Who Has the Most Block Shots in NBA History?

A block is a defensive statistic in basketball, meaning the act of player who, while attempting to defend the basket, successfully stops the ball from entering the basket. A player gets a block when he/she prevents the offensive player from shooting the ball.

Alonzo Mourning

Alonzo Mourning is a retired American professional basketball player who played most of his 15-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He spent the first eight years of his career playing for the Charlotte Hornets, where he earned NBA Rookie of the Year honors in 1992–93, before being traded to the Miami Heat in 1995. Mourning then played with the Heat for most of the next decade and won an NBA championship with the team in 2006.

Mourning was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 8, 2014. Since his retirement from professional basketball, Mourning has devoted much of his time to philanthropy through Alonzo Mourning Charities.

Hakeem Olajuwon

Hakeem Olajuwon, who played for the Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors, is the NBA’s all-time leader in block shots. He blocked 3,830 shots in his career, which spanned from 1984 to 2002.

Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo holds the record for the most block shots in NBA history. He is a retiredCongolese-American professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Regarded as one of the best defensive players of all time, he was a eight-time NBA All-Star, a four-time member of the All-NBA First Team, and a five-time member of the All-Defensive First Team. He was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year four times, won the NBA blocks leader award five times, and led the league in total blocks ten times.

In 1996, Mutombo was traded to Atlanta, where he continued to be selected for both All-Star and All-Defensive teams. He blocked more shots in his first season with Atlanta than any other player had done in a season since 1979–80, and he set an Atlanta franchise record with 231 total blocks. In 1997–98, Mutombo stepped up his scoring output averaging 15.4 points per game and 10.3 rebounds per game en route to his sixth selection to the NBA All-Star Game.

Ben Wallace

Ben Wallace is a former American professional basketball player. He played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A native of Alabama, Wallace attended Cuyahoga Community College and Virginia Union University. He was signed by the Washington Bullets as an undrafted free agent in 1996. In his NBA career, Wallace played with the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers. He won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award four times, a record he shares with Dikembe Mutombo. He was a five-time member of the All-Defensive Team and led the league in rebounds per game in 2002–03 and 2003–04. Although never voted an All-Star starter, he was selected as a reserve for the Eastern Conference in six consecutive All-Star Games from 2003 to 2008. At the end of his career, Wallace ranked ninth all-time in blocks and 14th all-time in rebounding

Mark Eaton

Mark Eaton is an American retired professional basketball player who played for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and a four-time NBA All-Star. His career block total is the fourth highest in NBA history, and his 2.6 blocks per game average ranks sixth all-time.