Top 5 all-time Charlotte Hornets blocks leaders

Alonzo Mourning sits atop the Charlotte Hornets all-time blocks list.

The Charlotte Hornets are one of the younger franchises in the NBA, with the 2026-27 season representing their 37th in the league. They’ve never won a division title and have yet to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Let’s take a look at their top five leaders in blocks, starting with a Hall of Famer who began his phenomenal career in Charlotte.

1.

Alonzo Mourning

– 684 blocks

Mourning, the second overall pick by the Hornets in the 1992 NBA Draft, spent his first three seasons in Charlotte. He finished second behind Shaquille O’Neal for Rookie of the Year after posting 21.0 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 1.0 apg and 3.5 bpg across 78 games. Over the next two years, Mourning earned back-to-back All-Star appearances and was sixth in Defensive Player of the Year voting in 1994-95, his final campaign with the franchise.

Mourning averaged 21.3 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 1.3 apg, 0.5 spg and 3.2 bpg in 215 contests (214 starts) during his tenure with the Hornets, and swatted at least 2.9 shots every season.

Following his time in Charlotte, the 15-year pro played 11 total seasons with the Miami Heat, where he won the 2006 NBA title. Mourning won consecutive DPOY awards in 1998-99 and 1999-00 while leading the league in blocks each year. In total, the 2014 Hall of Fame inductee was a seven-time All-Star, two-time All-NBA and two-time All-Defensive selection.

2.

Emeka Okafor

– 621 blocks

Okafor was drafted second overall by Charlotte in the 2004 NBA Draft, and he went on to play eight total seasons. He dazzled in his debut, en route to being named the 2005 Rookie of the Year, finishing with averages of 15.1 points (career-high), 10.9 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.8 steals and 1.7 blocks across 73 appearances.

Okafor, who suited up as a member of the Bobcats (2004-09) and then the New Orleans Hornets (2009-12), collected 1.9 bpg and 1.5 bpg, respectively.

In perhaps his best statistical year in 2006-07, he averaged 14.4 ppg and 1.2 apg to go along with career-bests in rebounds (11.3 rpg), steals (0.9 spg) and blocks (2.6 bpg).

3.

Bismack Biyombo

– 607 blocks

As the only active player on this list, Biyombo enjoyed two separate stints with the Hornets after the franchise traded for him on draft day in 2011. Originally the seventh overall pick by the Sacramento Kings, Biyombo suited up in Charlotte from 2011-12 to 2014-15, and again from 2018-19 to 2020-21.

During his tenures there, he averaged 4.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg and 1.3 bpg while swatting at least 1.1 shots in each campaign.

4.

Gerald Wallace

– 531 blocks

Wallace never got to play under the Hornets moniker. The one-time All-Star was a two-way force in his prime, which he spent primarily as a Charlotte Bobcat from 2004-05 to midway through the 2010-11 season. He was the 25th overall pick in the 2001 draft by the Kings before the Bobcats selected him in the 2004 NBA expansion draft.

Across 454 contests (445 starts), Wallace averaged 16.4 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.8 spg and 1.2 bpg. He registered a career-high 2.1 bpg in 2005-06.

During his final full year in Charlotte, Wallace recorded averages of 18.2 ppg, a career-high 10.0 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.5 spg and 1.1 bpg while earning his lone All-Star nod and All-Defensive First Team, and finished third in Defensive Player of the Year voting.

5.

Elden Campbell

– 484 blocks

Campbell played nine seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers from 1990-91 to 1998-99 before being traded to Charlotte.

As a member of the Hornets for nearly four years, both in Charlotte and briefly in New Orleans (2002-03), Campbell averaged 13.5 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 1.5 apg, 0.8 spg and 1.8 bpg across 265 games.

Campbell averaged at least 1.8 bpg in his three full campaigns as a Hornet, and he swatted 1.3 or more shots in 11 of his 15 professional seasons. He spent time with the Seattle SuperSonics and New Jersey Nets, and won a championship ring with the Detroit Pistons in 2004.