Lakers Historical Records and Statistics:
Blocks in the NBA Regular Season |
| Single Season Total |
In this page you can find the top 50 players for total blocks in single seasons in Lakers history. The list includes both the Minneapolis Lakers and the Los Angeles Lakers players.
Elmore Smith's Laker career was brief, but 2 years were enough to establish himself in the franchise books with almost all the blocks records. Among them he recorded the best season total with 393 in 1973-74. This is also the 3rd. best in NBA history.
Smith was sent to Milwaukee as a part of the trade for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who covers the next 4 spots of this list. Abdul-Jabbar has the NBA all-time third best blocks total and his 14 seasons with the Lakers appear in this top 50. Other blockers with many appearances here are Shaquille O'Neal (8 times), Elden Campbell (7 times) and Vlade Divac (6 times).
Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol are the Laker players from the 2010-11 roster on the list. |

Elmore Smith
393 Blocks
in
the 1973-74 Season |
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Notes:
- These stats include the 2011 Regular Season.
- Total Rebounds were not recorded until 1950-51, steals, blocks, offensive and defensive rebounds until 1973-74, turnovers until 1977-78 and 3-pointers started in 1979-80.
Lakers Top 50 Players for
Single Regular Season Total Blocks |
|
Player |
Blocks |
Season |
Games |
Rebounds |
Assists |
Steals |
Points |
|
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| 1. |
Elmore Smith |
393 |
1974 |
81 |
906 |
150 |
71 |
1,015 |
|
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| 2. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
338 |
1976 |
82 |
1,383 |
413 |
119 |
2,275 |
|
|
| 3. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
316 |
1979 |
80 |
1,025 |
431 |
76 |
1,903 |
|
|
| 4. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
280 |
1980 |
82 |
886 |
371 |
81 |
2,034 |
|
|
| 5. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
261 |
1977 |
82 |
1,090 |
319 |
101 |
2,152 |
|
|
| 6. |
Shaquille O'Neal |
239 |
2000 |
79 |
1,078 |
299 |
36 |
2,344 |
|
|
| 7. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
228 |
1981 |
80 |
821 |
272 |
59 |
2,095 |
|
|
| 8. |
Elmore Smith |
216 |
1975 |
74 |
810 |
145 |
84 |
804 |
|
|
| 9. |
Elden Campbell |
212 |
1996 |
82 |
623 |
182 |
88 |
1,143 |
|
|
| 10. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
207 |
1982 |
76 |
659 |
225 |
63 |
1,818 |
|
|
| 11. |
Shaquille O'Neal |
204 |
2001 |
74 |
940 |
277 |
47 |
2,125 |
|
|
| 12. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
185 |
1978 |
62 |
801 |
269 |
103 |
1,600 |
|
|
| 13. |
Vlade Divac |
174 |
1995 |
80 |
829 |
329 |
109 |
1,277 |
|
|
| 14. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
170 |
1983 |
79 |
592 |
200 |
61 |
1,722 |
|
|
| 15. |
Shaquille O'Neal |
166 |
2004 |
67 |
769 |
196 |
34 |
1,439 |
|
|
| 16. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
162 |
1985 |
79 |
622 |
249 |
63 |
1,735 |
|
|
| 17. |
Elden Campbell |
159 |
1992 |
81 |
423 |
59 |
53 |
578 |
|
|
|
Shaquille O'Neal |
159 |
2003 |
67 |
742 |
206 |
38 |
1,841 |
|
|
| 19. |
Shaquille O'Neal |
147 |
1997 |
51 |
640 |
159 |
46 |
1,336 |
|
|
| 20. |
Elden Campbell |
146 |
1994 |
76 |
519 |
86 |
64 |
934 |
|
|
| 21. |
Shaquille O'Neal |
144 |
1998 |
60 |
681 |
142 |
39 |
1,699 |
|
|
| 22. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
143 |
1984 |
80 |
587 |
211 |
55 |
1,717 |
|
|
| 23. |
Vlade Divac |
140 |
1993 |
82 |
729 |
232 |
128 |
1,050 |
|
|
| 24. |
Shaquille O'Neal |
137 |
2002 |
67 |
715 |
200 |
41 |
1,822 |
|
|
| 25. |
Elden Campbell |
132 |
1995 |
73 |
445 |
92 |
69 |
913 |
|
|
|
Player |
Blocks |
Season |
Games |
Rebounds |
Assists |
Steals |
Points |
|
|
| 26. |
Vlade Divac |
131 |
1996 |
79 |
679 |
261 |
76 |
1,020 |
|
|
| 27. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
130 |
1986 |
79 |
478 |
280 |
67 |
1,846 |
|
|
|
Pau Gasol |
130 |
2011 |
82 |
836 |
273 |
48 |
1,541 |
|
|
| 29. |
Andrew Bynum |
128 |
2007 |
82 |
484 |
94 |
12 |
637 |
|
|
| 30. |
Vlade Divac |
127 |
1991 |
82 |
666 |
92 |
106 |
921 |
|
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| 31. |
Elden Campbell |
117 |
1997 |
77 |
615 |
126 |
46 |
1,148 |
|
|
| 32. |
Vlade Divac |
114 |
1990 |
82 |
512 |
75 |
79 |
701 |
|
|
| 33. |
Pau Gasol |
113 |
2010 |
65 |
734 |
218 |
37 |
1,190 |
|
|
| 34. |
Vlade Divac |
112 |
1994 |
79 |
851 |
307 |
92 |
1,123 |
|
|
| 35. |
Chris Mihm |
108 |
2005 |
75 |
502 |
50 |
14 |
735 |
|
|
|
Ronny Turiaf |
108 |
2008 |
78 |
306 |
128 |
28 |
516 |
|
|
| 37. |
Andrew Bynum |
106 |
2011 |
54 |
508 |
73 |
19 |
612 |
|
|
| 38. |
Elden Campbell |
102 |
1998 |
81 |
455 |
78 |
35 |
816 |
|
|
| 39. |
Elden Campbell |
100 |
1993 |
79 |
332 |
48 |
59 |
606 |
|
|
| 40. |
Lamar Odom |
98 |
2009 |
78 |
637 |
204 |
77 |
885 |
|
|
| 41. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
97 |
1987 |
78 |
523 |
203 |
49 |
1,366 |
|
|
| 42. |
Jim Chones |
96 |
1981 |
82 |
657 |
153 |
39 |
882 |
|
|
| 43. |
Andrew Bynum |
94 |
2010 |
65 |
541 |
68 |
35 |
977 |
|
|
|
Robert Horry |
94 |
1998 |
72 |
542 |
163 |
112 |
536 |
|
|
| 45. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
92 |
1988 |
80 |
478 |
135 |
48 |
1,165 |
|
|
| 46. |
Andrew Bynum |
90 |
2009 |
50 |
398 |
71 |
18 |
714 |
|
|
| 47. |
Robert Horry |
89 |
2002 |
81 |
479 |
232 |
77 |
550 |
|
|
| 48. |
Samaki Walker |
88 |
2002 |
69 |
481 |
64 |
28 |
460 |
|
|
| 49. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
85 |
1989 |
74 |
334 |
74 |
38 |
748 |
|
|
| 50. |
James Worthy |
83 |
1987 |
82 |
466 |
226 |
108 |
1,594 |
|
|
| 51. |
Shaquille O'Neal |
82 |
1999 |
49 |
525 |
114 |
36 |
1,289 |
|
|
| 52. |
Pau Gasol |
81 |
2009 |
81 |
780 |
284 |
52 |
1,528 |
|
|
| 53. |
A.C. Green |
80 |
1987 |
79 |
615 |
84 |
70 |
852 |
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