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
1973-74 Elmore Smith 393 Elmore Smith 393 Elmore Smith 393 Elmore Smith 393
1974-75 Elmore Smith 216 Elmore Smith 609 Elmore Smith 609 Elmore Smith 393
1975-76 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 338 Elmore Smith 847 Elmore Smith 847 Elmore Smith 393
1976-77 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 261 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1094 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1094 Elmore Smith 393
1977-78 George Johnson 274 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1279 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1279 Elmore Smith 393
1978-79 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 316 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1595 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1595 Elmore Smith 393
1979-80 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 280 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1875 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 1875 Elmore Smith 393
1980-81 George Johnson 278 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2103 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2103 Elmore Smith 393
1981-82 George Johnson 234 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2310 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2310 Elmore Smith 393
1982-83 Tree Rollins 343 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2480 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2480 Elmore Smith 393
1983-84 Mark Eaton 351 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2623 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2623 Elmore Smith 393
1984-85 Mark Eaton 456 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2785 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2785 Mark Eaton 456
1985-86 Manute Bol 397 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2915 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 2915 Mark Eaton 456
1986-87 Mark Eaton 321 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3012 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3012 Mark Eaton 456
1987-88 Mark Eaton 304 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3104 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3104 Mark Eaton 456
1988-89 Manute Bol 345 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189 Mark Eaton 456
1989-90 Hakeem Olajuwon* 376 Mark Eaton 2592 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189 Mark Eaton 456
1990-91 David Robinson* 320 Mark Eaton 2780 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189 Mark Eaton 456
1991-92 David Robinson* 305 Mark Eaton 2985 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189 Mark Eaton 456
1992-93 Hakeem Olajuwon* 342 Mark Eaton 3064 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189 Mark Eaton 456
1993-94 Dikembe Mutombo* 336 Hakeem Olajuwon* 2741 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189 Mark Eaton 456
1994-95 Dikembe Mutombo* 321 Hakeem Olajuwon* 2983 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 3189 Mark Eaton 456
1995-96 Dikembe Mutombo* 332 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3190 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3190 Mark Eaton 456
1996-97 Dikembe Mutombo* 264 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3363 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3363 Mark Eaton 456
1997-98 Dikembe Mutombo* 277 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3459 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3459 Mark Eaton 456
1998-99 Alonzo Mourning* 180 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3582 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3582 Mark Eaton 456
1999-00 Alonzo Mourning* 294 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3652 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3652 Mark Eaton 456
2000-01 Shawn Bradley
Jermaine O'Neal
228 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3740 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3740 Mark Eaton 456
2001-02 Ben Wallace* 278 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2002-03 Theo Ratliff 262 David Robinson* 2954 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2003-04 Theo Ratliff 307 Dikembe Mutombo* 2996 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2004-05 Marcus Camby 199 Dikembe Mutombo* 3097 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2005-06 Andrei Kirilenko 220 Dikembe Mutombo* 3154 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2006-07 Marcus Camby 231 Dikembe Mutombo* 3230 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2007-08 Marcus Camby 285 Dikembe Mutombo* 3278 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2008-09 Dwight Howard 231 Dikembe Mutombo* 3289 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2009-10 Dwight Howard 228 Shaquille O'Neal* 2690 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2010-11 Serge Ibaka 198 Shaquille O'Neal* 2732 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2011-12 Serge Ibaka 241 Tim Duncan* 2469 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2012-13 Serge Ibaka 242 Tim Duncan* 2652 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2013-14 Serge Ibaka 219 Tim Duncan* 2791 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2014-15 Anthony Davis 200 Tim Duncan* 2942 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2015-16 Hassan Whiteside 269 Tim Duncan* 3020 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2016-17 Rudy Gobert 214 Dwight Howard 1916 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2017-18 Anthony Davis 193 Dwight Howard 2047 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2018-19 Myles Turner 199 Dwight Howard 2051 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2019-20 Hassan Whiteside 196 Dwight Howard 2130 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2020-21 Rudy Gobert 190 Dwight Howard 2192 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2021-22 Jaren Jackson Jr. 177 Dwight Howard 2228 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2022-23 Brook Lopez 193 Serge Ibaka 1759 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2023-24 Victor Wembanyama 254 Brook Lopez 1912 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456
2024-25 Victor Wembanyama 176 Brook Lopez 2046 Hakeem Olajuwon* 3830 Mark Eaton 456