BLK

Sports abbreviation · Basketball

BLK stands for Blocks, a basketball abbreviation.

Number of opponents' shots a defender deflects in flight, legally, before they can score. BLK is a standard box-score column.

Example: Box score: 10 PTS, 12 REB, 6 BLK in 31 minutes.

Usage notes

Elmore Smith blocked 17 shots in one game in 1973, the NBA record. A shot touched on its downward path or above the rim is goaltending, which counts as a basket, not a block. "Getting blocked" and "getting rejected" are common broadcast phrases.

Related abbreviations

More basketball abbreviations

• 3PM – Three-pointers made
• 3PT – Three-pointer
• 6MOY – Sixth Man of the Year
• APG – Assists per game
• AST – Assists
• AST/TO – Assist-to-turnover ratio
• BPG – Blocks per game
• BPM – Box Plus/Minus
• C – Center (American football)
• COY – Coach of the Year
• DHO – Dribble handoff
• DNP – Did not play

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