best ppg centers 1977

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar put up the most points per game by a center in 1976-77, with 26.2 per game.

Interpreted as:
best ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games centers 1977
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
26.2
1976-77
82
36.8
13.3
3.9
1.2
3.2
10.8
18.7
57.9
4.6
6.5
70.1
60.8
3.2
10.0
3,016
2,152
1,090
319
101
261
262
2Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
25.8
1976-77
TOT
72
38.9
12.9
2.8
1.1
1.4
10.3
20.1
51.2
5.3
7.2
73.8
55.7
2.8
10.1
2,798
1,861
926
205
77
99
262
3Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
25.3
1976-77
64
38.2
11.6
3.3
1.1
2.0
10.6
19.8
53.4
4.1
5.0
81.8
57.3
3.1
8.5
2,446
1,616
745
214
70
126
174
4Dan Issel
D. Issel
22.3
1976-77
79
31.7
8.8
2.2
1.2
0.4
8.4
16.2
51.5
5.6
7.1
79.7
57.8
2.7
6.1
2,507
1,765
696
177
91
29
246
5Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
18.6
1976-77
82
35.1
13.0
2.4
0.5
2.5
7.0
13.3
52.2
4.7
7.1
66.0
56.6
3.8
9.2
2,877
1,527
1,070
199
44
203
266
6Bill Walton
B. Walton
18.6
1976-77
65
34.8
14.4
3.8
1.0
3.2
7.6
14.3
52.8
3.5
5.0
69.7
56.3
3.2
11.1
2,264
1,210
934
245
66
211
174
7Alvan Adams
A. Adams
18.0
1976-77
72
31.6
9.1
4.5
1.3
1.2
7.3
15.3
47.4
3.5
4.6
75.4
51.9
2.5
6.6
2,278
1,296
652
322
95
87
260
8Billy Paultz
B. Paultz
15.6
1976-77
82
32.9
8.4
2.7
0.7
2.1
6.4
13.4
47.3
2.9
3.9
74.4
51.5
2.3
6.0
2,694
1,280
687
223
55
173
262
9Moses Malone
M. Malone
13.2
1976-77
TOT
82
30.6
13.1
1.1
0.8
2.2
4.7
9.9
48.0
3.7
5.4
69.3
54.0
5.3
7.7
2,506
1,083
1,072
89
67
181
275
10Swen Nater
S. Nater
13.0
1976-77
72
27.2
12.0
1.5
0.8
0.7
5.3
10.1
52.8
2.4
3.2
75.4
56.8
3.7
8.3
1,960
938
865
108
54
51
214
11Jim Chones
J. Chones
12.9
1976-77
82
29.0
8.4
1.3
0.4
0.9
5.5
11.9
46.3
1.9
2.6
73.1
49.5
2.5
5.9
2,378
1,055
688
104
32
77
258
12Dave Robisch
D. Robisch
11.9
1976-77
80
24.6
6.9
2.0
0.7
0.5
4.6
10.1
45.5
2.7
3.2
83.2
51.5
2.1
4.8
1,966
951
554
158
55
37
169
13Joe Meriweather
J. Meriweather
11.2
1976-77
73
28.3
8.2
1.1
0.6
1.1
4.4
8.3
52.6
2.5
3.5
71.4
57.0
3.0
5.2
2,068
820
596
82
41
82
324
14Darnell Hillman
D. Hillman
10.7
1976-77
82
28.1
8.5
2.0
1.2
1.3
4.4
9.9
44.3
2.0
3.0
66.0
47.9
2.8
5.7
2,302
879
693
166
95
106
353
15Sam Lacey
S. Lacey
10.6
1976-77
82
31.6
9.0
4.7
1.5
1.6
4.0
9.4
42.2
2.6
3.4
76.2
48.4
2.3
6.6
2,595
869
734
386
119
133
292
16Mitch Kupchak
M. Kupchak
10.4
1976-77
82
18.5
6.0
0.8
0.3
0.4
4.2
7.3
57.2
2.1
3.0
69.1
60.5
2.2
3.8
1,513
852
494
62
22
34
204
17Mike Green
M. Green
9.8
1976-77
76
25.4
6.6
1.6
0.6
1.7
3.8
8.7
44.1
2.2
3.1
70.6
49.0
2.5
4.1
1,928
746
503
120
45
129
201
18Tom Burleson
T. Burleson
9.7
1976-77
82
22.0
6.7
1.1
0.9
1.4
3.5
8.0
44.2
2.7
3.7
73.1
50.7
2.2
4.5
1,803
796
551
93
74
117
259
19Kevin Kunnert
K. Kunnert
9.4
1976-77
81
25.3
8.3
1.9
0.4
1.3
4.1
8.5
48.6
1.1
1.6
73.8
51.3
2.6
5.7
2,050
759
669
154
35
105
361
20Robert Parish
R. Parish
9.1
1976-77
77
18.0
7.1
1.0
0.7
1.2
3.7
7.4
50.3
1.6
2.2
70.8
53.8
2.6
4.4
1,384
697
543
74
55
94
224
21Elmore Smith
E. Smith
8.6
1976-77
TOT
70
20.9
6.3
0.6
0.5
2.1
3.4
7.2
47.5
1.7
3.0
54.9
49.9
1.6
4.6
1,464
599
439
43
35
144
207
22Tom McMillen
T. McMillen
8.5
1976-77
TOT
76
19.6
5.1
0.9
0.1
0.1
3.6
7.4
48.7
1.3
1.6
78.0
52.2
1.5
3.6
1,492
644
389
67
11
6
163
23Coby Dietrick
C. Dietrick
8.4
1976-77
82
21.6
4.5
1.8
1.1
0.7
3.5
7.6
46.0
1.5
2.0
71.7
49.7
1.4
3.2
1,772
689
372
148
88
57
267
24Clifford Ray
C. Ray
8.2
1976-77
77
26.2
8.0
1.5
1.0
1.1
3.4
5.8
58.4
1.4
2.6
52.8
58.7
2.6
5.4
2,018
631
615
112
74
81
242
25Tom Barker
T. Barker
8.1
1976-77
59
22.9
6.8
1.0
0.6
0.7
3.1
7.4
41.7
1.9
2.8
68.3
46.8
1.9
4.9
1,354
476
401
60
33
41
223

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