List of NBA single-game blocks leaders explained

This is a complete list of National Basketball Association players who have blocked 10 or more shots in a game.

44 players have blocked 10 or more shots in a game. It has occurred 160 times (including the playoffs) in NBA history. Mark Eaton accomplished the feat more times than anyone else in league history (19), followed by Manute Bol (18). Eaton, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Andrew Bynum are the only players to block 10 or more shots in a playoff game, with Bynum being the only player to do so with a victory.

The NBA did not record blocked shots until the 1973–74 season.

Key

^	Active NBA player
	Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
†	Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration
§	1st time eligible for Hall of Fame in 2024^[1] -->
	Occurred in playoff competition
	Lost in that game

Single-game leaders

width=2%	Blocks	width=9%	Player	width=11%	Team	width=9%	Date	width=11%	Opponent	width=5%	Score	width=2%	Minutes played	width=2%	Points	width=2%	Rebounds	width=2%	Assists	width=2%	Triple-double	width=2%	Led the league in blocks	width=24% class="unsortable"	Notes	width=2% class="unsortable"	Ref.
17		Los Angeles Lakers		Portland Trail Blazers	111–98	48	12	16	2	Yes	Yes	11 blocks in a half, setting the NBA record. 6 blocks in one quarter; 5 blocks in the other quarter.
15		Washington Bullets		Atlanta Hawks	111–103	43	4	4	0	No	Yes	Rookie single-game record.
15	(2)	Washington Bullets		Indiana Pacers	100–94	47	10	19	1	Yes	No	8 blocks in the fourth quarter, tying the NBA record. 10 blocks in the second half.
15		Orlando Magic		New Jersey Nets	87–85	36	24	28	3	Yes	No	20–20–15. 7 blocks in the first half. 5 blocks in the third quarter. 3 blocks in the fourth quarter, all three of which came in the last 7:15 of the game on shots by Armen Gilliam. O'Neal had "a slight cold".
14	(2)	Los Angeles Lakers		Detroit Pistons	94–92	48	18	13	2	Yes	Yes
14	(3)	Los Angeles Lakers		Houston Rockets	106–93	45	9	18	2	No	Yes	Smith broke a bone in his cheek on a collision in the first quarter, but stayed in the game.
14		Utah Jazz		Portland Trail Blazers	127–122	41	12	20	3	Yes	Yes	9 blocks in first half. Eaton shot 1–12 from the field, prompting teammate Darrell Griffith to say, "It was a quadruple-double – points, blocks, rebounds and bricks."
14	(2)	Utah Jazz		San Antonio Spurs	107–93	41	8	9	1	No	No	6 blocks in both the second and fourth quarters.
13		San Antonio Spurs		Golden State Warriors	131–126	28	9	9	0	No	Yes	11 blocks in the second half, tying the NBA record. The Spurs combined for 20 blocks.
13	(3)	Utah Jazz		Portland Trail Blazers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	97–101	41	16	9	2	No	No	9 blocks in the first half. Rookie.
13		New Jersey Nets		Philadelphia 76ers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	112–119	41	17	8	2	No	No	The Nets combined for 19 blocks.
13		Houston Rockets		Chicago Bulls	115–112	49	28	18	5	Yes	No	Overtime. Rookie. The Rockets combined for 19 blocks.
13	(3)	Golden State Warriors		New Jersey Nets	128–109	33	2	11	0	No	No	8 blocks in the first half.
13		Dallas Mavericks		Portland Trail Blazers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	91–99	38	22	22	0	Yes	No	20–20–10. Did not start game. Quarterly blocks of 5, 2, 1 and 5.
12		Chicago Bulls		Atlanta Hawks	120–115	45	22	14	13	Yes	No	First quadruple-double in NBA history. Overtime. First game of season, and Thurmond's debut with the Chicago Bulls.
12	(2)	New Jersey Nets		New Orleans Jazz	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	114–117	37	17	13	1	Yes	Yes	9 blocks in the second half.
12		Atlanta Hawks		Portland Trail Blazers	106–83	27	11	13	0	Yes	No	Did not start game.
12	(4)	Utah Jazz		Denver Nuggets	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	136–143	35	12	14	6	Yes	No	Did not start game. Rookie.
12	(5)	Utah Jazz		Dallas Mavericks	118–103	30	6	6	2	No	Yes	6 blocks in third quarter.
12	(6)	Utah Jazz		Dallas Mavericks	103–96	45	9	15	2	No	Yes
12	(4)	Washington Bullets		Milwaukee Bucks	110–108	48	18	9	1	No	Yes	Rookie. 8 blocks in the first quarter, setting the NBA record, and 11 blocks in the first half, tying the NBA record. Overtime.
12	(7)	Utah Jazz		Portland Trail Blazers	119–110	38	15	20	2	Yes	Yes
12	(5)	Washington Bullets		Cleveland Cavaliers	94–85	23	6	3	1	No	No	Did not start game. 8 blocks in the second half.
12		Houston Rockets		Seattle SuperSonics	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	127–136	53	38	17	6	Yes	No	Five-by-five (7 steals). Double overtime.
12	(6)	Washington Bullets		Boston Celtics	106–103	43	6	17	0	No	No
12	(7)	Golden State Warriors		San Antonio Spurs	118–107	30	7	6	0	No	Yes	Did not start game.
12	(2)	Houston Rockets		Utah Jazz	100–92	42	24	21	2	Yes	Yes	20–20–10. 6 blocks in the second quarter.
12		San Antonio Spurs		Minnesota Timberwolves	105–95	36	24	12	2	Yes	No	Rookie.
12		Denver Nuggets		Los Angeles Clippers	94–83	43	16	21	2	Yes	No
12	(2)	New Jersey Nets		Toronto Raptors	107–95	37	11	10	2	Yes	No	6 blocks in the first quarter; 8 blocks in the first half.
12		Charlotte Hornets		New Jersey Nets	113–100	41	18	9	2	No	No	Fouled out.
12		Toronto Raptors		Atlanta Hawks	112–86	28	13	8	2	No	No	Did not start game. The Raptors combined for 23 blocks, an NBA record at the time. Clark blocked 10 shots in the first half; 5 in both the first and second quarters. Did not commit a personal foul; holds the NBA record for most blocks in a game without a personal foul.
12	^	Washington Wizards		Chicago Bulls	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	79–98	39:22	11	12	1	Yes	No	7 blocks in the first half.
12		Miami Heat		Chicago Bulls	96–84	24:37	14	13	0	Yes	No	First NBA career triple double. Did not start game. 4 blocks in the last 2 minutes of the game.
11	(4)	Los Angeles Lakers		Golden State Warriors	107–112	40	25	12	0	Yes	Yes
11		Los Angeles Lakers		Detroit Pistons	118–110	46	29	21	2	Yes	Yes	20-20-10.
11	(3)	Golden State Warriors		Chicago Bulls	94–84	29	6	8	0	No	No
11		Chicago Bulls		Atlanta Hawks	94–86	41	35	15		Yes	No	6 blocks in the fourth quarter, most of them at the end of the game to secure the win, and 9 blocks in the second half.
11		Washington Bullets		Detroit Pistons	124–108	47	22	27	0	Yes	No	20-20-10. 7 blocks in the first half.
11		Golden State Warriors		Cleveland Cavaliers	99–94	45	22	16	1	Yes	No
11	(2)	Los Angeles Lakers		Detroit Pistons	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	103–105	43	27	16	4	Yes	Yes	The Lakers committed 29 turnovers in the loss.
11	(3)	Los Angeles Lakers		Kansas City Kings	111–110	41	25	15	3	Yes	Yes	7 blocks in the second half.
11	(2)	Atlanta Hawks		Indiana Pacers	117–98	36	10	15	2	Yes	Yes
11	(8)	Utah Jazz		Indiana Pacers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	117–119	38	4	13	5	No	Yes
11	(3)	Houston Rockets		Golden State Warriors	124–115	40	26	12	7	Yes	No	Houston improved to 18–0 at home with the win.
11	(9)	Utah Jazz		Golden State Warriors	118–103	38	9	11	0	No	Yes
11		Utah Jazz		Philadelphia 76ers	102–95	43	6	12	2	No	No
11		Cleveland Cavaliers		New York Knicks	104–96	36	24	6	4	No	No
11		Utah Jazz		San Antonio Spurs	115–91	37	7	17	3	No	No
11	(8)	Golden State Warriors		Philadelphia 76ers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	112–113	21	2	4	0	No	Yes
11	(2)	San Antonio Spurs		Charlotte Hornets	118–107	35	27	15	3	Yes	No	Rookie.
11	(4)	Houston Rockets		Golden State Warriors	129–109	40	29	18	9	Yes	Yes	Near quadruple-double, originally credited as one but one assist was officially discredited. Five-by-five (5 steals).
11	(5)	Houston Rockets		Milwaukee Bucks	120–94	40	18	16	10	Yes	Yes	Third quadruple-double in NBA history.
11	(6)	Houston Rockets		Orlando Magic	128–126	50	24	16	4	Yes	Yes	Overtime.
11	(3)	San Antonio Spurs		Sacramento Kings	104–88	35	27	13	2	Yes	No
11	(4)	San Antonio Spurs		Utah Jazz	112–92	39	22	18	5	Yes	No
11	(5)	San Antonio Spurs		Portland Trail Blazers	95–88	45	23	14	3	Yes	Yes
11	(2)	Denver Nuggets		Portland Trail Blazers	112–101	39	17	13	1	Yes	Yes
11	(3)	Denver Nuggets		Los Angeles Clippers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	91–92	33	11	16	0	Yes	Yes
11	(4)	Denver Nuggets		Seattle SuperSonics	104–90	36	13	13	2	Yes	Yes
11	(5)	Denver Nuggets		Dallas Mavericks	115–107	46	12	14	2	Yes	Yes
11	(3)	New Jersey Nets		Washington Bullets	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	92–100	41	19	17	3	Yes	No
11	(4)	New Jersey Nets		Boston Celtics	101–100	42	17	15	4	Yes	Yes
11	(5)	New Jersey Nets		Indiana Pacers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	100–104	37	14	14	0	Yes	Yes
11		Utah Jazz		Philadelphia 76ers	98–95	49	3	9	4	No	No	Overtime.
11		Toronto Raptors		New Jersey Nets	96–92	43	15	12	2	Yes	Yes
11	(6)	Atlanta Hawks		New Jersey Nets	103–86	38	21	13	1	Yes	No
11	(2)	Denver Nuggets		Utah Jazz	120–109	43:44	8	24	1	No	Yes
11	^†	Oklahoma City Thunder		Denver Nuggets	124–118	40:41	14	15	0	Yes	Yes	10 blocks in regulation, 8 blocks in the second half, and 1 in overtime.
11		Indiana Pacers		New Orleans Hornets	115–107	36:27	10	11	1	Yes	No	9 blocks in regulation, 2 in overtime.
11		Chicago Bulls		Philadelphia 76ers	93–82	45:00	23	21	1	Yes	No	20–20–10.
11	(2)	Miami Heat		Denver Nuggets	98–95	38:32	19	17	2	Yes	Yes
10	(4)	Milwaukee Bucks		Detroit Pistons	123–115	53	19	16	5	Yes	No	Overtime.
10	(5)	Los Angeles Lakers		Kansas City-Omaha Kings	123–107	44	14	10	3	Yes	Yes
10	(6)	Los Angeles Lakers		Cleveland Cavaliers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	100–101	53	10	17	2	Yes	Yes	Overtime.
10	(7)	Los Angeles Lakers		Golden State Warriors	111–95	42	7	22	7	No	No
10		Philadelphia 76ers		Atlanta Hawks	114–103	20	4	5	1	No	No	All ten blocks in the second half. Did not start game. Rookie.
10	(5)	Los Angeles Lakers		Atlanta Hawks	116–113	49	39	23	5	Yes	Yes	20-20-10. Overtime.
10	(4)	Golden State Warriors		Seattle SuperSonics	130–115	26	10	6	1	No	No	Did not start game. 6 blocks in the second quarter. Fouled out.
10	(5)	New Jersey Nets		Atlanta Hawks	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	110–113	35	7	12	3	No	Yes	Overtime.
10		New Orleans Jazz		Phoenix Suns	114–107	34	10	14	4	Yes	No	8 blocks in second half.
10	(2)	New York Knicks		Atlanta Hawks	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	102–114	31	12	6	0	No	No
10	(6)	Los Angeles Lakers		Atlanta Hawks	108–102	39	28	15	2	Yes	Yes
10	(6)	New Jersey Nets		Indiana Pacers	114–109	36	8	11	3	No	No
10	(3)	Atlanta Hawks		Boston Celtics	88–87	39	5	23	2	No	No
10		Utah Jazz		Chicago Bulls	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	98–118	40	16	5	2	No	No
10		Detroit Pistons		Indiana Pacers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	96–100	38	25	13	1	Yes	No
10	(7)	Los Angeles Lakers		Detroit Pistons	123–111	35	19	10	0	Yes	No
10	(4)	Atlanta Hawks		Chicago Bulls	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	116–124	41	14	15	0	Yes	Yes	7 blocks in the first half. Double overtime. The Hawks combined for 18 blocks.
10	(5)	Atlanta Hawks		New Jersey Nets	102–96	39	13	9	1	No	Yes
10	(6)	Atlanta Hawks		Cleveland Cavaliers	95–82	35	6	9	1	No	Yes	8 blocks in the first half.
10	(7)	Atlanta Hawks		Chicago Bulls	103–90	36	15	11	2	Yes	No
10		Utah Jazz		San Diego Clippers	117–115	37	15	9	1	No	Yes
10	(8)	Atlanta Hawks		Washington Bullets	94–89	38	2	5	0	No	No
10		Utah Jazz		Chicago Bulls	117–95	33	7	12	2	No	Yes
10		Utah Jazz		Kansas City Kings	110–106	31	6	10	2	No	Yes	Fouled out. Accounted for all of his team's blocks.
10		Utah Jazz		San Antonio Spurs	136–124	34	12	11	0	Yes	Yes
10		Utah Jazz		Dallas Mavericks	121–109	42	12	20	1	Yes	Yes	6 blocks in third quarter.
10	(2)	San Antonio Spurs		Golden State Warriors	114–109	37	25	13	1	Yes	No	Overtime.
10		Utah Jazz		Portland Trail Blazers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	106–126	36	17	10	2	Yes	Yes
10		Utah Jazz		Houston Rockets	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	94–96	40	8	10	0	No	Yes	5 blocks in the first quarter, and 7 blocks in the first half.
10	(9)	Washington Bullets		Phoenix Suns	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	97–109	37	2	7	1	No	Yes	Rookie.
10		Washington Bullets		Los Angeles Clippers	96–94	38	8	13	0	No	Yes	Rookie. Bol accounted for all of his team's blocks.
10		Utah Jazz		Phoenix Suns	105–97	40	9	13	2	No	No
10		Washington Bullets		Indiana Pacers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	87–100	30	0	5	0	No	Yes	Rookie.
10	(2)	Phoenix Suns		Philadelphia 76ers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	114–122	40	17	11	5	Yes	No	Fouled out.
10		Washington Bullets		Golden State Warriors	115–91	15	6	10	0	No	No	Did not start game.
10		Los Angeles Clippers		Milwaukee Bucks	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	88–97	35	12	8	3	No	No
10	(7)	Houston Rockets		San Antonio Spurs	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	116–117	42	38	10	4	Yes	No
10		Golden State Warriors		Portland Trail Blazers	107–100	34	3	10	0	No	Yes	Did not start game.
10		Golden State Warriors		San Antonio Spurs	123–113	29	3	8	0	No	Yes	Did not start game.
10		Denver Nuggets		Miami Heat	109–83	25	6	13	1	No	No
10		Golden State Warriors		Los Angeles Clippers	143–138	32	2	5	0	No	Yes	Overtime. Did not start game.
10		Golden State Warriors		Utah Jazz	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	112–126	27	8	5	0	No	Yes	Did not start game.
10	(2)	Los Angeles Clippers		San Antonio Spurs	109–106	44	25	10	3	Yes	No
10	(8)	Houston Rockets		Orlando Magic	109–94	43	32	25	2	Yes	Yes	20–20–10.
10	(6)	San Antonio Spurs		Los Angeles Lakers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	114–115	41	23	16	2	Yes	No	Rookie. Overtime.
10		Washington Bullets		Orlando Magic	132–128	49	2	13	2	No	No	Double overtime.
10		Golden State Warriors		Los Angeles Clippers	112–109	18	0	4	1	No	No	Did not start game. 7 blocks in a quarter. Block with 35 seconds left helped secure the win.
10	(9)	Houston Rockets		Los Angeles Lakers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	100–104	43	11	11	1	Yes	Yes
10	(7)	San Antonio Spurs		Orlando Magic	117–111	41	43	12	3	Yes	No	40–10–10.
10		Seattle SuperSonics		Los Angeles Lakers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	96–105	40	20	8	3	No	No
10		Philadelphia 76ers		Sacramento Kings	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	81–98	30	3	8	0	No	No	Did not start game.
10	(7)	Denver Nuggets		Orlando Magic	89–82	42	13	8	1	No	No	Rookie.
10	(8)	San Antonio Spurs		Milwaukee Bucks	104–98	43	29	9	5	No	No
10		Houston Rockets		Portland Trail Blazers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	101–103	44	40	9	3	No	Yes	Overtime. Fouled out.
10	(8)	Denver Nuggets		Golden State Warriors	99–88	40	21	16	2	Yes	No
10	(9)	San Antonio Spurs		Minnesota Timberwolves	110–95	41	43	11	1	Yes	No	40-10-10.
10	(9)	Denver Nuggets		Utah Jazz	107–98	35	13	9	3	No	Yes
10		San Antonio Spurs		Detroit Pistons	115–96	43	34	10	10	Yes	No	Fourth quadruple-double in NBA history.
10		Denver Nuggets		Cleveland Cavaliers	104–101	47	18	18	1	Yes	Yes
10		Denver Nuggets		Minnesota Timberwolves	109–105	46	22	16	2	Yes	Yes
10		Houston Rockets		Vancouver Grizzlies	100–89	38	15	14	3	Yes	No
10	(6)	New Jersey Nets		Phoenix Suns	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	88–98	33	8	12	4	No	No
10		Houston Rockets		Dallas Mavericks	112–111	32	31	13	6	Yes	No
10	(7)	New Jersey Nets		Boston Celtics	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	106–112	32	17	13	0	Yes	No
10	(8)	New Jersey Nets		Orlando Magic	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	82–86	28	6	10	0	No	Yes
10	(9)	New Jersey Nets		Dallas Mavericks	114–91	25	8	12	0	No	Yes
10		Dallas Mavericks		Los Angeles Lakers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	92–102	26	12	9	0	No	Yes	6 blocks in the third quarter; 8 blocks in the second half.
10	(3)	Toronto Raptors		Philadelphia 76ers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	78–107	30	13	11	1	Yes	Yes	Last game of season.
10		Philadelphia 76ers		Chicago Bulls	93–76	39	16	19	0	Yes	No	8 blocks in the third quarter, tying the NBA record, and 9 blocks in the second half.
10		Detroit Pistons		Milwaukee Bucks	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	82–89	39	10	17	1	Yes	Yes
10	(2)	Detroit Pistons		Miami Heat	79–68	43	12	19	1	Yes	No
10		Indiana Pacers		Toronto Raptors	101–98	43	18	10	3	Yes	No
10		New York Knicks		New Jersey Nets	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	85–95	42	4	5	0	No	No
10		Seattle SuperSonics		Cleveland Cavaliers	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	96–104	17	2	0	0	No	No	One of only three players to have ten or more blocks without committing a personal foul.
10		Phoenix Suns		Utah Jazz	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	92–96	39	20	6	1	No	No	6 blocks in the first quarter; 7 blocks in the first half.
10		Atlanta Hawks		Dallas Mavericks	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	68–90	34	9	7	4	No	No	At 19 years and 13 days old, the rookie Smith became the youngest player to record 10 or more blocks. Did not commit a personal foul, one of only three players to have ten or more blocks in a game without committing a personal foul.
10		Utah Jazz		Sacramento Kings	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	89–91	39:49	15	14	3	Yes	No
10		Charlotte Bobcats		New York Knicks	126–110	41:39	20	9	1	No	No
10	(4)	Denver Nuggets		Milwaukee Bucks	125–105	30:12	10	11	5	Yes	Yes
10	^†	Orlando Magic		Oklahoma City Thunder	109–92	38:06	30	19	3	Yes	Yes	7 blocks in the first half.
10	^† (2)	Oklahoma City Thunder		Dallas Mavericks	95–86	39:59	4	11	1	No	Yes
10	^† (3)	Oklahoma City Thunder		Sacramento Kings	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	101–106	30:26	6	9	0	No	Yes
10		Los Angeles Lakers		Denver Nuggets	103–88	35:32	10	13	0	Yes	No
10	^	Milwaukee Bucks		Minnesota Timberwolves	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	85–95	32:08	10	12	1	Yes	No
10	(3)	Miami Heat		Minnesota Timberwolves	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	91–103	33:49	22	14	0	Yes	Yes
10	(4)	Miami Heat		Charlotte Hornets	98–95	27:02	10	10	0	Yes	Yes	Did not start game.
10	^	New Orleans Pelicans		Utah Jazz	bgcolor=FFCCFF align=center	99–116	40	25	11	3	Yes	Yes
10	(5)	Portland Trail Blazers		Chicago Bulls	107–103	29:58	8	15	1	No	No	New franchise record in blocks.
10	^	Atlanta Hawks		Minnesota Timberwolves	116-98	30:07	13	19	0	Yes	No
10	^	San Antonio Spurs		Toronto Raptors	122–99	28:59	27	14	5	Yes	Yes

See also

• NBA records
• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 13 or more blocks in a game

References

1. Web site: 2024 Hall of Fame Candidates . basketball-reference.com . November 8, 2021.

Notes

• Sporting News, The (2005). 2005–06 Official NBA Guide.