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Only 3 NBA Players Have Ever Averaged Over 2 Steals And 2 Blocks In The Same Season

Gautam Varier
Jul 27, 2022
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It’s not easy being a great defender in the NBA when you have to constantly go up against so many of the incredibly skilled players that have played in this league over the years. A few have, however, mastered the art of defending, with names like Ben Wallace, Dwight Howard, Gary Payton, and Dennis Rodman coming to mind, and even the likes of Rudy Gobert and Kawhi Leonard more recently.

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  • NBA Players To Average Over 2 Steals And 2 Blocks In The Same Season
  • Hakeem Olajuwon
  • David Robinson
  • Gerald Wallace

For all their greatness, though, they never managed to have a season where they averaged more than 2 steals and 2 blocks per game. In fact, since the 1973-74 season when these first became officially recorded statistics, only 6 such seasons have been recorded, and it’s been accomplished by only 3 individuals, as pointed out by u/cshaxercs.


NBA Players To Average Over 2 Steals And 2 Blocks In The Same Season


Hakeem Olajuwon

1987-88: 2.1 SPG, 2.7 BPG

1988-89: 2.6 SPG, 3.4 BPG

1989-90: 2.1 SPG, 4.6 BPG

1990-91: 2.2 SPG, 3.9 BPG


David Robinson

1991-92: 2.3 SPG, 4.5 BPG


Gerald Wallace

2005-06: 2.5 SPG, 2.1 BPG


It is astonishing that Hakeem Olajuwon accomplished this for 4 successive seasons, and it shouldn’t come as a surprise then that he is the only player in the history of the league to rank in the top 10 for both categories. He is the all-time leader in blocks with 3,830 and ranks 9th in steals with 2,162, which is remarkable. Interestingly, Hakeem didn’t win DPOY in any of these seasons but went on to win it in 1993 and 1994. That 1993-94 season was arguably Olajuwon at the peak of his powers, as to go with DPOY, he also won MVP and Finals MVP to cap off a legendary playoff run.

Someone who did win the award in the same year that they accomplished this was David Robinson, who won his only DPOY award on that occasion. A somewhat surprising entrant here among these Hall of Famers is Gerald Wallace, who also, like Robinson, managed to do it once. It is such a difficult thing to accomplish that it isn’t surprising that no one has done it for almost two decades now. It seems unlikely that we’ll get another entrant here, but you never know.

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Gautam Varier is a staff writer and columnist for Fadeaway World from Mumbai, India. He graduated from Symbiosis International University with a Master of Business specializing in Sports Management in 2020. This educational achievement enables Gautam to apply sophisticated analytical techniques to his incisive coverage of basketball, blending business acumen with sports knowledge.Before joining Fadeaway World in 2022, Gautam honed his journalistic skills at Sportskeeda and SportsKPI, where he covered a range of sports topics with an emphasis on basketball. His passion for the sport was ignited after witnessing the high-octane offense of the Steve Nash-led Phoenix Suns. Among the Suns, Shawn Marion stood out to Gautam as an all-time underrated NBA player. Marion’s versatility as a defender and his rebounding prowess, despite being just 6’7”, impressed Gautam immensely. He admired Marion’s finishing ability at the rim and his shooting, despite an unconventional jump shot, believing that Marion’s skill set would have been even more appreciated in today’s NBA.This transformative experience not only deepened his love for basketball but also shaped his approach to sports writing, enabling him to connect with readers through vivid storytelling and insightful analysis.
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