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NBA ComparatorThe best Brooklyn Nets centers since 1976-77

Brook Lopez leads with 10,444 points in 562 games for the Brooklyn Nets; Mike Gminski had 6,415.

Every center with 82 or more regular-season games for the Brooklyn Nets since 1976-77, 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 New York Nets and New Jersey Nets count.

points · by game

rebounds · by game

blocks · by game

30 centers with 82+ gamespoints

#	player	seasons	games	points	rebounds	blocks
1	Brook Lopez	2008-09 – 2016-17	562	10,444	4,005	972
2	Mike Gminski	1980-81 – 1987-88	550	6,415	3,661^*	—
3	Nic Claxton	2019-20 – 2025-26	380	4,024	2,875	611
4	Darryl Dawkins	1982-83 – 1986-87	258	3,687	1,408^*	367^*
5	Sam Bowie	1989-90 – 1992-93	280	3,578	2,304	459
6	Jayson Williams	1992-93 – 1998-99	373	3,084	3,328	275
7	Roy Hinson	1987-88 – 1990-91	164	2,568	1,061	223
8	Nenad Krstic	2004-05 – 2007-08	226	2,551	1,290	167
9	Aaron Williams	2000-01 – 2004-05	336	2,417	1,585	297
10	Jarrett Allen	2017-18 – 2020-21	234	2,369	1,856	319
11	Jason Collins	2001-02 – 2013-14	532	2,292	2,323	305
12	George Johnson	1977-78 – 1984-85	303	1,910	—	—
13	Day'Ron Sharpe	2021-22 – 2025-26	253	1,777	1,492	159
14	Benoit Benjamin	1993-94 – 1994-95	138	1,393	939	154
15	Shawn Bradley	1995-96 – 1996-97	107	1,318	857	410
16	Chris Dudley	1989-90 – 1992-93	241	1,305	1,983	465
17	Joe Barry Carroll	1988-89 – 1989-90	110	1,305	723	137
18	Len Elmore	1981-82 – 1982-83	155	983	662^*	—
19	Bob Elliott	1978-79 – 1980-81	141	980	496^*	—
20	Terry Mills	1990-91 – 1991-92	120	929	594	61
21	DeAndre Jordan	2019-20 – 2020-21	113	891	988	117
22	Jack Haley	1989-90 – 1997-98	170	832	685	34
23	Mikki Moore	2003-04 – 2006-07	83	778	405	60
24	Charles Shackleford	1988-89 – 1989-90	130	760	632	53
25	Johan Petro	2010-11 – 2011-12	136	523	436	57
26	Kim Hughes	1976-77 – 1977-78	137	444	794^*	—
27	Evan Eschmeyer	1999-00 – 2000-01	105	342	474	79
28	Yinka Dare	1994-95 – 1997-98	110	233	281	70
29	Jim Mcilvaine	1998-99 – 2000-01	106	233	319	164
30	Michael Cage	1997-98 – 1999-00	99	133	389	52

* 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 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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