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NBA Single-Season Blocks per Game Record Progression

Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.

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The NBA single-season blocks per game record is 5.6, set by Mark Eaton in 1984-1985. It has stood for 42 years. The mark has been raised 1 times since 1973.

Record Holders

2 marks since 1973-1974
Year Player BPG Stood for
1984-1985 Mark Eaton Mark Eaton 5.6 still standing
1973-1974 Elmore Smith Elmore Smith 4.9 11 years

The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.

Every Season

53 seasons
Year Leader BPG
2025-2026 Victor Wembanyama 3.1
2024-2025 Walker Kessler 2.4
2023-2024 Victor Wembanyama 3.6
2022-2023 Jaren Jackson Jr. 3.0
2021-2022 Jaren Jackson Jr. 2.3
2020-2021 Rudy Gobert 2.7
2019-2020 Hassan Whiteside 2.9
2018-2019 Myles Turner 2.7
2017-2018 Anthony Davis 2.6
2016-2017 Rudy Gobert 2.6
2015-2016 Hassan Whiteside 3.7
2014-2015 Anthony Davis 2.9
2013-2014 Anthony Davis 2.8
2012-2013 Serge Ibaka 3.0
2011-2012 Serge Ibaka 3.7
2010-2011 Andrew Bogut 2.6
2009-2010 Dwight Howard 2.8
2008-2009 Dwight Howard 2.9
2007-2008 Marcus Camby 3.6
2006-2007 Marcus Camby 3.3
2005-2006 Andrei Kirilenko 3.2
2004-2005 Marcus Camby 3.0
2003-2004 Theo Ratliff 3.6
2002-2003 Theo Ratliff 3.2
2001-2002 Ben Wallace 3.5
2000-2001 Jermaine O'Neal 2.8
1999-2000 Alonzo Mourning 3.7
1998-1999 Alonzo Mourning 3.9
1997-1998 Marcus Camby 3.7
1996-1997 Shawn Bradley 3.4
1995-1996 Dikembe Mutombo 4.5
1994-1995 Dikembe Mutombo 3.9
1993-1994 Dikembe Mutombo 4.1
1992-1993 Hakeem Olajuwon 4.2
1991-1992 David Robinson 4.5
1990-1991 David Robinson 3.9
1989-1990 Hakeem Olajuwon 4.6
1988-1989 Manute Bol 4.3
1987-1988 Mark Eaton 3.7
1986-1987 Mark Eaton 4.1
1985-1986 Manute Bol 5.0
1984-1985 Mark Eaton 5.6 new record
1983-1984 Mark Eaton 4.3
1982-1983 Tree Rollins 4.3
1981-1982 George Johnson 3.1
1980-1981 George Johnson 3.4
1979-1980 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 3.4
1978-1979 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4.0
1977-1978 George Johnson 3.4
1976-1977 Bill Walton 3.2
1975-1976 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 4.1
1974-1975 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 3.3
1973-1974 Elmore Smith 4.9 new record