Putting Up Numbers· NBA

Fastest to 1,000 blocks by an NBA center since 1983-84

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David Robinson leads with 1,000 blocks in 246 games, at 27, first of 44 centers since 1983-84.

Fastest to 1,000 blocks by an NBA center since 1983-84
#Player and seasonsGames
David Robinson1989 – 1993246
Manute Bol1985 – 1989262
Dikembe Mutombo1991 – 1995282
Shawn Bradley1993 – 1998295
Hakeem Olajuwon1984 – 1989327
Alonzo Mourning1992 – 1997328
Patrick Ewing1985 – 1990331
Benoit Benjamin1985 – 1990357
Shaquille O'Neal1992 – 1998358
Theo Ratliff1995 – 2002393
Hassan Whiteside2010 – 2021416
Myles Turner2015 – 2023436
Marcus Camby1996 – 2005437
Rudy Gobert2013 – 2020461
Dwight Howard2004 – 2010475
Samuel Dalembert2001 – 2010514
John Hotrod Williams1986 – 1994532
Yao Ming2002 – 2011920 of 1,000 blocks, inactive after 486 games486
Adonal Foyle1997 – 2006535
Greg Ostertag1995 – 2003536
Roy Hibbert2008 – 2016537
Zydrunas Ilgauskas1997 – 2007552
Sam Bowie1984 – 1995908 of 1,000 blocks, inactive after 511 games511
Roy Hinson1983 – 1991881 of 1,000 blocks, inactive after 507 games507
Jim Mcilvaine1994 – 2001691 of 1,000 blocks, inactive after 401 games401
Mitchell Robinson2018 – 2027695 of 1,000 blocks404
Keon Clark1998 – 2004571 of 1,000 blocks, inactive after 353 games353
Nic Claxton2019 – 2026611 of 1,000 blocks380
Evan Mobley2021 – 2027543 of 1,000 blocks342
DeAndre Jordan2008 – 2016562
Brook Lopez2008 – 2018578
Andrew Lang1988 – 1996585
Elden Campbell1990 – 1998590

Method

  • The data has blocks for every game since 1983-84, so 277 centers from before then aren't here.
  • 2 centers aren't here because a game in their window has no line recorded.