De spillerne som er mest kjent for sine blokkeringer i NBA er Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, Mark Eaton, Manute Bol, Hakeem Olajuwon, Tree Rollins, Patrick Ewing, Michael Redd, Tayshaun Prince, Shaquille O'Neal, David Robinson, Stromile Swift, Dikembe Mutombo, Alonzo Mourning, Ben Wallace, Theo Ratliff, Jermaine O'Neal, Andrej Kirilenko, Marcus Camby, Tim Duncan, Rasheed Wallace, Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, Elmore Smith, og Josh Smith.