most blocks in a single game 1969-70 to 1978-79 nba

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Elmore Smith denied the most shots in a game, with 17 blocks against the Trail Blazers on October 28, 1973.

Showing
  • Data note: Blocks: player game data may be incomplete before 1983-84
NAMEBLKDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Elmore Smith
E. Smith
17
10/28/1973
vs
48
12
16
2
0
5
16
31.3
2
6
33.3
32.2
2
14
4
2Elmore Smith
E. Smith
14
11/4/1973
vs
45
9
18
2
3
7
42.9
3
5
60.0
48.9
4
3Elmore Smith
E. Smith
14
10/26/1973
vs
48
18
13
2
0
9
17
52.9
0
0
52.9
3
10
3
4Tree Rollins
T. Rollins
12
2/21/1979
vs
27
11
13
0
1
4
7
57.1
3
4
75.0
62.8
1
12
1
4
5George Johnson
G. Johnson
12
3/21/1978
@
37
17
13
1
6
11
54.5
5
7
71.4
60.4
5
6Nate Thurmond
N. Thurmond
12
10/18/1974
vs
45
22
14
13
1
8
12
66.7
6
8
75.0
70.9
2
12
3
7Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
11
11/28/1978
vs
43
27
16
4
4
11
18
61.1
5
5
100.0
66.8
3
13
5
3
8Robert Parish
R. Parish
11
10/29/1978
@
45
22
16
1
1
10
20
50.0
2
2
100.0
52.7
6
10
0
1
9Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
11
3/3/1978
@
47
22
27
0
8
20
40.0
6
6
100.0
48.6
5
22
4
10Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
11
12/20/1977
vs
41
35
15
0
0
15
23
65.2
5
7
71.4
67.1
4
11
4
2
11George Johnson
G. Johnson
11
3/30/1976
@
29
6
8
0
1
2
3
66.7
2
2
100.0
77.3
2
6
2
12Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
11
12/3/1975
@
46
29
21
2
2
11
27
40.7
7
9
77.8
46.8
4
17
4
13Elmore Smith
E. Smith
11
3/15/1974
vs
40
25
12
0
0
12
19
63.2
1
1
100.0
64.3
4
8
3
14Joe Meriweather
J. Meriweather
10
10/28/1977
vs
34
10
14
4
1
4
6
66.7
2
4
50.0
64.4
3
11
4
5
15George Johnson
G. Johnson
10
10/26/1977
vs
35
7
12
3
2
6
33.3
3
3
100.0
47.8
6
16George Johnson
G. Johnson
10
4/3/1976
vs
26
10
6
1
2
3
7
42.9
4
5
80.0
54.3
1
5
6
17Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
10
11/2/1975
vs
49
39
23
5
15
29
51.7
9
10
90.0
58.4
6
18Harvey Catchings
H. Catchings
10
3/21/1975
vs
20
4
5
1
2
2
100.0
0
0
100.0
3
19Elmore Smith
E. Smith
10
3/16/1975
vs
42
7
22
7
1
3
6
50.0
1
1
100.0
54.3
4
18
3
20Elmore Smith
E. Smith
10
12/11/1973
@
53
10
17
2
1
4
13
30.8
2
5
40.0
32.9
2
15
5
21Elmore Smith
E. Smith
10
11/30/1973
vs
44
14
10
3
4
7
15
46.7
0
1
0.0
45.3
1
9
4
22Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
10
11/3/1973
vs
53
19
16
5
7
16
43.8
5
7
71.4
49.8
5
23Elmore Smith
E. Smith
10
10/23/1973
@
48
10
14
0
5
9
55.6
0
0
55.6
5
24Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
9
11/10/1978
vs
35
18
6
0
1
9
14
64.3
0
0
64.3
1
5
1
3
25Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
9
11/8/1978
@
40
25
13
8
2
9
22
40.9
7
8
87.5
49.0
3
10
2
2

More NBA News

More Lakers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

37.7

Dončić

Luka Dončić

RPG

9.9

Kessler

Walker Kessler

APG

7.3

Dončić

Luka Dončić
Team Rankings

ORTG

120.3

4th

DRTG

115.0

21st

NETRTG

5.3

10th

3P%

38.9

4th

2026-27 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
6
1
.857
0.5
3
5
1
.833
1.0
4
Lakers Lakers
5
2
.714
1.5
5
5
2
.714
1.5
6
5
2
.714
1.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
11/4
@
10:00 PM
Fri
11/6
@
10:00 PM
Sun
11/8
@
6:00 PM
Mon
11/9
@
7:00 PM
Wed
11/11
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
TOR Raptors

3 - 3

125

Final

131

LAL Lakers

5 - 2

Sun 1 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

NBA 2026-27 Betting

NBA 2026-27 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
7
1
.875
2
6
1
.857
0.5
3
5
2
.714
1.5
4
4
3
.571
2.5
5
4
3
.571
2.5
6
4
4
.500
3.0
7
3
3
.500
3.0
8
3
4
.429
3.5
9
3
5
.375
4.0
10
2
4
.333
4.0
11
2
5
.286
4.5
12
2
6
.250
5.0
13
1
6
.143
5.5
14
1
6
.143
5.5
15
1
6
.143
5.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
7
1
.875
2
6
1
.857
0.5
3
5
1
.833
1.0
4
5
2
.714
1.5
5
5
2
.714
1.5
6
5
2
.714
1.5
7
5
3
.625
2.0
8
4
3
.571
2.5
9
4
3
.571
2.5
10
3
3
.500
3.0
11
3
4
.429
3.5
12
1
3
.250
4.0
13
1
5
.167
5.0
14
1
6
.143
5.5
15
1
6
.143
5.5

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
10/20
@
113-121
Tue
10/20
@
106-100
Tue
10/20
@
116-104
Wed
10/21
@
132-125
Wed
10/21
@
116-128

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
11/4
@
7:00 PM
Wed
11/4
@
7:00 PM
Wed
11/4
@
7:30 PM
Wed
11/4
@
7:30 PM
Wed
11/4
@
7:30 PM