Hakeem Olajuwon scored the most points per game by a center in 1996-97, with 23.2 per game.

Interpreted as:

center with highest ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games in 1997

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	23.2	1996-97	HOU	78	36.6	9.2	3.0	1.5	2.2	9.3	18.3	51.0	0.1	0.2	31.3	4.5	5.7	78.7	55.8	2.2	7.0	3.6	2,852	1,810	716	236	117	173	281	249	+382
2	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	22.4	1996-97	NYK	78	37.0	10.7	2.0	0.9	2.4	8.4	17.2	48.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.6	7.5	75.4	54.8	2.2	8.4	3.4	2,887	1,751	834	156	69	189	269	250	+315
3	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	19.8	1996-97	MIA	66	35.2	9.9	1.6	0.8	2.9	7.2	13.4	53.4	0.0	0.1	11.1	5.5	8.6	64.2	57.8	2.9	7.1	3.4	2,320	1,310	656	104	56	189	226	272	+465
4	Rony Seikaly R. Seikaly	17.3	1996-97	ORL	74	35.3	9.5	1.2	0.7	1.4	6.2	12.3	50.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	6.8	71.4	56.7	3.7	5.8	2.9	2,615	1,277	701	92	49	107	218	275	-57
5	Bryant Reeves B. Reeves	16.2	1996-97	VAN	75	37.0	8.1	2.1	0.4	0.9	6.6	13.7	48.6	0.0	0.1	9.1	2.9	4.1	70.4	52.3	2.3	5.8	2.3	2,777	1,213	610	160	29	67	175	270	-539
6	Marcus Camby M. Camby	14.8	1996-97	TOR	63	30.1	6.3	1.5	1.0	2.1	6.0	12.3	48.2	0.0	0.2	14.3	2.9	4.2	69.3	52.3	2.1	4.2	2.1	1,897	935	394	97	66	130	134	214	-37
7	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	13.4	1996-97	POR	69	25.5	7.9	2.1	0.9	1.2	4.8	9.5	49.8	0.7	1.9	37.1	3.2	4.2	77.7	59.2	1.7	6.3	2.2	1,762	928	547	146	63	84	151	203	+361
8	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	13.3	1996-97	ATL	80	37.2	11.6	1.4	0.6	3.3	4.8	9.0	52.7	0.0	0.0		3.8	5.4	70.5	58.4	3.4	8.3	2.3	2,973	1,066	929	110	49	264	186	249	+432
9	Shawn Bradley S. Bradley	13.2	1996-97	TOT	73	31.3	8.4	0.7	0.5	3.4	5.6	12.4	44.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	3.1	65.4	47.8	3.0	5.3	1.8	2,288	961	611	52	40	248	134	237	-243
10	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	13.1	1996-97	DET	79	33.7	7.9	1.7	0.7	0.2	5.3	10.0	53.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.8	65.3	56.3	2.9	5.0	1.8	2,661	1,036	622	133	59	17	145	298	+282
11	Tyrone Hill T. Hill	12.9	1996-97	CLE	74	34.9	9.9	1.2	0.9	0.4	4.8	8.0	60.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	5.1	63.3	62.6	3.5	6.4	2.0	2,582	955	736	92	63	30	147	268	+243
12	Vlade Divac V. Divac	12.6	1996-97	CHA	81	35.1	9.0	3.7	1.3	2.2	5.2	10.5	49.4	0.1	0.6	23.4	2.2	3.2	68.3	53.3	3.0	6.0	2.4	2,840	1,024	725	301	103	180	193	277	+276
13	Olden Polynice O. Polynice	12.5	1996-97	SAC	82	35.3	9.4	2.2	0.6	1.0	5.4	11.8	45.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.7	3.1	56.2	47.6	3.3	6.1	2.0	2,893	1,025	772	178	46	80	166	298	-189
14	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	11.0	1996-97	SEA	81	24.4	3.7	1.3	0.9	0.6	3.6	8.2	43.9	1.5	3.8	39.5	2.3	2.8	81.7	58.4	0.9	2.8	1.0	1,976	889	300	103	69	49	77	134	+391
15	Gheorghe Muresan G. Muresan	10.6	1996-97	WAS	73	25.3	6.6	0.4	0.6	1.3	4.5	7.4	60.4	0.0	0.0		1.7	2.7	61.8	61.8	1.9	4.7	1.6	1,849	777	481	29	43	96	117	230	+236
16	Isaac Austin I. Austin	9.7	1996-97	MIA	82	22.9	5.8	1.2	0.5	0.5	3.9	7.8	50.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.8	66.4	53.6	1.7	4.2	2.0	1,881	792	478	101	45	43	161	244	+116
17	Luc Longley L. Longley	9.1	1996-97	CHI	59	24.9	5.6	2.4	0.4	1.1	3.7	8.2	45.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.0	79.2	49.9	2.1	3.6	1.9	1,472	537	332	141	23	66	111	191	+293
18	Will Perdue W. Perdue	8.7	1996-97	SAS	65	29.5	9.8	0.6	0.5	1.6	3.6	6.3	56.8	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.6	57.9	58.2	3.9	6.0	1.3	1,918	565	638	38	32	102	87	184	-186
19	Armen Gilliam A. Gilliam	8.6	1996-97	MIL	80	25.6	6.2	0.7	0.8	0.5	3.1	6.5	47.1	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.2	76.8	54.3	1.7	4.5	1.3	2,050	691	497	53	61	40	105	206	-138
20	Dean Garrett D. Garrett	8.0	1996-97	MIN	68	24.5	7.3	0.6	0.6	1.4	3.3	5.7	57.3	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.0	69.6	60.3	2.2	5.1	0.5	1,665	542	495	38	40	95	34	158	+34
21	Hot Rod Williams H. Rod Williams	8.0	1996-97	PHX	68	31.4	8.3	1.5	1.0	1.3	3.0	6.1	49.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.9	67.2	53.8	2.6	5.6	1.0	2,137	541	562	100	67	88	66	176	+117
22	Marty Conlon M. Conlon	7.8	1996-97	BOS	74	21.8	4.4	1.4	0.6	0.2	2.9	6.1	47.1	0.0	0.1	20.0	1.9	2.3	84.2	54.2	1.7	2.6	1.5	1,614	574	323	104	46	18	109	154	-236
23	Antoine Carr A. Carr	7.4	1996-97	UTA	82	17.8	2.4	0.9	0.3	0.8	3.1	6.4	48.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.5	78.0	52.2	0.7	1.6	0.9	1,460	603	195	74	24	63	75	214	+89
24	Lorenzen Wright L. Wright	7.3	1996-97	LAC	77	25.1	6.1	0.6	0.6	0.8	3.1	6.4	48.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.1	1.9	58.7	50.4	2.7	3.4	1.0	1,936	561	471	49	48	60	79	211	-168
25	Greg Ostertag G. Ostertag	7.3	1996-97	UTA	77	23.6	7.3	0.4	0.3	2.0	2.7	5.3	51.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.7	67.8	56.1	2.3	5.0	1.0	1,818	559	565	27	24	152	74	233	+562