@Louis Rivera imagine how edgy this teen felt commenting this shit.

@Louis Rivera Hof menace to society smh

@@RafitoOoO what?

Shows how the game has changed. No current players here

@@RafitoOoO what did he say?

Look it up it's hilarious

😂

Didn't know that

"there's a gum in my shoe" - Alonzo talks about Jeff VG on Jay Leno

Bill Walton also worth mentioning as a great shot blocker. He comes to mind because you mentioned good passers.

@@lukecash3500 nah he meant that they passed awat

@@dragshan5255 It's a shame with Manute Bol. Wish he could see Bol Bol's whole career at least.

Ben Wallace as well

@@tj5180 Ben isn’t dead

Barry Sanders ,no doubt

No there not

@@jennaskogs3630 yes they're are dumbass if they recorded blocks at that time

@@tmn_night8748 they’re was no goaltending, no 3 pt line so every one went to the paint and took they’re shots, players were less skilled etc.)

@@PROBENICCOMPS goaltending was a rule because of wilt chamberlain, second is the most athletic center of all time and third no the players won't only score in the paint. If you don't know anything about basketball don't talk about it my guy

@@tmn_night8748 yea same shit, if Shaq or Giannis or Hakeem played in the 60’s they would make goaltending a rule, they’re was no goaltending when Wilt played and players rim run to the paint

My wifes brother in law met him and he said that to me

The first time I heard his name, i thought my brother were watching some cartoons.

@@IlikeNachosandbasketball Ain't yo wife's brother in law your brother tho?

@@RealTony122, Could be his wife's sister's husband.

Not original

Ben was at the short end of the USUAL range for a center, but he was NOT "undersized". Inch more or less than Russell, and there have been OTHER centers that were shorter (though not many "Hall" centers). Hint - even at Center, 7' or taller is NOT the norm, most centers have been SHORTER. Ben's PEAK was 3.5 BPG one season - by the standards of the NBA, that's quite high but NOT all-time high, several centers averaged more than that FOR THEIR CAREER.

He was vertically undersized, horizontally he was oversized

@@bastadimasta I suspect he was another player, like Bill Russell or Kevin McHale, that had more reach than usual for their "height". Long Arms type.

Fr he was underrated center and shot blocker

He should be on this list, literally more blocks and steals than fouls in his career.

fucked up

Wallace's career block average is only 2. His best blocking averages is 3.5, 3.2 and 3.0 in his Detroit prime. Throughout his career his blocks averages ranges from 1 - 2.5. He is no doubt one of the best defenders, but he altered shots because of his physical presence not mainly because of his blocking skills.

Bigben was known for his defense, because of his strength, not blocking.

Not even a top-20 NBA per game blocker.

Being a defensive player does not always equate to the number of blocks you make in a game. There's a lot more that go in defensive plays.

@@kingsleykpabitey1814 and yet the video is about blocking, not best defender

What no way!

He did say that they would be at the top of the leader board if they counted blocks back then when they played. And they should have been on the list

@Snow Cone There are a few folks DOCUMENTED to have blocked the Sky Hook. Wilt IS probably the only person to do it more than once though - though that video where he blocks Kareem on consecutive attempts was NOT 2 sky hooks, they were both JUMP hooks (and Wilt was borderline goaltending on one of them).

Oh, it’s ridiculous that Wilt and Russ are not on the list. Easily the 2 best shot blockers in NBA History. Without question.

@@faqjail4968 He clearly wasn't listening otherwise he wouldn't be making that comment.

Actually, George Mikan invented shot blocking - almost a DECADE before Bill was drafted. The "Defensive Goaltending" rules for BOTH the NBA and the NCAA came about due to George (as did the first lane widen rule in the NBA and at least one other rule). But like Wilt and Bill (and to a lesser degree Nate and Kareem) he suffered due to blocks not being a RECORDED statistic 'til the season AFTER Wilt left the NBA for the ABA.

He ain’t competing with any of these guys

@@gavinhoppe2208 Bro he won 3 DPOY's IN A ROW. How do you say he doesn't compare to those guys.

True Dwight should at least get a mention. Also Ben Wallace 4 time DPOY had to make the list

@@yahlee1802 ben wasn't known for his blocking

Bro it’s like saying kawhi isn’t known for his stealing

Or bill Russell

@@notde_lava1404 Did you not pay attention? During Bill's time, there was no official statistics for shot blocking. It was introduced I guess he said in the 70's.

@@notde_lava1404 blocks weren’t recorded in the 60’s if I remember correctly.

I believe Kareem is the only one in this top 10 who didn't play at least a few seasons in the 90s.

Finally someone talks about Nate The Great!

@@4Scoot5 you know it bro. First person ever to record a quadruple double

Underrated. Doesn't get a lot of recognition in his era by modern nba fans

@@tj5180 facts

@@dillonrodgers5556 *Officially. He said that Wilt and Bill had tons and it wasn’t the first time he did it. I’ll find the actual quote

10000

Well over 10,000

@@calebstewart7358 Probadly

The thing with Wilt is that Many People and also i believe that the Most ( Not everything) is a myth Slept with 10.000 womens? Benched 700 LB or so? Have a 40 inch vert Have over 8 Blocks every Game Everything just a myth i mean who can the 30+/20+and 8 Block Player loss nearly every Finals Games? The 2.06 m Tall Bill Russel was known at the best defender of his Time and also caged wilt in every Game. So he cant be that dominant then most believe. He was solid one of the best of his era maybe the best but nothing more.

@@germanischerkrieger6018 we have proof of the 40 inch vert and the 700 pound bench press

Dikembe and Hakeem are stfu idiot

@@wp_aris1052 You should be quiet. This guy speakin facs. Watch the film. You don't know anything you should just be quiet.

@@alexluna1784 so bill russell, nate thurmond, willis reed, bob pettit, walt bellamy, oscar robertson, jerry west, jerry lucas, elgin baylor and many others were plumbers? You people always seem to look down on the 60s for some reason.

wilt is disgustingly underrated...no other player changed and dominated the game like him

@Chief Uchiha So, there were actually plumbers. In the 40s and 50s sometimes the 11th man on the bench would pick up a second job in the offseason. Didn't happen any more in the 60s, players were making more money. If Bill or Wilt played against a plumber then seriously there must have been a fatal plane crash or something. The fact is they were playing against guys who had track and field numbers good enough to warrant a first round pick today. And Bill and Wilt would be physical freaks by today's standard too. Wilt Chamberlain won the national shot put competition seven times in a row, won the high jump twice, competed in the triple jump, the long jump, ran the 1500, the 3000, the 5000, the 10000, the 15000, the mile, the half marathon, bench pressed 500 lbs in college (Shaq benched 465 in his prime), had his standing vertical measured using pixel mapping of game film and without a running start he leapt 43" (so with a running start Wilt really wasn't capping, he really could get above 50), did tricep extensions with 150 lb weights, I mean the guy retired from the nba and then competed in pro volleyball for 10 years and made the hall of fame. That is plenty of explanation for that level of dominance without being an ignorant idiot and saying it was because it the competition. There isn't even such a thing as a single other nba player with combine measurements that are that crazy. In fact it'd be difficult to find anyone in sports who was more athletic. All of those were facts, plain as day, none of the tall tales that get circulated. Try and find me one person more athletic. The fact is that when it comes to Wilt his accomplishments are so unreal that he can't even get credit for them. They're too good. No one wants to believe he averaged 8.8 blocks in the 112 fully filmed games we have but he did. No one wants to believe he got 26 in a game but he got 23 in a game that is all on film. The dude literally is remembered for the dipper dunk. Players have to fly up to the rim and when they're really flying like MJ, Wilkins, or Carter they have their head above the rim. Wilt's trademark dunk was him just barely jumping and then dipping it in there like someone dipping a donut into a cup of coffee. It was effortless.

@Dickerson So, who should have in front of him. Please, tell us!?

@Rei Mid-range players were nothing new (Jerry West, Oscar Robertson, Pistol Pete, etc...). Yes, paint-oriented players were a dying breed by the start of the new millennium, but you'll find that even steals have dropped since. Allen Iverson & Chris Paul are the only players who've accumulated 200+ steals in a season during the post-2000 era.

Na thats just career avg Not best peak

but how would he word it?? 😂 what stats would he use to back it up? we know they’re crazy shotblockers but it wasn’t recorded back then so no stats for them to be in this video

They kinda did. All known proven stat lines with blocks included with Wilt and Bill (by Harvey pollack nba statistician from 1946 to around the 2010s) and in those 120+ stat lines they averaged over 8 blocks. One of these games wilt had 20+ blocks and on a side note, Wilt blocked 23 shots on national television. Wilt also reportedly had 27 blocks vs the Detroit pistons who had a 7 footer who was compared to Wilt as a college player often.

To take it a step further, not only were Russell and Chamberlain skilled shot blockers, but they also had sooooo many more opportunities to block shots; given the style of offense during their era. Every team was always trying to shoot from as close in as possible. And there weren't 35-40 3-point attempts per game.....

Dennis Johnson D Wade Andrei Kirilenko Tim Duncan Bill Russell (Hakeem and Wilt honorable mention)

@@vikrantverma1125 Kinda strange to list Bill instead of Wilt when Wilt averaged 10.9 and 10.7 in 67 and 68, and Bill never had an average that high. Also Bill never blocked over 20 shots and Wilt blocked 26 and 23 shots.

@@lukecash3500 it's not just how many shots the player blocks but who is the more effective blocker. Russell played defense in such a way that he would have to block less shots but that doesn't mean he is the worse of the two! I have seen people telling stories of players being afraid to come in the paint due to Russell. No knock on Wilt but for me Russell just edges out(second is Wilt of course)

@@vikrantverma1125 the fact that you put d wade and kirilenko speaks fir itself you really know basketball bro

@@jimjim3979 I love learning about the older players. DWade is universally regarded as the best shot blocking guard ever and it's damn right. Kirilenko on the other hand has three seasons averaging around 3 blocks per game and is easily the best shot blocking SF ever(tbh the played both 3 and 4 but still he is way above his competition). Dr J is probably second!

Ben was known for his defense because of his strength, altering shots, not blocking.. Sure he had some blocks but not enough to be on that list.

@@deancafe4739 lol he has more all time blocks than 4 players on the list . One of the few men in the nba thst could block DUNKS. Not sure how many people could stop shaq in his prime on a dunk with 1 hand

Ben even got blocks in the all-star game Top 5 all time for sure

Ever heard of Shaq Kareem or wilt Chamberlin

Nothing you sus

Ye

Wasnt Shaq a 3x all defensive 2nd team?

Or Giannis and Embid

And bill Russell

@@jalenbyrd1511 neither of them recorded a single block so it is very tough to tank them. They are better off being left off of lists like this

@@linkonedgell894 They are better off with YTers who have lots of viewers and clout, YTers like this YTer, actually laying out the facts and treating them like they deserve to be more than a footnote in the discussion. They aren't just a footnote. There are plenty of reliable facts proving that they put everyone in this list to shame, Nate Thurmond as well not just Bill and Wilt. Harvey Pollack was a real person. He really was a big part of the nba for 60 years. He really did get them to record rebounds and assists and blocks and steals and contests and deflections. He really was keeping his own records before the league did. Wilt Chamberlain really did average 10.9 and then 10.7 in 67 and 68. He really did get 23 blocks in a nationally televised games against the Suns on Christmas, 1969. People really did go through all 112 fully filmed games we have of Wilt and determine that his average was 8.8, an average that's ludicrously high even though Wilt was for the most part older or even post knee op (he tore his patella, normally a career ending injury at the time, and went on to play in the postseason). You can say whatever you want about Harvey's records, but you can't argue with people literally watching all the filmed games and agreeing on an average of 8.8, that is indisputable fact. These are all facts. Well established facts. Just because the league doesn't officially recognize it, that doesn't somehow make it not a fact. The fact of the matter is that Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and Nate Thurmond are the three most prolific shot blockers in nba history, and it's not even remotely close. Even if you lowball the shit out of Bill and Wilt they're still in the 10000 block club, and Nate might be in the club too. That's practically three times as many blocks as Olajuwon.

@@lukecash3500 true

It’s more than that; ACOS

Rip manute bol

Yes but you also gotta consider how many possessions per game there were back then as well as the style of play. It was a very post and paint oriented style back then from what I can tell so I don't think stats or direct comparisons tell the whole story.

@@ILOV3BUTT3R that doesn’t cut it. Back then the games were the same length, just a faster paced game. In the early 60’s they shot about 12 more shots per game. That means 6 more per team. If todays teams shot 6 additional shots per game, there is still no one getting close to 4 blocked shots per game, much less 8.

Knowing & getting credit for are 2 different things

WTF are you talking about? Please get your facts straight

MJ would never say that

He isn’t, Hakeem has 600 more blocks then Mutombo and Hakeem has the most block’s in history Mutumbo comes in second

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