most blocks in a season before turning 23

Shaquille O'Neal has denied the most shots by a player younger than 23 in a season, with 286 blocks in his rookie season in 1992-93.

Interpreted as:

most blocks in a season before turning 23 years old by a player

	NAME	BLK	Age	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	286	20	1992-93	ORL	81	37.9	23.4	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	9.0	16.1	56.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	8.9	59.2	58.4	4.2	9.6	3.8	3,071	1,893	1,122	152	60	307	321
2	Shawn Bradley S. Bradley	274	22	1994-95	PHI	82	28.8	9.5	8.0	0.6	0.7	3.3	3.8	8.5	45.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.8	63.8	48.9	3.0	5.1	1.7	2,365	778	659	53	54	142	338
3	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	271	22	1992-93	CHA	78	33.9	21.0	10.3	1.0	0.3	3.5	7.3	14.3	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.3	8.1	78.1	58.6	3.4	6.9	3.0	2,644	1,639	805	76	27	236	286
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	254	20	2023-24	SAS	71	29.7	21.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	7.8	16.7	46.5	1.8	5.5	32.5	4.1	5.2	79.6	56.5	2.3	8.4	3.7	2,106	1,522	755	274	88	260	153	-142
5	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	246	22	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
6	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	241	22	2011-12	OKC	66	27.2	9.1	7.5	0.4	0.5	3.7	4.0	7.4	53.5	0.0	0.0	33.3	1.2	1.8	66.1	55.6	2.9	4.6	1.2	1,792	603	498	28	33	79	179	+203
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	231	21	1993-94	ORL	81	39.8	29.3	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	11.8	19.6	59.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.8	10.5	55.4	60.5	4.7	8.5	2.7	3,224	2,377	1,072	195	76	222	281
8	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	228	22	2000-01	IND	81	32.6	12.9	9.8	1.2	0.6	2.8	5.0	10.7	46.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.9	4.8	60.1	50.1	3.1	6.7	2.0	2,641	1,041	794	98	49	161	280	+28
9	Josh Smith J. Smith	227	22	2007-08	ATL	81	35.5	17.2	8.2	3.4	1.5	2.8	6.4	14.0	45.7	0.3	1.2	25.3	4.1	5.8	71.0	52.0	2.0	6.2	3.0	2,873	1,394	667	272	123	245	269	-39
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	220	22	1984-85	HOU	82	35.5	20.6	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	8.3	15.3	53.8	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.7	61.3	56.4	5.4	6.5	2.9	2,914	1,692	974	111	99	234	344
11	Tree Rollins T. Rollins	218	22	1977-78	ATL	80	22.4	7.6	6.9	1.0	0.7	2.7	3.2	6.5	48.7				1.3	1.9	70.3	52.1	2.2	4.7	1.5	1,795	610	552	79	57	121	326
12	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	215	22	2003-04	UTA	78	37.1	16.5	8.1	3.1	1.9	2.8	5.3	11.9	44.3	0.9	2.6	33.8	5.0	6.4	79.0	55.9	2.9	5.2	2.8	2,895	1,284	629	244	150	215	174	+85
13	Josh Smith J. Smith	208	20	2005-06	ATL	80	32.0	11.3	6.6	2.4	0.8	2.6	4.1	9.7	42.5	0.4	1.4	30.9	2.6	3.7	71.9	50.0	2.2	4.4	2.0	2,559	902	531	191	64	162	260	-317
14	Josh Smith J. Smith	207	21	2006-07	ATL	72	36.8	16.4	8.6	3.3	1.4	2.9	6.1	13.8	43.9	0.5	2.1	25.0	3.7	5.4	69.3	50.6	2.3	6.3	3.2	2,647	1,178	621	236	101	227	241	-208
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	206	21	1997-98	SAS	82	39.1	21.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	8.6	15.7	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.2	57.7	3.3	8.6	3.4	3,204	1,731	977	224	55	279	254	+429
16	Benoit Benjamin B. Benjamin	206	21	1985-86	LAC	79	26.4	11.1	7.6	1.0	0.8	2.6	4.1	8.4	49.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	2.9	3.9	74.6	55.1	2.0	5.6	1.8	2,088	878	600	79	64	145	286
17	Terry Tyler T. Tyler	201	22	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
18	Anthony Davis A. Davis	200	21	2014-15	NOP	68	36.1	24.4	10.2	2.2	1.5	2.9	9.4	17.6	53.5	0.0	0.2	8.3	5.5	6.8	80.5	59.1	2.5	7.7	1.4	2,455	1,656	696	149	100	95	141	+267
19	Myles Turner M. Turner	199	22	2018-19	IND	74	28.6	13.3	7.2	1.6	0.8	2.7	5.1	10.5	48.7	1.0	2.6	38.8	2.0	2.7	73.6	56.7	1.4	5.8	1.4	2,119	984	531	115	60	100	195	+121
20	Serge Ibaka S. Ibaka	198	21	2010-11	OKC	82	27.0	9.9	7.6	0.3	0.4	2.4	4.1	7.5	54.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.2	75.0	57.9	2.6	5.0	0.9	2,216	808	622	22	31	71	267	+138
21	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	197	22	2025-26	SAS	64	29.2	25.0	11.5	3.1	1.0	3.1	8.6	16.9	51.2	1.9	5.5	34.9	5.8	7.0	82.7	62.6	2.0	9.5	2.4	1,866	1,600	736	200	66	155	156	+682
22	Michael Stewart M. Stewart	195	22	1997-98	SAC	81	21.7	4.6	6.6	0.8	0.4	2.4	1.9	4.0	48.0	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.8	45.8	48.6	2.4	4.2	1.0	1,761	375	536	61	29	85	251	-151
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	192	22	1994-95	ORL	79	37.0	29.3	11.4	2.7	0.9	2.4	11.8	20.2	58.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.8	10.8	53.3	58.8	4.2	7.3	2.6	2,923	2,315	901	214	73	204	258
24	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	190	21	2023-24	OKC	82	29.4	16.5	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	6.2	11.6	53.0	1.6	4.3	37.0	2.7	3.4	79.3	63.2	1.6	6.3	1.6	2,413	1,357	648	200	53	131	197	+422
25	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	189	22	2014-15	UTA	82	26.3	8.4	9.5	1.3	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.2	60.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.3	62.3	62.7	3.2	6.2	1.4	2,158	686	775	109	64	111	175	+5

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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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