The Women's National Basketball Association (VNBA) is awarded the title of leader of the regular championship in block shots to the player who made the largest number of block shots on average per game during this season.
In basketball, “ block shot ” means a situation when a player of a defending team blocks an opponent’s throw without breaking the rules and characterizes the actions of the basketball player in defense. The main blocking players are the front-line players - center and heavy forwards , however players of other positions who have a good jump and coordination often become the best in this statistic.
The record for perfect block shots in a single regular season belongs to Brittney Greiner , who blocked 129 rival shots in the 2014 season . In the 2015 season, Greiner also set a record for the average number of block shots per meeting - 4.04. In the 1998 season, Margot Dydek set records for the total number of block shots made and the average set for a match for newcomers to the league (114 and 3.80, respectively).
More often than others, the winner of this nomination was Margot Dydek (8 times), Brittney Griner became seven times the best blocker of the league, in addition, both are players who won this nomination 6 and 7 times in a row, respectively, and starting from the debut season in the league. Twice the best block shot players were Lisa Leslie , Candice Parker and Sylvia Fowles . Only one basketball player won this nomination and the VNBA championship in the same season, she also became Brittney Greiner in 2014 as part of the Phoenix Mercury club. The same Greiner is the youngest basketball player to win this award, having won it at the age of 22 years and 332 days. The current winners of this nomination are Connecticut Sun forward Jonquel Jones and Phoenix Mercury Center Brittney Greiner.
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VNBA Block Shot Regular Leaders
| Season | Player | Photo | Pos. | Team | Games played | Total of losses | Block shots for the loss | Total block shots | BPG | Note |
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| 1997 | Elena Baranova | F | Utah Stars | 28 | 82 | 0.77 | 63 | 2.25 | [1] [2] | |
| 1998 | Margot Dydek | Ts | Utah Stars | thirty | 108 | 1.06 | 114 | 3.80 | [3] [4] | |
| 1999 | Margot Dydek (2) | Ts | Utah Stars | 32 | 91 | 0.85 | 77 | 2.41 | [3] [5] | |
| 2000 | Margot Dydek (3) | Ts | Utah Stars | 32 | 82 | 1.17 | 96 | 3.00 | [3] [6] | |
| 2001 | Margot Dydek (4) | Ts | Utah Stars | 32 | 90 | 1.26 | 113 | 3.53 | [3] [7] | |
| 2002 | Margot Dydek (5) | Ts | Utah Stars | thirty | 96 | 1,11 | 107 | 3.57 | [3] [8] | |
| 2003 | Margot Dydek (6) | Ts | San Antonio Silver Stars | 34 | 80 | 1.25 | one hundred | 2.94 | [3] [9] | |
| 2004 | Lisa Leslie * | Ts | Los Angeles Sparks | 34 | 110 | 0.89 | 98 | 2.88 | [10] [11] | |
| 2005 | Maria Stepanova [a] | Ts | Phoenix Mercury | fifteen | 22 | 1.73 | 38 | 2,53 | [12] [13] | |
| 2006 | Margot Dydek (7) | Ts | Connecticut Sun | 34 | fifty | 1.70 | 85 | 2,50 | [3] [14] | |
| 2007 | Margot Dydek (8) | Ts | Connecticut Sun | 32 | 51 | 1.29 | 66 | 2.06 | [3] [15] | |
| 2008 | Lisa Leslie * (2) | Ts | Los Angeles Sparks | 33 | 119 | 0.82 | 97 | 2.94 | [10] [16] | |
| 2009 | Candice Parker ^ [b] | F | Los Angeles Sparks | 25 | 55 | 0.96 | 53 | 2.12 | [17] [18] | |
| 2010 | Sylvia Fowles ^ | Ts | Chicago skye | 34 | 82 | 1,07 | 88 | 2.59 | [19] [20] | |
| 2011 | Sylvia Fowles ^ (2) | Ts | Chicago skye | 34 | 96 | 0.71 | 68 | 2.00 | [19] [21] | |
| 2012 | Candice Parker ^ (2) | F | Los Angeles Sparks | 33 | 98 | 0.78 | 76 | 2,30 | [17] [22] | |
| 2013 | Brittney Greiner ^ [c] | Ts | Phoenix Mercury | 27 | 47 | 1.72 | 81 | 3.00 | [23] [24] | |
| 2014 | Brittney Greiner ^ (2) | Ts | Phoenix Mercury | 34 | 65 | 1.98 | 129 | 3.79 | [23] [25] | |
| 2015 | Brittney Greiner ^ (3) | Ts | Phoenix Mercury | 26 | 56 | 1.88 | 105 | 4.04 | [23] [26] | |
| 2016 | Brittney Greiner ^ (4) | Ts | Phoenix Mercury | 34 | 70 | 1,56 | 109 | 3.21 | [23] [27] | |
| 2017 | Brittney Greiner ^ (5) [d] | Ts | Phoenix Mercury | 26 | 64 | 1,02 | 65 | 2,50 | [23] [28] | |
| 2018 | Brittney Greiner ^ (6) | Ts | Phoenix Mercury | 34 | 80 | 1.09 | 87 | 2,56 | [23] [29] | |
| 2019 | Jonquel Jones ^ | F / c | Connecticut Sun | 34 | 66 | 1,03 | 68 | 2.00 | [30] [31] | |
| Brittney Greiner ^ (7) | Ts | Phoenix Mercury | 31 | 76 | 0.82 | 62 | [23] [31] |
Comments
- a In the 2005 season, Margot Dydek , Lisa Leslie , Vanessa Hayden and Lauren Jackson made the most block shots (71, 71, 68 and 67, respectively), however, they held 16, 19, 16 and 19 meetings respectively more than Maria Stepanova therefore, according to the average indicator for the match, they took the second, fourth, third and fifth places, slightly behind the last one (2.29, 2.09, 2.19 and 1.97 against 2.53), and Stepanova herself only closed the top ten in terms of the total number of blocked shots [13] .
- b In the 2009 season, Tanzhela Smith made the most block shots (57), but had 9 meetings more than Candice Parker , so she took only third place in the average for the match, slightly behind the last one (1.68 against 2 , 12), and the second was Lauren Jackson (1.73) [18] .
- c September 15, 2013 after the end of the next season center Brittney Greiner at the age of 22 years and 332 days became the youngest best blocking player according to the results of the season in the history of the VNBA .
- d In the 2017 season, Sylvia Fawles and Elizabeth Williams made the most block shots (67 each), however, they held 8 meetings more than Brittney Greiner, so by the average for the game they divided the second and third places, slightly behind the last one ( 1.97 versus 2.50) [28] .
Notes
- ↑ Elena Baranova WNBA Stats . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 1997 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Margo Dydek WNBA Stats . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 1998 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 1999 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 2000 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 2001 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 2002 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 2003 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Lisa Leslie WNBA Stats . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 2004 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ Maria Stepanova WNBA Stats . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 2005 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 2006 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 2007 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 2008 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Candace Parker WNBA Stats . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 2009 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Sylvia Fowles WNBA Stats . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 24, 2016.
- ↑ 2010 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 2011 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 2012 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Brittney Griner WNBA Stats . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 2013 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 2014 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 2015 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- ↑ 2016 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of appeal September 27, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 2017 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of appeal October 16, 2017.
- ↑ 2018 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of appeal September 17, 2018.
- ↑ Jonquel Jones WNBA Stats . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment October 11, 2019.
- ↑ 1 2 2019 WNBA Season Summary . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment October 11, 2019.
Links
- WNBA Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Blocks Per Game . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.
- WNBA Year-by-Year Leaders and Records for Blocks . basketball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC. Date of treatment July 27, 2016.