2002-2003 season centers with the best per average

Shaquille O'Neal had the best PER by a center in 2002-03, with a 29.5 rating.

Interpreted as:
2002-2003 season centers with the best per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games average
NAMEPERSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
29.5
2002-03
LAL LAL
67
37.8
27.5
11.1
3.1
0.6
2.4
10.4
18.1
57.4
0.0
0.0
6.7
10.8
62.2
60.2
3.9
7.2
2.9
2,535
1,841
742
206
38
159
196
229
+363
2Yao Ming
Y. Ming
20.6
2002-03
HOU HOU
82
29.0
13.5
8.2
1.7
0.4
1.8
4.9
9.8
49.8
0.0
0.0
50.0
3.7
4.5
81.1
57.0
2.4
5.8
2.1
2,382
1,104
675
137
31
147
173
230
+142
3Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Z. Ilgauskas
19.4
2002-03
CLE CLE
81
30.0
17.2
7.5
1.6
0.7
1.9
6.1
13.9
44.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.9
6.3
78.1
51.6
3.0
4.6
2.6
2,432
1,390
611
127
56
152
210
274
-372
4Brad Miller
B. Miller
19.3
2002-03
IND IND
73
31.1
13.1
8.3
2.6
0.9
0.6
4.5
9.1
49.3
0.1
0.2
31.3
4.0
4.9
81.8
57.9
2.5
5.7
1.6
2,270
955
603
193
65
43
118
203
+282
5Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
17.2
2002-03
DET DET
73
39.4
6.9
15.4
1.6
1.4
3.2
2.9
6.0
48.1
0.0
0.1
16.7
1.2
2.6
45.0
48.6
4.0
11.4
1.2
2,873
506
1,126
120
104
230
88
179
+222
6Kurt Thomas
K. Thomas
16.7
2002-03
NYK NYK
81
31.8
14.0
7.9
2.0
1.0
1.2
6.1
12.7
48.3
0.0
0.0
66.7
1.7
2.3
75.0
51.1
2.0
5.9
1.7
2,577
1,134
637
162
81
97
138
344
-33
7Vlade Divac
V. Divac
15.6
2002-03
SAC SAC
80
29.8
9.9
7.2
3.4
1.0
1.3
3.8
8.2
46.6
0.1
0.3
24.0
2.2
3.1
71.3
51.9
2.0
5.2
1.9
2,384
795
574
274
83
105
152
239
+468
8Brian Grant
B. Grant
15.6
2002-03
MIA MIA
82
32.2
10.3
10.2
1.3
0.8
0.6
4.2
8.2
50.9
0.0
0.0
1.9
2.5
77.1
55.2
2.9
7.3
1.6
2,641
846
837
104
63
47
129
300
-304
9Nene
Nene
15.4
2002-03
DEN DEN
80
28.2
10.5
6.1
1.9
1.6
0.8
4.0
7.7
51.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
4.3
57.8
54.5
2.6
3.5
2.3
2,258
839
491
149
127
65
181
295
-261
10Jamaal Magloire
J. Magloire
15.4
2002-03
NOH NOH
82
29.8
10.3
8.8
1.1
0.6
1.4
3.7
7.7
48.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.8
3.9
71.7
54.1
3.2
5.7
1.9
2,443
841
724
88
49
111
158
276
+128
11Rasho Nesterovic
R. Nesterovic
14.7
2002-03
MIN MIN
77
30.4
11.2
6.5
1.5
0.5
1.5
5.2
9.9
52.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
1.2
64.2
53.6
1.9
4.6
1.3
2,337
861
504
114
39
116
99
256
+120
12Dale Davis
D. Davis
14.5
2002-03
POR POR
78
29.3
7.4
7.2
1.2
0.7
0.9
3.0
5.6
54.1
0.0
0.0
1.3
2.1
63.3
56.6
3.0
4.2
0.9
2,282
579
564
94
51
70
71
189
+93
13Theo Ratliff
T. Ratliff
13.8
2002-03
ATL ATL
81
31.1
8.7
7.5
0.9
0.7
3.2
3.4
7.3
46.4
0.0
0.0
1.9
2.6
72.0
51.2
1.9
5.6
1.7
2,518
706
607
73
56
262
137
271
-90
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