Manute Bol led BPG for the Wizards for three consecutive seasons.

The Wizards organization has had changes of names and cities throughout its history, but it has also had some star-caliber players donning their uniform. This time, we’ll focus on some of the best rim protectors that have ever played for this team across all eras and locales. Here are the top shot-blocking seasons in Wizards history. Note that blocks became an official NBA stat in the 1973-74 season.

Manute Bol – 1986 – 5.0 BPG

It’s not entirely surprising to see Bol headlining this list, as he was one of the best shot blockers ever to step foot on an NBA hardwood. However, the most impressive stat of his 5.0 BPG in the 1985-86 season is that it happened during his rookie year. Those five swats per game not only led the league by a wide margin, but it was also the highest blocks-per-game average Bol ever posted in his NBA career. The second-ranked player in the BPG category in the 1985-86 season was Mark Eaton (4.6 blocks per game).

Manute Bol – 1987, 3.7BPG

Bol built off his impressive rookie season and also delivered an outstanding campaign in the 1986-87 campaign with 3.7 swats per contest. However, and unlike the previous campaign in which he was a regular starter as a rookie, Bol mainly came off the bench in the 1986-87 campaign, perhaps making this feat even more amazing. Bol averaged 3.7 blocks per contest despite logging only 18.9 minutes per game. Bol ranked season in BPG that season behind Eaton (4.1 BPG).

Elvin Hayes – 1974, 3.0 BPG

Hayes was part of the Capital Bullets in the 197374 season and was an outstanding rim protector, averaging 3.0 blocks per contest and ending in fifth in the NBA in the blocks-per-game category — he trailed Elmore Smith, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bob McAdoo and Bon Lanier. Blocking side, Hayes had an excellent season in that campaign since he also averaged 21.4 points and 18.1 rebounds per game while ending in the Top 5 in the MVP voting.

Manute Bol – 1988, 2.7 BPG

Bol appears for the third time in this list due to his performance in his third season in the NBA, as he averaged 2,7 swats per game. Even though the numbers were down for a third straight year, that was because Bol was once again used off the bench and averaged only 14.8 minutes per game while starting in only four of his regular-season appearances. That season, Bol finished in the Top 10 of the Defensive Player of the Year voting for a third consecutive campaign.

Elvin Hayes – 1977, 2.7 BPG

Hayes rounds out the Top 5 with the 2.7 blocks per game he averaged during the 1976-77 campaign, a year in which the franchise already had the name of Washington Bullets. Hayes averaged 2.0 or more blocks per game in each of the first eight seasons in which blocks started being considered a statistic back in the 1973-74 campaign. He finished third in the NBA in BPG that season behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton, who co-led the league in that category with 3.2 blocks per contest.