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NBA ComparatorThe best Denver Nuggets centers since 1976-77

Nikola Jokić leads with 18,009 points in 810 games for the Denver Nuggets; Dan Issel had 14,659.

Every center with 82 or more regular-season games for the Denver Nuggets since 1976-77, 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

24 centers with 82+ gamespoints

#	player	seasons	games	points	rebounds	blocks
1	Nikola Jokić	2015-16 – 2025-26	810	18,009	8,977	589
2	Dan Issel	1976-77 – 1984-85	718	14,659	5,703	390^*
3	Dikembe Mutombo	1991-92 – 1995-96	391	5,054	4,811	1,486
4	Danny Schayes	1982-83 – 1989-90	536	5,029	3,083^*	467^*
5	Marcus Camby	2002-03 – 2007-08	372	3,748	4,117	1,126
6	Wayne Cooper	1984-85 – 1988-89	351	3,345	2,600	829
7	Raef LaFrentz	1998-99 – 2001-02	222	2,939	1,718	556
8	JJ Hickson	2013-14 – 2015-16	162	1,503	1,171	98
9	Timofey Mozgov	2010-11 – 2014-15	213	1,444	1,103	203
10	Dave Robisch	1980-81 – 1983-84	165	1,222	649	42^*
11	Greg Anderson	1990-91 – 1991-92	123	1,159	1,178	101
12	Bison Dele	1993-94 – 1994-95	143	1,137	744	130
13	JaVale McGee	2011-12 – 2020-21	134	1,117	630	228
14	Cedrick Hordges	1980-81 – 1981-82	145	1,099	853	38
15	Jusuf Nurkić	2014-15 – 2016-17	139	1,047	817	148
16	Keon Clark	1998-99 – 2000-01	144	1,014	787	189
17	Kosta Koufos	2010-11 – 2012-13	140	965	853	149
18	Joe Wolf	1990-91 – 1997-98	198	880	766	52
19	Francisco Elson	2003-04 – 2005-06	201	818	743	125
20	Dean Garrett	1997-98	82	598	644	133
21	Ervin Johnson	1996-97	82	582	913	227
22	Joffrey Lauvergne	2014-15 – 2015-16	83	558	367	25
23	DeAndre Jordan	2022-23 – 2024-25	131	550	643	66
24	Kim Hughes	1978-79 – 1980-81	159	456	711	193

* The box score lacks the stat in some of his games here; the total is the games that have it. 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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