youngest centers in nba 2024

Dereck Lively II was the youngest center in 2023-24 in his rookie season. He was 19 years old.

NAMEAgeSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Dereck Lively II
D. Lively II
19
2023-24
55
23.5
8.8
6.9
1.1
0.7
1.4
4.0
5.4
74.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.7
1.5
50.6
72.8
2.5
4.4
0.9
1,294
483
378
60
36
77
50
144
+144
2Jalen Duren
J. Duren
20
2023-24
61
29.1
13.8
11.6
2.4
0.5
0.8
5.7
9.2
61.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.3
3.0
79.0
65.3
3.1
8.5
2.1
1,777
841
709
147
33
47
129
192
-311
3Tristan Vukcevic
T. Vukcevic
20
2023-24
10
15.3
8.5
3.6
1.3
0.5
0.7
2.9
6.7
43.3
1.0
3.6
27.8
1.7
2.2
77.3
55.4
0.6
3.0
1.0
153
85
36
13
5
7
10
28
+32
4Alperen Şengün
A. Şengün
21
2023-24
63
32.5
21.1
9.3
5.0
1.2
0.7
8.4
15.6
53.7
0.5
1.8
29.7
3.9
5.6
69.3
58.5
2.9
6.4
2.6
2,046
1,331
589
312
76
46
162
211
+49
5Ibou Badji
I. Badji
21
2023-24
22
10.3
1.5
2.3
0.6
0.1
0.9
0.6
1.0
63.6
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.5
50.0
62.3
0.9
1.4
0.7
226
34
51
13
3
20
15
46
-90
6Adama Sanogo
A. Sanogo
21
2023-24
9
7.3
4.0
4.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.6
3.0
51.9
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.3
66.7
55.8
2.1
1.9
0.6
66
36
36
0
1
0
5
5
+34
7James Wiseman
J. Wiseman
22
2023-24
63
17.3
7.1
5.3
0.9
0.2
0.6
3.0
4.8
61.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.6
70.6
63.7
1.7
3.6
1.0
1,091
446
336
54
12
39
66
141
-325
8Isaiah Stewart
I. Stewart
22
2023-24
46
30.9
10.9
6.6
1.6
0.4
0.8
4.0
8.3
48.7
1.5
3.8
38.3
1.4
1.8
75.3
60.0
1.6
5.0
1.4
1,423
503
305
73
17
38
66
99
-133
9Day'Ron Sharpe
D. Sharpe
22
2023-24
61
15.1
6.8
6.4
1.4
0.4
0.7
2.8
4.8
57.1
0.1
0.2
26.7
1.2
2.0
61.0
59.6
2.6
3.7
1.1
921
415
389
85
24
44
70
131
+64
10Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
22
2023-24
50
30.6
15.7
9.4
3.2
0.9
1.4
6.4
11.0
58.0
0.4
1.2
37.3
2.5
3.4
71.9
62.6
2.2
7.1
1.8
1,532
785
468
160
45
72
90
134
+33
11Mark Williams
M. Williams
22
2023-24
19
26.7
12.7
9.7
1.2
0.8
1.1
5.2
7.9
64.9
0.0
0.0
2.4
3.4
71.9
67.5
4.0
5.7
0.9
508
242
184
22
16
20
17
50
-21
12Walker Kessler
W. Kessler
22
2023-24
64
23.3
8.1
7.5
0.9
0.5
2.4
3.6
5.5
65.4
0.1
0.3
21.1
0.9
1.5
60.2
66.3
2.6
4.9
1.0
1,493
518
481
60
29
154
66
132
-149
13Jaxson Hayes
J. Hayes
23
2023-24
70
12.5
4.3
3.0
0.5
0.5
0.4
1.8
2.5
72.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.7
1.2
62.2
71.8
1.0
2.0
0.6
877
303
211
33
34
29
43
123
-107
14Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
23
2023-24
55
25.5
10.2
6.8
1.3
0.5
1.1
4.1
6.6
61.1
0.4
1.3
33.3
1.7
2.1
79.3
67.4
2.6
4.2
0.8
1,405
561
376
74
26
60
45
162
-34
15Filip Petrusev
F. Petrusev
23
2023-24
TOT
3
3.3
1.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.7
50.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.7
50.0
52.1
0.0
0.3
0.0
10
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
+6
16Charles Bassey
C. Bassey
23
2023-24
19
10.8
3.3
4.0
1.1
0.4
0.9
1.5
2.1
72.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.3
83.3
73.9
1.2
2.8
0.8
205
63
76
21
8
17
15
31
-46
17Orlando Robinson
O. Robinson
23
2023-24
36
8.4
2.8
2.3
0.9
0.2
0.2
1.0
2.0
50.0
0.2
0.4
53.3
0.5
0.7
76.0
59.6
0.8
1.6
0.5
304
99
84
34
7
8
18
35
+10
18Colin Castleton
C. Castleton
23
2023-24
16
3.7
1.5
0.8
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.6
1.0
56.3
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.4
100.0
64.4
0.4
0.4
0.2
59
24
12
3
2
0
3
11
-44
19Jaren Jackson Jr.
J. Jackson Jr.
24
2023-24
66
32.2
22.5
5.5
2.3
1.2
1.6
7.8
17.6
44.4
1.8
5.5
32.0
5.1
6.3
80.8
55.2
1.3
4.2
2.4
2,124
1,486
365
154
80
106
160
235
-340
20Wendell Carter Jr.
W. Carter Jr.
24
2023-24
55
25.6
11.0
6.9
1.7
0.6
0.5
4.1
7.7
52.5
1.2
3.1
37.4
1.7
2.4
69.4
62.3
2.0
4.9
1.2
1,406
603
381
95
35
28
68
121
+52
21Goga Bitadze
G. Bitadze
24
2023-24
62
15.4
5.0
4.6
1.3
0.5
1.2
2.0
3.4
60.3
0.0
0.2
14.3
0.9
1.4
65.5
62.9
1.8
2.9
0.7
957
311
286
79
32
72
44
107
+26
22Nic Claxton
N. Claxton
24
2023-24
71
29.8
11.8
9.9
2.1
0.6
2.1
5.2
8.2
62.9
0.0
0.1
20.0
1.5
2.8
55.1
62.9
2.7
7.2
1.3
2,116
841
706
147
46
146
93
175
-278
23Naz Reid
N. Reid
24
2023-24
81
24.2
13.5
5.2
1.3
0.8
0.9
5.0
10.5
47.7
2.1
5.0
41.4
1.3
1.8
73.6
59.5
0.9
4.3
1.4
1,964
1,090
423
106
63
73
111
172
+248
24Moses Brown
M. Brown
24
2023-24
22
9.1
3.4
3.9
0.3
0.2
0.3
1.5
3.0
50.8
0.0
0.0
0.4
1.4
29.0
47.7
1.7
2.2
0.5
200
75
86
7
5
7
11
27
-59
25Udoka Azubuike
U. Azubuike
24
2023-24
16
7.1
2.2
2.0
0.2
0.1
0.4
1.0
1.4
69.6
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.8
23.1
60.9
0.7
1.3
0.3
113
35
32
3
1
6
4
17
-48

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11/9
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11/12
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8:00 PM
Sat
11/14
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11/15
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100

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112

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.778
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5
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.556
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8
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.778
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.778
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