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NBA ComparatorThe best Dallas Mavericks centers since 1980-81

James Donaldson leads with 4,271 points in 484 games for the Dallas Mavericks; Shawn Bradley had 4,047.

Every center with 82 or more regular-season games for the Dallas Mavericks since 1980-81, 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

25 centers with 82+ gamespoints

#	player	seasons	games	points	rebounds	blocks
1	James Donaldson	1985-86 – 1991-92	484	4,271	4,589	615
2	Shawn Bradley	1996-97 – 2004-05	582	4,047	3,340	1,250
3	Erick Dampier	2004-05 – 2009-10	424	2,770	3,211	546
4	Herb Williams	1988-89 – 1991-92	246	2,505	1,399	346
5	Pat Cummings	1982-83 – 1983-84	161	2,059	1,324	56^*
6	Kurt Nimphius	1981-82 – 1985-86	321	2,000	1,682	451^*
7	Terry Davis	1991-92 – 1995-96	232	1,981	1,720	65
8	Sean Rooks	1992-93 – 1999-00	190	1,815	1,043	177
9	Tyson Chandler	2010-11 – 2014-15	149	1,519	1,556	171
10	Tom LaGarde	1980-81 – 1981-82	129	1,434	875	—
11	Bill Wennington	1985-86 – 1989-90	269	979	783	97
12	Scott Lloyd	1980-81 – 1982-83	161	973	663	—
13	Raef LaFrentz	2001-02 – 2002-03	96	931	530	151
14	Brendan Haywood	2009-10 – 2011-12	154	827	908	185
15	Dereck Lively II	2023-24 – 2025-26	98	827	685	144
16	Salah Mejri	2015-16 – 2018-19	204	693	808	190
17	Lorenzo Williams	1993-94 – 1995-96	181	634	1,420	311
18	DeSagana Diop	2005-06 – 2008-09	248	594	1,200	347
19	Boban Marjanovic	2019-20 – 2021-22	100	543	364	19
20	Ian Mahinmi	2010-11 – 2011-12	117	527	409	46
21	Uwe Blab	1985-86 – 1988-89	187	406	304	63
22	Willie Cauley-Stein	2019-20 – 2021-22	84	381	334	57
23	Chris Anstey	1997-98 – 1998-99	82	374	254	40
24	Greg Dreiling	1993-94 – 1996-97	94	212	246	31
25	Bernard James	2012-13 – 2014-15	92	203	212	61

* 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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