Before 2006-07, Hakeem Olajuwon denied the most shots, with 3,830 blocks.

Interpreted as:

most blocks by a player before 2007

	NAME	BLK	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3,830	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,667	4,383	+564
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3,189	1,239	35.3	22.9	10.0	3.5	0.9	2.6	9.4	16.8	56.1	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.0	5.4	73.6	59.5	2.4	7.6	2.7	43,787	28,316	12,369	4,302	1,160	2,527	3,667
3	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	3,154	1,073	32.4	10.6	10.8	1.1	0.4	2.9	3.8	7.3	51.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.5	68.3	57.3	3.3	7.5	2.0	34,787	11,365	11,639	1,222	461	2,112	3,161	+1454
4	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	3,064	875	28.8	6.0	7.9	1.0	0.4	3.5	2.4	5.2	45.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.9	64.9	49.6	2.1	5.8	1.5	25,169	5,216	6,939	840	368	1,293	2,955
5	David Robinson D. Robinson	2,954	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,417	2,835	+2454
6	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2,894	1,183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	7.5	3.0	40,594	24,815	11,607	2,215	1,136	3,537	4,034	+412
7	Tree Rollins T. Rollins	2,542	1,156	20.8	5.4	5.8	0.6	0.4	2.2	2.2	4.3	52.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.3	70.0	55.5	1.9	4.0	0.9	24,028	6,249	6,750	660	512	1,057	3,377
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,377	941	37.0	26.3	11.8	2.8	0.7	2.5	10.4	18.0	58.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.5	10.4	52.8	58.4	3.8	7.9	2.9	34,791	24,764	11,082	2,622	619	2,705	3,237	+4416
9	Robert Parish R. Parish	2,361	1,611	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	72.1	57.1	2.9	6.3	2.1	45,704	23,334	14,715	2,180	1,219	3,183	4,443	+105
10	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	2,136	736	32.6	18.3	9.1	1.3	0.5	2.9	6.6	12.5	52.6	0.0	0.1	24.7	5.2	7.4	69.9	58.2	2.8	6.3	2.8	24,014	13,501	6,694	921	397	2,055	2,535	+1752
11	Shawn Bradley S. Bradley	2,119	832	23.5	8.1	6.3	0.7	0.6	2.5	3.3	7.1	45.7	0.0	0.0	10.3	1.6	2.2	71.6	50.0	2.1	4.2	1.3	19,531	6,752	5,268	573	532	1,059	2,567	+781
12	Manute Bol M. Bol	2,086	624	18.7	2.6	4.2	0.3	0.2	3.3	1.1	2.6	40.7	0.1	0.3	21.0	0.4	0.6	56.1	44.1	1.0	3.3	0.7	11,698	1,599	2,647	171	126	451	1,457
13	George Johnson G. Johnson	2,082	848	20.9	5.0	6.8	1.1	0.5	2.5	2.1	4.6	45.2	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.9	1.3	69.8	48.9	2.3	4.5	1.6	17,753	4,280	5,749	921	456	872	2,667
14	Larry Nance L. Nance	2,027	920	33.4	17.1	8.0	2.6	0.9	2.2	6.9	12.7	54.6	0.0	0.1	14.5	3.2	4.2	75.5	58.6	2.5	5.5	1.9	30,697	15,687	7,352	2,393	872	1,711	2,703
15	Theo Ratliff T. Ratliff	1,815	677	27.4	8.0	6.2	0.6	0.5	2.7	3.0	6.1	49.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	2.7	71.2	54.8	2.1	4.1	1.4	18,562	5,424	4,202	414	354	921	2,052	+68
16	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1,771	894	36.0	18.6	10.9	1.7	1.0	2.0	7.4	16.1	46.0	0.0	0.1	14.7	3.7	5.5	67.6	50.0	3.1	7.8	2.4	32,199	16,600	9,751	1,540	864	1,358	2,967
17	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	1,747	909	32.7	17.1	10.1	2.0	0.5	1.9	6.3	10.5	59.9	0.0	0.0	7.7	4.5	6.3	71.3	64.3	2.9	7.2	2.8	29,685	15,579	9,161	1,777	470	2,347	2,986
18	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,733	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	45,071	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,089	3,804	3,076
19	Kevin McHale K. McHale	1,690	971	31.0	17.9	7.3	1.7	0.4	1.7	7.0	12.7	55.4	0.0	0.2	26.1	3.7	4.7	79.8	60.5	2.4	4.9	1.9	30,118	17,335	7,122	1,670	344	1,893	2,758
20	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1,650	666	37.9	22.1	12.0	3.1	0.8	2.5	8.4	16.7	50.5	0.0	0.2	20.4	5.2	7.5	68.5	55.1	3.2	8.8	2.9	25,240	14,689	8,020	2,092	529	1,928	1,833	+4841
21	Vlade Divac V. Divac	1,631	1,134	29.8	11.8	8.2	3.1	1.1	1.4	4.6	9.3	49.5	0.1	0.4	23.5	2.5	3.7	69.2	54.3	2.5	5.7	2.2	33,838	13,398	9,326	3,541	1,288	2,470	3,609	+2228
22	Herb Williams H. Williams	1,605	1,102	25.8	10.8	5.9	1.7	0.5	1.5	4.6	9.8	46.7	0.0	0.1	9.5	1.7	2.4	69.6	49.9	1.5	4.4	1.8	28,484	11,944	6,509	1,856	605	1,929	2,876	-65
23	Elden Campbell E. Campbell	1,602	1,044	24.7	10.3	5.9	1.1	0.7	1.5	3.9	8.5	46.0	0.0	0.0	5.4	2.6	3.7	69.9	51.3	1.8	4.1	1.3	25,776	10,805	6,116	1,199	702	1,367	3,006	+568
24	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1,600	698	31.1	6.6	10.7	1.3	1.3	2.3	2.7	5.7	48.2	0.0	0.0	11.8	1.1	2.7	41.8	48.1	3.3	7.4	1.0	21,676	4,627	7,479	882	935	717	1,450	+1955
25	Benoit Benjamin B. Benjamin	1,581	807	27.2	11.4	7.5	1.3	0.6	2.0	4.4	9.0	49.7	0.0	0.0	4.8	2.5	3.5	72.1	54.4	1.8	5.7	2.3	21,911	9,223	6,063	1,070	522	1,847	2,292	+4