oldest basketball player ever with 5 blocks in a single playoff game

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest with 5+ blocks in a playoff game. He was 40 years and 13 days old in Game 3 of the 1987 First Round against the Nuggets.

Interpreted as:
oldest basketball player ever with 5 or more blocks in a single playoff game
NAMEAgeBLKDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
40-013
5
4/29/1987
@
25
9
6
5
1
2
8
25.0
0
0
5
5
100.0
44.1
0
6
1
3
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
39-030
5
5/16/1986
@
42
33
4
6
0
14
26
53.8
0
0
5
8
62.5
55.9
1
3
3
5
3Al Horford
A. Horford
38-328
5
4/27/2025
@
35
6
6
2
0
2
7
28.6
0
3
0.0
2
2
100.0
38.1
2
4
1
0
+2
4Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
38-021
5
5/7/1985
vs
36
25
4
3
1
10
16
62.5
0
0
5
5
100.0
68.7
0
4
2
5
5David Robinson
D. Robinson
37-294
5
5/27/2003
vs
24
5
6
2
0
1
3
33.3
0
0
3
6
50.0
44.3
2
4
2
3
-3
6Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
37-022
6
5/8/1984
vs
25
10
6
6
1
4
8
50.0
0
0
2
3
66.7
53.6
1
5
3
4
7Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
37-004
6
4/20/1984
vs
39
26
11
4
0
9
17
52.9
0
0
8
11
72.7
59.5
2
9
0
2
8Al Horford
A. Horford
36-338
5
5/7/2023
@
38
10
7
4
2
3
9
33.3
2
7
28.6
2
2
100.0
50.6
2
5
0
3
0
9Al Horford
A. Horford
36-326
5
4/25/2023
vs
33
3
6
5
1
1
5
20.0
1
3
33.3
0
0
30.0
1
5
1
2
+1
10Robert Horry
R. Horry
36-289
5
6/10/2007
vs
26
5
9
4
0
1
3
33.3
1
2
50.0
2
2
100.0
64.4
2
7
0
3
+27
11Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
36-155
6
4/21/1982
@
46
15
8
0
0
5
16
31.3
0
0
5
7
71.4
39.3
2
6
0
3
12Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
36-132
5
6/20/2006
@
14
8
6
0
0
3
4
75.0
0
0
2
3
66.7
75.2
1
5
1
4
+11
13Julius Erving
J. Erving
36-059
6
4/22/1986
@
38
22
6
6
1
8
17
47.1
0
0
6
6
100.0
56.0
4
2
5
5
14Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
36-036
5
5/31/2012
@
26
11
2
1
0
5
15
33.3
0
0
1
2
50.0
34.6
1
1
2
3
-16
15Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
36-032
5
5/18/1983
vs
37
30
7
1
1
12
19
63.2
0
0
6
9
66.7
65.3
7
5
16Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
36-015
5
6/3/2012
vs
43
17
14
3
2
8
20
40.0
0
1
0.0
1
1
100.0
41.6
3
11
5
3
+7
17Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
36-015
8
5/1/1983
@
39
34
9
3
2
13
19
68.4
0
0
8
11
72.7
71.3
3
6
1
2
18Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
36-008
6
4/24/1983
vs
34
32
6
0
1
11
15
73.3
0
0
10
11
90.9
80.6
0
6
5
5
19Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
35-357
5
5/10/2012
vs
39
28
14
2
3
10
19
52.6
0
0
8
10
80.0
59.8
4
10
1
1
+9
20Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
35-116
5
6/4/2005
@
14
1
4
0
0
0
2
0.0
0
0
1
2
50.0
17.4
1
3
1
3
-14
21Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
35-100
5
5/1/1998
vs
39
27
15
1
1
10
29
34.5
0
0
7
9
77.8
41.0
2
13
3
3
-21
22Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
35-092
6
4/23/1998
@
37
16
13
5
1
6
14
42.9
0
0
4
4
100.0
50.8
2
11
1
4
+9
23Mychal Thompson
M. Thompson
35-087
5
4/27/1990
vs
40
12
8
0
1
4
7
57.1
0
0
4
4
100.0
68.5
3
5
2
3
24Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
35-053
5
6/8/1982
vs
39
18
11
4
1
6
13
46.2
0
0
6
9
66.7
53.1
3
8
5
4
25Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
35-025
5
5/11/1982
vs
32
16
10
2
1
7
16
43.8
0
0
2
2
100.0
47.4
5
5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for blocks going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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