most blocks by a player in an nba game

Elmore Smith has blocked the most shots in a game, with 17 blocks against the Trail Blazers on October 28, 1973.

Interpreted as:
most blocks by a player in an NBA regular-season game
NAMEBLKDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Elmore Smith
E. Smith
17
10/28/1973
vs
48
12
16
2
0
5
16
31.3
2
6
33.3
32.2
2
14
4
2Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
15
11/20/1993
@
36
24
28
3
1
12
19
63.2
0
0
0
1
0.0
61.7
10
18
3
4
3Manute Bol
M. Bol
15
2/26/1987
vs
47
10
19
1
0
5
9
55.6
0
0
0
0
55.6
5
14
5
5
4Manute Bol
M. Bol
15
1/25/1986
vs
43
4
4
0
0
2
5
40.0
0
0
0
0
40.0
2
2
0
3
5Mark Eaton
M. Eaton
14
2/18/1989
vs
41
8
9
1
2
3
7
42.9
0
0
2
2
100.0
50.8
5
4
3
4
6Mark Eaton
M. Eaton
14
1/18/1985
vs
41
12
20
3
0
1
12
8.3
0
0
10
12
83.3
34.7
3
17
3
3
7Elmore Smith
E. Smith
14
11/4/1973
vs
45
9
18
2
3
7
42.9
3
5
60.0
48.9
4
8Elmore Smith
E. Smith
14
10/26/1973
vs
48
18
13
2
0
9
17
52.9
0
0
52.9
3
10
3
9Shawn Bradley
S. Bradley
13
4/7/1998
vs
38
22
22
0
1
6
15
40.0
0
0
10
10
100.0
56.7
5
17
2
3
+17
10Manute Bol
M. Bol
13
2/2/1990
vs
33
2
11
0
0
1
7
14.3
0
1
0.0
0
0
14.3
1
10
0
4
11Ralph Sampson
R. Sampson
13
12/9/1983
@
49
28
18
5
0
11
18
61.1
0
0
6
9
66.7
63.8
6
12
6
4
12Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
13
11/5/1983
vs
41
17
8
2
2
7
13
53.8
0
0
3
6
50.0
54.3
1
7
3
5
13Mark Eaton
M. Eaton
13
2/18/1983
vs
41
16
9
2
1
7
10
70.0
0
0
2
3
66.7
70.7
1
8
1
3
14George Johnson
G. Johnson
13
2/24/1981
vs
28
9
9
0
0
4
4
100.0
0
0
1
1
100.0
101.4
3
6
2
5
15Hassan Whiteside
H. Whiteside
12
1/25/2015
@
25
14
13
0
0
6
10
60.0
0
0
2
4
50.0
59.5
6
7
0
4
+5
16JaVale McGee
J. McGee
12
3/15/2011
@
39
11
12
1
0
5
14
35.7
0
0
1
3
33.3
35.9
3
9
2
4
-15
17Keon Clark
K. Clark
12
3/23/2001
vs
28
13
8
2
1
4
11
36.4
0
1
0.0
5
5
100.0
49.2
2
6
0
0
+27
18Vlade Divac
V. Divac
12
2/12/1997
vs
41
18
9
2
0
9
14
64.3
0
0
0
0
64.3
2
7
3
6
+25
19Shawn Bradley
S. Bradley
12
4/17/1996
vs
37
11
10
2
1
3
14
21.4
0
0
5
5
100.0
34.0
5
5
2
4
20Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
12
4/18/1993
vs
43
16
21
2
1
5
15
33.3
0
0
6
11
54.5
40.3
9
12
1
3
21David Robinson
D. Robinson
12
2/23/1990
vs
36
24
12
2
3
8
13
61.5
0
0
8
9
88.9
70.8
3
9
4
2
22Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
12
11/11/1989
vs
42
24
21
2
5
10
22
45.5
0
0
4
9
44.4
46.2
7
14
5
5
23Manute Bol
M. Bol
12
2/22/1989
@
30
7
6
0
1
3
5
60.0
1
1
100.0
0
0
70.0
2
4
1
2
24Manute Bol
M. Bol
12
3/26/1987
vs
43
6
17
0
3
3
5
60.0
0
0
0
2
0.0
51.0
3
14
2
5
25Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
12
3/10/1987
vs
53
38
17
6
7
14
29
48.3
0
0
10
14
71.4
54.0
10
7
4
5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for blocks going back to the 1983-84 season.

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