highest total amount of points in a single season nba since 1980 by a center

Since 1979-80, Moses Malone has the most points by a center in a season, with 2,520 points in 1981-82.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Moses Malone M. Malone	2,520	1981-82	HOU	81	3,398	1,188	142	76	125	945	1,822	51.9	0	6	0.0	630	827	76.2	57.6	558	630	294	208		42.0	31.1	14.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	3.6
2	David Robinson D. Robinson	2,383	1993-94	SAS	80	3,241	855	381	139	265	840	1,658	50.7	10	29	34.5	693	925	74.9	57.7	241	614	253	228		40.5	29.8	10.7	4.8	1.7	3.3	3.2
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,377	1993-94	ORL	81	3,224	1,072	195	76	231	953	1,591	59.9	0	2	0.0	471	850	55.4	60.5	384	688	222	281		39.8	29.3	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	2.7
4	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2,347	1989-90	NYK	82	3,165	893	182	78	327	922	1,673	55.1	1	4	25.0	502	648	77.5	59.9	235	658	278	325		38.6	28.6	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	3.4
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,344	1999-00	LAL	79	3,163	1,078	299	36	239	956	1,665	57.4	0	1	0.0	432	824	52.4	57.8	336	742	223	255	+706	40.0	29.7	13.6	3.8	0.5	3.0	2.8
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,315	1994-95	ORL	79	2,923	901	214	73	192	930	1,594	58.3	0	5	0.0	455	854	53.3	58.8	328	573	204	258		37.0	29.3	11.4	2.7	0.9	2.4	2.6
7	David Robinson D. Robinson	2,238	1994-95	SAS	81	3,074	877	236	134	262	788	1,487	53.0	6	20	30.0	656	847	77.4	60.2	234	643	233	230		38.0	27.6	10.8	2.9	1.7	3.2	2.9
8	Moses Malone M. Malone	2,222	1980-81	HOU	80	3,245	1,180	141	83	150	806	1,545	52.2	1	3	33.3	609	804	75.7	58.5	474	706	308	223		40.6	27.8	14.8	1.8	1.0	1.9	3.9
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2,184	1993-94	HOU	80	3,277	955	287	128	297	894	1,694	52.8	8	19	42.1	388	542	71.6	56.5	229	726	271	289		41.0	27.3	11.9	3.6	1.6	3.7	3.4
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2,183	2022-23	PHI	66	2,284	670	274	66	112	728	1,328	54.8	66	200	33.0	661	771	85.7	65.5	113	557	226	205	+424	34.6	33.1	10.2	4.2	1.0	1.7	3.4
11	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2,154	1990-91	NYK	81	3,104	905	244	80	258	845	1,645	51.4	0	6	0.0	464	623	74.5	56.1	194	711	291	287		38.3	26.6	11.2	3.0	1.0	3.2	3.6
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2,140	1992-93	HOU	82	3,242	1,068	291	150	342	848	1,603	52.9	0	8	0.0	444	570	77.9	57.7	283	785	262	305		39.5	26.1	13.0	3.5	1.8	4.2	3.2
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2,125	2000-01	LAL	74	2,924	940	277	47	204	813	1,422	57.2	0	2	0.0	499	972	51.3	57.4	291	649	218	256	+463	39.5	28.7	12.7	3.7	0.6	2.8	2.9
14	Moses Malone M. Malone	2,119	1979-80	HOU	82	3,140	1,190	147	80	107	778	1,549	50.2	0	6	0.0	563	783	71.9	56.0	573	617	300	210		38.3	25.8	14.5	1.8	1.0	1.3	3.7
15	David Robinson D. Robinson	2,101	1990-91	SAS	82	3,095	1,063	208	127	320	754	1,366	55.2	1	7	14.3	592	777	76.2	61.5	335	728	270	264		37.7	25.6	13.0	2.5	1.5	3.9	3.3
16	Anthony Davis A. Davis	2,099	2016-17	NOP	75	2,708	884	157	94	167	770	1,526	50.5	40	134	29.9	519	647	80.2	58.0	172	712	181	168	+51	36.1	28.0	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	2.4
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,095	1980-81	LAL	80	2,976	821	272	59	228	836	1,457	57.4	0	1	0.0	423	552	76.6	61.6	197	624	249	244		37.2	26.2	10.3	3.4	0.7	2.9	3.1
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2,085	2023-24	DEN	79	2,737	976	708	108	68	822	1,411	58.3	83	231	35.9	358	438	81.7	65.0	223	753	238	195	+684	34.6	26.4	12.4	9.0	1.4	0.9	3.0
19	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	2,080	2004-05	PHX	80	2,889	713	131	77	130	747	1,336	55.9	3	16	18.8	583	795	73.3	61.7	219	494	189	278	+602	36.1	26.0	8.9	1.6	1.0	1.6	2.4
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2,079	2021-22	PHI	68	2,296	796	284	77	99	666	1,334	49.9	93	251	37.1	654	803	81.4	61.6	146	650	214	181	+367	33.8	30.6	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	3.1
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2,071	2024-25	DEN	70	2,571	892	716	127	45	786	1,364	57.6	138	331	41.7	361	451	80.0	66.3	200	692	230	160	+594	36.7	29.6	12.7	10.2	1.8	0.6	3.3
22	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	2,061	2016-17	MIN	82	3,030	1,007	220	56	103	802	1,480	54.2	101	275	36.7	356	428	83.2	61.8	296	711	212	241	-28	37.0	25.1	12.3	2.7	0.7	1.3	2.6
23	David Robinson D. Robinson	2,051	1995-96	SAS	82	3,019	1,000	247	111	271	711	1,378	51.6	3	9	33.3	626	823	76.1	58.9	319	681	190	262		36.8	25.0	12.2	3.0	1.4	3.3	2.3
24	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	2,034	1988-89	HOU	82	3,024	1,105	149	213	282	790	1,556	50.8	0	10	0.0	454	652	69.6	55.2	338	767	275	329		36.9	24.8	13.5	1.8	2.6	3.4	3.4
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2,034	1979-80	LAL	82	3,143	886	371	81	280	835	1,383	60.4	0	1	0.0	364	476	76.5	63.9	190	696	297	216		38.3	24.8	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	3.6