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NBA ComparatorThe best Detroit Pistons centers since 1948-49

Bob Lanier leads with 15,486 points in 681 games for the Detroit Pistons; Bill Laimbeer had 12,667.

Every center with 82 or more regular-season games for the Detroit Pistons since 1948-49, 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 Fort Wayne Pistons count.

points · by game

rebounds · by game

blocks · by game

37 centers with 82+ gamespoints

#	player	seasons	games	points	rebounds	blocks
1	Bob Lanier	1970-71 – 1979-80	681	15,486	7,439^*	—
2	Bill Laimbeer	1981-82 – 1993-94	937	12,667	9,430	829^*
3	Andre Drummond	2012-13 – 2019-20	591	8,531	8,199	927
4	Larry Foust	1950-51 – 1956-57	476	7,118	—	—
5	Terry Mills	1992-93 – 1999-00	476	5,872	2,821	216
6	Greg Monroe	2010-11 – 2014-15	378	5,411	3,479	227
7	Walter Dukes	1957-58 – 1962-63	423	4,590	—	—
8	Bob Ferry	1960-61 – 1963-64	312	3,832	—	—
9	Kent Benson	1979-80 – 1985-86	397	3,794	2,427^*	—
10	Jalen Duren	2022-23 – 2026-27	277	3,758	2,857	255
11	John Salley	1986-87 – 1991-92	459	3,420	2,095	708
12	Leon Douglas	1976-77 – 1979-80	309	2,939	2,234^*	—
13	James Edwards	1987-88 – 1990-91	256	2,867	930	103
14	Otto Moore	1968-69 – 1974-75	239	2,275	—	—
15	Joe Strawder	1965-66 – 1967-68	232	1,977	—	—
16	Bob Houbregs	1954-55 – 1957-58	200	1,918	—	—
17	Reggie Harding	1963-64 – 1966-67	191	1,774	—	—
18	Bison Dele	1997-98 – 1998-99	127	1,774	967	95
19	Walt Bellamy	1968-69 – 1969-70	109	1,554	—	—
20	Phil Jordon	1957-58 – 1958-59	118	1,442	—	—
21	Jim Davis	1971-72 – 1974-75	282	1,287	—	—
22	Mehmet Okur	2002-03 – 2003-04	143	1,176	756	102
23	Theo Ratliff	1995-96 – 2007-08	191	985	724	300
24	Olden Polynice	1992-93 – 1993-94	104	972	874	57
25	Aron Baynes	2015-16 – 2016-17	156	879	717	91
26	Zeljko Rebraca	2001-02 – 2003-04	125	777	431	99
27	James Wiseman	2022-23 – 2023-24	87	751	530	59
28	Paul Mokeski	1980-81 – 1981-82	119	691	541	—
29	Mikki Moore	1998-99 – 2001-02	142	670	482	101
30	Mark West	1994-95 – 1995-96	114	650	541	139
31	Charlie Share	1951-52 – 1953-54	151	637	—	—
32	William Bedford	1987-88 – 1991-92	172	605	317	88
33	Elden Campbell	2003-04 – 2004-05	96	479	291	56
34	Kwame Brown	2008-09 – 2009-10	106	400	467	36
35	Darrall Imhoff	1962-63 – 1963-64	102	397	—	—
36	Eric Montross	1997-98 – 2000-01	167	313	462	74
37	Chuck Nevitt	1985-86 – 1987-88	83	132	126	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 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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