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NBA ComparatorThe best Indiana Pacers centers since 1976-77

Rik Smits leads with 12,871 points in 867 games for the Indiana Pacers; Myles Turner had 9,031.

Every center with 82 or more regular-season games for the Indiana Pacers 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

22 centers with 82+ gamespoints

#	player	seasons	games	points	rebounds	blocks
1	Rik Smits	1988-89 – 1999-00	867	12,871	5,277	1,110
2	Myles Turner	2015-16 – 2024-25	642	9,031	4,349	1,412
3	Herb Williams	1981-82 – 1988-89	577	8,637	4,494	1,083^*
4	Dale Davis	1991-92 – 2004-05	671	6,253	6,006	904
5	Roy Hibbert	2008-09 – 2014-15	533	5,909	3,623	990
6	Steve Stipanovich	1983-84 – 1987-88	403	5,323	3,131	382
7	James Edwards	1977-78 – 1980-81	303	4,811	2,277	—
8	Jeff Foster	1999-00 – 2011-12	764	3,747	5,248	308
9	Lasalle Thompson	1988-89 – 1996-97	417	2,408	2,250	249
10	Clemon Johnson	1979-80 – 1982-83	294	2,355	1,759^*	—
11	Ian Mahinmi	2012-13 – 2015-16	289	1,599	1,431	259
12	Brad Miller	2001-02 – 2002-03	101	1,379	823	55
13	Dave Robisch	1976-77 – 1977-78	103	1,147	726	—
14	David Harrison	2004-05 – 2007-08	189	949	549	185
15	Goga Bitadze	2019-20 – 2022-23	170	821	482	149
16	Al Jefferson	2016-17 – 2017-18	102	787	421	39
17	Jay Huff	2025-26	82	783	324	153
18	Stuart Gray	1984-85 – 1988-89	320	779	865	106
19	Len Elmore	1976-77 – 1978-79	155	724	837	—
20	Greg Dreiling	1986-87 – 1992-93	322	692	656	84
21	Granville Waiters	1983-84 – 1984-85	140	476	397	128
22	Scot Pollard	2003-04 – 2005-06	155	466	587	70

* 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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