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The highest single game block total by one player in NCAA Division I men's basketball history is 16, set by Mickell Gladness of Alabama A&M on February 24, 2007 against Texas Southern. [3] [4] Although Gladness holds the single-game record, it is Jarvis Varnado of Mississippi State who claims the all-time career blocked shots record (564). [5]
Two of the top eight shot blockers played college basketball for only three seasons. Adonal Foyle of Colgate recorded 492 blocks in just 87 career games before he left one season early for the National Basketball Association (NBA). Foyle would get drafted 8th overall by the Golden State Warriors in the 1997 NBA draft. [10]
Total blocks Games played [d] Blocks per game average [e] 1 Hakeem Olajuwon * C: Houston Rockets (1984–2001) Toronto Raptors (2001–2002) 3,830 1,238 3.09 2 Dikembe Mutombo * C Denver Nuggets (1991–1996) Atlanta Hawks (1996–2001) Philadelphia 76ers (2001–2002) New Jersey Nets (2002–2003) New York Knicks (2003–2004) Houston Rockets ...
Dikembe Mutombo, playing for the Houston Rockets, blocks a shot during a game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in 2004. - Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty Images ‘He was even better off the court’
Mutombo retired at the end of the 2008-09 season, finishing his career with 11,729 points (9.8 per game) and 12,359 rebounds (10.3 per game). He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball ...
Beloved by fans, the Congolese center was selected as an NBA All-Star eight times, using his tremendous, seven-foot, two-inch frame to become one of the league's most fearsome shot-blockers and ...
Did not start game. The Raptors combined for 23 blocks, an NBA record at the time. Clark blocked 10 shots in the first half; 5 in both the first and second quarters. Did not commit a personal foul; holds the NBA record for most blocks in a game without a personal foul. 12 JaVale McGee ^ Washington Wizards: March 15, 2011: Chicago Bulls: 79–98 ...
Stojko Vranković – "Human Victory Cigar", because he played at the end of blowout games where Red Auerbach would light his cigar. [ 136 ] Dick Van Arsdale – "The Original Sun" [ 196 ]