highest points per game since 1972 by a center

Since 1971-72, Joel Embiid has put up the most points per game by a center, with 27.6 per game.

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	NAME	PPG	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	27.6	491	31.9	10.8	3.7	0.9	1.6	9.1	18.2	50.0	1.2	3.5	33.9	8.2	9.9	83.0	61.2	2.2	8.6	3.4	15,640	13,557	5,291	1,814	434	787	1,660	1,454	+2659
2	Anthony Davis A. Davis	27.1	131	34.8	11.9	2.9	1.4	2.3	9.9	19.5	50.9	0.7	2.1	31.5	6.6	8.2	79.9	58.7	2.6	9.2	2.2	4,558	3,551	1,556	375	182	302	293	300	+184
3	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	25.2	82	42.2	14.6	3.3			10.1	23.4	43.4				4.9	7.5	64.9	47.1				3,461	2,063	1,197	270				233
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	24.6	111	30.9	11.3	3.3	1.1	3.4	8.7	17.6	49.3	2.4	6.8	34.9	4.9	5.9	82.9	61.0	1.9	9.4	2.8	3,427	2,728	1,255	370	119	379	308	264	+782
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	23.9	1,396	36.3	10.7	3.6	0.9	2.6	9.9	17.7	56.1	0.0	0.0	5.6	4.1	5.6	73.1	59.4	2.4	7.6	2.7	50,624	33,430	14,939	5,051	1,160	3,189	2,527	4,110
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	23.7	1,207	34.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	9.4	16.1	58.2	0.0	0.0	4.5	4.9	9.3	52.7	58.6	3.5	7.4	2.7	41,918	28,596	13,099	3,026	739	2,732	3,310	4,146	+4887
7	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	23.3	609	33.7	10.1	2.3	0.9	1.6	9.1	17.9	51.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.0	6.5	76.6	56.0	2.5	7.6	2.3	20,507	14,178	6,163	1,379	577	984	687	2,001
8	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	22.8	721	33.7	11.1	3.1	0.8	1.1	8.3	15.9	52.2	1.7	4.3	39.8	4.4	5.3	83.9	62.4	2.8	8.3	2.7	24,317	16,403	8,037	2,264	589	813	1,936	2,456	+1656
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	22.2	810	32.0	11.1	7.5	1.3	0.7	8.5	15.2	56.1	1.1	3.2	36.2	4.1	5.0	82.5	64.1	2.7	8.4	3.0	25,904	18,009	8,977	6,080	1,041	589	2,419	2,168	+4626
10	Shawn Marion S. Marion	21.8	81	40.3	11.8	1.8	2.0	1.7	8.8	16.9	52.5	1.2	3.6	33.1	3.0	3.7	80.9	59.1	3.1	8.8	1.5	3,263	1,769	959	143	160	137	125	223	+412
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	21.8	1,238	35.7	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	8.7	17.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	20.2	4.4	6.2	71.2	55.3	3.3	7.8	3.0	44,222	26,946	13,748	3,058	2,162	3,830	3,667	4,383	+564
12	David Robinson D. Robinson	21.1	987	34.7	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	7.5	14.4	51.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.1	8.3	73.6	58.3	3.1	7.5	2.4	34,271	20,790	10,497	2,441	1,388	2,954	2,417	2,835	+2454
13	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	20.9	1,120	34.3	9.9	1.9	0.9	2.5	8.2	16.2	50.4	0.0	0.1	16.1	4.6	6.1	74.1	55.3	2.3	7.6	3.0	38,388	23,459	11,052	2,111	1,047	2,747	3,308	3,786	+412
14	Moses Malone M. Malone	20.6	1,329	33.9	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	7.1	14.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	10.0	6.4	8.3	76.9	56.9	5.1	7.1	3.1	45,071	27,409	16,212	1,796	1,089	1,733	3,804	3,076
15	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	20.5	877	34.3	10.3	3.3	1.1	1.5	8.3	15.9	51.9	0.0	0.0	15.4	3.9	5.1	77.0	56.3	2.6	6.8	2.6	30,086	17,967	9,033	2,861	777	1,100	1,112	2,776
16	Dan Issel D. Issel	20.4	718	31.1	7.9	2.5	1.0	0.6	7.6	14.9	50.6	0.0	0.2	25.3	5.3	6.6	79.7	57.2	2.3	5.6	2.0	22,342	14,659	5,707	1,804	698	396	1,281	2,022
17	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	19.7	468	30.1	7.6	1.3	0.7	1.4	7.3	13.2	55.4	0.0	0.2	24.3	5.1	6.6	77.4	61.4	2.3	5.3	2.2	14,085	9,222	3,557	611	342	655	1,034	1,485	+1412
18	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	19.6	340	29.3	5.9	1.6	1.1	2.0	6.9	14.9	46.3	1.7	5.1	34.2	4.0	5.0	80.1	57.1	1.4	4.5	2.0	9,956	6,661	1,996	554	375	672	672	1,212	+591
19	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	19.6	654	29.8	10.2	3.0	1.3	1.1	7.0	15.2	46.0	0.7	2.0	33.1	5.0	6.7	73.7	53.9	2.6	7.6	3.3	19,508	12,802	6,664	1,979	874	742	2,149	2,421	-554
20	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	19.2	131	29.0	7.6	2.1	0.7	1.6	6.5	14.5	44.8	2.3	6.2	36.8	4.0	4.9	81.3	57.8	1.6	6.0	1.4	3,793	2,515	991	270	90	216	186	393	+486
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	19.1	230	33.5	8.1	2.2	0.9	1.0	6.7	14.5	46.6	1.6	4.2	38.5	3.9	4.6	86.7	57.9	1.0	7.1	1.4	7,706	4,386	1,863	513	218	226	331	584	+762
22	Yao Ming Y. Ming	19.0	486	32.5	9.2	1.6	0.4	1.9	7.0	13.3	52.4	0.0	0.0	20.0	5.1	6.1	83.3	59.6	2.5	6.7	2.7	15,818	9,247	4,494	769	189	920	1,311	1,596	+1491
23	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	19.0	548	36.5	9.5	3.7	0.8	0.7	7.0	13.1	53.2	0.0	0.0	14.3	5.0	6.7	74.7	59.0	2.2	7.3	2.8	20,029	10,389	5,227	2,028	422	397	1,511	1,466
24	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	18.8	442	34.8	8.4	1.8	0.9	1.1	6.8	13.6	50.3	0.3	0.9	32.3	4.8	5.9	80.4	57.8	2.3	6.1	1.9	15,374	8,294	3,693	816	378	497	856	1,091	+1033
25	Chris Webber C. Webber	18.7	156	34.4	9.0	3.6	1.3	1.9	7.9	15.4	51.2	0.4	1.4	29.7	2.5	4.5	55.7	53.8	3.1	5.9	2.6	5,373	2,923	1,400	563	208	294	402	533	+24

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More 76ers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.0

Maxey

RPG

11.0

Embiid

APG

7.0

James

Team Rankings

ORTG

102.2

4th

DRTG

96.4

1st

NETRTG

5.8

3rd

3P%

27.5

5th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	1	0	1.000
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIL	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Sun 10/25	DET	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM
Fri 10/30	NYK	@	PHI	7:30 PM

Last Game

76ers

1 - 0

106

Final

100

Knicks

0 - 1

Tue 20 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.0

George

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

14.0

Drummond

13.0

Wembanyama

12.0

Towns

APG Leaders

11.0

Tatum

8.0

White

8.0

Cunningham

SPG Leaders

5.0

George

3.0

Maxey

3.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

BPG Leaders

6.0

Wembanyama

4.0

Holmgren

3.0

Maxey

3PM Leaders

7.0

George

6.0

McCain

5.0

Castle

TS% Leaders

111.1

McCain

92.2

Caruso

80.8

Green

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

123.5

115.4

111.2

102.2

99.7

96.4

DRtg Rankings

96.4

99.7

102.2

111.2

115.4

123.5

NetRtg Rankings

11.5

8.2

5.8

-5.8

-8.2

-11.5

Tank Leaderboard

0-1

1-0

Embiid

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

1-0

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	1	0	1.000
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5
6	Nets	0	0		0.5
7	Hornets	0	0		0.5
8	Bulls	0	0		0.5
9	Cavaliers	0	0		0.5
10	Pacers	0	0		0.5
11	Heat	0	0		0.5
12	Bucks	0	0		0.5
13	Magic	0	0		0.5
14	Raptors	0	0		0.5
15	Wizards	0	0		0.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	1	0	1.000
2	Spurs	0	1	.000	1.0
3	Warriors	0	0		0.5
4	Mavericks	0	0		0.5
5	Nuggets	0	0		0.5
6	Rockets	0	0		0.5
7	Clippers	0	0		0.5
8	Lakers	0	0		0.5
9	Grizzlies	0	0		0.5
10	Timberwolves	0	0		0.5
11	Pelicans	0	0		0.5
12	Suns	0	0		0.5
13	Trail Blazers	0	0		0.5
14	Kings	0	0		0.5
15	Jazz	0	0		0.5