nba centers with the most blocks in 1998

Dikembe Mutombo blocked the most shots by a center in 1997-98, with 277 blocks.

	NAME	BLK	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	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	277	1997-98	ATL	82	35.6	13.4	11.4	1.0	0.4	3.4	4.9	9.1	53.7	0.0	0.0		3.7	5.5	67.0	58.4	3.4	8.0	2.0	2,917	1,101	932	82	34	168	254	+421
2	Theo Ratliff T. Ratliff	258	1997-98	TOT	82	29.8	9.9	6.7	0.7	0.6	3.1	3.7	7.3	51.3	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.4	70.1	56.1	2.7	4.0	1.4	2,447	809	547	57	50	116	292	-16
3	Shawn Bradley S. Bradley	214	1997-98	DAL	64	28.5	11.4	8.1	0.9	0.8	3.3	4.7	11.1	42.2	0.0	0.0	33.3	2.0	2.8	72.2	46.3	2.6	5.5	1.5	1,822	731	518	60	51	96	214	-133
4	Michael Stewart M. Stewart	195	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
5	David Robinson D. Robinson	192	1997-98	SAS	73	33.7	21.6	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	7.5	14.6	51.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.6	9.0	73.5	58.1	3.3	7.3	2.8	2,457	1,574	775	199	64	202	204	+356
6	Ervin Johnson E. Johnson	158	1997-98	MIL	81	27.9	8.0	8.5	0.7	1.0	2.0	3.1	5.8	53.7	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.9	60.1	56.4	3.0	5.5	1.4	2,261	649	685	59	79	117	321	-90
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	144	1997-98	LAL	60	36.3	28.3	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	11.2	19.1	58.4	0.0	0.0		6.0	11.4	52.7	58.7	3.5	7.9	2.9	2,175	1,699	681	142	39	175	193	+649
8	Erick Dampier E. Dampier	139	1997-98	GSW	82	32.4	11.8	8.7	1.1	0.5	1.7	4.3	9.6	44.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	4.9	66.9	50.2	3.3	5.4	2.1	2,656	971	715	94	39	175	281	-502
9	Jim McIlvaine J. McIlvaine	137	1997-98	SEA	78	15.5	3.2	3.3	0.2	0.3	1.8	1.3	2.9	45.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.0	55.6	47.7	1.2	2.1	0.7	1,211	247	259	19	24	54	240	+161
10	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Z. Ilgauskas	135	1997-98	CLE	82	29.0	13.9	8.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	5.5	10.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.8	3.7	76.2	56.4	3.4	5.4	1.8	2,379	1,139	723	71	52	146	288	+211
11	Dean Garrett D. Garrett	133	1997-98	DEN	82	32.1	7.3	7.9	1.1	0.7	1.6	3.0	6.9	42.8	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.1	64.8	46.5	2.8	5.1	1.0	2,632	598	644	90	57	84	197	-756
12	Greg Ostertag G. Ostertag	132	1997-98	UTA	63	20.4	4.7	5.9	0.4	0.4	2.1	1.8	3.8	48.1	0.0	0.0		1.1	2.2	47.9	49.4	2.1	3.8	1.2	1,288	297	374	25	28	74	166	+162
13	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	130	1997-98	MIA	58	33.4	19.2	9.6	0.9	0.7	2.2	6.9	12.6	55.1	0.0	0.0		5.3	8.0	66.5	59.5	3.3	6.3	3.1	1,939	1,115	558	52	40	179	208	+429
14	Chris Webber C. Webber	124	1997-98	WAS	71	39.6	21.9	9.5	3.8	1.6	1.7	9.1	18.9	48.2	0.9	2.9	31.7	2.8	4.7	58.9	52.3	2.5	7.0	2.6	2,809	1,555	674	273	111	185	269	+45
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	96	1997-98	HOU	47	34.7	16.4	9.8	3.0	1.8	2.0	6.5	13.5	48.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.4	4.5	75.5	53.1	2.5	7.3	2.7	1,633	772	460	143	84	126	152	+70
16	Kelvin Cato K. Cato	94	1997-98	POR	74	13.6	3.8	3.4	0.3	0.4	1.3	1.3	3.1	42.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.7	68.8	49.6	1.2	2.2	0.6	1,007	282	252	23	29	44	164	-61
17	Vlade Divac V. Divac	94	1997-98	CHA	64	28.2	10.4	8.1	2.7	1.3	1.5	4.2	8.4	49.8	0.0	0.2	21.4	2.0	2.9	69.1	53.9	2.9	5.2	1.8	1,805	667	518	172	83	114	179	+208
18	Rik Smits R. Smits	88	1997-98	IND	73	28.6	16.7	6.9	1.4	0.5	1.2	7.0	14.2	49.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.3	78.3	53.2	1.7	5.2	1.8	2,085	1,216	505	101	40	134	243	+434
19	Matt Geiger M. Geiger	87	1997-98	CHA	78	23.6	11.3	6.7	1.0	0.9	1.1	4.6	9.1	50.5	0.0	0.1	9.1	2.2	3.0	71.2	54.4	2.5	4.2	1.4	1,839	885	521	78	68	111	191	-46
20	Lorenzen Wright L. Wright	87	1997-98	LAC	69	30.0	9.0	8.8	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.5	7.9	44.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.1	65.9	49.0	2.6	6.2	1.2	2,067	623	606	55	55	81	237	-224
21	Cherokee Parks C. Parks	86	1997-98	MIN	79	21.6	7.1	5.5	0.7	0.5	1.1	2.8	5.7	49.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.1	65.1	53.3	1.8	3.8	0.8	1,703	558	437	53	36	66	237	-22
22	Travis Knight T. Knight	82	1997-98	BOS	74	20.3	6.5	4.9	1.4	0.7	1.1	2.6	5.9	44.1	0.2	0.7	27.3	1.1	1.4	78.6	49.9	2.0	3.0	1.2	1,503	482	365	104	54	87	253	-131
23	Keith Closs K. Closs	81	1997-98	LAC	58	12.8	4.0	2.9	0.3	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.6	44.9	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.3	59.7	48.2	1.1	1.8	0.7	740	232	168	19	12	38	73	-108
24	Bryant Reeves B. Reeves	80	1997-98	VAN	74	34.1	16.3	7.9	2.1	0.5	1.1	6.6	12.7	52.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.3	70.6	55.9	2.6	5.3	2.1	2,527	1,207	585	155	39	156	278	-364
25	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	80	1997-98	POR	73	32.0	16.0	10.0	3.0	0.9	1.1	5.6	11.3	49.3	0.4	1.6	26.1	4.4	5.5	79.8	58.1	2.0	7.9	2.6	2,333	1,167	729	218	65	190	267	+289

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