most blocks in a playoff game by nba player until 1983

Before 1983-84, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar blocked the most shots in a playoff game, with 9 blocks in Game 2 of the 1977 Western Conference Semifinals against the Warriors.

NAMEBLKDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
9
4/22/1977
vs
40
40
19
3
3
18
28
64.3
4
6
66.7
65.3
7
12
4
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
8
5/1/1983
@
39
34
9
3
2
13
19
68.4
0
0
8
11
72.7
71.3
3
6
1
2
3Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
8
4/21/1982
vs
38
27
9
2
12
17
70.6
0
0
3
3
100.0
73.7
3
4Caldwell Jones
C. Jones
8
5/3/1978
vs
24
4
9
2
2
2
3
66.7
0
0
66.7
3
6
5Bill Walton
B. Walton
8
6/5/1977
vs
42
20
23
7
0
8
15
53.3
4
5
80.0
58.1
3
20
4
6Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
8
5/10/1977
@
45
21
20
7
1
5
12
41.7
11
13
84.6
59.3
5
15
2
7Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
8
4/26/1976
vs
49
28
13
1
0
12
23
52.2
4
9
44.4
51.9
1
12
5
8George Johnson
G. Johnson
8
4/24/1975
@
33
18
15
5
8
10
80.0
2
7
28.6
68.8
4
9Robert Parish
R. Parish
7
5/9/1982
vs
29
24
14
2
10
16
62.5
0
0
4
6
66.7
64.4
2
10Alton Lister
A. Lister
7
5/5/1982
@
33
10
11
2
1
3
9
33.3
0
0
4
4
100.0
46.5
2
5
11Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
7
3/31/1981
@
38
13
16
2
0
4
9
44.4
0
0
5
6
83.3
55.8
4
1
12Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
7
4/30/1980
vs
43
38
11
6
2
15
26
57.7
0
0
8
11
72.7
61.6
4
7
3
2
13Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
7
5/18/1979
vs
40
25
15
2
3
9
19
47.4
7
10
70.0
53.4
1
4
14Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
7
4/18/1979
@
52
31
15
2
1
13
19
68.4
5
5
100.0
73.1
1
14
3
3
15Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
7
4/17/1979
vs
32
10
8
4
5
17
29.4
0
0
29.4
3
6
16Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
7
4/10/1979
@
42
23
12
4
2
7
14
50.0
9
11
81.8
61.0
3
9
2
3
17Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
7
5/28/1978
@
38
12
1
2
0
5
12
41.7
2
4
50.0
43.6
0
1
3
4
18Marvin Webster
M. Webster
7
5/14/1978
@
43
16
12
5
0
8
14
57.1
0
2
0.0
53.8
4
8
4
4
19Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
7
4/14/1978
vs
43
24
18
4
1
11
24
45.8
2
2
100.0
48.2
8
10
5
6
20Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
7
4/30/1976
vs
50
30
16
1
12
23
52.2
6
6
100.0
58.5
4
21Elmore Smith
E. Smith
7
4/13/1976
vs
42
16
13
1
0
4
10
40.0
8
10
80.0
55.6
5
22Tom Burleson
T. Burleson
7
4/24/1975
vs
40
18
11
1
7
15
46.7
4
6
66.7
51.0
5
23Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
6
4/29/1983
@
47
20
14
3
1
6
10
60.0
0
0
8
10
80.0
69.4
3
4
24Tree Rollins
T. Rollins
6
4/24/1983
@
45
18
6
1
1
8
10
80.0
0
0
2
5
40.0
73.8
1
5
3
6
25Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
6
4/24/1983
vs
34
32
6
0
1
11
15
73.3
0
0
10
11
90.9
80.6
0
6
5
5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for blocks going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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