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NBA ComparatorThe best New York Knicks centers since 1946-47

Patrick Ewing leads with 23,665 points in 1,039 games for the New York Knicks; Willis Reed had 12,182.

Every center with 82 or more regular-season games for the New York Knicks since 1946-47, 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

40 centers with 82+ gamespoints

#	player	seasons	games	points	rebounds	blocks
1	Patrick Ewing	1985-86 – 1999-00	1,039	23,665	10,759	2,758
2	Willis Reed	1964-65 – 1973-74	650	12,182	7,918^*	—
3	Bill Cartwright	1979-80 – 1987-88	537	9,006	3,823^*	—
4	Walt Bellamy	1965-66 – 1968-69	268	5,072	—	—
5	Nat Clifton	1950-51 – 1956-57	477	4,923	—	—
6	Bob McAdoo	1976-77 – 1978-79	171	4,560	2,045	—
7	Ray Felix	1954-55 – 1959-60	376	4,490	—	—
8	Connie Simmons	1949-50 – 1953-54	329	3,370	—	—
9	Eddy Curry	2005-06 – 2009-10	222	3,367	1,295	126
10	Karl-Anthony Towns	2024-25 – 2026-27	148	3,282	1,821	92
11	Mitchell Robinson	2018-19 – 2025-26	397	2,976	3,164	690
12	Charlie Tyra	1957-58 – 1960-61	270	2,573	—	—
13	John Gianelli	1972-73 – 1976-77	303	2,479	1,913	—
14	Marvin Webster	1978-79 – 1983-84	402	2,427	2,477^*	—
15	Pat Cummings	1984-85 – 1987-88	205	2,246	1,345	46
16	Marcus Camby	1998-99 – 2012-13	221	2,053	1,839	390
17	Tyson Chandler	2011-12 – 2013-14	183	1,868	1,844	227
18	Enes Freedom	2017-18 – 2018-19	115	1,614	1,241	54
19	Phil Jordon	1956-57 – 1961-62	124	1,378	—	—
20	Eddielee Wilkins	1984-85 – 1990-91	297	1,376	961^*	60^*
21	Kyle O'Quinn	2015-16 – 2017-18	221	1,355	1,159	251
22	Jim Barnes	1964-65 – 1965-66	83	1,278	—	—
23	Isaiah Hartenstein	2022-23 – 2023-24	157	988	1,162	149
24	Joe Meriweather	1978-79 – 1979-80	106	973	567^*	—
25	Lee Knorek	1946-47 – 1948-49	130	874	—	—
26	Robin Lopez	2015-16	82	842	602	129
27	Gene Conley	1962-63 – 1963-64	116	824	—	—
28	Herb Williams	1992-93 – 1998-99	278	796	608	163
29	Neal Walk	1974-75 – 1976-77	123	781	493	—
30	Darrall Imhoff	1960-61 – 1961-62	137	745	—	—
31	Willy Hernangomez	2016-17 – 2017-18	98	698	569	43
32	Michael Doleac	2002-03 – 2003-04	121	559	408	46
33	Nate Bowman	1967-68 – 1969-70	190	543	563^*	—
34	Cole Aldrich	2013-14 – 2014-15	107	430	467	95
35	Jericho Sims	2021-22 – 2024-25	177	424	687	79
36	Nerlens Noel	2020-21 – 2021-22	89	409	548	172
37	Chris Dudley	1997-98 – 1999-00	144	327	604	110
38	Tom Hoover	1963-64 – 1964-65	83	319	—	—
39	Jerome James	2005-06 – 2008-09	90	223	163	39
40	Travis Knight	2000-01 – 2002-03	126	187	219	30

* 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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