Alonzo Mourning sits atop the Miami Heat all-time blocks list.

The Miami Heat have 16 Southwest Division titles and three NBA championships, including back-to-back rings in 2012 and 2013, throughout their 38-year history. Let’s learn more about two Hall of Famers and one currently active player on the Heat’s list of block leaders.

1. Alonzo Mourning – 1,625 blocks

Mourning, the second overall pick by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1992 NBA Draft, played most of his prime as a two-way threat for the Heat from 1995-96 to 2001-02. During that stretch, Mourning averaged 19.8 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 1.5 apg, 0.7 spg and 2.9 bpg across 407 games (392 starts). He was a five-time All-Star, two-time All-Defensive First Team, two-time blocks leader, two-time All-NBA and a two-time Defensive Player of the Year with the Heat. He finished top-three in MVP voting when he led the league in blocks at a career-high 3.9 per game in 1998-99, and again in 1999-00 at 3.7 bpg. Mourning tallied at least 2.7 bpg in 11 seasons with the Heat.

The 2014 Hall of Fame inductee was a seven-time All-Star and won the 2006 championship alongside Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O’Neal during his second stint in Miami.

2. Dwyane Wade – 812 blocks

Listed at 6-foot-4, the 16-year veteran was known for his burst of speed and instincts when wreaking havoc on scorers. Wade spent all but one and a half seasons of his Hall of Fame career in Miami. In his 15 years with the Heat, he averaged 0.9 bpg. He was an All-Star for 12 consecutive years, earned eight All-NBA selections, three All-Defensive nods, won the 2008-09 scoring title (career-best 30.2 ppg), won three NBA titles (2006, 2012, 2013), and was voted Finals MVP in 2005-06.

In that same span, Wade swatted at least 1.1 shots in six of those seasons. His 2008-09 run was a career-defining one, as he matched or exceeded personal bests in scoring (30.2), assists (7.5), steals (2.2), blocks (1.3), and field goals made (10.8) and attempted (22.0) in 79 contests. With these accolades, Wade became a member of the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team.

3. Hassan Whiteside – 783 blocks

Whiteside played a combined 19 games with the Sacramento Kings over two seasons after they drafted him 33rd overall in the 2010 draft. He spent the 2012-13 and 2013-14 campaigns overseas before returning to the NBA and finding a home with the Heat in 2014-15.

Whiteside broke out by posting 11.8 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.6 blocks across 48 outings (32 starts) during his first year in South Beach, but he was even better over the following seasons there. He won his first of two blocks championships in 2016 with a career-best 3.7 bpg and secured his lone All-Defensive Second Team honor while finishing third for Defensive Player of the Year.

Over 324 appearances (259 starts) for Miami, he recorded 2.4 bpg. Whiteside grabbed his second blocks title in Utah, posting 2.9 bpg in 2019-20.

4. Rony Seikaly – 610 blocks

The Heat chose Seikaly with the franchise’s first-ever draft pick at ninth overall in the 1988 NBA Draft. Six of his 11 seasons were spent in Miami, from 1989-1994, where he compiled averages of 15.4 points, 10.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.4 blocks across 439 appearances (395 starts).

Seikaly beat out Reggie Miller for the 1990 Most Improved Player award by tallying a career-high in blocks (1.7).

5. Bam Adebayo – 538 blocks

Adebayo was the 14th overall pick by Miami in the 2017 NBA Draft. The three-time All-Star and six-time All-Defensive standout is entering his 10th year in 2026-27.

Adebayo has been a full-time starter since the 2019-20 campaign, when his rise to stardom began by averaging 15.9 points, 10.2 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.1 steals and a career-high 1.3 blocks in 72 appearances. From 2021-2026, Adebayo averaged 19.3 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 3.9 apg, 1.2 spg and 0.8 bpg across 417 contests as a member of the Heat. He’s also been to the Finals twice (2020, 2023).