark Eaton 456
1999-00Alonzo Mourning* 294   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3652   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3652   Mark Eaton 456
2000-01Shawn Bradley
Jermaine O'Neal
228   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3740   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3740   Mark Eaton 456
2001-02Ben Wallace* 278   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2002-03Theo Ratliff 262   David Robinson* 2954   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2003-04Theo Ratliff 307   Dikembe Mutombo* 2996   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2004-05Marcus Camby 199   Dikembe Mutombo* 3097   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2005-06Andrei Kirilenko 220   Dikembe Mutombo* 3154   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2006-07Marcus Camby 231   Dikembe Mutombo* 3230   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2007-08Marcus Camby 285   Dikembe Mutombo* 3278   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2008-09Dwight Howard 231   Dikembe Mutombo* 3289   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2009-10Dwight Howard 228   Shaquille O'Neal* 2690   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2010-11Serge Ibaka 198   Shaquille O'Neal* 2732   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2011-12Serge Ibaka 241   Tim Duncan* 2469   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2012-13Serge Ibaka 242   Tim Duncan* 2652   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2013-14Serge Ibaka 219   Tim Duncan* 2791   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2014-15Anthony Davis 200   Tim Duncan* 2942   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2015-16Hassan Whiteside 269   Tim Duncan* 3020   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2016-17Rudy Gobert 214   Dwight Howard 1916   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2017-18Anthony Davis 193   Dwight Howard 2047   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2018-19Myles Turner 199   Dwight Howard 2051   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2019-20Hassan Whiteside 196   Dwight Howard 2130   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2020-21Rudy Gobert 190   Dwight Howard 2192   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2021-22Jaren Jackson Jr. 177   Dwight Howard 2228   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2022-23Brook Lopez 193   Serge Ibaka 1759   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2023-24Victor Wembanyama 254   Brook Lopez 1912   Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830   Mark Eaton 456
2024-25Victor Wembanyama 48   Brook Lopez 1946   Hakeem Olajuwon* 4302   Mark Eaton 485