Shaquille O'Neal scored the most points per game by a center in 2001-02, with 27.2 per game.

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NBA center ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders in 2002

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27.2	2001-02	LAL	67	36.1	10.7	3.0	0.6	2.0	10.6	18.3	57.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.9	10.7	55.5	59.0	3.5	7.2	2.6	2,422	1,822	715	200	41	137	171	199	+566
2	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	23.4	2001-02	DAL	76	38.0	9.9	2.4	1.1	1.0	7.9	16.6	47.7	1.8	4.6	39.7	5.8	6.8	85.3	59.9	1.6	8.4	1.9	2,891	1,779	755	186	83	77	145	222	+411
3	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	15.7	2001-02	MIA	75	32.7	8.4	1.2	0.4	2.5	6.0	11.5	51.6	0.0	0.0	33.3	3.8	5.7	65.7	55.8	2.4	6.0	2.4	2,455	1,178	632	87	27	186	182	258	+51
4	Kurt Thomas K. Thomas	13.9	2001-02	NYK	82	33.8	9.1	1.1	0.9	1.0	5.6	11.4	49.4	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.6	3.2	81.5	54.2	2.6	6.5	1.9	2,771	1,143	747	87	71	79	153	341	-288
5	Brad Miller B. Miller	13.6	2001-02	TOT	76	29.8	8.2	2.0	1.0	0.5	4.8	9.6	49.9	0.0	0.1	42.9	3.9	5.0	77.5	57.2	3.3	4.9	1.5	2,263	1,032	621	152	76	41	115	244	-182
6	Raef LaFrentz R. LaFrentz	13.5	2001-02	TOT	78	31.5	7.4	1.1	0.7	2.7	5.4	11.8	45.8	1.3	3.4	38.8	1.3	1.9	69.5	53.3	2.3	5.2	1.2	2,455	1,051	579	89	55	213	94	281	-71
7	David Robinson D. Robinson	12.2	2001-02	SAS	78	29.5	8.3	1.2	1.1	1.8	4.4	8.6	50.7	0.0	0.0		3.4	5.1	68.1	56.2	2.4	5.8	1.3	2,303	951	647	94	86	140	104	193	+428
8	Stromile Swift S. Swift	11.8	2001-02	MEM	68	26.5	6.3	0.7	0.8	1.7	4.3	9.0	48.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	4.5	71.1	53.9	2.4	4.0	1.8	1,805	803	430	50	53	113	122	178	-309
9	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	11.5	2001-02	PHI	80	36.3	10.8	1.0	0.4	2.4	4.0	8.0	50.1	0.0	0.0		3.5	4.6	76.4	57.4	3.2	7.6	2.0	2,907	920	863	83	29	190	156	242	+281
10	Keon Clark K. Clark	11.3	2001-02	TOR	81	27.0	7.4	1.1	0.7	1.5	4.7	9.6	49.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.9	2.8	67.4	52.2	2.2	5.2	1.7	2,185	915	603	88	58	122	140	258	-46
11	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Z. Ilgauskas	11.1	2001-02	CLE	62	21.4	5.4	1.1	0.3	1.4	3.9	9.1	42.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.4	4.5	75.4	50.1	2.2	3.2	1.5	1,329	690	334	70	17	84	94	187	-97
12	Vlade Divac V. Divac	11.1	2001-02	SAC	80	30.3	8.4	3.7	1.0	1.2	4.2	9.0	47.2	0.0	0.2	23.1	2.6	4.3	61.5	51.3	2.6	5.8	2.0	2,420	888	671	297	79	94	158	229	+466
13	Michael Olowokandi M. Olowokandi	11.1	2001-02	LAC	80	32.1	8.9	1.1	0.7	1.8	4.8	11.1	43.3	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.4	62.2	45.7	2.1	6.8	2.2	2,568	885	711	90	55	145	175	217	-73
14	Todd MacCulloch T. MacCulloch	9.7	2001-02	NJN	62	24.2	6.1	1.3	0.4	1.4	4.0	7.5	53.1	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.6	67.1	56.2	2.5	3.6	1.1	1,502	604	378	78	24	89	66	181	+189
15	Nazr Mohammed N. Mohammed	9.7	2001-02	ATL	82	26.4	7.9	0.4	0.8	0.7	4.0	8.7	46.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.7	61.7	49.0	3.0	5.0	1.4	2,168	795	651	33	63	61	118	252	-299
16	Dale Davis D. Davis	9.5	2001-02	POR	78	31.4	8.8	1.2	0.8	1.1	3.8	7.4	51.0	0.0	0.0		1.9	2.7	70.8	55.1	3.4	5.5	0.8	2,447	742	688	96	62	83	62	193	+238
17	Jamaal Magloire J. Magloire	8.5	2001-02	CHA	82	18.9	5.6	0.4	0.3	1.0	2.8	5.0	55.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.1	73.0	62.4	1.9	3.8	1.4	1,549	699	461	31	27	86	118	201	+112
18	Rasho Nesterovic R. Nesterovic	8.4	2001-02	MIN	82	27.0	6.5	0.9	0.5	1.3	4.0	8.0	49.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.9	54.9	49.9	2.4	4.1	1.1	2,218	687	534	75	45	109	94	262	+260
19	P.J. Brown	8.4	2001-02	CHA	80	32.0	9.8	1.3	0.7	1.0	3.1	6.6	47.4	0.0	0.0		2.1	2.5	85.8	54.5	3.4	6.4	1.1	2,563	669	786	107	59	78	85	222	+143
20	Horace Grant H. Grant	8.0	2001-02	ORL	76	29.1	6.3	1.4	0.8	0.6	3.5	6.8	51.3	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.5	72.1	53.9	2.1	4.2	0.7	2,210	608	481	104	57	49	51	118	+232
21	Chris Mihm C. Mihm	7.7	2001-02	CLE	74	22.4	5.3	0.3	0.2	1.2	3.0	7.1	42.0	0.0	0.1	42.9	1.7	2.4	69.3	47.0	1.8	3.5	1.3	1,659	569	392	24	18	89	97	260	-255
22	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	7.6	2001-02	DET	80	36.5	13.0	1.4	1.7	3.5	3.2	6.0	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.9	42.3	52.2	4.0	9.0	0.9	2,921	609	1,039	115	138	278	70	178	+150
23	Erick Dampier E. Dampier	7.6	2001-02	GSW	73	23.8	5.3	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.9	6.6	43.5	0.0	0.0		1.9	2.9	64.5	48.4	2.3	3.0	2.1	1,740	554	387	87	17	167	156	235	-222
24	Jake Tsakalidis J. Tsakalidis	7.3	2001-02	PHX	67	23.6	5.6	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.8	6.0	47.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.4	69.8	52.2	1.9	3.6	1.2	1,582	491	374	23	23	69	78	193	+29
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	7.1	2001-02	TOR	61	22.6	6.0	1.1	1.2	1.5	3.2	6.9	46.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.4	56.0	47.8	1.6	4.4	1.6	1,378	435	366	66	74	90	98	147	+28

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