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1980-1981 NBA Total Blocks Leaders

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George Johnson led the NBA in total blocks in 1980-1981 with 278, 50 ahead of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (228). It stands 35th among all single seasons in NBA history. It was one of 3 times George Johnson led in total blocks.

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Led the NBA in 1980-1981 George Johnson SAN
278 Total Blocks 50 clear of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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# Player Team BLK GP MPG STL
1 George Johnson SAN 278 82 23.6 47
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL 228 80 37.2 59
3 Robert Parish Robert Parish BOS 214 82 28.0 81
4 Artis Gilmore Artis Gilmore CHI 198 82 34.5 47
5 Harvey Catchings MIL 184 77 21.2 33
6 Terry Tyler Terry Tyler DET 180 82 31.1 112
7 Ben Poquette UTH 174 82 34.2 67
8 Elvin Hayes Elvin Hayes WAS 171 81 36.2 68
9 Mychal Thompson POR 170 79 35.3 62
10 Kevin McHale Kevin McHale BOS 151 82 20.1 27
11 Moses Malone Moses Malone HOU 150 80 40.6 83
12 Julius Erving Julius Erving PHL 147 82 35.0 173
13 James Bailey SEA 143 82 31.0 74
14 Caldwell Jones Caldwell Jones PHL 134 81 32.6 53
15 James Edwards James Edwards IND 128 81 29.3 32
16 David Greenwood David Greenwood CHI 124 82 33.0 77
17 Joe Barry Carroll Joe Barry Carroll GOS 121 82 35.6 50
18 Sam Lacey Sam Lacey KCK 120 82 27.2 95
19 Clemon Johnson IND 119 81 20.3 44
20 Dan Roundfield Dan Roundfield ATL 119 63 33.8 76
21 Tree Rollins Tree Rollins ATL 117 40 26.1 29
22 Darryl Dawkins Darryl Dawkins PHL 112 76 27.5 38
23 Alex English Alex English DEN 100 81 38.2 106
24 Mike Gminski NJN 100 56 28.2 54
25 Dave Corzine SAN 99 82 23.9 42
26 Marvin Webster NYK 97 82 20.8 27
27 Jim Chones Jim Chones LAL 96 82 31.2 39
28 Jack Sikma Jack Sikma SEA 93 82 35.6 78
29 Sam Pellom ATL 92 77 19.1 50
30 Kermit Washington Kermit Washington POR 86 73 29.0 85
31 Mike Bantom IND 85 76 31.3 80
32 Bill Cartwright Bill Cartwright NYK 83 82 35.7 48
33 Bob Lanier Bob Lanier MIL 81 67 26.2 73
34 Edgar Jones NJN 81 60 15.8 36
35 Joe Meriweather KCK 80 74 20.5 27
36 Michael Cooper LAL 78 81 32.4 133
37 Bill Laimbeer Bill Laimbeer CLE 78 81 30.4 56
38 Bobby Jones Bobby Jones PHL 74 81 25.3 95
39 James Donaldson James Donaldson SEA 74 68 14.4 8
40 Paul Mokeski DET 73 80 22.7 38
41 Billy Paultz HOU 72 81 20.5 28
42 Garfield Heard SDC 72 78 20.9 104
43 Mickey Johnson MIL 71 82 25.8 94
44 Alvin Scott PHX 70 82 17.4 60
45 Alvan Adams Alvan Adams PHX 69 75 27.4 106
46 Cedric Maxwell Cedric Maxwell BOS 68 81 33.7 79
47 Bob Gross Bob Gross POR 67 82 23.6 90
48 Kent Benson Kent Benson DET 67 59 33.2 72
49 Robert Reid HOU 66 82 36.1 163
50 Larry Bird Larry Bird BOS 63 82 39.5 161
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