The Lakers' best centers

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the most points of the 92 centers who played with the Lakers, 24,176 in 1,093 games. Shaquille O'Neal is 2nd with 13,895.

The Lakers' centers this season

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The Lakers' best centers
Place	Player	points	rebounds	blocks
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar1975 – 1989 · 1,093 games	24,176	10,280	2,545†
2	Shaquille O'Neal1996 – 2004 · 514 games	13,895	6,090	1,278
3	George Mikan1948 – 1956 · 439 games	10,158	619†	—
4	Vlade Divac1989 – 2005 · 535 games	6,531	4,545	830
5	Elden Campbell1990 – 1999 · 617 games	6,408	3,603	1,021
6	Wilt Chamberlain1968 – 1973 · 339 games	5,983	6,523	—
7	Clyde Lovellette1953 – 1957 · 282 games	4,854	790†	—
8	Andrew Bynum2005 – 2012 · 392 games	4,597	3,076	628
9	Jim Krebs1957 – 1964 · 514 games	4,134	1,623†	—
10	Mel Counts1966 – 1974 · 375 games	3,643	2,417†	7†
11	Mychal Thompson1986 – 1991 · 335 games	2,990	1,797	258
12	Larry Foust1957 – 1960 · 191 games	2,715	589†	—
13	Bob McAdoo1981 – 1985 · 224 games	2,701	990	153†
14	Darrall Imhoff1964 – 1968 · 317 games	2,387	2,621†	—
15	Dwight Howard2012 – 2022 · 205 games	2,185	1,808	301
16	Elmore Smith1973 – 1975 · 155 games	1,819	1,716	341†
17	Jordan Hill2011 – 2015 · 178 games	1,764	1,288	141
18	Jim Chones1979 – 1981 · 164 games	1,751	1,221	158†
19	Ed Kalafat1954 – 1957 · 209 games	1,473	268†	—
20	Chris Mihm2004 – 2009 · 175 games	1,457	986	201
21	JaVale McGee2018 – 2020 · 143 games	1,343	956	242
22	Gene Wiley1962 – 1966 · 300 games	1,274	1,881†	—
23	Ray Felix1959 – 1962 · 189 games	1,206	775†	—
24	Jaxson Hayes2023 – 2026 · 192 games	1,183	751	132
25	Kwame Brown2005 – 2008 · 136 games	1,013	848	114

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