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1979 NBA Total Blocks Leaders

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar led the NBA in total blocks in 1979 with 280, 22 ahead of George Johnson (258). It stands 34th 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 1979 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL
280 Total Blocks 22 clear of George Johnson
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# Player Team BLK GP MPG STL
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LAL 280 82 38.3 81
2 George Johnson NJN 258 81 26.2 53
3 Tree Rollins Tree Rollins ATL 244 82 25.9 54
4 Terry Tyler Terry Tyler DET 220 82 32.6 107
5 Elvin Hayes Elvin Hayes WAS 189 81 39.3 62
6 Ben Poquette UTH 162 82 28.7 45
7 Caldwell Jones PHL 162 80 34.6 43
8 Harvey Catchings MIL 162 72 19.0 23
9 Darryl Dawkins Darryl Dawkins PHL 142 80 31.8 49
10 Julius Erving Julius Erving PHL 140 78 36.1 170
11 Dan Roundfield Dan Roundfield ATL 139 81 32.0 101
12 Kermit Washington Kermit Washington POR 131 80 33.2 73
13 David Greenwood David Greenwood CHI 129 82 34.0 60
14 Clemon Johnson IND 121 79 19.5 48
15 Joe Meriweather NYK 120 65 24.1 37
16 Bobby Jones Bobby Jones PHL 118 81 26.2 102
17 Robert Parish GOS 115 72 29.4 58
18 Mickey Johnson IND 112 82 32.3 153
19 Sam Lacey Sam Lacey KCK 109 81 29.8 111
20 Moses Malone HOU 107 82 38.3 80
21 James Edwards James Edwards IND 104 82 28.2 55
22 Bill Cartwright Bill Cartwright NYK 101 82 38.4 48
23 Kent Benson Kent Benson DET 92 73 25.9 73
24 James Hardy UTH 87 76 21.1 47
25 Toby Knight NYK 86 81 36.4 117
26 Dennis Johnson Dennis Johnson SEA 82 81 36.3 144
27 Wayne Cooper GOS 79 79 22.5 20
28 George Gervin George Gervin SAN 79 78 37.6 110
29 Lonnie Shelton Lonnie Shelton SEA 79 76 29.5 92
30 Mike Mitchell CLE 77 82 34.2 70
31 Jack Sikma Jack Sikma SEA 77 82 34.1 68
32 Kim Hughes Kim Hughes DEN 77 70 17.3 66
33 Jan Van Breda Kolff Jan Van Breda Kolff NJN 76 82 29.3 100
34 Marques Johnson Marques Johnson MIL 70 77 34.9 100
35 Major Jones HOU 67 82 18.8 50
36 George Johnson DEN 67 75 25.8 84
37 Jim Chones Jim Chones LAL 65 82 29.2 56
38 Bob McAdoo Bob McAdoo DET 65 58 36.2 73
39 Alex English DEN 62 78 30.8 73
40 Bill Willoughby CLE 62 78 18.6 32
41 Leon Douglas DET 62 70 25.5 30
42 Wes Unseld Wes Unseld WAS 61 82 36.3 65
43 Cedric Maxwell Cedric Maxwell BOS 61 80 34.3 76
44 Dave Cowens Dave Cowens BOS 61 66 32.7 69
45 Truck Robinson Truck Robinson PHX 59 82 33.1 58
46 Artis Gilmore Artis Gilmore CHI 59 48 32.7 29
47 Spencer Haywood LAL 57 76 20.3 35
48 Robert Reid HOU 57 76 30.3 132
49 Alvan Adams Alvan Adams PHX 55 75 28.9 108
50 Dan Issel DEN 54 82 35.8 88
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