Wembanyama’s blocks streak
Victor Wembanyama has led the NBA in blocks in each of his three seasons so far at age 22. That string of yearly block titles is being highlighted in social conversations about his defensive consistency and career trajectory. (x.com)
Victor Wembanyama has now led the National Basketball Association in blocks in each of his first three seasons, doing it again in 2025-26 at age 22. (nba.com) The league’s official leaders page shows Wembanyama finished first in blocks per game in 2025-26 at 3.1, ahead of Chet Holmgren’s 1.9. Basketball-Reference lists him as a three-time blocks champion and gives his birth date as January 4, 2004. (nba.com) (basketball-reference.com) He also topped the league in 2024-25 at 3.8 blocks per game in 46 games, with Walker Kessler second at 2.4. In his 2023-24 rookie season, the National Basketball Association said Wembanyama averaged a league-leading 3.6 blocks per game. (nba.com 1) (nba.com 2) The three-year run puts Wembanyama in a short historical list. National Basketball Association statistics writer John Schuhmann wrote on April 13 that Wembanyama became the third player to lead the league in blocks per game in three straight seasons, joining Dikembe Mutombo and Marcus Camby. (nba.com) That consistency has come while his overall workload and role expanded. The official leaders page lists him at 25.0 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.1 blocks in 64 games this season, and an National Basketball Association MVP Ladder entry on March 27 said San Antonio was among the league’s best teams. (nba.com 1) (nba.com 2) Wembanyama’s blocks titles have not come from one statistical spike. His rookie award announcement pegged him at 3.6 blocks per game in 2023-24, the 2024-25 leaders page had him at 3.8, and the 2025-26 leaders page closed at 3.1. (nba.com 1) (nba.com 2) (nba.com 3) The 2023-24 season already put him in rare company. The National Basketball Association said then that he was the second rookie ever to lead the entire league in blocks per game, after Manute Bol in 1985-86. (nba.com) By April 15, 2026, the streak has become a clean shorthand for what San Antonio gets every year: elite rim protection from a 22-year-old who has not yet finished his third full season of awards voting. (basketball-reference.com) (nba.com)
