NBA Recognizes Historic Victor Wembanyama Accomplishment
Victor Wembanyama just finished up his third NBA regular season.
And for the third consecutive year, the 7-foot-4 Frenchman led the league in blocked shots.
Wembanyama averaged 3.6 blocks per game in his Rookie of the Year season as the San Antonio Spurs‘ No. 1 overall pick in 2023-24. Last season, he averaged a career-high 3.8 rejections per game.
Wembanyama averaged 3.1 blocks per game in 2025-26. While this marks the lowest average of his career thus far, that number doesn’t include the incredible number of deterred shots at the rim.
With his third consecutive season leading the league in blocks, Wembanyama joins Dikembe Mutombo and Marcus Camby as the only other player in history to accomplish that feat.
“THREE STRAIGHT BLOCKS TITLES FOR WEMBY,” the NBA wrote in a social media post on Thursday. “Dikembe Mutombo and Marcus Camby are the only others to do this since blocks became an official stat in 1973-74. Next up for Wembanyama… his postseason debut!”
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Wembanyama will make his NBA playoff debut when the No. 2 seed Spurs face off against the No. 7 seed Portland Trail Blazers in a Game 1 matchup on Sunday night.
The 2025-26 MVP favorite discussed the challenge of facing off against the Trail Blazers in his first career playoff series.
“Not an easy team to play. They're in the playoffs this year but they've been a tanking team in past years and now a playoff team trying to contend. No matter through the years they're still hard to play. They have an identity. They're strong,” Wembanyama said after practice on Wednesday.
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Wembanyama was unavailable for the Spurs’ 112-101 win over the Trail Blazers on April 8 after suffering a ribs injury against the Philadelphia 76ers two days earlier. He returned to face off against the Dallas Mavericks in San Antonio’s next game, recording 40 points and 13 rebounds in just 26 minutes of action.
Game 1 of the Trail Blazers-Spurs series will tipoff at 9 p.m. ET on Sunday.
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This story was originally published April 16, 2026 at 1:47 PM.