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NBA ComparatorThe best Boston Celtics centers since 1946-47

Robert Parish leads with 18,246 points in 1,106 games for the Boston Celtics; Bill Russell had 14,522.

Every center with 82 or more regular-season games for the Boston Celtics since 1946-47, ranked by points. The lines are each player's total game by game, the top 8 of each drawn.

points · by game

rebounds · by game

blocks · by game

40 centers with 82+ gamespoints

#	player	seasons	games	points	rebounds	blocks
1	Robert Parish	1980-81 – 1993-94	1,106	18,246	11,051	1,552^*
2	Bill Russell	1956-57 – 1968-69	963	14,522	21,198^*	—
3	Dave Cowens	1970-71 – 1979-80	726	13,191	10,122^*	—
4	Ed Macauley	1950-51 – 1955-56	416	7,876	—	—
5	Al Horford	2016-17 – 2024-25	465	5,221	3,156	516
6	Dino Radja	1993-94 – 1996-97	224	3,733	1,883	282
7	Kendrick Perkins	2003-04 – 2010-11	454	2,917	2,751	646
8	Rick Robey	1978-79 – 1982-83	340	2,829	1,693^*	—
9	Jack Nichols	1953-54 – 1957-58	315	2,750	—	—
10	Mark Blount	2000-01 – 2005-06	338	2,561	1,589	318
11	Tony Battie	1998-99 – 2003-04	336	2,269	1,975	369
12	Vitaly Potapenko	1998-99 – 2001-02	273	2,053	1,579	90
13	Al Jefferson	2004-05 – 2006-07	199	2,046	1,367	207
14	Hank Finkel	1969-70 – 1974-75	436	2,006	1,514^*	—
15	Raef LaFrentz	2003-04 – 2005-06	179	1,655	1,038	184
16	Robert Williams III	2018-19 – 2022-23	209	1,534	1,447	348
17	Joe Kleine	1988-89 – 1992-93	329	1,447	1,378	76
18	Tyler Zeller	2014-15 – 2016-17	193	1,375	767	95
19	Arnie Risen	1955-56 – 1957-58	174	1,270	—	—
20	Gene Conley	1952-53 – 1960-61	234	1,247	—	—
21	Neemias Queta	2023-24 – 2026-27	167	1,243	998	165
22	Eric Montross	1994-95 – 1995-96	139	1,223	918	90
23	Luke Kornet	2020-21 – 2024-25	235	1,142	923	205
24	Pervis Ellison	1994-95 – 1999-00	193	908	962	201
25	Wayne Embry	1966-67 – 1967-68	150	871	—	—
26	Connie Simmons	1946-47 – 1947-48	92	868	—	—
27	Mel Counts	1964-65 – 1965-66	121	820	—	—
28	Aron Baynes	2017-18 – 2018-19	132	766	674	85
29	Jim Ard	1974-75 – 1977-78	204	753	786^*	—
30	John Mahnken	1949-50 – 1952-53	198	726	—	—
31	Jim Barnes	1968-69 – 1969-70	126	700	—	—
32	Clyde Lovellette	1962-63 – 1963-64	106	695	—	—
33	Bill Walton	1985-86 – 1986-87	90	634	575	115
34	Enes Freedom	2019-20 – 2021-22	93	597	591	55
35	Andrew DeClercq	1997-98 – 1998-99	95	514	455	58
36	Rich Johnson	1968-69 – 1970-71	96	457	—	—
37	Mark Acres	1987-88 – 1988-89	141	424	416	33
38	Greg Kite	1983-84 – 1987-88	241	376	468^*	97^*
39	Eric Fernsten	1979-80 – 1981-82	144	328	199	—
40	Alton Lister	1995-96 – 1996-97	110	220	419	53

* 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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