Joel Embiid had the most points per game by a center in 2020-21, with 28.5 per game.

Interpreted as:

top NBA centers by ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games 2021

	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28.5	2020-21	PHI	51	31.1	10.6	2.8	1.0	1.4	9.0	17.6	51.3	1.1	3.0	37.7	9.2	10.7	85.9	63.6	2.2	8.4	3.1	1,585	1,451	539	145	50	69	159	123	+405
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	26.4	2020-21	DEN	72	34.5	10.8	8.3	1.3	0.7	10.2	18.0	56.6	1.3	3.3	38.8	4.8	5.5	86.8	64.7	2.8	8.0	3.1	2,487	1,898	780	599	95	48	222	192	+384
3	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	23.4	2020-21	TOT	70	33.5	11.7	3.8	0.9	0.7	9.5	19.9	47.7	2.5	6.3	40.0	1.9	2.2	84.0	56.0	2.1	9.6	1.8	2,348	1,639	817	269	65	48	126	137	-341
4	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	20.3	2020-21	IND	62	36.0	12.0	6.7	1.2	0.5	7.8	14.6	53.5	0.8	2.6	32.1	3.9	5.3	73.2	60.1	2.4	9.5	3.4	2,231	1,260	742	415	75	33	213	203	-91
5	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	17.1	2020-21	MEM	62	28.3	12.5	1.8	0.6	0.9	7.1	12.0	59.2	0.3	0.9	36.8	2.5	3.3	77.3	63.6	4.1	8.4	1.6	1,755	1,058	776	112	35	57	100	179	+134
6	Clint Capela C. Capela	15.2	2020-21	ATL	63	30.1	14.3	0.8	0.7	2.0	6.6	11.0	59.4	0.0	0.0		2.1	3.6	57.3	60.1	4.7	9.6	1.2	1,898	956	903	49	44	129	73	145	+251
7	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	14.4	2020-21	PHX	69	30.6	10.5	1.4	0.6	1.2	6.2	10.0	62.6	0.1	0.3	20.0	1.9	2.5	76.9	65.3	3.3	7.2	1.5	2,114	997	727	99	41	81	103	196	+274
8	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	14.3	2020-21	UTA	71	30.8	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	5.5	8.2	67.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.3	5.3	62.3	68.3	3.4	10.1	1.7	2,187	1,015	960	89	40	190	118	163	+728
9	Kelly Olynyk K. Olynyk	13.5	2020-21	TOT	70	28.5	7.0	2.9	1.1	0.6	4.8	10.0	48.4	1.8	5.3	34.2	2.1	2.5	82.9	61.0	1.2	5.7	1.8	1,997	945	489	203	79	42	126	207	-100
10	Montrezl Harrell M. Harrell	13.5	2020-21	LAL	69	22.9	6.2	1.1	0.7	0.7	5.4	8.7	62.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.7	70.7	65.0	2.3	3.9	1.1	1,580	931	428	73	46	49	74	128	+42
11	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	12.8	2020-21	TOT	63	29.6	10.0	1.7	0.5	1.4	4.7	7.7	61.8	0.1	0.3	31.6	3.2	4.6	70.3	66.1	3.1	6.9	1.6	1,863	806	631	106	32	90	100	96	-203
12	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	12.3	2020-21	MIL	70	27.2	5.0	0.7	0.6	1.5	4.6	9.1	50.3	1.4	4.0	33.8	1.7	2.0	84.5	61.1	1.5	3.5	0.9	1,902	859	347	50	40	103	64	149	+312
13	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	11.2	2020-21	TOT	54	25.5	8.2	1.9	0.6	0.8	4.3	8.5	50.3	0.3	0.9	29.4	2.4	3.3	73.2	56.6	2.4	5.8	1.4	1,375	606	443	104	35	42	78	146	-243
14	Naz Reid N. Reid	11.2	2020-21	MIN	70	19.2	4.6	1.0	0.5	1.1	4.3	8.3	52.3	0.9	2.5	35.1	1.6	2.4	69.3	59.9	1.2	3.4	1.0	1,346	784	322	72	34	76	69	179	-292
15	Enes Kanter Freedom E. Kanter Freedom	11.2	2020-21	POR	72	24.4	11.0	1.2	0.5	0.7	4.7	7.8	60.4	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.8	2.3	77.4	63.6	3.9	7.1	1.1	1,757	806	795	84	33	48	78	168	+155
16	Mason Plumlee M. Plumlee	10.4	2020-21	DET	56	26.8	9.3	3.6	0.8	0.9	4.2	6.8	61.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	3.0	66.9	63.8	2.6	6.7	1.9	1,499	581	519	202	43	50	105	186	-150
17	Daniel Theis D. Theis	9.6	2020-21	TOT	65	24.6	5.5	1.7	0.6	0.9	3.9	7.2	54.1	0.8	2.3	32.2	1.1	1.7	67.3	60.9	1.4	4.0	1.0	1,601	627	356	108	41	57	66	167	-30
18	Robin Lopez R. Lopez	9.0	2020-21	WAS	71	19.1	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.6	3.8	6.0	63.3	0.1	0.3	27.8	1.4	1.9	72.3	66.1	2.0	1.8	1.1	1,353	642	272	55	15	44	75	109	-13
19	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	9.0	2020-21	LAC	72	22.3	7.2	1.3	0.3	0.9	3.6	5.5	65.2	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.9	2.4	78.9	69.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	1,608	650	519	90	24	62	81	187	+184
20	Jakob Poeltl J. Poeltl	8.6	2020-21	SAS	69	26.7	7.9	1.9	0.7	1.8	3.8	6.2	61.6	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.8	50.8	61.2	3.2	4.8	1.2	1,845	593	547	134	47	123	83	172	+109
21	Robert Williams III R. Williams III	8.0	2020-21	BOS	52	18.9	6.9	1.8	0.8	1.8	3.6	5.0	72.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.4	61.6	71.9	2.6	4.3	1.0	985	417	358	94	43	91	52	105	+8
22	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	7.6	2020-21	BOS	54	23.8	8.1	1.2	0.4	0.6	3.1	6.0	51.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.3	2.2	59.2	54.0	3.1	5.0	1.1	1,287	409	439	67	24	33	62	119	+24
23	Steven Adams S. Adams	7.6	2020-21	NOP	58	27.7	8.9	1.9	0.9	0.7	3.3	5.3	61.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.0	2.3	44.4	59.6	3.7	5.2	1.3	1,604	438	514	111	54	38	78	113	+15
24	Jaxson Hayes J. Hayes	7.5	2020-21	NOP	60	16.1	4.3	0.6	0.4	0.6	2.9	4.7	62.5	0.1	0.2	42.9	1.6	2.0	77.5	67.5	1.5	2.8	0.7	964	449	257	35	25	38	39	101	-19
25	DeAndre Jordan D. Jordan	7.5	2020-21	BKN	57	21.9	7.5	1.6	0.3	1.1	3.3	4.4	76.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.6	50.0	73.6	2.1	5.4	1.5	1,246	426	427	93	17	65	85	116	-42