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NBA ComparatorThe best Sacramento Kings centers since 1948-49

Sam Lacey leads with 9,895 points in 888 games for the Sacramento Kings; DeMarcus Cousins had 9,894.

Every center with 82 or more regular-season games for the Sacramento Kings 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 Rochester Royals, Cincinnati Royals and Kansas City Kings count.

points · by game

rebounds · by game

blocks · by game

31 centers with 82+ gamespoints

#	player	seasons	games	points	rebounds	blocks
1	Sam Lacey	1970-71 – 1981-82	888	9,895	9,337^*	—
2	DeMarcus Cousins	2010-11 – 2016-17	470	9,894	5,056	558
3	Wayne Embry	1958-59 – 1965-66	603	8,476	5,785^*	—
4	Arnie Risen	1948-49 – 1954-55	462	6,351	—	—
5	Lasalle Thompson	1982-83 – 1988-89	507	5,306	4,209	697
6	Vlade Divac	1998-99 – 2003-04	454	5,176	3,538	523
7	Brad Miller	2003-04 – 2008-09	385	5,117	3,305	353
8	Connie Dierking	1965-66 – 1970-71	374	4,973	2,982	—
9	Olden Polynice	1993-94 – 1997-98	345	3,740	3,053	274
10	Willie Cauley-Stein	2015-16 – 2018-19	295	2,971	1,879	228
11	Steve Johnson	1981-82 – 1983-84	208	2,437	1,107^*	215^*
12	Duane Causwell	1990-91 – 1996-97	429	2,373	2,009	695
13	Antoine Carr	1989-90 – 1990-91	110	2,165	593	135
14	Joe Kleine	1985-86 – 1988-89	288	2,148	1,676	141
15	Joe Meriweather	1980-81 – 1984-85	319	2,122	1,521	276
16	Hub Reed	1959-60 – 1962-63	304	2,009	1,770^*	—
17	Spencer Hawes	2007-08 – 2009-10	220	1,933	1,215	216
18	Kosta Koufos	2015-16 – 2018-19	262	1,632	1,475	168
19	Scot Pollard	1998-99 – 2002-03	272	1,604	1,622	265
20	Art Spoelstra	1954-55 – 1956-57	211	1,564	—	—
21	Phil Jordon	1959-60 – 1960-61	123	1,527	1,031^*	—
22	Walt Wesley	1966-67 – 1968-69	212	1,390	1,010	—
23	Tom Burleson	1977-78 – 1979-80	169	1,183	834^*	—
24	Jim Fox	1967-68 – 1971-72	101	975	736^*	—
25	Mikki Moore	2007-08 – 2008-09	128	858	646	60
26	Leon Douglas	1980-81 – 1982-83	147	648	681	77^*
27	Alex Len	2019-20 – 2024-25	164	539	504	102
28	Jim Eakins	1976-77	82	492	361	48^*
29	Bill Wennington	1990-91 – 1999-00	84	451	359	61
30	John Lambert	1980-81 – 1981-82	85	290	217	14^*
31	George Wilson	1964-65 – 1966-67	98	257	243	—

* 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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