Before 2005-06, Hakeem Olajuwon denied the most shots, with 3,830 blocks.

Interpreted as:

NBA most blocks by a player in a career before 2006

	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	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3,830	1,238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,667	4,383	+564
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3,189	1,239	35.3	22.9	10.0	3.5	0.9	2.6	9.4	16.8	56.1	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.0	5.4	73.6	59.5	2.4	7.6	2.7	43,787	28,316	12,369	4,302	1,160	2,527	3,667
3	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	3,097	1,009	33.5	11.1	11.2	1.2	0.4	3.1	4.0	7.6	51.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.7	68.2	57.2	3.4	7.8	2.1	33,832	11,196	11,333	1,218	444	2,077	3,033	+1542
4	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	3,064	875	28.8	6.0	7.9	1.0	0.4	3.5	2.4	5.2	45.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.9	64.9	49.6	2.1	5.8	1.5	25,169	5,216	6,939	840	368	1,293	2,955
5	David Robinson D. Robinson	2,954	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,417	2,835	+2454
6	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2,894	1,183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	8.2	16.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	15.2	4.6	6.2	74.0	55.3	2.3	7.5	3.0	40,594	24,815	11,607	2,215	1,136	3,537	4,034	+412
7	Tree Rollins T. Rollins	2,542	1,156	20.8	5.4	5.8	0.6	0.4	2.2	2.2	4.3	52.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.3	70.0	55.5	1.9	4.0	0.9	24,028	6,249	6,750	660	512	1,057	3,377
8	Robert Parish R. Parish	2,361	1,611	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	72.1	57.1	2.9	6.3	2.1	45,704	23,334	14,715	2,180	1,219	3,183	4,443	+105
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,273	882	37.4	26.7	12.0	2.8	0.7	2.6	10.6	18.3	57.9	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.6	10.5	53.1	58.4	3.9	8.0	2.9	32,985	23,583	10,541	2,509	596	2,537	3,007	+4147
10	Shawn Bradley S. Bradley	2,119	832	23.5	8.1	6.3	0.7	0.6	2.5	3.3	7.1	45.7	0.0	0.0	10.3	1.6	2.2	71.6	50.0	2.1	4.2	1.3	19,531	6,752	5,268	573	532	1,059	2,567	+781
11	Manute Bol M. Bol	2,086	624	18.7	2.6	4.2	0.3	0.2	3.3	1.1	2.6	40.7	0.1	0.3	21.0	0.4	0.6	56.1	44.1	1.0	3.3	0.7	11,698	1,599	2,647	171	126	451	1,457
12	George Johnson G. Johnson	2,082	848	20.9	5.0	6.8	1.1	0.5	2.5	2.1	4.6	45.2	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.9	1.3	69.8	48.9	2.3	4.5	1.6	17,753	4,280	5,749	921	456	872	2,667
13	Larry Nance L. Nance	2,027	920	33.4	17.1	8.0	2.6	0.9	2.2	6.9	12.7	54.6	0.0	0.1	14.5	3.2	4.2	75.5	58.6	2.5	5.5	1.9	30,697	15,687	7,352	2,393	872	1,711	2,703
14	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	1,963	671	33.8	19.4	9.4	1.4	0.6	2.9	6.9	13.2	52.3	0.0	0.1	25.0	5.5	7.8	70.3	58.1	2.8	6.6	2.9	22,712	12,992	6,335	910	384	1,976	2,358	+1516
15	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1,771	894	36.0	18.6	10.9	1.7	1.0	2.0	7.4	16.1	46.0	0.0	0.1	14.7	3.7	5.5	67.6	50.0	3.1	7.8	2.4	32,199	16,600	9,751	1,540	864	1,358	2,967
16	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	1,747	909	32.7	17.1	10.1	2.0	0.5	1.9	6.3	10.5	59.9	0.0	0.0	7.7	4.5	6.3	71.3	64.3	2.9	7.2	2.8	29,685	15,579	9,161	1,777	470	2,347	2,986
17	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,733	1,329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	45,071	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,089	3,804	3,076
18	Theo Ratliff T. Ratliff	1,727	622	27.8	8.3	6.3	0.6	0.5	2.8	3.1	6.4	49.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.8	71.5	54.6	2.1	4.2	1.4	17,261	5,154	3,923	386	336	874	1,909	+252
19	Kevin McHale K. McHale	1,690	971	31.0	17.9	7.3	1.7	0.4	1.7	7.0	12.7	55.4	0.0	0.2	26.1	3.7	4.7	79.8	60.5	2.4	4.9	1.9	30,118	17,335	7,122	1,670	344	1,893	2,758
20	Vlade Divac V. Divac	1,631	1,134	29.8	11.8	8.2	3.1	1.1	1.4	4.6	9.3	49.5	0.1	0.4	23.5	2.5	3.7	69.2	54.3	2.5	5.7	2.2	33,838	13,398	9,326	3,541	1,288	2,470	3,609	+2228
21	Herb Williams H. Williams	1,605	1,102	25.8	10.8	5.9	1.7	0.5	1.5	4.6	9.8	46.7	0.0	0.1	9.5	1.7	2.4	69.6	49.9	1.5	4.4	1.8	28,484	11,944	6,509	1,856	605	1,929	2,876	-65
22	Elden Campbell E. Campbell	1,602	1,044	24.7	10.3	5.9	1.1	0.7	1.5	3.9	8.5	46.0	0.0	0.0	5.4	2.6	3.7	69.9	51.3	1.8	4.1	1.3	25,776	10,805	6,116	1,199	702	1,367	3,006	+568
23	Benoit Benjamin B. Benjamin	1,581	807	27.2	11.4	7.5	1.3	0.6	2.0	4.4	9.0	49.7	0.0	0.0	4.8	2.5	3.5	72.1	54.4	1.8	5.7	2.3	21,911	9,223	6,063	1,070	522	1,847	2,292	+4
24	Wayne Cooper W. Cooper	1,535	984	20.6	7.9	6.2	0.9	0.3	1.6	3.3	7.2	45.7	0.0	0.1	14.6	1.3	1.8	73.6	49.4	2.2	4.0	1.2	20,274	7,777	6,095	852	295	1,181	3,144
25	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	1,517	1,068	24.8	6.2	7.2	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.4	5.1	47.3	0.0	0.0	6.5	1.4	1.8	75.3	52.6	1.9	5.3	1.6	26,474	6,589	7,663	1,347	480	1,596	3,527