List of NBA single-season blocks per game leaders

This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top single-season blocks averages based on at least 70 games played or 100 blocks.^[1] The NBA did not record blocks until the 1973–74 season.^[2]

Statistics accurate as of February 23, 2025.

List

^	Active NBA player
*	Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
‡	Denotes season currently ongoing in 2024–25

Rank	Season	Player	Team	Games	Blocks	BPG
1	1984–85	Mark Eaton	Utah Jazz	82	456	5.56
2	1985–86	Manute Bol	Washington Bullets	80	397	4.96
3	1973–74	Elmore Smith	Los Angeles Lakers	81	393	4.85
4	1985–86	Mark Eaton	Utah Jazz	80	369	4.61
5	1989–90	Hakeem Olajuwon*	Houston Rockets	82	376	4.59
6	1995–96	Dikembe Mutombo*	Denver Nuggets	74	332	4.49
7	1991–92	David Robinson*	San Antonio Spurs	68	305	4.49
8	1991–92	Hakeem Olajuwon*	Houston Rockets	70	304	4.34
9	1988–89	Manute Bol	Golden State Warriors	80	345	4.31
10	1982–83	Tree Rollins	Atlanta Hawks	80	343	4.29
11	1983–84	Mark Eaton	Utah Jazz	82	351	4.28
12	1992–93	Hakeem Olajuwon*	Houston Rockets	82	342	4.17
13	1975–76	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	Los Angeles Lakers	82	338	4.12
14	1993–94	Dikembe Mutombo*	Denver Nuggets	82	336	4.10
15	1986–87	Mark Eaton	Utah Jazz	79	321	4.06
16	1989–90	Patrick Ewing*	New York Knicks	82	327	3.99
17	1978–79	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*	Los Angeles Lakers	80	316	3.95
18	1990–91	Hakeem Olajuwon*	Houston Rockets	56	221	3.95
19	1994–95	Dikembe Mutombo*	Denver Nuggets	82	321	3.91
20	1999–00	Alonzo Mourning*	Miami Heat	46	180	3.91
21	1990–91	David Robinson*	San Antonio Spurs	82	320	3.90
22	1989–90	David Robinson*	San Antonio Spurs	82	319	3.89
23	1988–89	Mark Eaton	Utah Jazz	82	315	3.84
24	2024–25‡	Victor Wembanyama^	San Antonio Spurs	46	176	3.83
25	2000–01	Theo Ratliff	Philadelphia 76ers	50	187	3.74

^ "NBA & ABA Single Season Leaders and Records for Blocks Per Game". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
^ "Rate Statistic Requirements". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 24, 2025.