who has the most points per minute by a center in a season minimum 20 games

Wilt Chamberlain has the most points per minute played by a center with 20+ games played in a season, with 1.04 in 1961-62.

NAME PTS/MIN GP PTS MIN SEASON TM MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TPG REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
1 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
1.04
80
4,029
3,882
1961-62
PHI PHI
48.5
50.4
25.7
2.4
20.0
39.5
50.6
10.4
17.0
61.3
53.6
2,052
192
123
2 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
1.03
39
1,353
1,309
2023-24
PHI PHI
33.6
34.7
11.0
5.6
1.2
1.7
11.5
21.8
52.9
1.4
3.6
38.8
10.2
11.6
88.3
64.4
2.4
8.6
3.8
430
219
46
66
150
112
+267
3 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
0.96
66
2,183
2,284
2022-23
PHI PHI
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
670
274
66
112
226
205
+424
4 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
0.94
80
3,586
3,806
1962-63
SFW SFW
47.6
44.8
24.3
3.4
18.3
34.6
52.8
8.3
13.9
59.3
55.0
1,946
275
136
5 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
0.92
51
1,451
1,585
2020-21
PHI PHI
31.1
28.5
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
539
145
50
69
159
123
+405
6 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
0.91
68
2,079
2,296
2021-22
PHI PHI
33.8
30.6
11.7
4.2
1.1
1.5
9.8
19.6
49.9
1.4
3.7
37.1
9.6
11.8
81.4
61.6
2.1
9.6
3.1
796
284
77
99
214
181
+367
7 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
0.82
64
1,761
2,154
2018-19
PHI PHI
33.7
27.5
13.6
3.7
0.7
1.9
9.1
18.7
48.4
1.2
4.1
30.0
8.2
10.1
80.4
59.3
2.5
11.1
3.5
871
234
46
122
226
211
+371
8 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
0.81
72
2,707
3,338
1959-60
PHI PHI
46.4
37.6
27.0
2.3
14.8
32.1
46.1
8.0
13.8
58.2
49.3
1,941
168
150
9 Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
0.81
74
2,004
2,475
2021-22
DEN DEN
33.4
27.1
13.8
7.9
1.5
0.9
10.3
17.7
58.3
1.3
3.9
33.7
5.1
6.3
81.0
66.1
2.8
11.0
3.8
1,019
584
109
63
281
191
+442
10 Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
0.81
70
2,071
2,571
2024-25
DEN DEN
36.7
29.6
12.7
10.2
1.8
0.6
11.2
19.5
57.6
2.0
4.7
41.7
5.2
6.4
80.0
66.3
2.9
9.9
3.3
892
716
127
45
230
160
+594
11 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
0.8
79
3,033
3,773
1960-61
PHI PHI
47.8
38.4
27.2
1.9
15.8
31.1
50.9
6.7
13.3
50.4
51.9
2,149
148
130
12 Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
0.8
82
2,831
3,539
1974-75
BUF BUF
43.2
34.5
14.1
2.2
1.1
2.1
13.4
26.1
51.2
7.8
9.7
80.5
56.9
3.7
10.3
1,155
179
92
174
278
13 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
0.8
80
2,948
3,689
1963-64
SFW SFW
46.1
36.9
22.3
5.0
15.1
28.7
52.4
6.8
12.7
53.1
53.7
1,787
403
182
14 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
0.8
31
627
786
2016-17
PHI PHI
25.4
20.2
7.8
2.1
0.9
2.5
6.5
13.8
46.6
1.2
3.2
36.7
6.2
7.9
78.3
58.4
2.0
5.9
3.8
243
66
27
76
117
112
+67
15 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
0.79
79
2,315
2,923
1994-95
ORL ORL
37.0
29.3
11.4
2.7
0.9
2.4
11.8
20.2
58.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
5.8
10.8
53.3
58.8
4.2
7.3
2.6
901
214
73
192
204
258
16 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
0.79
82
2,596
3,288
1970-71
MIL MIL
40.1
31.7
16.0
3.3
13.0
22.5
57.7
5.7
8.3
69.0
60.6
1,311
272
264
17 DeMarcus Cousins
D. Cousins
0.79
72
1,942
2,465
2016-17
TOT
34.2
27.0
11.0
4.6
1.4
1.3
9.0
19.9
45.2
1.8
5.0
36.1
7.2
9.3
77.2
56.2
2.1
8.9
3.7
794
332
100
93
269
278
-25
18 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
0.79
81
2,822
3,583
1971-72
MIL MIL
44.2
34.8
16.6
4.6
14.3
24.9
57.4
6.2
9.0
68.9
60.3
1,346
370
235
19 Anthony Davis
A. Davis
0.78
56
1,452
1,850
2018-19
NOP NOP
33.0
25.9
12.0
3.9
1.6
2.4
9.5
18.3
51.7
0.9
2.6
33.1
6.1
7.7
79.4
59.7
3.1
8.9
2.0
672
218
88
135
112
132
+133
20 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
0.78
60
1,699
2,175
1997-98
LAL LAL
36.3
28.3
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
681
142
39
144
175
193
+649
21 Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
0.78
35
926
1,187
2019-20
MIN MIN
33.9
26.5
10.8
4.4
0.9
1.2
9.0
17.8
50.8
3.3
7.9
41.2
5.1
6.5
79.6
64.2
2.7
8.1
3.1
378
153
33
42
110
117
-15
22 DeMarcus Cousins
D. Cousins
0.78
65
1,748
2,246
2015-16
SAC SAC
34.6
26.9
11.5
3.3
1.6
1.4
9.2
20.5
45.1
1.1
3.2
33.3
7.3
10.2
71.8
53.8
2.4
9.1
3.8
747
214
101
92
249
236
+42
23 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
0.78
51
1,172
1,506
2019-20
PHI PHI
29.5
23.0
11.6
3.0
0.9
1.3
7.5
15.7
47.7
1.1
3.4
33.1
6.9
8.5
80.7
59.0
2.8
8.9
3.1
593
152
45
65
159
174
+163
24 Anthony Davis
A. Davis
0.78
75
2,099
2,708
2016-17
NOP NOP
36.1
28.0
11.8
2.1
1.3
2.2
10.3
20.3
50.5
0.5
1.8
29.9
6.9
8.6
80.2
58.0
2.3
9.5
2.4
884
157
94
167
181
168
+51
25 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
0.77
73
2,534
3,301
1964-65
TOT
45.2
34.7
22.9
3.4
14.6
28.5
51.0
5.6
12.1
46.4
51.3
1,673
250
146
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52
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50
32
.610
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