Victor Wembanyama has blocked 21.8% of Field Goals which he defended. This is almost 5 standard deviations above the mean.

 

Rest of the Top Ten:

Rank Player BLK/DFA
1 Victor wembanyama 21.8%
2 Clint Capela 15.1%
3 Anthony Davis 15.0%
4 Brook Lopez 14.5%
5 Daniel Gafford 14.2%
6 Myles Turner 13.4%
7 Rudy Gobert 13.2%
8 Jaren Jackson Jr. 13.2%
9 Chet Holmgren 12.5%
10 Ausar Thompson 12.4%

 

This data was arbitrarily limited to players with more than 300 minutes played(198 Players)

  • siphillisB
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    1 year ago

    Yet it’s the shots that don’t even exist that show his ultimate defense value. Multiple coaches and commentators have lauded their teams for “not challenging Wemby”, so he’s effectively a hole in the court that other teams are stepping around.