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NBA ComparatorThe best Philadelphia 76ers centers since 1949-50

Joel Embiid leads with 13,557 points in 491 games for the Philadelphia 76ers; Johnny Kerr had 11,702.

Every center with 82 or more regular-season games for the Philadelphia 76ers since 1949-50, 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 Syracuse Nationals count.

points · by game

rebounds · by game

blocks · by game

42 centers with 82+ gamespoints

#	player	seasons	games	points	rebounds	blocks
1	Joel Embiid	2016-17 – 2026-27	491	13,557	5,291	787
2	Johnny Kerr	1954-55 – 1964-65	834	11,702	—	—
3	Wilt Chamberlain	1964-65 – 1967-68	277	7,651	6,632	—
4	Moses Malone	1982-83 – 1993-94	357	7,511	4,276	478
5	Darryl Dawkins	1975-76 – 1981-82	448	5,009	3,007	—
6	Samuel Dalembert	2001-02 – 2009-10	582	4,710	4,844	1,131
7	Mike Gminski	1987-88 – 1990-91	240	3,585	2,151	327
8	Caldwell Jones	1976-77 – 1981-82	484	3,494	4,438^*	—
9	Red Rocha	1951-52 – 1955-56	279	3,157	—	—
10	Theo Ratliff	1997-98 – 2008-09	261	2,598	1,809	757
11	Spencer Hawes	2010-11 – 2013-14	253	2,532	1,777	299
12	Bob Hopkins	1956-57 – 1959-60	273	2,241	—	—
13	Connie Dierking	1958-59 – 1970-71	302	1,875	—	—
14	Darrall Imhoff	1968-69 – 1969-70	161	1,827	1,537	—
15	Nerlens Noel	2014-15 – 2016-17	171	1,748	1,297	268
16	Jahlil Okafor	2015-16 – 2017-18	105	1,528	622	112
17	Matt Geiger	1998-99 – 2001-02	154	1,519	894	72
18	Roy Hinson	1986-87 – 1987-88	105	1,394	657	228
19	Shawn Bradley	1993-94 – 1995-96	143	1,387	1,071	459
20	Sharone Wright	1994-95 – 1995-96	125	1,387	771	143
21	Noble Jorgensen	1950-51 – 1952-53	177	1,346	—	—
22	Clemon Johnson	1982-83 – 1985-86	246	1,232	1,076^*	200^*
23	Dikembe Mutombo	2000-01 – 2001-02	106	1,224	1,185	256
24	Tim McCormick	1986-87 – 1987-88	104	1,212	755	72
25	Scott Williams	1994-95 – 1998-99	212	1,130	1,141	110
26	Andre Drummond	2021-22 – 2025-26	152	994	1,275	112
27	Emanuel Leaks	1972-73	82	898	637^*	—
28	Henry Sims	2013-14 – 2014-15	99	892	540	43
29	Steven Hunter	2005-06 – 2006-07	139	871	606	152
30	Harvey Halbrook	1960-61 – 1961-62	143	786	—	—
31	Todd MacCulloch	1999-00 – 2002-03	161	765	510	88
32	Harvey Catchings	1974-75 – 1978-79	251	762	1,241^*	—
33	Dennis Awtrey	1970-71 – 1972-73	131	756	661^*	—
34	Derrick Alston	1994-95 – 1995-96	137	751	521	87
35	Charles Shackleford	1991-92 – 1992-93	120	664	620	76
36	George Wilson	1968-69 – 1969-70	105	580	535	—
37	Manute Bol	1990-91 – 1993-94	215	397	771	580
38	Jayson Williams	1990-91 – 1991-92	102	388	256	26
39	Chris Welp	1987-88 – 1988-89	82	294	217	46
40	Mark McNamara	1982-83 – 1987-88	89	265	269	15
41	Nazr Mohammed	1998-99 – 2000-01	84	192	142	23
42	Michael Cage	1996-97	82	151	320	42

* 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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