Wemby had 254 blocks in 2024 then 176 blocks in 2025. He led the league in blocks both years.

Only 9 players in NBA history had 300 or more blocks in a season.

Mark Eaton is the only player with more than 400 blocks in a season. From 1984 to 1989, Eaton had 300 or more blocks in a season.

Theo Ratliff was the last NBA player to record at least 300 blocks in a season with 307 in 2004.

Dude was a hell of a defensive player and an even better speaker.

The increased ball movement and outside shooting means even a defensive beast like Wemby doesn’t get near the same opportunity to block shots

Stockton owns two records that will never broken:

• Assists record (no one is remotely close)

• Steals record (no one is remotely close)

Some people say he only owns the records because of longevity, but what many don’t know is he set the records seven and eight years before he retired

Wemby might be the closest guy and even then it would be hard for him 

I was reading up on him the other day as he was one of the guys who could mess with Kareems skyhook (Walton and Chamberlain were others too)

Dude was the ultimate project lumbering big and wasn’t even good at UCLA and winded up being maybe the best shot blocker ever 

Sad he died the way he did a few years ago

Jordan 10 scoring titles.

The craziest thing, Wembanyama has blocked a higher percentage of 2pfgs than Eaton ever did.

The record is still untouchable.

This would be a Wilt record too, if they recorded blocks back then.

He averaged double digit blocks or more ….

I doubt Wemby gets close as he is unlikely to play every game.

If he plays 75 games in a season, which would be his highest mark by far, he would need over 6 blocks per game.

I think Mark Eaton is criminally underrated and an all-time great defender. If I could, I would put him in the basketball hall of fame.

Mark Eaton was a fixture on a defense that had the lowest Defensive Rating 4 times. It’s not the end all be all of what qualifies as a great defender, but I think it’s worth SOMETHING. If he played today, he wouldn’t have been punished so harshly for not being great on offense.

On 11/10/84 he had 1 block. Every other game of the season he had at least 2. He only had 2 in 6 games. The other 75 games he had at least 3, and at least 5 blocks in 48 of them. He also had 10+ in 6 games and 14 blocks in 1 game. He also had 4 triple doubles that season- all with blocks.

Jazz legend Mark Eaton

I mean, it’s an impressive record to be sure. But there’s a fair chance Wilt averaged significantly more blocks than that per game for seasons at a time when he played.

The little hard data that exists for Wilt with blocks showed him averaging 8.8 blocks per game. And this was in his mid-30s, not when he was younger and even more explosive.

Blocked shots just weren’t an official stat that was recorded at the time so we’ll never know for sure. But that block record of Eaton’s, which I agree is probably unbreakable in today’s game, was probably surpassed significantly before he played for whatever that’s worth

Wish they tracked blocks when Wilt played lol

Love to see the Eaton recognition

It feels unbreakable because the game has shifted to the perimeter. If rules bring the game back inside, then I do think it could be broken.

In this record setting season, Eaton posted a BLK% of 8.7. Victor Wembanyama posted a BLK% of 10 as a rookie

The highest BLK% seasons of all-time belong to Manute Bol in 86, 87, and 89, followed by Wemby’s first two years. Mark Eaton doesn’t actually have a season in the top-10 fwiw

Not shitting on the guy obviously, just interesting imo

By that token, don’t also think he is gonna score 50 pts a game for a season? He hasn’t maxed out yet?

He would have to massively improve at blocking shots to get close and also stay healthy. He will have to so so in a league that is increasingly more perimeter oriented.

part of the reason it wont be broken is spread offenses mean far fewer inside-the-paint shots are taken than in the 80s; harder to block 3’s coming from all over the court

Yes it’s unbeatable

Teams don’t take as many blockable shots as they used to

Manute Bol might have beaten it but his minutes were limited

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/blk_per_mp_season.html

I love to see stats like this, it’s something most people won’t look at or think to mention. But this is history right here and you make a valid point. Who can realistically beat this

And averaged nearly 35 MPG while never missing a single game that year @ 7’4” 290 while also leading the league in DRPG

The man should absolutely be studied by science

Willing to bet his 23 and Me just says 100% direct descendent of Paul Bunyan

I feel like there are scales to unbreakable records. This one is very much talent driven, it’d take someone like Wemby to develop Hakeem’s defense alongside having some serious perimeter defenders to force people inside to challenge that. But in theory, it could be challenged.

Then you have the absurd records that have no basis to be beaten in today’s league, like Wilts more than 48 minutes a game. Playing every minute of every game and playing overtimes isn’t something we could see today because of the liability alone. But I feel Mark Eaton’s record is more fun to talk about, because we do have guys in the league who have had more than 5 blocks in a game, and gone on some crazy defensive streaks.

Good shout, haven’t thought about Eaton in forever.

Yes, unless rules are changed. Defensive 3 second rule and the 3 point heavy game makes it unimaginable to break. If anyone could do it with a rule change I would say it’s Wemby. But back in the day there were a lot of drives to the hoop and shots from near the paint that guys like Eaton would eat up.

And as good as he was, he was never such a force that I would worry about when my favorites (Lakers and MJ) would play them.

It won’t happen. The game isn’t played the same and none of these players that could have a chance at it can play 82 games.

The Thing about Mark Eaton and Bill Walton was they weren’t just tall they were broad as hell. Those guys are huge. Kareem and Sampson were tall but slender. The other 2 literally looked like mountain men.

It”s not gonna happen as long as teams keep chucking threes. Back in the ‘80s, they took a ton of shots, mostly from mid-range and in the paint. That ain’t coming back. Plus, players are way more aware of their image and social media now, so they’ll often pass or dribble back out when they see a good shot blocker.

Well they don’t take the ball to the rim as much as they did back in the day. Less going to the rim equals less blocks.

Obviously a more permitted based game makes this nearly impossible.

Also everyone on the floor is more athletic and getting blocks is probably harder then back then

Yea I don’t see anyone breaking that or Hakeem’s career blocks record. With how the game is played today.

When told about these records, I’ve heard people respond: “Yeah, back when the NBA was full of plumbers and gardeners.”

Not that I agree but it’s funny.

Wemby’s got it easy

I got 455 blocks in a season in nba 2k lol

Wemby might break this one

I broke it in 2k

Wemby

I mean with today’s load management shit, there’s no way he or any other big ever plays even close to 82 games in a season ever again.

Wilt averaged over 8 blocks a game for his entire career, but that was more than 5 minutes ago, and no 8K video exists of it, so we’re not going to talk about that.

Bill Russell was right behind him too. Same problem though. 😕

Theres a shot Wemby could get close to that if he stays healthy. We dont know what his ceiling is, so theres a possibility he could average 5 or 6 blocks a game. If their guard they drafted becomes a stud that might mean Wemby stays more in the post and has a chance to block more

I just want to point out this is the official record

Blocks were not kept during Russell and Wilt’s days, they might have averaged close to ten a game

Inflated stats

Victor Wembanyama has entered the chat

Call me crazy but I actually Wemby has a chance to get it, but literally no one outside of him has a chance

He was playing against plumbers and accountants