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NBA ComparatorThe best Golden State Warriors centers since 1946-47

Wilt Chamberlain leads with 17,783 points in 429 games for the Golden State Warriors; Nate Thurmond had 13,193.

Every center with 82 or more regular-season games for the Golden State Warriors since 1946-47, 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 Philadelphia Warriors and San Francisco Warriors count.

points · by game

rebounds · by game

blocks · by game

34 centers with 82+ gamespoints

#	player	seasons	games	points	rebounds	blocks
1	Wilt Chamberlain	1959-60 – 1964-65	429	17,783	10,685^*	—
2	Nate Thurmond	1963-64 – 1973-74	757	13,193	12,766	—
3	Neil Johnston	1951-52 – 1958-59	519	10,037	—	—
4	Joe Barry Carroll	1980-81 – 1987-88	491	9,996	4,068	837
5	Robert Parish	1976-77 – 1979-80	307	4,249	2,920	549
6	Erick Dampier	1997-98 – 2003-04	425	4,039	3,298	728
7	Clifford Ray	1974-75 – 1980-81	549	3,870	4,310	459^*
8	Andris Biedrins	2004-05 – 2012-13	510	3,244	3,614	580
9	Chris Gatling	1991-92 – 1995-96	311	2,847	1,584	233
10	Adonal Foyle	1997-98 – 2006-07	641	2,816	3,227	1,140
11	Jerome Whitehead	1984-85 – 1988-89	310	2,125	1,538	95
12	Andrew Bogut	2012-13 – 2018-19	247	1,514	2,006	411
13	George Johnson	1972-73 – 1976-77	326	1,441	2,072^*	—
14	Walt Davis	1953-54 – 1957-58	300	1,434	—	—
15	Vern Gardner	1949-50 – 1951-52	149	1,339	—	—
16	Rony Seikaly	1994-95 – 1995-96	100	1,211	765	106
17	Wayne Cooper	1978-79 – 1979-80	144	1,168	787	123
18	Ed Mikan	1950-51 – 1952-53	119	944	—	—
19	Rickey Brown	1980-81 – 1982-83	177	928	708	63^*
20	Quinten Post	2024-25 – 2025-26	109	853	417	53
21	Ralph Sampson	1987-88 – 1988-89	90	839	597	120
22	Zaza Pachulia	2016-17 – 2017-18	139	799	731	50
23	JaVale McGee	2016-17 – 2017-18	142	782	413	124
24	Festus Ezeli	2012-13 – 2015-16	170	712	725	166
25	Ronny Turiaf	2008-09 – 2009-10	121	677	551	222
26	Alton Lister	1989-90 – 1992-93	126	650	627	115
27	Ron Livingstone	1949-50 – 1950-51	113	646	—	—
28	Clifford Rozier	1994-95 – 1996-97	126	632	657	69
29	Felton Spencer	1996-97 – 1998-99	166	572	682	97
30	Todd Fuller	1996-97 – 1997-98	132	531	445	36
31	Manute Bol	1988-89 – 1994-95	160	475	750	592
32	Andrew DeClercq	1995-96 – 1996-97	93	434	337	32
33	Dale Schlueter	1968-69 – 1969-70	94	403	447	—
34	Chris Engler	1982-83 – 1983-84	100	161	201	20

* 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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