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NBA ComparatorThe best Los Angeles Lakers centers since 1948-49

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar leads with 24,176 points in 1,093 games for the Los Angeles Lakers; Shaquille O'Neal had 13,895.

Every center with 82 or more regular-season games for the Los Angeles Lakers 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 Minneapolis Lakers count.

points · by game

rebounds · by game

blocks · by game

39 centers with 82+ gamespoints

#	player	seasons	games	points	rebounds	blocks
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	1975-76 – 1988-89	1,093	24,176	10,280	2,545^*
2	Shaquille O'Neal	1996-97 – 2003-04	514	13,895	6,090	1,278
3	George Mikan	1948-49 – 1955-56	439	10,158	—	—
4	Vlade Divac	1989-90 – 2004-05	535	6,531	4,545	830
5	Elden Campbell	1990-91 – 1998-99	617	6,408	3,603	1,021
6	Wilt Chamberlain	1968-69 – 1972-73	339	5,983	6,523	—
7	Clyde Lovellette	1953-54 – 1956-57	282	4,854	—	—
8	Andrew Bynum	2005-06 – 2011-12	392	4,597	3,076	628
9	Jim Krebs	1957-58 – 1963-64	514	4,134	—	—
10	Mel Counts	1966-67 – 1973-74	375	3,643	2,417^*	—
11	Mychal Thompson	1986-87 – 1990-91	335	2,990	1,797	258
12	Larry Foust	1957-58 – 1959-60	191	2,715	—	—
13	Bob McAdoo	1981-82 – 1984-85	224	2,701	990	—
14	Darrall Imhoff	1964-65 – 1967-68	317	2,387	—	—
15	Dwight Howard	2012-13 – 2021-22	205	2,185	1,808	301
16	Elmore Smith	1973-74 – 1974-75	155	1,819	1,716	—
17	Jordan Hill	2011-12 – 2014-15	178	1,764	1,288	141
18	Jim Chones	1979-80 – 1980-81	164	1,751	1,221	158^*
19	Ed Kalafat	1954-55 – 1956-57	209	1,473	—	—
20	Chris Mihm	2004-05 – 2008-09	175	1,457	986	201
21	JaVale McGee	2018-19 – 2019-20	143	1,343	956	242
22	Gene Wiley	1962-63 – 1965-66	300	1,274	—	—
23	Ray Felix	1959-60 – 1961-62	189	1,206	—	—
24	Jaxson Hayes	2023-24 – 2025-26	192	1,183	751	132
25	Kwame Brown	2005-06 – 2007-08	136	1,013	848	114
26	Rick Roberson	1969-70 – 1970-71	139	982	960^*	—
27	Ronny Turiaf	2005-06 – 2007-08	173	944	602	196
28	James Edwards	1977-78 – 1993-94	122	908	345	32^*
29	Jim Barnes	1966-67 – 1967-68	122	823	—	—
30	Tarik Black	2014-15 – 2016-17	144	790	741	84
31	Robert Sacre	2012-13 – 2015-16	189	787	593	110
32	Ivica Zubac	2016-17 – 2018-19	114	726	444	75
33	Dave Robisch	1977-78 – 1978-79	135	644	464	36^*
34	Travis Knight	1996-97 – 1999-00	171	607	576	108
35	Sam Bowie	1993-94 – 1994-95	92	529	419	108
36	Sean Rooks	1996-97 – 1998-99	146	502	353	70
37	Charles Kupec	1975-76 – 1976-77	98	411	221	—
38	Didier Ilunga-Mbenga	2007-08 – 2009-10	98	230	159	69
39	Mike Smrek	1986-87 – 1987-88	83	208	122	55

* 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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