Kareem Abdul-Jabbar denied the most shots in 1978-79, with 316 blocks.

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most blocks by a player in 1979

	NAME	BLK	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	316	1978-79	LAL	80	39.5	23.8	12.8	5.4	1.0	4.0	9.7	16.8	57.7	4.4	5.9	73.6	61.2	2.6	10.2	3.5	3,157	1,903	1,025	431	76	282	230
2	Tree Rollins T. Rollins	254	1978-79	ATL	81	23.5	8.4	7.3	0.6	0.6	3.1	3.7	6.9	53.5	1.1	1.7	63.1	55.3	2.7	4.6	1.1	1,900	683	588	49	46	87	328
3	George Johnson G. Johnson	253	1978-79	NJN	78	26.4	6.6	7.9	1.1	0.9	3.2	2.6	6.2	42.7	1.3	1.8	76.1	47.5	2.6	5.3	2.3	2,058	517	616	88	68	178	315
4	Robert Parish R. Parish	217	1978-79	GSW	76	31.7	17.2	12.1	1.5	1.3	2.9	7.3	14.6	49.9	2.6	3.7	69.8	52.9	3.5	8.6	3.1	2,411	1,304	916	115	100	233	303
5	Terry Tyler T. Tyler	201	1978-79	DET	82	31.2	12.9	7.9	1.1	1.3	2.5	5.6	11.5	48.2	1.8	2.7	65.8	50.7	2.6	5.3	1.7	2,560	1,056	648	89	104	141	254
6	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	190	1978-79	WAS	82	37.9	21.8	12.1	1.7	0.9	2.3	8.8	18.0	48.7	4.3	6.5	65.4	52.3	3.8	8.3	2.9	3,105	1,789	994	143	75	235	308
7	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	176	1978-79	ATL	80	31.7	15.3	10.8	1.6	1.1	2.2	5.8	11.5	50.4	3.8	5.3	71.4	55.6	4.1	6.7	2.6	2,539	1,224	865	131	87	209	358
8	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	166	1978-79	NOJ	80	33.8	15.7	12.8	3.6	1.6	2.1	5.5	10.9	50.6	4.7	5.7	81.4	58.5	3.8	9.0	3.6	2,705	1,253	1,026	285	126	288	309
9	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	157	1978-79	PHI	78	27.8	9.3	9.6	1.9	0.5	2.0	3.9	8.2	47.4	1.6	2.1	74.7	51.2	2.3	7.3	2.0	2,171	725	747	151	39	156	303
10	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	156	1978-79	CHI	82	39.8	23.7	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	9.2	16.0	57.5	5.3	7.2	73.9	61.9	3.6	9.1	3.8	3,265	1,940	1,043	274	50	310	280
11	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	143	1978-79	PHI	78	26.1	13.1	8.1	1.6	0.4	1.8	5.5	10.7	51.7	2.0	3.0	67.2	54.5	1.6	6.5	2.5	2,035	1,018	631	128	32	197	295
12	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	141	1978-79	KCK	82	32.0	10.6	8.6	5.2	1.3	1.7	4.3	8.5	50.2	2.0	2.8	73.9	54.4	2.2	6.4	3.0	2,627	867	702	430	106	245	309
13	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	134	1978-79	POR	73	29.4	14.7	8.3	2.4	0.9	1.8	6.3	12.8	49.0	2.1	3.7	57.2	50.8	2.7	5.6	2.8	2,144	1,074	604	176	67	205	270
14	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	125	1978-79	SAS	79	26.9	11.5	7.9	2.3	0.4	1.6	5.1	9.6	52.6	1.4	2.5	58.8	54.1	2.1	5.8	2.0	2,122	912	625	178	35	157	204
15	Mike Green M. Green	122	1978-79	SAS	76	21.6	7.5	4.7	1.5	0.5	1.6	3.1	6.3	49.3	1.3	1.9	70.1	52.8	1.7	2.9	1.2	1,641	571	354	116	37	89	230
16	Kermit Washington K. Washington	121	1978-79	SDC	82	33.7	11.3	9.8	1.5	1.0	1.5	4.3	7.6	56.2	2.8	4.0	68.8	60.3	3.6	6.1	2.3	2,764	927	800	125	85	185	317
17	Moses Malone M. Malone	119	1978-79	HOU	82	41.3	24.8	17.6	1.8	1.0	1.5	8.7	16.2	54.0	7.3	9.9	73.9	60.4	7.2	10.5	4.0	3,390	2,031	1,444	147	79	326	223
18	Kevin Kunnert K. Kunnert	118	1978-79	SDC	81	20.8	6.5	7.0	1.4	0.6	1.5	2.9	6.2	46.7	0.7	1.0	65.9	48.7	2.5	4.5	1.7	1,684	524	569	113	45	141	309
19	Marvin Webster M. Webster	112	1978-79	NYK	60	33.8	11.3	10.9	2.9	0.4	1.9	4.4	9.3	47.3	2.5	4.4	57.3	50.4	3.3	7.6	2.8	2,027	678	655	172	24	170	183
20	James Edwards J. Edwards	109	1978-79	IND	82	31.0	16.7	8.5	1.1	0.7	1.3	6.5	13.0	50.1	3.6	5.4	67.6	54.2	2.2	6.3	2.0	2,546	1,366	693	92	60	162	363
21	Jim Chones J. Chones	102	1978-79	CLE	82	34.8	13.4	10.3	2.2	0.6	1.2	5.8	13.1	44.0	1.9	2.6	73.5	47.2	3.2	7.1	2.3	2,850	1,102	842	181	47	187	278
22	Kim Hughes K. Hughes	102	1978-79	DEN	81	13.4	2.6	4.1	0.9	0.7	1.3	1.2	2.2	53.8	0.2	0.6	40.0	53.0	1.4	2.8	1.0	1,086	214	335	74	56	78	215
23	Julius Erving J. Erving	100	1978-79	PHI	78	35.9	23.1	7.2	4.6	1.7	1.3	9.2	18.7	49.1	4.8	6.4	74.5	53.8	2.5	4.7	4.0	2,802	1,803	564	357	133	315	207
24	Ben Poquette B. Poquette	98	1978-79	DET	76	17.6	6.7	4.4	0.8	0.5	1.3	2.6	6.1	42.7	1.5	1.9	78.2	48.1	1.3	3.1	0.9	1,337	507	336	57	38	65	198
25	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	97	1978-79	SEA	80	34.0	15.9	4.7	3.5	1.3	1.2	6.0	13.9	43.4	3.8	4.9	78.1	49.5	1.8	2.9	2.4	2,717	1,270	374	280	100	191	209

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