Before 1976-77, Bob McAdoo scored the most points per game by a center, with 32.1 per game.

Interpreted as:

most ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a center before 1977

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PF
1	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	32.1	234	43.0	13.8	2.8	1.2	2.5	12.5	24.4	51.4	7.1	9.0	78.7	56.7	3.5	10.3	10,052	7,519	3,237	664	273	580	828
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	30.1	1,045	45.8	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0	5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7			47,859	31,419	23,924	4,643			2,075
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	30.0	549	42.5	15.6	4.4	1.3	3.7	12.4	22.8	54.5	5.2	7.5	69.6	57.6	3.3	11.9	23,333	16,486	8,544	2,421	296	833	1,725
4	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	27.4	328	44.1	16.3	2.2			11.0	25.1	44.0	5.3	8.1	65.7	47.8			14,454	8,996	5,351	731			994
5	George Mikan G. Mikan	23.1	439	34.4	13.4	2.8			8.1	20.0	40.4	7.0	8.9	78.2	48.3			8,350	10,156	4,167	1,245			1,862
6	Alex Groza A. Groza	22.5	130		10.7	2.4			7.8	16.4	47.4	6.9	9.1	75.6	55.0				2,925	709	318			458
7	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	22.1	464	35.9	12.4	3.4	1.2	2.3	9.0	18.1	49.7	4.2	5.4	77.3	54.1	3.2	9.2	16,656	10,275	5,736	1,564	264	505	1,560
8	John Block J. Block	20.2	52	34.7	11.0	1.4			7.0	16.6	42.3	6.1	7.6	80.2	50.5			1,805	1,048	571	71			189
9	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	20.1	1,043	37.3	13.7	2.4	0.7	0.6	7.6	14.7	51.6	4.9	7.8	63.2	55.4	3.4	6.2	38,940	20,941	14,241	2,544	52	48	3,536
10	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	19.4	516	35.5	11.3	2.5			6.4	14.4	44.4	6.6	8.6	76.8	53.4			18,298	10,023	5,856	1,269			1,681
11	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	19.1	465	40.4	15.5	3.8	1.2	1.1	8.1	17.8	45.6	2.9	3.7	76.5	49.1	3.7	11.8	18,772	8,872	7,209	1,781	276	245	1,826
12	Alvan Adams A. Adams	19.0	80	33.2	9.1	5.6	1.5	1.5	7.9	16.8	46.9	3.3	4.4	73.5	50.7	2.7	6.4	2,656	1,519	727	450	121	116	274
13	Willis Reed W. Reed	18.5	415	35.7	12.8	2.0	0.6	1.1	7.5	15.8	47.7	3.5	4.6	75.6	52.1	2.5	4.9	14,833	7,692	5,322	810	12	21	1,452
14	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	17.5	641	35.7	7.5	3.2			5.8	13.4	43.6	5.9	7.7	76.1	52.2			18,071	11,234	4,325	2,079			1,667
15	Bob Rule B. Rule	17.4	403	29.4	8.3	1.5	0.4	0.4	6.9	15.0	46.1	3.6	5.3	68.6	50.3	1.6	2.2	11,862	7,007	3,333	594	12	10	1,260
16	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	17.1	72	36.9	12.1	3.0			5.1	13.5	38.0	6.8	8.2	82.7	49.8			2,655	1,228	870	214			232
17	Clyde Lovellette C. Lovellette	17.0	704	27.1	9.5	1.6			6.8	15.3	44.3	3.4	4.5	75.7	49.1			19,075	11,947	6,663	1,097			2,289
18	Ray Scott R. Scott	16.3	72	34.0	10.6	2.2			6.4	15.9	40.0	3.6	5.1	69.9	44.9			2,446	1,172	760	160			215
19	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	16.3	839	39.2	15.9	2.9	0.5	2.1	6.2	14.7	42.3	3.9	5.7	67.2	47.3	2.8	7.2	32,918	13,636	13,300	2,406	109	472	2,312
20	Zelmo Beaty Z. Beaty	16.0	570	32.2	10.4	1.5	0.7	0.4	6.0	12.7	46.9	4.1	5.4	75.0	53.0	1.3	3.4	18,348	9,107	5,949	839	45	29	2,132
21	Ed Sadowski E. Sadowski	15.6	229			1.8			5.6	15.7	35.4	4.5	6.4	69.7	42.1				3,579		416			893
22	Woody Sauldsberry W. Sauldsberry	15.4	72	38.1	11.5	1.0			7.0	19.2	36.3	1.5	2.4	62.5	38.1			2,743	1,112	826	71			276
23	Jim Chones J. Chones	15.2	154	33.6	9.2	1.9	0.6	1.4	6.6	14.1	46.4	2.1	3.1	66.9	49.1	2.3	6.9	5,168	2,342	1,416	295	91	213	488
24	Bill Russell B. Russell	15.1	963	42.3	22.5	4.3			5.9	13.4	44.0	3.3	5.8	56.1	47.1			40,726	14,522	21,620	4,100			2,592
25	Elmore Smith E. Smith	14.9	387	36.4	12.2	1.8	1.0	3.6	6.3	13.3	47.9	2.2	4.0	56.4	49.8	2.6	8.6	14,087	5,777	4,739	695	233	847	1,433