2022-23 leaders

NBA blocks per game leaders.

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Ranked league-wide among qualified players. Qualifying means at least 500 minutes.

Jaren Jackson Jr. leads the NBA in blocks per game for the 2022-23 season at 3.0, through August 9, 2026. Nic Claxton is second at 2.5. This page ranks the top qualified players of 367 who met the minimum for this metric.

2022-23 NBA leaders in Blocks per game

1	Jaren Jackson Jr.	MEM	3.00	100	1,788	63	–	61.3%	24.3%	+9.80
2	Nic Claxton	BKN	2.49	100	2,271	76	–	69.1%	15.5%	+3.70
3	Brook Lopez	MIL	2.47	99	2,373	78	–	63.0%	18.7%	+7.10
4	Walker Kessler	UTA	2.34	99	1,703	74	–	70.2%	13.0%	+3.00
5	Myles Turner	IND	2.26	99	1,825	62	–	65.1%	22.5%	-1.20
6	Anthony Davis	LAL	2.04	99	1,905	56	–	62.7%	27.7%	+4.80
7	Mitchell Robinson	NYK	1.85	98	1,589	59	–	65.2%	10.1%	+7.30
8	Joel Embiid	PHI	1.70	98	2,284	66	–	65.5%	37.0%	+8.80
9	Kristaps Porziņģis	WAS	1.54	98	2,120	65	–	62.7%	27.2%	+1.40
10	Evan Mobley	CLE	1.51	98	2,715	79	–	59.1%	19.9%	+6.50
11	Isaiah Jackson	IND	1.48	97	1,042	63	–	59.5%	16.5%	-5.60
12	Bismack Biyombo	PHX	1.44	97	874	61	–	55.5%	13.6%	+3.10
13	Kevin Durant	PHX	1.43	97	1,672	47	–	67.7%	30.5%	+6.80
14	Robert Williams III	BOS	1.37	96	824	35	–	74.2%	11.3%	+11.40
15	Rudy Gobert	MIN	1.36	96	2,149	70	–	67.5%	16.1%	+0.40
16	Onyeka Okongwu	ATL	1.34	96	1,849	80	–	67.8%	15.0%	+1.80
17	Drew Eubanks	POR	1.31	96	1,584	78	–	66.6%	12.2%	-4.10
18	Ivica Zubac	LAC	1.29	95	2,169	76	–	66.1%	14.9%	-0.60
19	Daniel Gafford	WAS	1.27	95	1,604	78	–	73.9%	14.6%	-2.50
20	Aleksej Pokusevski	OKC	1.26	95	701	34	–	52.2%	17.9%	-12.70
21	Jarrett Allen	CLE	1.24	95	2,220	68	–	67.0%	16.2%	+7.70
22	Clint Capela	ATL	1.22	94	1,730	65	–	65.6%	15.1%	-1.10
23	Bol Bol	ORL	1.21	94	1,505	70	–	60.3%	17.7%	-4.40
24	Jakob Poeltl	TOR	1.19	94	1,906	72	–	63.5%	18.0%	-3.10
25	Steven Adams	MEM	1.09	93	1,133	42	–	56.4%	13.9%	+9.70
26	Nick Richards	CHA	1.09	93	1,218	65	–	67.6%	15.1%	-4.50
27	P.J. Washington	CHA	1.08	93	2,380	73	–	54.2%	20.0%	-7.20
28	Christian Wood	DAL	1.07	93	1,738	67	–	62.4%	25.9%	-1.30
29	Mark Williams	CHA	1.05	92	828	43	–	65.9%	16.8%	-4.70
30	John Collins	ATL	1.03	92	2,130	71	–	59.3%	16.8%	-0.20
31	Christian Koloko	TOR	0.98	92	802	58	–	51.7%	10.0%	+9.00
32	Al Horford	BOS	0.97	92	1,921	63	–	63.1%	11.9%	+7.80
33	Jaden McDaniels	MIN	0.96	91	2,417	79	–	61.1%	15.6%	+2.00
34	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	0.96	91	2,416	68	–	62.6%	31.8%	+2.70
35	Charles Bassey	SAS	0.94	91	508	35	–	65.8%	15.2%	-2.40
36	Jabari Smith Jr.	HOU	0.94	90	2,451	79	–	51.4%	18.3%	-11.30
37	Alperen Sengun	HOU	0.93	90	2,171	75	–	59.9%	21.1%	-7.80
38	Derrick White	BOS	0.93	90	2,319	82	–	60.4%	17.4%	+11.00
39	Kyle Anderson	MIN	0.91	90	1,957	69	–	58.3%	14.3%	+2.30
40	Jalen Smith	IND	0.88	89	1,279	68	–	56.5%	20.1%	-3.80
41	Jalen Duren	DET	0.88	89	1,670	67	–	65.5%	13.9%	-8.30
42	Mo Bamba	LAL	0.88	89	768	49	–	60.2%	16.6%	+1.50
43	Patrick Williams	CHI	0.85	89	2,323	82	–	57.6%	15.6%	-2.40
44	Jusuf Nurkić	POR	0.85	88	1,391	52	–	58.9%	21.8%	+0.30
45	Chris Boucher	TOR	0.84	88	1,524	76	–	59.0%	17.5%	-1.30
46	Jerami Grant	POR	0.84	88	2,246	63	–	60.6%	22.7%	-1.20
47	Draymond Green	GSW	0.84	87	2,298	73	–	59.2%	12.9%	+7.00
48	Bam Adebayo	MIA	0.81	87	2,598	75	–	59.2%	25.1%	+1.80
49	Maxi Kleber	DAL	0.81	87	930	37	–	59.2%	10.0%	-2.90
50	Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	0.81	87	2,024	63	–	60.5%	37.3%	+7.20

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