top 10 nba teams by center usage in 2023

Centers had their highest usage percentage in 2022-23, at 18.3 percent.

NAMEUSG%POSITIONSEASONGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Steven Adams
S. Adams
14.5
Center
2022-23
42
27.0
8.6
11.5
2.3
0.9
1.1
3.7
6.3
59.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.1
3.1
36.4
56.4
5.1
6.5
1.9
1,133
361
485
97
36
46
79
98
+243
2Bismack Biyombo
B. Biyombo
14.0
Center
2022-23
61
14.3
4.3
4.3
0.9
0.3
1.4
2.0
3.4
57.8
0.0
0.0
0.4
1.1
35.7
55.5
1.5
2.8
0.8
874
263
260
56
18
88
51
114
+48
3Gorgui Dieng
G. Dieng
17.9
Center
2022-23
31
11.5
3.9
3.5
1.7
0.1
0.5
1.5
3.8
38.5
0.7
2.4
28.0
0.3
0.4
76.9
49.3
0.9
2.6
1.0
358
121
107
53
4
14
32
57
-152
4Andre Drummond
A. Drummond
21.0
Center
2022-23
67
12.7
6.0
6.6
0.5
0.7
0.4
2.5
4.1
60.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.9
53.6
60.6
2.1
4.6
1.1
849
399
444
33
45
27
75
117
+25
5Rudy Gobert
R. Gobert
16.1
Center
2022-23
70
30.7
13.4
11.6
1.2
0.8
1.4
5.1
7.8
65.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.1
4.9
64.4
67.5
3.3
8.3
1.7
2,148
939
814
87
56
95
122
210
-7
6Al Horford
A. Horford
12.0
Center
2022-23
63
30.5
9.8
6.2
3.0
0.5
1.0
3.6
7.6
47.6
2.3
5.2
44.6
0.2
0.3
71.4
63.1
1.2
5.0
0.6
1,921
616
390
189
30
61
37
121
+309
7DeAndre Jordan
D. Jordan
13.6
Center
2022-23
39
15.0
5.1
5.2
0.9
0.3
0.6
2.3
2.9
76.5
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.6
1.2
45.8
73.1
1.3
3.8
1.2
586
199
202
34
12
23
48
71
-119
8Alex Len
A. Len
14.1
Center
2022-23
26
6.2
1.7
2.3
0.5
0.2
0.4
0.6
1.2
53.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.4
0.6
68.8
58.0
0.9
1.4
0.6
161
43
60
12
4
11
16
28
+19
9Meyers Leonard
M. Leonard
14.4
Center
2022-23
9
12.7
4.8
3.8
0.1
0.2
0.0
1.6
3.2
48.3
0.8
2.0
38.9
0.9
1.0
88.9
65.2
1.3
2.4
0.7
114
43
34
1
2
0
6
16
-27
10Brook Lopez
B. Lopez
19.4
Center
2022-23
78
30.4
15.9
6.7
1.3
0.5
2.5
6.1
11.5
53.1
1.7
4.7
37.4
1.9
2.4
78.4
63.0
2.0
4.7
1.4
2,372
1,239
520
99
37
193
107
203
+398
11Robin Lopez
R. Lopez
16.2
Center
2022-23
37
8.1
3.0
1.4
0.5
0.1
0.2
1.3
2.0
64.0
0.1
0.1
50.0
0.4
0.5
77.8
67.5
0.6
0.8
0.7
298
112
51
19
2
8
25
43
-60
12JaVale McGee
J. McGee
22.9
Center
2022-23
42
8.4
4.4
2.5
0.3
0.1
0.6
1.9
3.0
64.0
0.0
0.1
40.0
0.6
1.0
58.5
65.0
0.7
1.8
0.9
354
186
107
11
4
26
36
54
-57
13Nerlens Noel
N. Noel
12.0
Center
2022-23
17
11.5
2.1
2.7
0.6
0.9
0.6
0.8
2.1
36.1
0.1
0.1
50.0
0.5
0.7
66.7
42.4
0.6
2.1
0.8
195
35
46
10
16
10
13
32
-76
14Kelly Olynyk
K. Olynyk
17.7
Center
2022-23
68
28.6
12.5
6.2
3.7
0.9
0.5
4.1
8.2
49.9
1.4
3.5
39.4
2.9
3.4
85.3
64.3
1.2
5.0
2.5
1,942
847
420
252
60
37
168
232
+14
15Mason Plumlee
M. Plumlee
15.1
Center
2022-23
79
26.0
10.8
8.9
3.1
0.6
0.6
4.2
6.1
68.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
4.0
63.6
68.9
2.9
6.0
1.5
2,053
857
700
245
46
47
117
217
-269
16Jonas Valančiūnas
J. Valančiūnas
23.4
Center
2022-23
79
24.9
14.1
10.2
1.8
0.3
0.7
5.6
10.3
54.7
0.5
1.4
34.9
2.3
2.8
82.6
61.0
2.8
7.3
2.0
1,968
1,115
804
140
20
52
159
245
-10
17Nikola Vučević
N. Vučević
21.9
Center
2022-23
82
33.5
17.6
11.0
3.2
0.7
0.7
7.3
14.0
52.0
1.5
4.2
34.9
1.6
1.9
83.5
59.4
1.9
9.1
1.7
2,746
1,447
903
265
60
57
139
179
-20
18Cody Zeller
C. Zeller
17.9
Center
2022-23
15
14.5
6.5
4.3
0.7
0.2
0.3
2.5
3.9
62.7
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.6
2.3
68.6
65.9
1.7
2.6
0.9
217
98
64
10
3
4
14
33
-48
19Mike Muscala
M. Muscala
15.2
Center
2022-23
63
15.0
6.1
3.2
0.8
0.2
0.4
2.1
4.6
44.9
1.3
3.3
39.1
0.6
0.8
76.9
60.8
0.6
2.6
0.4
945
383
203
50
15
24
23
98
+204
20Dewayne Dedmon
D. Dedmon
20.6
Center
2022-23
38
11.2
5.2
3.5
0.7
0.2
0.5
2.0
4.0
51.0
0.3
1.0
30.8
0.9
1.3
67.3
57.7
0.9
2.6
0.7
426
199
134
26
9
19
25
75
-124
21Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
36.8
Center
2022-23
66
34.6
33.1
10.2
4.2
1.0
1.7
11.0
20.1
54.8
1.0
3.0
33.0
10.0
11.7
85.7
65.5
1.7
8.4
3.4
2,284
2,183
670
274
66
112
226
205
+424
22Jusuf Nurkić
J. Nurkić
22.1
Center
2022-23
52
26.8
13.3
9.1
2.9
0.8
0.8
5.0
9.7
51.9
0.8
2.3
36.1
2.4
3.7
66.1
58.9
2.2
6.9
2.3
1,391
694
471
149
43
44
119
185
+9
23Clint Capela
C. Capela
15.7
Center
2022-23
65
26.6
12.0
11.0
0.9
0.7
1.2
5.4
8.2
65.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.2
2.0
60.3
65.6
4.0
7.1
0.8
1,730
779
717
58
45
79
54
139
-30
24Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
27.1
Center
2022-23
69
33.7
24.5
11.8
9.8
1.3
0.7
9.4
14.8
63.2
0.8
2.2
38.3
4.9
6.0
82.2
70.1
2.4
9.4
3.6
2,323
1,690
817
678
87
47
247
174
+640
25Dwight Powell
D. Powell
12.6
Center
2022-23
76
19.2
6.7
4.1
0.9
0.6
0.3
2.6
3.5
73.2
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.5
2.2
66.7
73.8
2.0
2.2
0.9
1,458
506
314
69
48
26
65
209
+166
Total18.34,10221.19.96.41.60.50.93.96.757.40.41.234.81.72.471.563.22.04.51.286,70740,43926,4296,3812,1503,7804,9719,257+1348
Average18.348.321.19.96.41.60.50.93.96.757.40.41.234.81.72.471.563.22.04.51.21020.1475.8310.975.125.344.558.5108.915.9
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WesternWLPCTGB
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1.0
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Heat Heat
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2.0
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4
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.571
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