most points per 36 minutes in nba 2021 center

Nikola Jokić had the most points / minutes played / 36 by a center in 2020-21, with 27.47.

Interpreted as:
most points per 36 minutes with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a player in NBA 2021 center
NAMEPTS/(MIN/36)PTSMINSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
27.47
1,898
2,487
2020-21
DEN DEN
72
34.5
26.4
10.8
8.3
1.3
0.7
10.2
18.0
56.6
1.3
3.3
38.8
4.8
5.5
86.8
64.7
2.8
8.0
3.1
780
599
95
48
222
192
+384
2Nikola Vučević
N. Vučević
25.13
1,639
2,348
2020-21
TOT
70
33.5
23.4
11.7
3.8
0.9
0.7
9.5
19.9
47.7
2.5
6.3
40.0
1.9
2.2
84.0
56.0
2.1
9.6
1.8
817
269
65
48
126
137
-341
3Domantas Sabonis
D. Sabonis
20.33
1,260
2,231
2020-21
IND IND
62
36.0
20.3
12.0
6.7
1.2
0.5
7.8
14.6
53.5
0.8
2.6
32.1
3.9
5.3
73.2
60.1
2.4
9.5
3.4
742
415
75
33
213
203
-91
4Clint Capela
C. Capela
18.13
956
1,898
2020-21
ATL ATL
63
30.1
15.2
14.3
0.8
0.7
2.0
6.6
11.0
59.4
0.0
0.0
2.1
3.6
57.3
60.1
4.7
9.6
1.2
903
49
44
129
73
145
+251
5Kelly Olynyk
K. Olynyk
17.04
945
1,997
2020-21
TOT
70
28.5
13.5
7.0
2.9
1.1
0.6
4.8
10.0
48.4
1.8
5.3
34.2
2.1
2.5
82.9
61.0
1.2
5.7
1.8
489
203
79
42
126
207
-100
6Deandre Ayton
D. Ayton
16.98
997
2,114
2020-21
PHX PHX
69
30.6
14.4
10.5
1.4
0.6
1.2
6.2
10.0
62.6
0.1
0.3
20.0
1.9
2.5
76.9
65.3
3.3
7.2
1.5
727
99
41
81
103
196
+274
7Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
16.71
1,015
2,187
2020-21
UTA UTA
71
30.8
14.3
13.5
1.3
0.6
2.7
5.5
8.2
67.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.3
5.3
62.3
68.3
3.4
10.1
1.7
960
89
40
190
118
163
+728
8Enes Kanter Freedom
E. Kanter Freedom
16.51
806
1,757
2020-21
POR POR
72
24.4
11.2
11.0
1.2
0.5
0.7
4.7
7.8
60.4
0.0
0.1
25.0
1.8
2.3
77.4
63.6
3.9
7.1
1.1
795
84
33
48
78
168
+155
9Brook Lopez
B. Lopez
16.26
859
1,902
2020-21
MIL MIL
70
27.2
12.3
5.0
0.7
0.6
1.5
4.6
9.1
50.3
1.4
4.0
33.8
1.7
2.0
84.5
61.1
1.5
3.5
0.9
347
50
40
103
64
149
+312
10Jarrett Allen
J. Allen
15.57
806
1,863
2020-21
TOT
63
29.6
12.8
10.0
1.7
0.5
1.4
4.7
7.7
61.8
0.1
0.3
31.6
3.2
4.6
70.3
66.1
3.1
6.9
1.6
631
106
32
90
100
96
-203
11Jakob Poeltl
J. Poeltl
11.57
593
1,845
2020-21
SAS SAS
69
26.7
8.6
7.9
1.9
0.7
1.8
3.8
6.2
61.6
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.8
50.8
61.2
3.2
4.8
1.2
547
134
47
123
83
172
+109
StatMuse has season-level data for MIN/82TG and minutes played going back to the 1951-52 season.

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APG

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ORTG

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DRTG

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Thunder Thunder
24
2
.923
2
Nuggets Nuggets
19
6
.760
4.5
3
Lakers Lakers
18
7
.720
5.5
4
Spurs Spurs
18
7
.720
5.5
5
Rockets Rockets
16
7
.696
6.5
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12/18
ORL ORL
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM
Sat
12/20
HOU HOU
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DEN DEN
5:00 PM
Mon
12/22
UTA UTA
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM
Tue
12/23
DEN DEN
@
DAL DAL
8:00 PM
Thu
12/25
MIN MIN
@
DEN DEN
10:30 PM
Last Game
HOU Rockets

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Final

128

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WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
24
2
.923
2
Nuggets Nuggets
19
6
.760
4.5
3
Lakers Lakers
18
7
.720
5.5
4
Spurs Spurs
18
7
.720
5.5
5
Rockets Rockets
16
7
.696
6.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
17
9
.654
7.0
EasternWLPCTGB
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Pistons Pistons
21
5
.808
2
Knicks Knicks
18
7
.720
2.5
3
Raptors Raptors
16
11
.593
5.5
4
Celtics Celtics
15
11
.577
6.0
5
Magic Magic
15
11
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6
76ers 76ers
14
11
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NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/14
OKC OKC
@
CHA CHA
109-96
Fri
11/14
DEN DEN
@
MIN MIN
123-112
Fri
11/14
LAL LAL
@
MIL MIL
119-95
Sat
11/15
LAC LAC
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BOS BOS
118-121
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11/15
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SAS SAS
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
12/17
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Wed
12/17
MEM MEM
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MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Thu
12/18
ATL ATL
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
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12/18
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IND IND
7:00 PM
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12/18
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BKN BKN
7:30 PM