Nate Thurmond has rejected the most shots in a season opener, with 12 blocks against the Hawks on October 18, 1974.

Interpreted as:

NBA most blocks by a player in a season opener

	NAME	BLK	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	12	10/18/1974	CHI	vs	ATL	45	22	14	13	1	8	12	66.7				6	8	75.0	70.9	2	12		3
2	Anthony Davis A. Davis	9	10/28/2014	NOP	vs	ORL	36	26	17	2	3	10	22	45.5	0	0		6	9	66.7	50.1	9	8	0	1	+19
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	9	10/12/1973	MIL	@	PHX	39	18	17	2	1	8	20	40.0				2	4	50.0	41.4	5	12		1
4	Myles Turner M. Turner	8	12/23/2020	IND	vs	NYK	29	10	8	1	0	4	9	44.4	0	4	0.0	2	2	100.0	50.6	1	7	2	1	+20
5	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	8	12/25/2011	LAC	@	GSW	31	6	5	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		4	12	33.3	41.2	3	2	2	2	+15
6	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	8	11/3/2004	UTA	vs	LAL	38	16	6	1	1	5	6	83.3	0	0		6	7	85.7	88.1	2	4	5	2	+29
7	Elton Brand E. Brand	8	10/30/2003	LAC	@	SEA	37	21	15	5	0	7	12	58.3	0	0		7	10	70.0	64.0	7	8	3	2	-12
8	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	8	2/5/1999	ATL	vs	CLE	36	15	11	0	0	6	9	66.7	0	0		3	5	60.0	67.0	4	7	1	2	+24
9	Shawn Bradley S. Bradley	8	10/31/1997	DAL	@	VAN	45	17	5	2	0	7	19	36.8	0	0		3	4	75.0	40.9	2	3	2	3	+2
10	Shawn Bradley S. Bradley	8	11/5/1993	PHI	vs	WAS	29	6	5	1	1	2	12	16.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	23.3	0	5	2	4
11	Charles Smith C. Smith	8	11/2/1990	LAC	vs	SAC	38	11	11	3	4	5	16	31.3	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	32.6	3	8	1	3
12	Mark Eaton M. Eaton	8	10/26/1984	UTA	@	SEA	30	5	6	1	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	53.9	2	4	3	6
13	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	7	10/18/2017	NOP	@	MEM	38	28	10	2	0	9	21	42.9	3	9	33.3	7	8	87.5	57.1	2	8	4	4	+6
14	Roy Hibbert R. Hibbert	7	10/29/2014	IND	vs	PHI	32	22	8	0	0	6	8	75.0	0	0		10	13	76.9	80.2	3	5	3	2	+18
15	Roy Hibbert R. Hibbert	7	10/29/2013	IND	vs	ORL	27	8	16	0	1	3	6	50.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	51.5	6	10	3	0	+14
16	Dwight Howard D. Howard	7	10/31/2007	ORL	vs	MIL	31	16	12	2	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		8	10	80.0	59.7	1	11	4	2	+28
17	Michael Ruffin M. Ruffin	7	11/3/2004	WAS	@	MEM	39	6	11	4	1	2	4	50.0	0	0		2	6	33.3	45.2	7	4	0	5	+16
18	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	7	2/5/1999	MIA	vs	DET	43	14	9	2	0	6	13	46.2	0	0		2	4	50.0	47.4	3	6	3	4	-9
19	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	7	11/2/1990	NYK	@	CHA	41	38	12	4	1	14	23	60.9	0	0		10	14	71.4	65.2	2	10	4	5
20	Blair Rasmussen B. Rasmussen	7	11/2/1990	DEN	vs	GSW	28	10	13	0	2	4	13	30.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	36.0	4	9	2	6
21	Sam Bowie S. Bowie	7	10/25/1985	POR	vs	PHX	38	7	9	1	1	3	10	30.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	33.5	5	4	4	5
22	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	7	10/28/1983	NJN	vs	ATL	36	13	5	1	1	4	7	57.1	0	0		5	8	62.5	61.8	0	5	3	3
23	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	7	10/29/1982	SAS	@	UTA	40	20	16	0	1	7	13	53.8	0	0		6	8	75.0	60.5			2	2
24	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	7	10/25/1975	BUF	vs	GSW	46	36	15	2	3	14	26	53.8				8	13	61.5	56.7	3	12		4
25	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	6	10/22/2025	MEM	vs	NOP	27	18	8	1	0	7	14	50.0	0	4	0.0	4	4	100.0	57.1	2	6	5	6	+5