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NBA ComparatorThe best Chicago Bulls centers since 1966-67

Artis Gilmore leads with 9,285 points in 482 games for the Chicago Bulls; Nikola Vučević had 6,823.

Every center with 82 or more regular-season games for the Chicago Bulls since 1966-67, 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

29 centers with 82+ gamespoints

#	player	seasons	games	points	rebounds	blocks
1	Artis Gilmore	1976-77 – 1987-88	482	9,285	5,321^*	—
2	Nikola Vučević	2020-21 – 2025-26	378	6,823	3,974	291
3	Dave Corzine	1982-83 – 1988-89	556	5,457	3,529	568^*
4	Joakim Noah	2007-08 – 2015-16	572	5,325	5,387	803
5	Tom Boerwinkle	1968-69 – 1977-78	636	4,599	5,267^*	—
6	Bill Cartwright	1988-89 – 1993-94	397	3,638	2,181	122
7	Eddy Curry	2001-02 – 2004-05	289	3,414	1,414	256
8	Tyson Chandler	2001-02 – 2005-06	340	2,397	2,616	487
9	Luc Longley	1993-94 – 1997-98	261	2,326	1,392	278
10	Robin Lopez	2016-17 – 2018-19	219	2,299	1,096	248
11	Will Perdue	1988-89 – 1999-00	518	2,264	2,104	288
12	Brad Miller	2000-01 – 2009-10	214	2,150	1,420	108
13	Clifford Ray	1971-72 – 1973-74	235	1,952	—	—
14	Bill Wennington	1993-94 – 1998-99	367	1,871	1,005	90
15	Dickey Simpkins	1994-95 – 1999-00	307	1,334	1,141	58
16	Wendell Carter Jr.	2018-19 – 2020-21	119	1,287	962	118
17	Coby Dietrick	1979-80 – 1981-82	236	1,140	802^*	—
18	Andre Drummond	2022-23 – 2023-24	146	1,062	1,152	75
19	Scott Williams	1990-91 – 1993-94	223	1,052	977	135
20	Steve Johnson	1983-84 – 1984-85	105	1,033	603	83
21	Jawann Oldham	1982-83 – 1985-86	195	932	822	349^*
22	Jim Fox	1970-71 – 1971-72	92	861	590^*	—
23	Nate Thurmond	1974-75 – 1975-76	93	678	966^*	—
24	Dennis Awtrey	1972-73 – 1979-80	172	643	674^*	—
25	Aaron Gray	2007-08 – 2009-10	125	476	404	34
26	Mike Brown	1986-87 – 1987-88	108	455	373	11
27	Omer Asik	2010-11 – 2017-18	152	438	666	126
28	Nazr Mohammed	2012-13 – 2014-15	166	317	408	67
29	Dalibor Bagaric	2000-01 – 2002-03	95	251	238	43

* 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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