most nba playoff blocks before 2006

Before 2005-06, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar rejected the most shots in the playoffs, with 476 blocks.

Interpreted as:
most NBA playoff blocks by a player before 2006
NAMEBLKGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
476
196
36.0
23.4
9.1
3.2
1.0
2.4
9.5
17.5
54.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.3
5.8
75.4
58.4
2.6
6.5
2.6
7,053
4,585
1,778
618
189
447
666
2Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
472
145
39.6
25.9
11.2
3.2
1.7
3.3
10.4
19.6
52.8
0.0
0.1
22.2
5.1
7.1
71.9
56.9
3.2
7.9
2.9
5,749
3,755
1,621
458
245
424
562
-29
3Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
393
171
39.8
26.6
12.5
3.0
0.6
2.3
10.3
18.3
56.2
0.0
0.0
6.0
11.7
51.5
56.7
4.3
8.2
3.0
6,813
4,546
2,142
517
97
517
604
+656
4David Robinson
D. Robinson
312
123
34.3
18.1
10.6
2.3
1.2
2.5
6.2
13.0
47.9
0.0
0.1
10.0
5.6
7.9
70.8
54.7
3.0
7.6
2.3
4,221
2,221
1,301
280
151
280
423
+362
5Robert Parish
R. Parish
309
184
33.6
15.3
9.6
1.3
0.8
1.7
6.2
12.2
50.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
4.2
72.2
54.7
3.1
6.5
2.1
6,177
2,820
1,765
234
145
365
617
-3
6Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
303
139
37.5
20.2
10.3
2.0
0.9
2.2
7.9
16.9
46.9
0.1
0.2
34.8
4.3
6.0
71.8
51.7
2.4
7.9
2.5
5,207
2,813
1,435
275
122
345
522
+8
7Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
293
105
41.0
23.8
13.0
3.6
0.7
2.8
8.7
17.6
49.7
0.0
0.2
14.3
6.3
9.0
70.2
55.3
3.6
9.4
3.3
4,308
2,502
1,362
381
69
344
317
+517
8Kevin McHale
K. McHale
281
169
33.8
18.8
7.4
1.6
0.4
1.7
7.1
12.7
56.1
0.0
0.1
38.1
4.5
5.8
78.8
61.8
2.7
4.7
1.9
5,716
3,182
1,253
274
65
326
571
9Julius Erving
J. Erving
239
141
37.5
21.9
7.0
4.2
1.7
1.7
8.4
17.3
48.6
0.1
0.3
19.4
5.0
6.4
77.9
54.4
2.6
4.5
3.2
5,288
3,088
994
594
235
396
403
10Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
235
86
34.1
10.3
10.5
0.9
0.4
2.7
3.4
6.6
51.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.5
5.0
70.6
58.4
3.3
7.2
1.7
2,934
886
903
75
38
148
239
-76
11Caldwell Jones
C. Jones
223
119
29.1
6.8
8.4
1.2
0.4
1.9
2.7
5.6
48.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.4
1.9
75.9
53.3
2.2
6.2
1.6
3,466
814
999
147
51
157
426
12Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
222
85
43.0
22.5
13.0
2.1
1.1
2.6
9.1
19.8
45.8
0.0
0.0
4.4
6.7
64.9
49.4
4.0
9.0
2.8
3,654
1,910
1,104
175
97
124
341
13Mark Eaton
M. Eaton
210
74
31.0
6.1
7.5
0.7
0.5
2.8
2.4
5.0
48.9
0.0
0.0
1.3
2.0
63.9
52.5
2.3
5.2
1.1
2,295
454
557
52
35
81
250
14Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
193
75
40.4
9.5
14.0
1.5
2.0
2.6
3.7
7.8
47.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.1
4.8
44.3
47.8
4.3
9.7
1.3
3,033
711
1,048
109
148
101
197
+276
15Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
188
70
33.1
16.9
8.5
1.1
0.6
2.7
5.8
11.6
49.8
0.1
0.3
36.8
5.3
8.1
65.4
55.9
2.3
6.2
3.0
2,316
1,186
596
77
40
208
275
-2
16Robert Horry
R. Horry
187
198
30.7
9.0
6.1
2.7
1.3
0.9
3.1
7.2
43.2
1.2
3.3
36.3
1.6
2.2
71.8
55.1
1.8
4.3
1.3
6,084
1,784
1,211
527
255
256
622
+542
17Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
185
208
39.0
17.5
7.6
5.0
1.9
0.9
6.4
14.5
44.4
1.0
3.2
30.3
3.7
5.1
72.4
52.4
2.2
5.4
2.9
8,105
3,642
1,583
1,048
395
602
686
+232
18Horace Grant
H. Grant
173
170
36.3
11.2
8.6
2.1
1.0
1.0
4.6
8.7
53.0
0.0
0.0
12.5
2.0
2.8
71.4
56.5
3.2
5.3
1.1
6,172
1,907
1,457
360
171
184
515
+61
19Greg Ostertag
G. Ostertag
165
89
19.9
4.2
5.4
0.3
0.3
1.9
1.6
3.4
46.5
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.8
57.3
50.1
2.0
3.4
0.8
1,768
372
482
31
29
68
247
+85
20Vlade Divac
V. Divac
165
121
30.8
12.1
7.5
2.4
1.0
1.4
4.5
9.3
48.0
0.1
0.4
24.1
3.1
4.2
73.1
54.3
2.5
5.0
2.1
3,728
1,468
913
286
117
260
439
+43
21Darryl Dawkins
D. Dawkins
165
109
25.1
12.6
6.1
1.1
0.4
1.5
5.0
9.1
54.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.7
3.8
70.3
58.6
1.5
4.6
2.2
2,734
1,375
665
119
47
200
438
22John Salley
J. Salley
159
134
20.1
6.4
4.4
0.8
0.4
1.2
2.2
4.4
50.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
2.9
69.0
56.8
1.8
2.6
0.8
2,694
857
588
104
49
107
420
-37
23Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
158
179
41.8
33.4
6.4
5.7
2.1
0.9
12.2
25.1
48.7
0.8
2.5
33.2
8.2
9.9
82.8
56.8
1.7
4.7
3.1
7,474
5,987
1,152
1,022
376
546
541
+294
24Bobby Jones
B. Jones
156
125
27.4
11.6
4.9
2.3
1.1
1.2
4.4
8.3
53.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.8
3.4
80.9
59.4
1.8
3.2
1.6
3,431
1,453
614
284
132
187
400
25Moses Malone
M. Malone
151
94
40.4
22.1
13.8
1.4
0.9
1.6
8.0
16.7
47.9
0.0
0.1
14.3
6.1
8.0
76.2
54.7
5.4
8.4
2.6
3,796
2,077
1,295
136
84
215
244
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