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NBA ComparatorThe best Atlanta Hawks centers since 1949-50

Kevin Willis leads with 10,582 points in 753 games for the Atlanta Hawks; Zelmo Beaty had 8,730.

Every center with 82 or more regular-season games for the Atlanta Hawks since 1949-50, ranked by points. The lines are each player's total game by game, the top 8 of each drawn. The franchise's games as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Milwaukee Hawks and St. Louis Hawks count.

points · by game

rebounds · by game

blocks · by game

33 centers with 82+ gamespoints

#	player	seasons	games	points	rebounds	blocks
1	Kevin Willis	1984-85 – 2004-05	753	10,582	7,331	423
2	Zelmo Beaty	1962-63 – 1968-69	501	8,730	5,436^*	—
3	Al Horford	2007-08 – 2015-16	578	8,288	5,144	697
4	Tree Rollins	1977-78 – 1987-88	814	5,666	5,930^*	—
5	Walt Bellamy	1969-70 – 1973-74	338	5,291	3,930^*	—
6	Clyde Lovellette	1958-59 – 1961-62	245	4,733	—	—
7	Steve Hawes	1976-77 – 1982-83	451	4,498	3,035^*	—
8	Charlie Share	1953-54 – 1959-60	441	4,269	—	—
9	Dikembe Mutombo	1996-97 – 2000-01	343	4,095	4,321	1,094
10	Moses Malone	1988-89 – 1990-91	244	4,034	2,435	258
11	Zaza Pachulia	2005-06 – 2012-13	556	4,032	3,216	208
12	Clint Capela	2020-21 – 2024-25	330	3,879	3,742	460
13	Jon Koncak	1985-86 – 1994-95	717	3,317	3,583	747
14	Jim Davis	1967-68 – 1971-72	303	2,650	1,958^*	—
15	Antoine Carr	1984-85 – 1989-90	346	2,579	1,152	319
16	Ed Macauley	1956-57 – 1958-59	158	2,273	—	—
17	Andrew Lang	1993-94 – 1995-96	215	1,955	1,103	316
18	Mike Sojourner	1974-75 – 1976-77	191	1,658	1,163^*	—
19	Nazr Mohammed	2000-01 – 2003-04	198	1,645	1,299	137
20	Lorenzen Wright	1999-00 – 2007-08	226	1,515	1,093	134
21	Jack Nichols	1949-50 – 1953-54	108	1,447	—	—
22	Don Otten	1949-50 – 1952-53	127	1,430	—	—
23	Dewayne Dedmon	2017-18 – 2019-20	136	1,391	1,051	137
24	Larry Foust	1959-60 – 1961-62	151	1,359	—	—
25	Gene Tormohlen	1962-63 – 1969-70	271	1,206	1,085^*	—
26	Alex Len	2018-19 – 2019-20	117	1,203	654	102
27	Theo Ratliff	2001-02 – 2003-04	137	1,170	1,004	436
28	Alexander Volkov	1989-90 – 1991-92	149	1,019	384	52
29	Pero Antic	2013-14 – 2014-15	113	708	398	26
30	Bob Christian	1970-71 – 1972-73	165	556	601^*	—
31	Rickey Brown	1982-83 – 1984-85	163	554	492	50
32	Greg Anderson	1994-95 – 1997-98	101	236	306	42
33	Jason Collins	2009-10 – 2011-12	103	151	164	14

* The box score lacks the stat in some of his games here; the total is the games that have it. — The box score lacks the stat in more than a tenth of his games here. The box score has rebounds in nearly every game from 1969-70 and blocks in nearly every game from 1983-84; the Method has the rest. A position is the NBA roster's, else ESPN's, one for the whole career.

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