highest blocks games by players in third season nba

Elmore Smith blocked the most shots by a player in a game in his 3rd season, with 17 blocks versus the Trail Blazers on October 28, 1973.

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highest blocks regular-season games by players in third season NBA
NAMEBLKDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Elmore Smith
E. Smith
17
10/28/1973
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
48
12
16
2
0
5
16
31.3
2
6
33.3
32.2
2
14
4
2Mark Eaton
M. Eaton
14
1/18/1985
UTA UTA
vs
POR POR
41
12
20
3
0
1
12
8.3
0
0
10
12
83.3
34.7
3
17
3
3
3Elmore Smith
E. Smith
14
11/4/1973
LAL LAL
vs
HOU HOU
45
9
18
2
3
7
42.9
3
5
60.0
48.9
4
4Elmore Smith
E. Smith
14
10/26/1973
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
48
18
13
2
0
9
17
52.9
0
0
52.9
3
10
3
5Hassan Whiteside
H. Whiteside
12
1/25/2015
MIA MIA
@
CHI CHI
25
14
13
0
0
6
10
60.0
0
0
2
4
50.0
59.5
6
7
0
4
+5
6JaVale McGee
J. McGee
12
3/15/2011
WAS WAS
@
CHI CHI
39
11
12
1
0
5
14
35.7
0
0
1
3
33.3
35.9
3
9
2
4
-15
7Keon Clark
K. Clark
12
3/23/2001
TOR TOR
vs
ATL ATL
28
13
8
2
1
4
11
36.4
0
1
0.0
5
5
100.0
49.2
2
6
0
0
+27
8Shawn Bradley
S. Bradley
12
4/17/1996
NJN NJN
vs
TOR TOR
37
11
10
2
1
3
14
21.4
0
0
5
5
100.0
34.0
5
5
2
4
9Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
12
3/10/1987
HOU HOU
vs
SEA SEA
53
38
17
6
7
14
29
48.3
0
0
10
14
71.4
54.0
10
7
4
5
10Mark Eaton
M. Eaton
12
2/26/1985
UTA UTA
@
DAL DAL
45
9
15
2
0
4
8
50.0
0
0
1
6
16.7
42.3
2
13
4
2
11Serge Ibaka
S. Ibaka
11
2/19/2012
OKC OKC
vs
DEN DEN
41
14
15
0
1
6
7
85.7
0
0
2
4
50.0
79.9
8
7
1
4
+31
12Greg Ostertag
G. Ostertag
11
1/6/1998
UTA UTA
vs
PHI PHI
49
3
9
4
1
0
5
0.0
0
0
3
8
37.5
17.6
2
7
0
3
+11
13Shawn Bradley
S. Bradley
11
3/14/1996
NJN NJN
vs
WAS WAS
41
19
17
3
1
8
18
44.4
0
0
3
4
75.0
48.1
9
8
3
4
14Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
11
4/7/1994
DEN DEN
vs
SEA SEA
36
13
13
2
1
4
7
57.1
0
0
5
8
62.5
61.8
4
9
0
4
15Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
11
4/5/1994
DEN DEN
vs
LAC LAC
33
11
16
0
0
5
8
62.5
0
0
1
5
20.0
53.9
3
13
1
4
16Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
11
11/26/1993
DEN DEN
vs
POR POR
39
17
13
1
0
7
16
43.8
0
0
3
8
37.5
43.5
7
6
3
4
17David Robinson
D. Robinson
11
2/4/1992
SAS SAS
vs
POR POR
45
23
14
3
1
10
16
62.5
0
0
3
8
37.5
58.9
5
9
3
1
18Mark Eaton
M. Eaton
11
1/1/1985
UTA UTA
vs
IND IND
38
4
13
5
0
1
3
33.3
0
0
2
3
66.7
46.3
2
11
2
4
19Robert Parish
R. Parish
11
10/29/1978
GSW GSW
@
CLE CLE
45
22
16
1
1
10
20
50.0
2
2
100.0
52.7
6
10
0
1
20Elmore Smith
E. Smith
11
3/15/1974
LAL LAL
vs
GSW GSW
40
25
12
0
0
12
19
63.2
1
1
100.0
64.3
4
8
3
21Larry Sanders
L. Sanders
10
11/30/2012
MIL MIL
@
MIN MIN
32
10
12
1
1
5
7
71.4
0
0
0
0
71.4
2
10
0
2
-2
22Serge Ibaka
S. Ibaka
10
2/9/2012
OKC OKC
@
SAC SAC
30
6
9
0
0
2
5
40.0
0
0
2
2
100.0
51.0
2
7
1
6
-4
23Serge Ibaka
S. Ibaka
10
2/1/2012
OKC OKC
@
DAL DAL
40
4
11
1
1
2
8
25.0
0
0
0
0
25.0
6
5
1
4
+12
24Emeka Okafor
E. Okafor
10
1/12/2007
CHA CHA
@
NYK NYK
42
20
9
1
3
9
14
64.3
0
0
2
2
100.0
67.2
3
6
1
3
+9
25Shawn Bradley
S. Bradley
10
4/19/1996
NJN NJN
vs
BOS BOS
32
17
13
0
0
7
18
38.9
0
1
0.0
3
4
75.0
43.0
5
8
3
5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for blocks going back to the 1983-84 season.

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