Shaquille O'Neal put up the most points per game by a center in 1997-98, with 28.3 per game.

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NBA centers wirh the most ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games in 1998

	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	28.3	1997-98	LAL	60	36.3	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	11.2	19.1	58.4	0.0	0.0		6.0	11.4	52.7	58.7	3.5	7.9	2.9	2,175	1,699	681	142	39	144	175	193	+649
2	Chris Webber C. Webber	21.9	1997-98	WAS	71	39.6	9.5	3.8	1.6	1.7	9.1	18.9	48.2	0.9	2.9	31.7	2.8	4.7	58.9	52.3	2.5	7.0	2.6	2,809	1,555	674	273	111	124	185	269	+45
3	David Robinson D. Robinson	21.6	1997-98	SAS	73	33.7	10.6	2.7	0.9	2.6	7.5	14.6	51.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.6	9.0	73.5	58.1	3.3	7.3	2.8	2,457	1,574	775	199	64	192	202	204	+356
4	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	19.2	1997-98	MIA	58	33.4	9.6	0.9	0.7	2.2	6.9	12.6	55.1	0.0	0.0		5.3	8.0	66.5	59.5	3.3	6.3	3.1	1,939	1,115	558	52	40	130	179	208	+429
5	Rik Smits R. Smits	16.7	1997-98	IND	73	28.6	6.9	1.4	0.5	1.2	7.0	14.2	49.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.3	78.3	53.2	1.7	5.2	1.8	2,085	1,216	505	101	40	88	134	243	+434
6	Bryant Reeves B. Reeves	16.3	1997-98	VAN	74	34.1	7.9	2.1	0.5	1.1	6.6	12.7	52.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.3	70.6	55.9	2.6	5.3	2.1	2,527	1,207	585	155	39	80	156	278	-364
7	Bison Dele B. Dele	16.2	1997-98	DET	78	33.6	8.9	1.2	0.9	0.7	6.8	13.3	51.1	0.0	0.0	33.3	2.5	3.6	70.7	54.2	2.9	6.1	2.3	2,619	1,261	695	94	67	55	181	252	+31
8	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	16.0	1997-98	POR	73	32.0	10.0	3.0	0.9	1.1	5.6	11.3	49.3	0.4	1.6	26.1	4.4	5.5	79.8	58.1	2.0	7.9	2.6	2,333	1,167	729	218	65	80	190	267	+289
9	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Z. Ilgauskas	13.9	1997-98	CLE	82	29.0	8.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	5.5	10.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.8	3.7	76.2	56.4	3.4	5.4	1.8	2,379	1,139	723	71	52	135	146	288	+211
10	Isaac Austin I. Austin	13.5	1997-98	TOT	78	29.1	7.1	2.2	0.8	0.7	5.2	11.2	46.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.1	4.7	66.9	51.2	2.6	4.6	2.6	2,266	1,055	557	175	61	56	206	231	-107
11	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	13.4	1997-98	ATL	82	35.6	11.4	1.0	0.4	3.4	4.9	9.1	53.7	0.0	0.0		3.7	5.5	67.0	58.4	3.4	8.0	2.0	2,917	1,101	932	82	34	277	168	254	+421
12	Jayson Williams J. Williams	12.9	1997-98	NJN	65	36.0	13.6	1.0	0.7	0.8	4.9	9.9	49.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.0	4.5	66.6	54.1	6.8	6.8	1.5	2,343	837	883	67	45	49	95	236	+152
13	Erick Dampier E. Dampier	11.8	1997-98	GSW	82	32.4	8.7	1.1	0.5	1.7	4.3	9.6	44.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	4.9	66.9	50.2	3.3	5.4	2.1	2,656	971	715	94	39	139	175	281	-502
14	Luc Longley L. Longley	11.4	1997-98	CHI	58	29.4	5.9	2.8	0.6	1.1	4.8	10.5	45.5	0.0	0.0		1.9	2.6	73.6	49.2	1.9	3.9	2.2	1,703	663	341	161	34	62	130	206	+255
15	Shawn Bradley S. Bradley	11.4	1997-98	DAL	64	28.5	8.1	0.9	0.8	3.3	4.7	11.1	42.2	0.0	0.0	33.3	2.0	2.8	72.2	46.3	2.6	5.5	1.5	1,822	731	518	60	51	214	96	214	-133
16	Matt Geiger M. Geiger	11.3	1997-98	CHA	78	23.6	6.7	1.0	0.9	1.1	4.6	9.1	50.5	0.0	0.1	9.1	2.2	3.0	71.2	54.4	2.5	4.2	1.4	1,839	885	521	78	68	87	111	191	-46
17	Vlade Divac V. Divac	10.4	1997-98	CHA	64	28.2	8.1	2.7	1.3	1.5	4.2	8.4	49.8	0.0	0.2	21.4	2.0	2.9	69.1	53.9	2.9	5.2	1.8	1,805	667	518	172	83	94	114	179	+208
18	Theo Ratliff T. Ratliff	9.9	1997-98	TOT	82	29.8	6.7	0.7	0.6	3.1	3.7	7.3	51.3	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.4	70.1	56.1	2.7	4.0	1.4	2,447	809	547	57	50	258	116	292	-16
19	Antonio Davis A. Davis	9.6	1997-98	IND	82	26.7	6.8	0.7	0.5	0.9	3.1	6.4	48.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.9	69.6	55.8	2.3	4.5	1.3	2,191	785	560	61	45	72	103	234	+178
20	Lorenzen Wright L. Wright	9.0	1997-98	LAC	69	30.0	8.8	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.5	7.9	44.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.1	65.9	49.0	2.6	6.2	1.2	2,067	623	606	55	55	87	81	237	-224
21	Ervin Johnson E. Johnson	8.0	1997-98	MIL	81	27.9	8.5	0.7	1.0	2.0	3.1	5.8	53.7	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.9	60.1	56.4	3.0	5.5	1.4	2,261	649	685	59	79	158	117	321	-90
22	Olden Polynice O. Polynice	7.9	1997-98	SAC	70	20.8	6.3	1.5	0.5	0.6	3.6	7.7	45.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.6	45.2	46.4	2.5	3.8	1.4	1,458	550	439	107	37	45	98	158	-171
23	Dean Garrett D. Garrett	7.3	1997-98	DEN	82	32.1	7.9	1.1	0.7	1.6	3.0	6.9	42.8	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.1	64.8	46.5	2.8	5.1	1.0	2,632	598	644	90	57	133	84	197	-756
24	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	7.2	1997-98	SEA	81	20.7	3.1	1.4	0.8	0.4	2.4	5.8	41.6	1.1	2.7	39.2	1.2	1.6	78.9	55.0	0.7	2.5	0.8	1,675	580	255	113	62	29	62	158	+326
25	Vitaly Potapenko V. Potapenko	7.1	1997-98	CLE	80	17.7	3.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	2.9	6.1	48.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.8	70.8	51.7	1.4	2.5	1.7	1,412	570	313	57	27	28	132	198	+2

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