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1978 NBA Total Blocks Leaders

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar led the NBA in total blocks in 1978 with 316, 62 ahead of Tree Rollins (254). It stands 18th among all single seasons in NBA history. It was one of 4 times Kareem Abdul-Jabbar led in total blocks.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Led the NBA in 1978 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL
316 Total Blocks 62 clear of Tree Rollins
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# Player Team BLK GP MPG STL
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL 316 80 39.5 76
2 Tree Rollins Tree Rollins ATL 254 81 23.5 46
3 George Johnson NJN 253 78 26.4 68
4 Robert Parish GOS 217 76 31.7 100
5 Terry Tyler Terry Tyler DET 201 82 31.2 104
6 Elvin Hayes Elvin Hayes WAS 190 82 37.9 75
7 Dan Roundfield Dan Roundfield ATL 176 80 31.7 87
8 Rich Kelley NOJ 166 80 33.8 126
9 Caldwell Jones PHL 157 78 27.8 39
10 Artis Gilmore Artis Gilmore CHI 156 82 39.8 50
11 Darryl Dawkins Darryl Dawkins PHL 143 78 26.1 32
12 Sam Lacey Sam Lacey KCK 141 82 32.0 106
13 Mychal Thompson POR 134 73 29.4 67
14 Billy Paultz SAN 125 79 26.9 35
15 Mike Green SAN 122 76 21.6 37
16 Kermit Washington Kermit Washington SDC 121 82 33.7 85
17 Moses Malone HOU 119 82 41.3 79
18 Kevin Kunnert Kevin Kunnert SDC 118 81 20.8 45
19 Marvin Webster NYK 112 60 33.8 24
20 James Edwards James Edwards IND 109 82 31.1 60
21 Jim Chones Jim Chones CLE 102 82 34.8 47
22 Kim Hughes Kim Hughes DEN 102 81 13.4 56
23 Julius Erving Julius Erving PHL 100 78 35.9 133
24 Ben Poquette DET 98 76 17.6 38
25 Dennis Johnson Dennis Johnson SEA 97 80 34.0 100
26 Bobby Jones Bobby Jones PHL 96 80 28.8 107
27 George Gervin George Gervin SAN 91 80 36.1 137
28 Marques Johnson Marques Johnson MIL 89 77 36.1 116
29 David Thompson David Thompson DEN 82 76 35.1 70
30 Kent Benson Kent Benson MIL 81 82 26.0 89
31 Maurice Lucas Maurice Lucas POR 81 69 35.7 66
32 Ron Brewer Ron Brewer POR 79 81 30.3 102
33 Len Elmore IND 79 80 15.8 62
34 Alex English IND 78 81 33.3 70
35 Lonnie Shelton Lonnie Shelton SEA 75 76 28.4 76
36 Bob Lanier DET 75 53 34.6 50
37 Cedric Maxwell Cedric Maxwell BOS 74 80 37.1 98
38 Jan Van Breda Kolff Jan Van Breda Kolff NJN 74 80 25.0 85
39 Jack Sikma Jack Sikma SEA 67 82 36.1 82
40 Wilson Washington Wilson Washington NJN 67 62 18.4 31
41 Darnell Hillman KCK 66 78 20.7 50
42 Alvan Adams Alvan Adams PHX 63 77 30.7 110
43 Mike Bantom IND 62 81 31.2 99
44 Alvin Scott PHX 62 81 21.4 80
45 James Hardy NOJ 61 68 21.4 52
46 Toby Knight NYK 60 82 32.5 61
47 Mickey Johnson CHI 59 82 31.6 88
48 Tom Owens Tom Owens POR 58 82 34.0 59
49 Tom Burleson Tom Burleson KCK 58 56 16.6 26
50 John Gianelli John Gianelli MIL 57 82 25.1 44
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