most blocks by a player in the first half of a single game ever

Victor Wembanyama and Hassan Whiteside are tied for rejecting the most shots in a first half, with 8 blocks.

Interpreted as:

most blocks by a player in the first half of a single regular-season game ever

	NAME	BLK	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	8	1/15/2025	SAS	vs	MEM	17	5	7	0	2	2	7	28.6	1	3	33.3	0	0		35.7	0	7	1	1	+13
2	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	8	11/7/2018	MIA	vs	SAS	17	18	14	2	0	9	13	69.2	0	0		0	0		69.2	4	10	1	1	+12
3	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	7	12/23/2024	SAS	@	PHI	18	9	4	2	0	4	10	40.0	1	5	20.0	0	0		45.0	0	4	5	1	0
4	Andrew Bogut A. Bogut	7	4/7/2015	GSW	@	NOP		6	4	2	1	3	6	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	1	3	2	1
5	Roy Hibbert R. Hibbert	7	12/23/2014	IND	vs	NOP		5	4	1	0	2	5	40.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	42.5	0	4	0	1
6	Anthony Davis A. Davis	6	4/11/2025	DAL	vs	TOR	19	12	7	7	0	6	12	50.0	0	3	0.0	0	0		50.0	0	7	1	0	+17
7	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	6	12/21/2024	SAS	vs	POR	18	11	3	2	0	4	11	36.4	2	5	40.0	1	1	100.0	48.1	0	3	1	0	+16
8	Walker Kessler W. Kessler	6	2/1/2023	UTA	vs	TOR	15	8	7	0	1	4	5	80.0	0	0		0	0		80.0	2	5	0	2	+3
9	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	6	12/12/2022	MEM	vs	ATL	14	6	4	1	0	3	4	75.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		75.0	0	4	2	0	+10
10	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	6	2/9/2022	UTA	vs	GSW	14	5	6	2	1	2	2	100.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	86.8	2	4	2	0	+12
11	Clint Capela C. Capela	6	1/22/2021	ATL	@	MIN	18	8	15	0	1	3	8	37.5	0	0		2	4	50.0	41.0	5	10	0	0	+20
12	Myles Turner M. Turner	6	2/25/2020	IND	vs	CHA	15	6	4	2	1	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	0	0		75.0	0	4	1	0	+15
13	Anthony Davis A. Davis	6	1/5/2020	LAL	vs	DET	19	5	6	1	2	2	5	40.0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	42.5	0	6	0	1	+1
14	Hassan Whiteside H. Whiteside	6	11/29/2019	POR	vs	CHI	14	4	7	1	1	2	8	25.0	0	0		0	1	0.0	23.7	2	5	1	3	-3
15	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	6	3/2/2019	MIL	@	UTA	17	6	5	0	0	2	2	100.0	2	2	100.0	0	0		150.0	0	5	1	2	+5
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	6	2/21/2019	GSW	vs	SAC	18	17	3	2	0	6	9	66.7	0	2	0.0	5	5	100.0	75.9	0	3	3	2	+10
17	JaVale McGee J. McGee	6	11/25/2018	LAL	vs	ORL	14	8	4	0	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	1	3	1	3	+5
18	Anthony Davis A. Davis	6	3/11/2018	NOP	vs	UTA	20	14	7	2	3	4	10	40.0	0	2	0.0	6	6	100.0	55.4	1	6	2	1	+1
19	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	6	11/9/2017	DEN	vs	OKC	20	6	5	2	1	2	7	28.6	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	38.1	2	3	2	0	-10
20	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	6	12/16/2015	NYK	vs	MIN		5	5	1	0	1	4	25.0	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	51.2	1	4	1	1
21	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	6	2/22/2015	OKC	vs	DEN		14	6	0	1	7	12	58.3	0	1	0.0	0	0		58.3	1	5	1	1
22	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	6	2/20/2015	PHI	vs	IND		7	6	0	2	3	6	50.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	50.9	3	3	1	1
23	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	6	1/7/2015	OKC	@	SAC		9	5	1	0	4	6	66.7	1	2	50.0	0	0		75.0	0	5	0	3
24	Steven Adams S. Adams	6	11/16/2014	OKC	vs	HOU		1	4	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	26.6	1	3	0	2
25	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	6	11/12/2014	POR	@	DEN		9	4	2	0	3	6	50.0	1	1	100.0	2	2	100.0	65.4	0	4	0	0