LILLE (France) - Rudy Gobert has been an enforcer around the basket his entire career and now the French big man ranks tied for third all-time in Olympics history with blocks after a major defensive show against Germany.
Gobert collected 4 points, 1 rebound and 4 blocks in France's 85-71 loss to Germany. The four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year now has collected 26 blocked shots in his Olympics career. That ties the 32-year-old with China legend Yao Ming tied for third place.
Most blocks all-time at the Olympics
Rank | Player | Team | Blocks |
1 | Pau Gasol | Spain | 47 |
2 | Andrei Kirilenko | Russia | 35 |
3 | Rudy Gobert* | France | 26 |
- | Yao Ming | China | 26 |
5 | Andres Nocioni | Argentina | 21 |
- | Yi Jianlian | China | 21 |
7 | Nicolas Batum* | France | 20 |
8 | Andrew Bogut | Australia | 19 |
9 | Hamed EHaddadi | Iran | 18 |
10 | Luis Scola | Argentina | 17 |
- | Salah Mejri | Tunisia | 17 |
*Active players
The block was introduced as a statistic for the Olympics in 2000.
FIBA