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NBA ComparatorThe best LA Clippers centers since 1970-71
Bob McAdoo leads with 9,434 points in 334 games for the LA Clippers; DeAndre Jordan had 7,078.
Every center with 82 or more regular-season games for the LA Clippers since 1970-71, 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 Buffalo Braves and San Diego Clippers count.
27 centers with 82+ gamespoints
| # | player | seasons | games | points | rebounds | blocks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob McAdoo | 1972-73 – 1976-77 | 334 | 9,434 | 3,984* | — |
| 2 | DeAndre Jordan | 2008-09 – 2017-18 | 750 | 7,078 | 7,988 | 1,276 |
| 3 | Ivica Zubac | 2018-19 – 2025-26 | 513 | 5,846 | 4,771 | 536 |
| 4 | Chris Kaman | 2003-04 – 2010-11 | 493 | 5,813 | 4,109 | 707 |
| 5 | Benoit Benjamin | 1985-86 – 1990-91 | 406 | 5,405 | 3,538 | 1,116 |
| 6 | Swen Nater | 1977-78 – 1982-83 | 348 | 4,692 | 4,156* | — |
| 7 | Michael Cage | 1984-85 – 1987-88 | 305 | 3,355 | 2,669 | 191 |
| 8 | Michael Olowokandi | 1998-99 – 2002-03 | 323 | 3,211 | 2,577 | 527 |
| 9 | Elmore Smith | 1971-72 – 1972-73 | 155 | 2,773 | — | — |
| 10 | James Donaldson | 1983-84 – 1985-86 | 178 | 2,041 | 1,448 | 298 |
| 11 | Jerome Whitehead | 1978-79 – 1983-84 | 275 | 2,024 | 1,473 | 86* |
| 12 | Bill Walton | 1979-80 – 1984-85 | 169 | 2,003 | 1,525 | 374* |
| 13 | Lorenzen Wright | 1996-97 – 1998-99 | 194 | 1,503 | 1,438 | 183 |
| 14 | Stanley Roberts | 1992-93 – 1996-97 | 160 | 1,501 | 824 | 228 |
| 15 | Kurt Nimphius | 1985-86 – 1986-87 | 105 | 1,100 | 526 | 134 |
| 16 | Joe Wolf | 1987-88 – 1989-90 | 185 | 1,076 | 690 | 56 |
| 17 | Marcus Camby | 2008-09 – 2009-10 | 113 | 1,035 | 1,306 | 231 |
| 18 | Olden Polynice | 1990-91 – 2003-04 | 109 | 994 | 821 | 33 |
| 19 | Sean Rooks | 2000-01 – 2002-03 | 213 | 926 | 643 | 129 |
| 20 | Elmore Spencer | 1992-93 – 1994-95 | 139 | 909 | 542 | 168 |
| 21 | Kevin Kunnert | 1973-74 – 1978-79 | 119 | 633 | 638* | — |
| 22 | Keith Closs | 1997-98 – 1999-00 | 130 | 502 | 372 | 163 |
| 23 | Zeljko Rebraca | 2004-05 – 2005-06 | 87 | 474 | 248 | 59 |
| 24 | Dale Schlueter | 1974-75 – 1975-76 | 147 | 444 | — | — |
| 25 | Melvin Ely | 2002-03 – 2003-04 | 94 | 393 | 275 | 49 |
| 26 | Ryan Hollins | 2012-13 – 2013-14 | 121 | 347 | 229 | 65 |
| 27 | Greg Kite | 1987-88 – 1988-89 | 98 | 317 | 430 | 96 |
* 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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