The Bulls' best centers

Artis Gilmore has the most points of the 70 centers who played with the Bulls, 9,285 in 482 games. Nikola Vučević is 2nd with 6,823.

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The Bulls' best centers
Place	Player	points	rebounds	blocks
1	Artis Gilmore1976 – 1988 · 482 games	9,285	5,321†	909†
2	Nikola Vučević2020 – 2026 · 378 games	6,823	3,974	291
3	Dave Corzine1982 – 1989 · 556 games	5,457	3,529	568†
4	Joakim Noah2007 – 2016 · 572 games	5,325	5,387	803
5	Tom Boerwinkle1968 – 1978 · 636 games	4,599	5,267†	53†
6	Bill Cartwright1988 – 1994 · 397 games	3,638	2,181	122
7	Eddy Curry2001 – 2005 · 289 games	3,414	1,414	256
8	Tyson Chandler2001 – 2006 · 340 games	2,397	2,616	487
9	Luc Longley1993 – 1998 · 261 games	2,326	1,392	278
10	Robin Lopez2016 – 2019 · 219 games	2,299	1,096	248
11	Will Perdue1988 – 2000 · 518 games	2,264	2,104	288
12	Brad Miller2000 – 2010 · 214 games	2,150	1,420	108
13	Clifford Ray1971 – 1974 · 235 games	1,952	2,396†	36†
14	Bill Wennington1993 – 1999 · 367 games	1,871	1,005	90
15	Dickey Simpkins1994 – 2000 · 307 games	1,334	1,141	58
16	Wendell Carter Jr.2018 – 2021 · 119 games	1,287	962	118
17	Coby Dietrick1979 – 1982 · 236 games	1,140	802†	111†
18	Andre Drummond2022 – 2024 · 146 games	1,062	1,152	75
19	Scott Williams1990 – 1994 · 223 games	1,052	977	135
20	Steve Johnson1983 – 1985 · 105 games	1,033	603	83
21	Jawann Oldham1982 – 1986 · 195 games	932	822	349†
22	Jim Fox1970 – 1972 · 92 games	861	590†	—
23	Walt Wesley1969-70 · 72 games	685	429†	—
24	Nate Thurmond1974 – 1976 · 93 games	678	966†	87†
25	Dennis Awtrey1972 – 1980 · 172 games	643	674†	20†

points by decade

Every center who played with the Bulls, ranked by points over his games there. Regular-season games only.
A number with a † is short: some of his games with the Bulls don't have it recorded.
A decade counts his points with the Bulls in its seasons.