most field goals by a center in a game since 2016

Since 2015-16, Joel Embiid has drained the most field goals by a center in a game, with 24 made against the Spurs on January 22, 2024.

Interpreted as:

most field goals by a center in a regular-season game since 2016

	NAME	FGM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	24	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	37	70	18	5	1	1	41	58.5	1	2	50.0	21	23	91.3	68.5	9	9	1	2	+11
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	22	12/7/2024	DEN	@	WAS	39	56	16	8	1	0	39	56.4	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	62.6	7	9	5	5	-1
3	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	21	1/22/2024	MIN	vs	CHA	38	62	8	2	0	0	35	60.0	10	15	66.7	10	14	71.4	75.3	3	5	7	2	0
4	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	21	1/25/2016	SAC	vs	CHA	46	56	12	4	1	2	30	70.0	1	3	33.3	13	16	81.3	75.6	1	11	7	6	+15
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	20	4/4/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	39	52	13	6	0	2	25	80.0	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	84.6	2	11	3	3	+17
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	20	12/11/2022	PHI	vs	CHA	34	53	12	3	0	1	32	62.5	2	3	66.7	11	11	100.0	71.9	3	9	2	2	+11
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	20	4/19/2021	DEN	vs	MEM	45	47	15	8	0	1	31	64.5	2	6	33.3	5	6	83.3	69.9	7	8	7	3	+3
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	20	2/6/2021	DEN	@	SAC	41	50	8	12	1	3	33	60.6	3	6	50.0	7	7	100.0	69.3	1	7	1	2	+2
9	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	20	3/24/2019	SAS	@	BOS	37	48	13	6	0	1	31	64.5	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	69.5	3	10	3	5	+23
10	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	20	1/10/2019	SAS	vs	OKC	49	56	9	4	0	4	33	60.6	0	0		16	16	100.0	69.9	4	5	5	2	+7
11	Anthony Davis A. Davis	20	12/28/2018	NOP	vs	DAL	43	48	17	4	2	2	32	62.5	0	2	0.0	8	11	72.7	65.1	7	10	1	3	+2
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	19	1/4/2025	DEN	@	SAS	43	46	9	10	2	2	35	54.3	3	8	37.5	5	6	83.3	61.1	4	5	2	3	+7
13	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	19	3/5/2024	HOU	vs	SAS	37	45	16	3	5	1	32	59.4	2	3	66.7	5	7	71.4	64.1	6	10	2	3	+18
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	19	12/6/2023	PHI	@	WAS	38	50	13	7	1	1	29	65.5	1	2	50.0	11	13	84.6	72.0	6	7	6	2	+8
15	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	19	1/21/2023	CLE	vs	MIL	38	38	9	3	0	0	27	70.4	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	69.2	3	6	4	1	+20
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	19	11/13/2022	PHI	vs	UTA	37	59	11	8	1	7	28	67.9	1	5	20.0	20	24	83.3	76.5	1	10	5	3	+25
17	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	19	3/14/2022	MIN	@	SAS	36	60	17	3	1	0	31	61.3	7	11	63.6	15	16	93.8	78.9	2	15	6	5	+16
18	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	19	3/28/2018	MIN	vs	ATL	41	56	15	4	0	1	32	59.4	6	8	75.0	12	15	80.0	72.5	4	11	2	4	+7
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	18	4/6/2025	DEN	vs	IND	39	41	15	13	2	1	33	54.5	3	11	27.3	2	3	66.7	59.7	3	12	4	0	+1
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	18	4/1/2025	DEN	vs	MIN	53	61	10	10	2	0	29	62.1	6	11	54.5	19	24	79.2	77.1	2	8	4	5	+2
21	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	18	11/13/2024	NYK	vs	CHI	39	46	10	3	3	0	30	60.0	6	12	50.0	4	8	50.0	68.6	1	9	4	5	+4
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	18	10/28/2024	DEN	@	TOR	44	40	10	4	1	2	27	66.7	3	5	60.0	1	2	50.0	71.7	3	7	3	2	+9
23	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	18	4/2/2024	DEN	vs	SAS	38	42	16	6	1	2	32	56.3	1	6	16.7	5	6	83.3	60.6	4	12	4	2	+5
24	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	18	12/16/2023	PHI	@	CHA	30	42	15	3	1	2	23	78.3	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	81.9	0	15	4	2	+36
25	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	18	1/28/2023	PHI	vs	DEN	38	47	18	5	3	2	31	58.1	4	7	57.1	7	10	70.0	66.4	6	12	6	2	+14