Random Stat:
Which players get their shot blocked the most?

Q: Would you folks know of a website that posts the stats on a player's shot being blocked? I heard Jermaine O'Neal leads the league in this category (i.e., more of his shots are blocked than anyone else), and I wanted to check on that. -- Pavel

A: Why yes we do know of a web site that publishes stats on how often a player's shot gets blocked...this one right here! Yes indeed, if you go the 'player stats' page for a specific player, say in this case Jermaine O'Neal you can see how often the guy is getting stuffed, both overall, by shot type, and by shot clock timing.

Ah, but Pavel is looking for the leaderboard and until we put up our sortable pages for all teams/players (yeah one day that'll happen) it's not a simple matter to figure out who is best and worst. So...

The first thing to know is that the type of shot has a big influence on how likely it is to get blocked:
13.7% - Close shots (not dunks)
3.2% - Dunks
3.1% - Jumpers

As a result asking "who gets blocked the most" is a little unfair to the guys who take shots inside predominantly. Therefore we'll break it out for both all shots and only the close range/non dunk ones.

Highest overall shot getting blocked % (Minimum: 200 FGA) Team Player FGA Blk'd Blk% ATL  Pachulia 386   51   13.2%  PHI  Salmons 289   37   12.8%  NJN  Krstic 455   56   12.3%  ATL  Williams 244   30   12.3%  POR  Patterson 298   34   11.4%  HOU  Swift 255   28   11.0%  MEM  Wright 246   27   11.0%  ORL  Howard 455   49   10.8%  BOS  Jefferson 307   33   10.7%  SAC  Abdur-Rahim 365   39   10.7%  Lowest overall shot getting blocked % (Minimum: 200 FGA) Team Player FGA Blk'd Blk% TOR  Peterson 524   11   2.1%  SAS  Finley 384   8   2.1%  SAC  Bibby 769   16   2.1%  CHA  Rush 313   6   1.9%  DET  R.Wallace 565   10   1.8%  HOU  Alston 285   5   1.8%  DET  Evans 210   3   1.4%  PHO  Jones 353   5   1.4%  CLE  Jones 301   4   1.3%  MIL  Kukoc 202   2   1.0%

Highest CLOSE SHOT blocked % (Minimum: 100 FGA) Team Player FGA Blk'd Blk% ATL  Childress 105   25   23.8%  ATL  Pachulia 204   43   21.1%  CHA  Knight 110   23   20.9%  DEN  Anthony 310   63   20.3%  NJN  Krstic 224   45   20.1%  UTA  Kirilenko 125   25   20.0%  SAC  Miller 111   22   19.8%  CHI  Nocioni 118   23   19.5%  DET  Billups 119   23   19.3%  UTA  Okur 175   32   18.3%  Lowest CLOSE SHOT getting blocked % (Minimum: 100 FGA) Team Player FGA Blk'd Blk% NYK  Curry 183   14   7.7%  TOR  Villanueva 168   13   7.7%  SAS  Ginobili 135   10   7.4%  NJN  Kidd 122   9   7.4%  SAC  Bibby 100   7   7.0%  PHO  Nash 130   9   6.9%  TOR  Peterson 111   7   6.3%  SEA  Lewis 124   7   5.6%  SAS  Duncan 235   11   4.7%  MIA  O'Neal 195   8   4.1%

Overall we'd vote for Nenad Krstic as the guy getting the most shots sent back from whence they came. Given the minimums we set, and the fact we're only a little over halfway through the season at this stage though, you could make a case that Carmelo Anthony gets his shot blocked about as much as anyone at close range. Of course that's not exactly a sharp criticism, as being able to get a shot off from close in is a big positive since they come with significantly higher average FG% then the "settled for" jumper from outside. Who has had the most dunks blocked? That would be Flip Murray tied for the league lead with 4 stuffed dunk attempts, but at a whopping 20% of total dunk tries!

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