most playoff points by a center since 1980

Since 1979-80, Shaquille O'Neal has put up the most points by a center in the playoffs, with 5,250 points.

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	5,250	216	37.5	24.3	11.6	2.7	0.5	2.1	9.4	16.8	56.3	0.0	0.0		5.4	10.7	50.4	56.5	4.0	7.6	3.0	8,098	2,508	582	117	459	649	769	+638
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3,755	145	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	10.4	19.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.1	7.1	71.9	56.9	3.2	7.9	2.9	5,749	1,621	458	245	472	424	562	-29
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3,380	158	33.7	21.4	7.5	2.8	0.9	2.2	8.7	16.2	53.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.4	75.7	57.7	2.2	5.3	2.6	5,327	1,188	446	140	354	404	543
4	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2,813	139	37.5	20.2	10.3	2.0	0.9	2.2	7.9	16.9	46.9	0.1	0.2	34.8	4.3	6.0	71.8	51.7	2.4	7.9	2.5	5,207	1,435	275	122	303	345	522	+8
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2,735	100	38.4	27.4	12.4	7.7	1.2	0.9	10.3	19.9	52.0	1.7	4.6	37.3	5.0	6.0	83.3	60.8	3.0	9.4	3.3	3,837	1,238	769	122	87	334	335	+124
6	Robert Parish R. Parish	2,699	174	34.1	15.5	9.6	1.3	0.8	1.7	6.2	12.2	50.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	4.3	72.4	54.9	3.0	6.5	2.1	5,938	1,662	223	138	298	365	575	-3
7	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2,334	133	34.4	17.5	10.2	2.6	0.7	1.9	7.0	14.2	49.8	0.0	0.1	16.7	3.4	5.2	66.6	53.4	2.8	7.4	1.9	4,569	1,360	340	88	250	255	334	+513
8	Al Horford A. Horford	2,325	193	33.8	12.0	7.9	3.2	0.8	1.2	4.8	9.7	49.3	1.0	2.6	39.4	1.4	1.8	77.9	57.1	1.8	6.1	1.3	6,514	1,532	616	158	238	257	469	+93
9	David Robinson D. Robinson	2,221	123	34.3	18.1	10.6	2.3	1.2	2.5	6.2	13.0	47.9	0.0	0.1	10.0	5.6	7.9	70.8	54.7	3.0	7.6	2.3	4,221	1,301	280	151	312	280	423	+362
10	Dwight Howard D. Howard	1,909	125	31.6	15.3	11.8	1.2	0.8	2.0	5.4	9.2	58.9	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.4	8.0	54.8	59.9	3.5	8.3	2.6	3,945	1,473	149	94	248	323	467	-77
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	1,803	80	40.0	22.5	13.1	1.6	0.9	1.5	8.1	17.0	47.8	0.0	0.1	14.3	6.3	8.1	77.3	54.7	5.0	8.1	2.6	3,200	1,051	127	70	122	207	197
12	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	1,652	108	35.3	15.3	9.3	3.1	0.5	1.7	5.8	11.2	52.0	0.1	0.3	26.7	3.6	4.8	73.8	57.4	2.8	6.5	1.8	3,810	1,009	336	55	187	194	283	+411
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1,595	64	35.2	24.9	10.6	3.3	0.8	1.6	7.9	17.4	45.6	1.1	3.9	27.5	8.0	9.6	83.0	57.6	2.1	8.6	3.5	2,254	681	211	51	105	227	208	+306
14	Rik Smits R. Smits	1,537	104	26.4	14.8	5.2	1.3	0.5	0.9	6.0	11.8	50.7	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.8	3.4	82.9	55.5	1.4	3.8	1.8	2,747	540	135	51	90	185	419	+33
15	Vlade Divac V. Divac	1,468	121	30.8	12.1	7.5	2.4	1.0	1.4	4.5	9.3	48.0	0.1	0.4	24.1	3.1	4.2	73.1	54.3	2.5	5.0	2.1	3,728	913	286	117	165	260	439	+43
16	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	1,331	99	34.3	13.4	7.5	3.2	0.8	1.4	4.7	10.6	44.4	0.5	1.5	36.6	3.5	4.3	80.8	53.7	1.5	6.1	1.4	3,394	747	321	83	140	141	336	+40
17	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	1,291	95	27.3	13.6	7.0	0.9	0.5	2.3	4.6	9.1	51.2	0.1	0.2	36.8	4.2	6.5	64.9	57.0	1.9	5.1	2.4	2,597	665	81	45	215	226	330	+43
18	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	1,252	89	30.5	14.1	5.8	0.9	0.6	1.7	5.4	10.6	51.3	1.1	3.2	33.1	2.2	2.6	82.8	60.0	2.1	3.7	1.2	2,718	515	76	57	149	104	223	+76
19	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	1,216	74	34.8	16.4	9.2	3.4	0.8	0.6	6.5	12.4	52.1	0.1	0.5	24.3	3.4	4.5	75.6	57.1	2.5	6.7	2.3	2,573	678	253	62	47	169	216	+44
20	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	1,138	58	34.0	19.6	10.7	2.6	0.8	0.8	6.8	13.9	48.8	1.5	4.1	36.6	4.6	5.5	84.2	60.3	2.2	8.5	2.6	1,972	620	149	45	48	149	222	+47
21	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	1,100	124	28.2	8.9	5.4	1.3	0.4	0.5	3.4	7.0	48.2	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.0	72.5	53.5	1.7	3.7	1.5	3,496	668	162	54	57	192	412
22	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	1,084	91	32.5	11.9	10.6	1.3	0.8	1.5	4.4	7.0	63.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	5.1	59.9	64.4	3.4	7.2	1.4	2,962	963	115	69	135	126	308	+38
23	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	1,037	72	27.3	14.4	5.9	1.1	0.5	1.6	5.7	10.3	55.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.2	72.3	59.5	1.7	4.2	2.3	1,968	428	80	34	116	169	316
24	James Edwards J. Edwards	1,030	111	19.9	9.3	3.2	0.8	0.2	0.4	3.6	7.7	46.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.1	68.2	51.4	1.0	2.2	1.1	2,212	354	84	17	46	126	325
25	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	968	78	33.6	12.4	9.8	1.9	0.7	0.7	5.0	10.6	47.4	0.3	1.0	31.2	2.1	2.6	80.4	52.9	2.2	7.6	1.4	2,622	764	148	56	53	110	277

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PPG

23.7

James

RPG

11.0

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APG

8.0

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Team Rankings

ORTG

118.2

9th

DRTG

116.4

19th

NETRTG

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14th

3P%

35.9

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 5/7	LAL	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Sat 5/9	OKC	@	LAL	8:30 PM
Mon 5/11	OKC	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Wed 5/13	LAL	@	OKC	1:00 PM
Sat 5/16	OKC	@	LAL	1:00 PM

Last Game

Lakers

0 - 1

Final

108

Thunder

1 - 0

Tue 5 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

31.3

Cunningham

30.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.0

Ayton

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

8.0

James

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.9

Smart

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

Playoffs BPG Leaders

5.6

Wembanyama

2.2

Holmgren

2.1

Thompson

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.4

George

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

126.0

124.0

115.4

113.7

113.0

112.8

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

103.2

104.5

105.0

107.0

107.4

107.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

19.5

18.3

10.4

5.7

4.2

3.0

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

384.1

Cunningham

373

Maxey

367.3

Towns

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

410.8

Cunningham

387.5

Maxey

380.5

Towns

Playoffs USG% Leaders

44.0

Lanier

40.1

Williams

38.7

Smith

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.17

McLaughlin

2.00

Richardson

2.00

Lanier

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

2.00

Lanier

1.83

McLaughlin

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

50-37-1

51-37

51-38

47-36

49-40

Worst Record ATS

33-49

37-53

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 3/25	BKN	@	GSW	106-109
Wed 3/25	TOR	@	LAC	94-119
Thu 3/26	NOP	@	DET	108-129
Thu 3/26	NYK	@	CHA	103-114
Thu 3/26	SAC	@	ORL	117-121

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 5/7	CLE	@	DET	7:00 PM
Thu 5/7	LAL	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Fri 5/8	NYK	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Fri 5/8	SAS	@	MIN	9:30 PM
Sat 5/9	DET	@	CLE	3:00 PM

Since 1979-80, Shaquille O'Neal has put up the most points by a center in the playoffs, with 5,250 points.

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