most points scored in the 1970s by a center

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar put up the most points by a center, with 22,141 points.

	NAME	PTS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	22,141	773	41.1	28.6	14.8	4.5	1.3	3.5	11.8	21.5	55.1	5.0	7.1	70.6	58.3	3.1	11.0	3.5	31,771	11,460	3,440	576	1,595	490	2,399
2	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	14,686	644	36.1	22.8	11.9	3.3	1.2	2.0	9.3	18.3	50.6	4.3	5.6	77.5	55.1	3.2	8.5	3.4	23,248	7,690	2,134	466	799	400	2,100
3	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	12,252	660	40.0	18.6	14.6	4.0	1.2	1.0	7.9	17.1	46.1	2.8	3.6	78.2	49.7	3.3	10.8	2.7	26,392	9,636	2,622	500	412	391	2,567
4	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	11,477	385	41.6	29.8	13.4	3.0	1.2	2.1	11.6	22.6	51.5	6.5	8.5	76.7	56.5	3.3	10.2	4.4	16,032	5,173	1,167	455	805	346	1,387
5	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	8,579	723	35.0	11.9	11.2	3.7	1.5	1.8	4.9	11.2	44.1	2.0	2.8	73.4	48.0	2.6	8.4	2.7	25,331	8,120	2,700	742	868	431	2,516
6	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	8,192	757	36.8	10.8	13.9	4.1	1.1	0.6	4.5	8.7	51.2	1.9	2.9	63.5	53.9	3.5	8.4	2.1	27,857	10,511	3,073	511	270	329	2,066
7	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	7,659	551	35.7	13.9	12.8	2.9	0.5	2.1	5.3	12.3	42.8	3.3	4.8	70.1	48.1	2.8	6.8		19,660	7,062	1,587	125	553		1,494
8	Elmore Smith E. Smith	7,541	562	31.8	13.4	10.6	1.4	0.8	2.9	5.6	11.7	48.2	2.1	3.7	57.9	50.3	2.3	7.1	1.7	17,879	5,962	808	325	1,183	183	1,941
9	Neal Walk N. Walk	7,157	568	24.4	12.6	7.7	2.1	0.6	0.4	5.2	11.2	45.9	2.3	3.0	75.8	50.1	1.8	4.8		13,832	4,392	1,214	140	105		1,788
10	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	6,669	246	43.7	27.1	16.0	2.5			11.0	25.0	43.8	5.2	7.8	67.0	47.7				10,759	3,945	618				728
11	Jim Fox J. Fox	5,920	612	23.4	9.7	7.3	1.6	0.5	0.3	3.6	7.5	48.3	2.4	3.0	78.6	54.5	1.9	4.1		14,316	4,477	1,006	151	79		1,672
12	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	5,855	395	33.9	14.8	11.5	2.5	0.7	0.6	5.6	11.0	51.2	3.6	6.1	58.2	54.1	3.4	6.2		13,379	4,525	1,003	52	48		1,264
13	Jim Chones J. Chones	5,729	400	33.3	14.3	9.5	1.8	0.6	1.1	6.1	13.3	46.1	2.0	2.9	70.4	49.0	2.6	6.9	2.3	13,302	3,790	711	222	450	371	1,259
14	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	5,346	246	37.4	21.7	12.9	3.0	0.6	2.2	8.2	14.9	55.4	5.3	7.5	70.1	59.8	3.8	9.2	4.1	9,209	3,184	736	136	540	676	807
15	Alvan Adams A. Adams	5,266	299	30.8	17.6	8.9	4.5	1.4	1.1	7.2	14.8	48.8	3.2	4.3	75.4	53.0	2.6	6.3	3.5	9,212	2,649	1,357	412	329	513	1,022
16	Clifford Ray C. Ray	5,174	637	27.3	8.1	9.8	2.3	0.9	1.2	3.2	6.1	52.8	1.6	2.8	59.5	55.2	3.0	6.5	1.9	17,419	6,270	1,493	426	593	303	2,158
17	Otto Moore O. Moore	5,046	608	25.1	8.3	8.3	1.6	0.7	1.2	3.4	7.6	45.5	1.4	2.3	61.9	48.4	1.8	5.5		15,288	5,051	992	186	342		1,593
18	Dan Issel D. Issel	4,891	242	33.5	20.2	9.4	3.0	1.0	0.5	7.6	14.9	51.4	4.9	6.3	78.0	57.3	2.9	6.4	2.6	8,100	2,264	736	252	116	430	758
19	Willis Reed W. Reed	4,399	253	34.3	17.4	11.7	1.9	0.6	1.1	7.1	14.8	48.0	3.2	4.2	76.4	52.3	2.5	4.9		8,683	2,956	487	12	21		799
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	4,321	258	43.2	16.7	18.7	4.2			6.7	10.9	61.3	3.4	7.0	48.9	60.1				11,146	4,812	1,095				592
21	Moses Malone M. Malone	4,258	223	35.9	19.1	15.3	1.2	0.9	1.7	6.8	13.3	51.2	5.5	7.6	72.1	57.4	6.3	9.0	3.9	8,003	3,402	267	194	376	546	677
22	Kevin Kunnert K. Kunnert	4,183	461	23.3	9.1	7.7	1.5	0.5	1.2	4.0	8.4	47.8	1.0	1.5	68.3	50.0	2.7	5.0	1.8	10,723	3,566	670	225	556	282	1,674
23	John Gianelli J. Gianelli	4,155	524	25.5	7.9	6.0	1.6	0.5	1.0	3.4	7.2	47.2	1.2	1.6	70.4	50.2	2.0	4.3	1.5	13,365	3,126	815	219	469	253	1,244
24	Tom Burleson T. Burleson	3,993	378	23.3	10.6	7.0	1.5	0.8	1.5	3.9	8.8	44.9	2.7	3.6	73.7	50.9	2.3	4.7	1.4	8,790	2,628	569	296	559	187	1,195
25	Tom Boerwinkle T. Boerwinkle	3,815	555	21.7	6.9	8.7	3.3	0.4	0.5	2.8	5.9	47.1	1.3	1.9	68.0	50.9	1.8	4.0	1.2	12,022	4,856	1,829	110	138	26	1,494