![]() ^ The player's primary position is listed first.^ A player is not eligible for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame until he has been fully retired for three calendar years.^ In the 1997–98 season, Marcus Camby had 3.6508 blocks per game, while in the 2011–12 season, Serge Ibaka had 3.6515 blocks per game.Miami Heat (1) Portland Trail Blazers (1) Washington Bullets (1) Golden State Warriors (1) Philadelphia 76ers (1) Atlanta Hawks (1) Atlanta Hawks/ Portland Trail Blazers (1) ![]() New Jersey Nets (1) San Antonio Spurs (2) Milwaukee Bucks (1) Los Angeles Lakers (3) Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration ĭenotes the number of times the player had been theīlocks leader up to and including that season Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Key ^ĭenotes player who is still active in the NBA 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. Both Mutombo and Camby have also won the most consecutive block titles, with three. George Johnson, Manute Bol, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dikembe Mutombo, Alonzo Mourning, Theo Ratliff, Dwight Howard, Anthony Davis, Serge Ibaka, and Jaren Jackson Jr. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Eaton and Marcus Camby all won the most block titles, with four. Among active players, Hassan Whiteside had the highest season block average (3.68) in the 2015–16 season. 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. 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. This has been the requirement since the 2013–14 season. However, a player who appears in fewer than the minimum games may qualify as annual blocks leader if his block total would have still given him the highest average, even had he appeared in the extra required games and recorded 0 blocks in these extra games. To qualify for the blocks title, the player must appear in at least 70 percent of the season's games (58 games in typical 82-game season). The block title was first recognized in the 1973–74 season when statistics on blocks were first compiled. The National Basketball Association's (NBA) block title is awarded to the player with the highest blocks per game average in a given season. In basketball, a blocked shot occurs when a defender deflects or stops a field goal attempt without committing a foul.
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