List of 25 NBA Women's Block Shot Leaders in League History

Margot Dydek - leader of the women's NBA in block shots in the history of the association

This list contains 25 players who scored the most block shots in the regular season games of the Women's National Basketball Association during their careers.

In basketball, “block shot” means a situation where the defense player blocks the opponent’s throw according to the rules and characterizes the actions of the basketball player in defense ^[1] . The main blocking players are front-line basketball players, center and heavy forwards . However, players of other positions who have a good leap and coordination often become the best in this indicator. Only two basketball players at the moment have made more than 800 block shots, 9 players overcame the mark of 500 points and 11 people have more than 400 block shots in their assets.

The first player to break the bar of 800 block shots is Margot Dydek , who achieved this result in the 2006 season , after which she ended her professional career two years later with a score of 877 points. Three years later, in the 2009 season , this achievement was repeated by Lisa Leslie , who completed her performances at the VNBA after it ended, making 822 block shots. The rest of the basketball players are far behind a pair of leaders. In third place is Lauren Jackson , who ended her sports career in the 2012 season , blocking as a result of 586 throws of the opponent.

The leader in terms of average per game is Brittney Greiner , which currently stands at 3.17 block shots per game on average. The second place in this nomination goes to Margo Dydek, who, at the end of her career, has in her assets an average of 2.72 block shots per game. Third place is taken by Lisa Leslie, who, according to the results of her performances, blocked 2.26 shots on average per game.

This list includes nine active basketball players, and the most productive of them is Brittney Greiner, who is still in fourth place.