what center has the most blocks in nba histor

Hakeem Olajuwon has rejected the most career shots by a center, with 3,830 blocks.

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	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	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	3,289	1,196	30.8	9.8	10.3	1.0	0.4	2.8	3.5	6.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.1	68.4	57.3	3.2	7.1	1.8	36,791	11,729	12,359	1,240	494	2,173	3,383	+1607
3	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
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	2,747	1,120	34.3	20.9	9.9	1.9	0.9	2.5	8.2	16.2	50.4	0.0	0.1	16.1	4.6	6.1	74.1	55.3	2.3	7.6	3.0	38,388	23,459	11,052	2,111	1,047	3,308	3,786	+412
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,732	1,207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	3,310	4,146	+4887
8	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
9	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
10	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	2,282	801	31.6	17.5	8.7	1.2	0.5	2.8	6.3	11.8	52.9	0.0	0.1	24.7	5.0	7.1	69.5	58.4	2.7	6.0	2.7	25,273	14,029	6,939	928	406	2,152	2,728	+1695
11	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	2,147	1,180	29.8	15.4	5.9	1.5	0.6	1.8	5.9	11.9	49.4	1.0	2.9	35.3	2.7	3.3	79.7	57.7	1.9	4.1	1.5	35,156	18,151	7,010	1,711	678	1,812	3,022	+1029
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Dwight Howard D. Howard	1,977	1,078	31.3	16.0	11.9	1.4	0.9	1.8	5.8	9.7	59.6	0.0	0.1	22.2	4.4	7.8	56.0	60.7	3.3	8.5	2.7	33,744	17,212	12,782	1,476	939	2,920	3,403	+3033
16	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	1,932	951	30.3	6.0	9.9	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.5	5.2	47.3	0.0	0.1	13.7	1.1	2.6	41.1	47.2	3.3	6.7	1.0	28,812	5,699	9,455	1,326	1,249	960	1,834	+1643
17	Marcus Camby M. Camby	1,881	790	29.6	9.6	10.0	1.9	1.0	2.4	3.9	8.3	47.0	0.0	0.1	20.3	1.8	2.6	68.5	50.9	2.6	7.4	1.4	23,423	7,612	7,923	1,528	775	1,098	2,195	+280
18	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	1,842	905	30.7	12.5	11.7	1.4	0.7	2.0	4.7	7.1	65.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.9	63.3	67.2	3.4	8.3	1.6	27,810	11,287	10,572	1,251	634	1,444	2,408	+3694
19	Theo Ratliff T. Ratliff	1,819	760	24.8	6.9	5.5	0.6	0.5	2.4	2.6	5.3	49.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.3	70.8	54.7	1.8	3.7	1.2	18,873	5,249	4,189	435	348	909	2,108	-78
20	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
21	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
22	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
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	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	1,577	1,123	25.0	8.5	9.7	0.9	0.5	1.4	3.5	5.1	67.3	0.0	0.0	15.4	1.6	3.3	47.5	64.4	2.9	6.8	1.3	28,066	9,536	10,861	1,056	575	1,451	2,700	+1023
25	Samuel Dalembert S. Dalembert	1,546	886	24.4	7.7	7.8	0.5	0.5	1.7	3.2	6.1	52.1	0.0	0.0	8.3	1.3	1.9	70.6	55.5	2.6	5.3	1.4	21,646	6,814	6,942	465	437	1,271	2,601	-766

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