8 players were tied for denying the most shots in a game in 1976-77, with 9 blocks. The first three are Artis Gilmore and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on March 25, 1977 and Elvin Hayes on March 6, 1977.

Interpreted as:

most blocks by a player in one regular-season game 1977

	NAME	BLK	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	9	3/25/1977	CHI	vs	NYK	39	21	21	2	1	8	19	42.1	5	9	55.6	45.7	6	15	3
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	9	3/25/1977	LAL	vs	PHX	26	28	12	1	1	13	18	72.2	2	7	28.6	66.4	3	9	3
3	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	9	3/6/1977	WAS	vs	PHX	40	23	16	1	0	7	19	36.8	9	11	81.8	48.2	7	9	5
4	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	9	2/21/1977	IND	@	BUF	31	7	12	0	1	3	13	23.1	1	1	100.0	26.0			6
5	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	9	2/4/1977	DET	vs	DEN	38	40	21	5	0	17	22	77.3	6	8	75.0	78.4	5	16	3
6	Kevin Kunnert K. Kunnert	9	2/3/1977	HOU	@	NYK	19	6	3	1	1	3	6	50.0	0	0		50.0			4
7	Bill Walton B. Walton	9	1/26/1977	POR	@	DEN	38	12	11	6	2	5	13	38.5	2	4	50.0	40.7	3	8	5
8	Elmore Smith E. Smith	9	12/7/1976	MIL	@	DEN	34	17	8	1	1	7	14	50.0	3	9	33.3	47.3	3	5	4
9	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	8	3/20/1977	PHI	@	NYN	14	4	4	1		2	3	66.7	0	0		66.7			4
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	8	2/27/1977	LAL	vs	HOU	41	29	11	4		11	15	73.3	7	11	63.6	73.1			3
11	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	8	2/1/1977	CHI	vs	KCK	44	16	15	3	1	7	15	46.7	2	4	50.0	47.7	4	11	1
12	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	8	11/25/1976	WAS	@	PHX	47	31	10	3	1	11	21	52.4	9	12	75.0	59.0	1	9	5
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	7	3/20/1977	LAL	vs	NOJ	36	29	17	4		12	23	52.2	5	6	83.3	56.6			0
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	7	3/13/1977	LAL	@	NYN	38	23	12	3		8	17	47.1	7	11	63.6	52.7			3
15	Moses Malone M. Malone	7	3/6/1977	HOU	@	NYN	44	17	21	0	0	8	16	50.0	1	2	50.0	50.4			3
16	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	7	1/29/1977	WAS	@	IND	44	23	12	2	3	10	18	55.6	3	3	100.0	59.5			2
17	Moses Malone M. Malone	7	1/22/1977	HOU	vs	POR	44	24	19	3	1	5	13	38.5	14	16	87.5	59.9	8	11	4
18	Alvan Adams A. Adams	7	1/15/1977	PHX	vs	CLE	37	8	5	6	1	3	7	42.9	2	2	100.0	50.8	1	4	4
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	7	1/14/1977	LAL	@	SAS	40	18	16	7	1	7	13	53.8	4	6	66.7	57.5			5
20	George Johnson G. Johnson	7	1/8/1977	GSW	vs	NOJ	29	5	9	1	1	2	7	28.6	1	2	50.0	31.7	3	6	4
21	Darnell Hillman D. Hillman	7	12/23/1976	IND	vs	NYN	42	19	22	5	4	7	14	50.0	5	10	50.0	51.6			3
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	7	12/18/1976	LAL	@	POR	45	35	16	4	1	17	26	65.4	1	3	33.3	64.1	2	14	5
23	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	7	11/23/1976	WAS	@	DEN	39	21	17	2	2	8	18	44.4	5	6	83.3	50.9	8	9	5
24	Bill Walton B. Walton	7	11/11/1976	POR	@	ATL	43	28	18	2	2	13	21	61.9	2	3	66.7	62.7	8	10	3
25	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	7	11/7/1976	NYK	@	POR	41	15	14	2	4	7	10	70.0	1	2	50.0	68.9	5	9	5