Elmore Smith denied the most shots in 1973-74, with 393 blocks.

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most blocks by a player in 1974

	NAME	BLK	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	PF
1	Elmore Smith E. Smith	393	1973-74	LAL	81	36.1	12.5	11.2	1.9	0.9	4.9	5.4	11.7	45.7	1.8	3.1	59.0	47.9	2.5	8.7	2,922	1,015	906	150	71	309
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	283	1973-74	MIL	81	43.8	27.0	14.5	4.8	1.4	3.5	11.7	21.7	53.9	3.6	5.2	70.2	56.4	3.5	11.0	3,548	2,191	1,178	386	112	238
3	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	247	1973-74	DET	81	37.6	22.5	13.3	4.2	1.4	3.0	9.2	18.3	50.4	4.0	5.0	79.7	54.8	3.3	9.9	3,047	1,822	1,074	343	110	273
4	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	246	1973-74	BUF	74	43.0	30.6	15.1	2.3	1.2	3.3	12.2	22.3	54.7	6.2	7.8	79.3	59.4	3.8	11.3	3,185	2,261	1,117	170	88	252
5	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	240	1973-74	CAP	81	44.5	21.4	18.1	2.0	1.1	3.0	8.5	20.1	42.3	4.4	6.1	72.1	47.0	4.4	13.7	3,602	1,735	1,463	163	86	252
6	Gar Heard G. Heard	230	1973-74	BUF	81	35.7	15.3	11.7	2.2	1.7	2.8	6.5	14.9	43.5	2.4	3.6	65.0	46.4	3.3	8.4	2,889	1,239	947	180	136	300
7	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	184	1973-74	KCO	79	39.3	14.2	13.4	3.8	1.6	2.3	5.9	12.4	47.6	2.3	3.1	74.9	51.3	3.7	9.6	3,107	1,119	1,055	299	126	254
8	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	179	1973-74	GSW	62	39.7	13.0	14.2	2.7	0.7	2.9	5.0	11.2	44.4	3.1	4.6	66.6	49.2	4.0	10.1	2,463	807	878	165	41	179
9	Clifford Ray C. Ray	173	1973-74	CHI	80	32.9	9.3	12.2	3.1	0.7	2.2	3.9	7.7	51.1	1.5	2.5	60.8	53.4	3.6	8.7	2,632	747	977	246	58	281
10	George Johnson G. Johnson	124	1973-74	GSW	66	19.6	6.1	7.9	1.1	0.5	1.9	2.6	5.4	48.3	0.9	1.6	55.1	50.0	2.9	5.0	1,291	405	522	73	35	176
11	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	106	1973-74	SEA	75	40.5	23.5	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	9.3	20.3	45.7	5.0	6.1	81.4	51.1	4.2	9.2	3,039	1,761	1,007	240	65	198
12	Zaid Abdul-Aziz Z. Abdul-Aziz	104	1973-74	HOU	79	31.1	10.9	11.7	2.1	1.0	1.3	4.3	9.3	45.9	2.4	3.0	80.4	51.6	3.3	8.4	2,459	865	923	166	80	227
13	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	101	1973-74	BOS	80	41.9	19.0	15.7	4.4	1.2	1.3	8.1	18.4	43.7	2.9	3.4	83.2	47.6	3.3	12.4	3,352	1,518	1,257	354	95	294
14	Curtis Perry C. Perry	97	1973-74	MIL	81	29.5	9.0	8.7	2.3	1.3	1.2	4.0	9.0	44.6	1.0	1.7	58.2	46.2	3.0	5.7	2,386	728	703	183	104	301
15	Leroy Ellis L. Ellis	87	1973-74	PHI	81	35.0	9.9	11.0	2.3	1.1	1.1	4.0	8.9	45.2	1.8	2.4	75.0	49.4	3.6	7.4	2,831	799	890	189	86	224
16	Connie Hawkins C. Hawkins	81	1973-74	TOT	79	34.9	12.6	7.2	5.2	1.4	1.0	5.1	10.2	50.1	2.4	3.2	76.1	54.4	2.2	4.9	2,761	999	565	407	113	223
17	Cliff Meely C. Meely	77	1973-74	HOU	77	22.8	9.7	5.7	1.6	0.7	1.0	4.3	10.0	42.7	1.2	1.8	64.3	44.9	1.3	4.4	1,754	750	439	124	53	234
18	Dwight Davis D. Davis	74	1973-74	CLE	76	32.6	12.5	8.5	2.4	0.8	1.0	4.9	11.3	43.6	2.6	3.6	71.9	48.3	2.3	6.2	2,477	949	644	186	63	291
19	Jim Washington J. Washington	74	1973-74	ATL	73	34.5	10.0	10.1	2.1	0.7	1.0	4.1	8.4	48.5	1.8	2.7	68.4	52.1	2.8	7.2	2,519	728	735	156	49	249
20	Lloyd Neal L. Neal	73	1973-74	POR	80	19.0	7.6	6.2	1.1	0.6	0.9	3.1	6.3	49.0	1.5	2.1	69.6	52.9	1.9	4.3	1,517	609	494	89	45	190
21	Phil Chenier P. Chenier	67	1973-74	CAP	76	38.7	21.9	5.1	3.1	2.0	0.9	9.2	21.1	43.4	3.6	4.4	82.0	47.5	1.5	3.6	2,942	1,668	388	239	155	135
22	Phil Jackson P. Jackson	67	1973-74	NYK	82	25.0	11.1	5.8	1.6	0.5	0.8	4.4	9.2	47.7	2.3	3.0	77.6	52.8	1.5	4.3	2,050	913	478	134	42	277
23	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	66	1973-74	HOU	80	40.3	24.5	9.0	3.1	1.1	0.8	9.9	18.4	53.6	4.8	5.7	84.8	58.7	2.9	6.1	3,227	1,961	717	250	89	230
24	Dwight Jones D. Jones	64	1973-74	ATL	74	19.6	8.0	6.1	1.2	0.4	0.9	3.2	6.8	47.4	1.6	2.1	74.4	51.9	2.0	4.2	1,448	592	454	86	29	197
25	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	64	1973-74	POR	75	38.0	22.5	9.1	4.3	1.2	0.9	9.1	19.9	45.9	4.2	5.5	76.2	50.3	2.6	6.5	2,853	1,684	684	326	90	214

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