NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Blocks

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

Table
Season Lg Player BLK Tm
2023-24 NBA Victor Wembanyama 217 SAS
2022-23 NBA Brook Lopez 193 MIL
2021-22 NBA Jaren Jackson Jr. 177 MEM
2020-21 NBA Rudy Gobert 190 UTA
2019-20 NBA Hassan Whiteside 196 POR
2018-19 NBA Myles Turner 199 IND
2017-18 NBA Anthony Davis 193 NOP
2016-17 NBA Rudy Gobert 214 UTA
2015-16 NBA Hassan Whiteside 269 MIA
2014-15 NBA Anthony Davis 200 NOP
2013-14 NBA Serge Ibaka 219 OKC
2012-13 NBA Serge Ibaka 242 OKC
2011-12 NBA Serge Ibaka 241 OKC
2010-11 NBA Serge Ibaka 198 OKC
2009-10 NBA Dwight Howard 228 ORL
2008-09 NBA Dwight Howard 231 ORL
2007-08 NBA Marcus Camby 285 DEN
2006-07 NBA Marcus Camby 231 DEN
2005-06 NBA Andrei Kirilenko 220 UTA
2004-05 NBA Marcus Camby 199 DEN
2003-04 NBA Theo Ratliff 307 TOT
2002-03 NBA Theo Ratliff 262 ATL
2001-02 NBA Ben Wallace* 278 DET
2000-01 NBA Jermaine O'Neal 228 IND
    Shawn Bradley 228 DAL
1999-00 NBA Alonzo Mourning* 294 MIA
1998-99 NBA Alonzo Mourning* 180 MIA
1997-98 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 277 ATL
1996-97 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 264 ATL
1995-96 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 332 DEN
1994-95 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 321 DEN
1993-94 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 336 DEN
1992-93 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 342 HOU
1991-92 NBA David Robinson* 305 SAS
1990-91 NBA David Robinson* 320 SAS
1989-90 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 376 HOU
1988-89 NBA Manute Bol 345 GSW
1987-88 NBA Mark Eaton 304 UTA
1986-87 NBA Mark Eaton 321 UTA
1985-86 NBA Manute Bol 397 WSB
1984-85 NBA Mark Eaton 456 UTA
1983-84 NBA Mark Eaton 351 UTA
1982-83 NBA Tree Rollins 343 ATL
1981-82 NBA George Johnson 234 SAS
1980-81 NBA George Johnson 278 SAS
1979-80 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 280 LAL
1978-79 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 316 LAL
1977-78 NBA George Johnson 274 NJN
1976-77 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 261 LAL
1975-76 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 338 LAL
  ABA Billy Paultz 253 SAA
1974-75 NBA Elmore Smith 216 LAL
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 258 KEN
1973-74 NBA Elmore Smith 393 LAL
  ABA Caldwell Jones 316 SDA
1972-73 ABA Artis Gilmore* 259 KEN
1971-72 ABA Artis Gilmore* 422 KEN