most blocks in nba history with maximum 500 games

Elmore Smith denied the most shots when playing 500 or fewer games, with 1,183 blocks.

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most blocks by a player in NBA history with maximum 500 games

	NAME	BLK	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	Elmore Smith E. Smith	1,183	408	29.1	11.8	9.4	1.2	0.8	2.9	4.9	9.9	49.0				2.0	3.4	59.5	51.4	2.3	7.1	1.7	11,864	4,801	3,832	505	325	183	1,340
2	Bill Walton B. Walton	1,034	468	28.3	13.3	10.5	3.4	0.8	2.2	5.5	10.5	52.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.6	66.0	55.1	2.4	8.2	2.7	13,250	6,215	4,923	1,590	380	865	1,298
3	Yao Ming Y. Ming	920	486	32.5	19.0	9.2	1.6	0.4	1.9	7.0	13.3	52.4	0.0	0.0	20.0	5.1	6.1	83.3	59.6	2.5	6.7	2.7	15,818	9,247	4,494	769	189	1,311	1,596	+1491
4	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	846	455	28.8	18.6	5.6	1.5	1.0	1.9	6.6	14.1	46.7	1.7	4.9	35.1	3.7	4.6	79.3	57.6	1.3	4.3	1.9	13,093	8,449	2,530	696	467	869	1,664	+384
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	784	490	31.9	27.6	10.8	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.0	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.3	9.9	83.0	61.3	2.2	8.6	3.4	15,609	13,544	5,280	1,808	432	1,656	1,451	+2645
6	Oliver Miller O. Miller	758	493	23.0	7.4	5.9	2.2	0.9	1.5	3.1	5.8	53.4	0.0	0.1	11.6	1.1	1.7	63.9	55.7	1.9	4.0	1.9	11,338	3,625	2,893	1,061	455	921	1,460	-228
7	Pervis Ellison P. Ellison	752	474	24.5	9.5	6.7	1.5	0.6	1.6	3.9	7.6	51.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	1.8	2.6	68.9	54.6	2.3	4.4	1.7	11,593	4,494	3,170	691	293	798	1,493	-72
8	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	752	456	29.8	15.4	8.8	2.3	0.9	1.6	6.4	13.2	48.6	0.0	0.1	17.2	2.6	3.9	66.1	51.8	2.6	6.2	3.0	13,591	7,039	4,011	1,038	390	1,363	1,590
9	Michael Olowokandi M. Olowokandi	697	500	26.3	8.3	6.8	0.7	0.5	1.4	3.6	8.2	43.5	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.9	59.7	45.7	1.9	4.9	1.8	13,129	4,135	3,414	327	226	898	1,518	-1463
10	Jim McIlvaine J. McIlvaine	691	401	14.8	2.7	3.1	0.3	0.3	1.7	1.1	2.4	44.6	0.0	0.0	10.0	0.6	1.0	55.1	47.5	1.2	1.9	0.6	5,927	1,072	1,243	105	136	231	1,052	+336
11	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	690	397	23.4	7.5	8.0	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.2	4.6	70.2	0.0	0.0		1.1	2.1	50.8	68.1	3.7	4.2	0.7	9,294	2,976	3,164	264	362	275	1,060	-30
12	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	683	467	22.0	7.1	6.1	1.1	1.3	1.5	2.9	5.4	54.6	0.0	0.0	20.0	1.3	1.9	65.5	57.3	1.9	4.1	1.3	10,281	3,338	2,834	501	588	593	1,192	-1287
13	Andrew Bynum A. Bynum	657	418	25.6	11.5	7.7	1.2	0.3	1.6	4.6	8.2	55.6	0.0	0.0	11.1	2.4	3.4	69.0	59.2	2.4	5.3	1.5	10,690	4,822	3,221	490	133	644	1,028	+774
14	Daniel Gafford D. Gafford	653	433	20.1	9.3	5.8	1.1	0.5	1.5	3.8	5.5	70.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.4	67.4	71.3	2.2	3.6	1.0	8,684	4,021	2,505	455	232	423	1,076	-533
15	John Henson J. Henson	642	445	19.7	7.6	5.3	1.1	0.5	1.4	3.2	6.0	54.0	0.0	0.2	25.0	1.1	1.9	56.8	55.7	1.8	3.5	1.1	8,751	3,383	2,368	496	211	496	998	-588
16	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	627	181	30.4	23.4	11.0	3.5	1.1	3.5	8.4	17.3	48.4	2.2	6.3	34.2	4.5	5.6	81.7	59.4	2.1	9.0	3.1	5,499	4,238	1,997	641	206	564	414	+642
17	Darko Milicic D. Milicic	613	468	18.5	6.0	4.2	0.9	0.4	1.3	2.6	5.6	46.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.6	57.4	48.1	1.3	2.9	1.2	8,638	2,813	1,971	405	206	573	1,065	-872
18	Nic Claxton N. Claxton	611	380	26.2	10.6	7.6	2.1	0.7	1.6	4.5	7.3	62.2	0.0	0.2	18.6	1.5	2.6	55.5	62.5	2.3	5.3	1.2	9,943	4,024	2,875	788	266	437	887	-1110
19	Ronny Turiaf R. Turiaf	593	473	17.0	4.7	3.7	1.3	0.4	1.3	1.8	3.4	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.7	63.6	56.6	1.1	2.6	0.8	8,020	2,209	1,757	618	181	358	1,116	+66
20	Tom Burleson T. Burleson	591	446	21.1	9.4	6.3	1.3	0.7	1.3	3.5	7.9	44.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.3	72.6	50.3	2.1	4.2	1.2	9,425	4,190	2,794	601	312	236	1,317
21	Keon Clark K. Clark	571	353	22.6	8.2	5.9	0.9	0.5	1.6	3.3	6.7	50.0	0.0	0.1	5.3	1.5	2.3	64.5	53.1	1.9	4.1	1.3	7,971	2,882	2,096	322	184	470	1,013	+22
22	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	553	269	28.3	7.6	9.6	2.5	0.5	2.1	3.0	7.3	40.8				1.7	2.8	61.2	44.9	2.8	6.8		7,609	2,053	2,571	670	125		738
23	Jawann Oldham J. Oldham	546	329	15.9	4.4	4.1	0.5	0.3	1.7	1.8	3.9	47.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.2	60.7	50.4	1.3	2.8	1.1	5,241	1,455	1,353	162	97	362	820
24	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	532	334	32.4	16.7	9.0	3.0	0.8	1.6	6.7	12.3	54.7	0.6	2.1	30.9	2.7	4.0	67.4	59.8	2.3	6.7	1.9	10,819	5,592	2,994	1,018	270	636	799	+1236
25	Joel Anthony J. Anthony	531	490	14.4	2.2	2.8	0.2	0.3	1.1	0.8	1.6	51.3	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.8	66.2	55.8	1.1	1.6	0.5	7,056	1,064	1,353	99	127	227	819	+112

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
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Elmore Smith denied the most shots when playing 500 or fewer games, with 1,183 blocks.

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