Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar denied the most shots in a decade, with 1,595 blocks in the 1970s.

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NBA most blocks by a player in 1970s decade

	NAME	BLK	DECADE	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,595	1970s	452	40.1	26.7	14.1	4.6	1.3	3.5	11.1	20.3	54.6	4.6	6.3	72.7	58.0	3.1	11.0	3.5	18,112	12,070	6,389	2,082	576	490	1,409
2	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1,198	1970s	488	40.5	21.6	13.2	1.9	1.2	2.5	8.6	18.6	46.2	4.4	6.5	68.3	50.3	3.5	9.7	2.8	19,757	10,536	6,443	940	606	464	1,716
3	Elmore Smith E. Smith	1,183	1970s	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
4	George Johnson G. Johnson	1,138	1970s	467	22.7	6.1	8.0	1.1	0.6	2.4	2.5	5.7	44.5	1.1	1.5	68.9	48.1	2.7	5.3	2.5	10,596	2,856	3,729	525	301	399	1,557
5	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	872	1970s	445	41.0	29.1	12.8	3.0	1.2	2.0	11.4	22.1	51.6	6.3	8.4	75.4	56.5	3.1	9.7	4.1	18,263	12,964	5,693	1,335	529	563	1,576
6	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	868	1970s	482	35.1	11.4	11.0	4.6	1.5	1.8	4.6	10.3	44.4	2.2	2.9	74.8	48.9	2.6	8.4	2.7	16,921	5,482	5,306	2,221	742	431	1,679
7	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	799	1970s	401	37.4	23.5	11.7	3.7	1.2	2.0	9.5	18.2	52.1	4.5	5.7	78.4	56.6	3.2	8.5	3.4	14,989	9,422	4,688	1,480	466	400	1,253
8	Gar Heard G. Heard	659	1970s	423	29.5	10.4	9.3	2.0	1.4	1.6	4.3	10.3	41.9	1.7	2.6	64.0	45.0	2.6	6.7	1.3	12,459	4,384	3,925	841	596	180	1,338
9	Clifford Ray C. Ray	593	1970s	482	28.1	8.2	9.6	2.0	0.9	1.2	3.3	6.1	53.8	1.6	2.8	58.8	56.0	3.0	6.5	1.9	13,538	3,971	4,604	968	426	303	1,630
10	Tom Burleson T. Burleson	559	1970s	378	23.3	10.6	7.0	1.5	0.8	1.5	3.9	8.8	44.9	2.7	3.6	73.7	50.9	2.3	4.7	1.4	8,790	3,993	2,628	569	296	187	1,195
11	Kevin Kunnert K. Kunnert	556	1970s	461	23.3	9.1	7.7	1.5	0.5	1.2	4.0	8.4	47.8	1.0	1.5	68.3	50.0	2.7	5.0	1.8	10,723	4,183	3,566	670	225	282	1,674
12	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	553	1970s	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
13	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	540	1970s	246	37.4	21.7	12.9	3.0	0.6	2.2	8.2	14.9	55.4	5.3	7.5	70.1	59.8	3.8	9.2	4.1	9,209	5,346	3,184	736	136	676	807
14	Bill Walton B. Walton	533	1970s	209	33.7	17.1	13.5	4.4	1.0	2.6	7.0	13.8	51.0	3.0	4.5	67.4	54.2	2.6	10.9	3.6	7,033	3,578	2,822	923	204	206	578
15	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	492	1970s	241	30.3	14.3	8.2	2.5	0.5	2.0	6.0	11.8	50.7	2.4	3.4	71.0	54.0	2.2	6.0	2.0	7,295	3,458	1,987	614	132	324	688
16	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	484	1970s	240	24.3	6.9	8.3	1.4	0.5	2.0	2.9	5.9	48.3	1.2	1.8	65.2	51.3	2.2	6.0	1.8	5,830	1,653	1,983	335	108	284	885
17	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	477	1970s	387	35.2	19.9	9.7	2.0	0.7	1.2	8.1	17.3	46.4	3.8	4.8	79.0	51.1	2.9	6.8	2.5	13,607	7,689	3,770	772	263	340	1,122
18	Tree Rollins T. Rollins	472	1970s	161	23.0	8.0	7.1	0.8	0.6	2.9	3.4	6.7	51.2	1.2	1.8	66.8	53.8	2.5	4.6	1.3	3,695	1,293	1,140	128	103	208	654
19	John Gianelli J. Gianelli	469	1970s	472	27.2	8.4	6.3	1.7	0.5	1.0	3.6	7.6	47.3	1.2	1.8	70.5	50.4	2.0	4.3	1.5	12,849	3,974	2,976	790	219	253	1,172
20	Harvey Catchings H. Catchings	460	1970s	283	17.0	3.4	5.2	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.3	3.0	44.0	0.7	1.1	66.8	48.2	1.8	3.4	1.1	4,819	957	1,459	196	97	132	730
21	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	456	1970s	220	30.0	14.2	9.9	1.8	1.0	2.1	5.6	11.4	48.8	3.1	4.4	71.1	53.4	3.5	6.4	2.5	6,607	3,132	2,185	396	229	403	898
22	Jim Chones J. Chones	450	1970s	400	33.3	14.3	9.5	1.8	0.6	1.1	6.1	13.3	46.1	2.0	2.9	70.4	49.0	2.6	6.9	2.3	13,302	5,729	3,790	711	222	371	1,259
23	Robert Parish R. Parish	434	1970s	235	24.5	12.9	9.1	1.2	1.0	1.8	5.4	11.0	49.0	2.1	3.0	67.3	52.0	2.9	6.2	2.7	5,764	3,026	2,139	284	234	434	818
24	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	418	1970s	313	24.5	10.0	9.3	2.8	1.0	1.3	3.6	7.1	49.7	2.9	3.7	79.5	57.2	3.1	6.2	3.2	7,675	3,137	2,900	881	312	513	1,055
25	Joe Meriweather J. Meriweather	414	1970s	285	24.8	9.6	6.6	1.1	0.5	1.5	3.8	7.7	49.6	1.9	2.9	67.4	53.4	2.3	4.3	1.7	7,080	2,735	1,893	301	135	224	1,014