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The Magic's best centers

Dwight Howard has the most points of the 51 centers who played with the Magic, 11,435 in 621 games. Nikola Vučević is 2nd, with 10,445.

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The Magic's centers this season

  • Wendell Carter Jr.7 games, 12.4 a game4,287 with the Magic, the 4th-most in Magic history.87points
  • Nikola Vučević7 games, 3.1 a game10,445 with the Magic, the 2nd-most in Magic history.22points
  • Goga Bitadze5 games, 3.6 a game1,304 with the Magic, the 9th-most in Magic history.18points

By decade: 2020s · 2010s · 2000s · 1990s

Compare with in · side by side

The Magic's best centers
PlacePlayerpointsreboundsblocks
1Dwight Howard2004 – 2012 · 621 games11,4358,0721,344
2Nikola Vučević2012 – 2027 · still playing10,4456,402555
+22 this season
3Shaquille O'Neal1992 – 1996 · 295 games8,0193,691824
4Wendell Carter Jr.2020 – 2027 · still playing4,2872,850215
+87 this season
5Mo Bamba2018 – 2023 · 266 games2,0371,556364
6Rony Seikaly1996 – 1998 · 121 games1,9811,058146
7Tony Battie2004 – 2009 · 306 games1,8191,531205
8Michael Doleac1998 – 2001 · 207 games1,35975592
9Goga Bitadze2022 – 2027 · still playing1,3041,171249
+18 this season · passes Michael Doleac for 8th in 16 games at his pace
10Andrew DeClercq2000 – 2005 · 284 games1,0271,065125
11Kyle O'Quinn2012 – 2015 · 177 games955772153
12Bismack Biyombo2016 – 2018 · 163 games9511,035186
13Khem Birch2017 – 2021 · 188 games885833101
14Mark Acres1989 – 1992 · 216 games8551,04265
15Greg Kite1990 – 1994 · 247 games7461,253162
16Marcin Gortat2007 – 2011 · 175 games650761145
17Bol Bol2022-23 · 70 games63440585
18Chris Gatling1999-00 · 45 games59829710
19Stanley Roberts1991-92 · 55 games57333683
20Danny Schayes1996 – 1999 · 138 games56738151
21Bison Dele1991 – 1993 · 69 games53332870
22Dewayne Dedmon2013 – 2016 · 133 games530601109
23Kelvin Cato2004 – 2006 · 85 games52047992
24Steven Hunter2001 – 2004 · 145 games506360152
25Isaac Austin1998-99 · 49 games47723735

points by decade

2020s

  1. › Wendell Carter Jr.2020 – 2027 · 349 games4,287
  2. › Nikola Vučević2019 – 2027 · 113 games2,317
  3. Mo Bamba2019 – 2023 · 219 games1,745
  4. › Goga Bitadze2022 – 2027 · 218 games1,304
  5. Bol Bol2022-23 · 70 games634

2010s

  1. Nikola Vučević2012 – 2019 · 485 games8,128
  2. Dwight Howard2009 – 2012 · 214 games4,400
  3. Kyle O'Quinn2012 – 2015 · 177 games955
  4. Bismack Biyombo2016 – 2018 · 163 games951
  5. Dewayne Dedmon2013 – 2016 · 133 games530

2000s

  1. Dwight Howard2004 – 2009 · 407 games7,035
  2. Tony Battie2004 – 2009 · 306 games1,819
  3. Michael Doleac1999 – 2001 · 158 games1,055
  4. Andrew DeClercq2000 – 2005 · 284 games1,027
  5. Chris Gatling1999-00 · 45 games598

1990s

  1. Shaquille O'Neal1992 – 1996 · 295 games8,019
  2. Rony Seikaly1996 – 1998 · 121 games1,981
  3. Mark Acres1989 – 1992 · 216 games855
  4. Greg Kite1990 – 1994 · 247 games746
  5. Stanley Roberts1991-92 · 55 games573

Also with the Magic: guards · forwards · Orlando Magic record book

Method

  • Every center who played with the Magic, ranked by points over his games there. Regular-season games only.
  • A decade counts his points with the Magic in its seasons.