List of National Basketball Association annual blocks leaders

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In basketball, a block (short for blocked shot) occurs when a defender deflects or stops a field goal attempt without committing a foul.[1] The National Basketball Association's (NBA) block title is awarded to the player with the highest blocks per game average in a given season. The block title was first recognized in the 1973–74 season when statistics on blocks were first compiled.[2] To qualify for the blocks title, the player must appear in at least 70 games (out of 82) or have at least 100 blocks. This is the requirement since the 1974–75 season, with requirements changing with the schedule length several times before that.[3]

Mark Eaton holds the all-time records for total blocks (456) and blocks per game (5.56) in a season; both achieved in the 1984–85 season.[2] Manute Bol holds the rookie records for total blocks and blocks per game when he had 397 and averaged 5.0 in the 1985–86 season.[2] Among active players, Marcus Camby had the highest season block total (285) in the 2007–08 season and Serge Ibaka had the highest season block average (3.65) in the 2011–12 season.[lower-alpha 1]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Eaton and Marcus Camby all won the most block titles, with four.[2] George Johnson, Bol, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dikembe Mutombo, Alonzo Mourning, Ratliff, Dwight Howard, and Anthony Davis and Ibaka are the only other players to have won the title more than once. Both Mutombo and Camby have also won the most consecutive block titles, with three. Two players have won both the block title and the NBA championship in the same season: Bill Walton in 1977 with the Portland Trail Blazers and Abdul-Jabbar in 1980 with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Key

^ Denotes player who is still active in the NBA
* Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been the
blocks leader up to and including that season
G Guard F Forward C Center

Block leaders

Season Player Position[lower-alpha 2] Team(s) Games
played		 Total blocks Blocks per game References
1973–74 Elmore Smith C Los Angeles Lakers 81 393 4.85 [4][5]
1974–75 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*[lower-alpha 3] C Milwaukee Bucks 65 212 3.26 [6][7]
1975–76 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* (2) C Los Angeles Lakers 82 338 4.12 [7][8]
1976–77 Bill Walton*[lower-alpha 4] C/F Portland Trail Blazers 65 211 3.25 [9][10]
1977–78 George T. Johnson C/F New Jersey Nets 81 274 3.38 [11][12]
1978–79 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* (3) C Los Angeles Lakers 80 316 3.95 [7][13]
1979–80 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* (4) C Los Angeles Lakers 82 280 3.41 [7][14]
1980–81 George T. Johnson (2) C/F San Antonio Spurs 82 278 3.39 [12][15]
1981–82 George T. Johnson (3) C/F San Antonio Spurs 75 234 3.12 [12][16]
1982–83 Tree Rollins C Atlanta Hawks 80 343 4.29 [17][18]
1983–84 Mark Eaton C Utah Jazz 82 351 4.28 [19][20]
1984–85 Mark Eaton (2) C Utah Jazz 82 456 5.56 [20][21]
1985–86 Manute Bol C Washington Bullets 80 397 4.96 [22][23]
1986–87 Mark Eaton (3) C Utah Jazz 79 321 4.06 [20][24]
1987–88 Mark Eaton (4) C Utah Jazz 82 304 3.71 [20][25]
1988–89 Manute Bol (2) C Golden State Warriors 80 345 4.31 [23][26]
1989–90 Hakeem Olajuwon* C Houston Rockets 82 376 4.59 [27][28]
1990–91 Hakeem Olajuwon* (2)[lower-alpha 5] C Houston Rockets 56 221 3.95 [28][29]
1991–92 David Robinson* C San Antonio Spurs 68 308 4.49 [30][31]
1992–93 Hakeem Olajuwon* (3) C Houston Rockets 82 342 4.17 [28][32]
1993–94 Dikembe Mutombo* C Denver Nuggets 82 336 4.10 [33][34]
1994–95 Dikembe Mutombo* (2) C Denver Nuggets 82 321 3.91 [34][35]
1995–96 Dikembe Mutombo* (3) C Denver Nuggets 74 332 4.49 [34][36]
1996–97 Shawn Bradley[lower-alpha 6] C New Jersey Nets
Dallas Mavericks		 73 248 3.40 [37][38]
1997–98 Marcus Camby[lower-alpha 7] C/F Toronto Raptors 63 230 3.65 [39][40]
1998–99[lower-alpha 8] Alonzo Mourning* C Miami Heat 46 180 3.91 [42][43]
1999–00 Alonzo Mourning* (2) C Miami Heat 79 294 3.72 [43][44]
2000–01 Theo Ratliff[lower-alpha 9] C/F Philadelphia 76ers 50 187 3.74 [45][46]
2001–02 Ben Wallace F/C Detroit Pistons 80 278 3.48 [47][48]
2002–03 Theo Ratliff (2) C/F Atlanta Hawks 81 262 3.23 [46][49]
2003–04 Theo Ratliff (3) C/F Atlanta Hawks
Portland Trail Blazers		 85 307 3.61 [46][50]
2004–05 Andrei Kirilenko[lower-alpha 10] F Utah Jazz 41 136 3.32 [51][52]
2005–06 Marcus Camby^ (2)[lower-alpha 11] C/F Denver Nuggets 56 184 3.29 [40][53]
2006–07 Marcus Camby^ (3) C/F Denver Nuggets 70 231 3.30 [40][54]
2007–08 Marcus Camby^ (4) C/F Denver Nuggets 79 285 3.61 [40][55]
2008–09 Dwight Howard^ C Orlando Magic 79 231 2.92 [56]
2009–10 Dwight Howard^ (2) C Orlando Magic 82 228 2.78 [56]
2010–11 Andrew Bogut^[lower-alpha 12] C Milwaukee Bucks 65 168 2.58 [58]
2011–12[lower-alpha 13] Serge Ibaka^ F Oklahoma City Thunder 66 241 3.65 [60]
2012–13 Serge Ibaka^ (2) F Oklahoma City Thunder 80 242 3.03 [60]
2013–14 Anthony Davis^[lower-alpha 14] F/C New Orleans Pelicans 67 189 2.82 [62]
2014–15 Anthony Davis^ (2) F/C New Orleans Pelicans 68 200 2.94 [62]

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