All-time NBA centers quadrant chart

The greatest centers in NBA history, by their honours. Place all-time NBA centers on a two-axis chart.

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Kareem Abdul-​Jabbar
C · LAL
Tim Duncan
C/PF · SA
Hakeem Olajuwon
C · HOU
Wilt Chamberlain
C · LAL
Shaquille O'Neal
C · LAL
Bob Pettit
C/PF · ATL
Kevin Garnett
C/PF · MIN
David Robinson
C · SA
Bill Russell
C · BOS
Moses Malone
C/PF · HOU
Willis Reed
C/PF · NY
Wes Unseld
C/PF · WSH
Dave Cowens
C/SF · BOS
George Mikan
C · LAL
Bill Walton
C · LAC
Bob McAdoo
C · LAL
Jerry Lucas
C/PF · SAC
Dolph Schayes
C/PF · PHI
Patrick Ewing
C · NY
Robert Parish
C · BOS
Nate Thurmond
C/PF · GS
Elvin Hayes
C/PF · WSH
Dikembe Mutombo
C · DEN
Alonzo Mourning
C · MIA
Pau Gasol
C/PF · LAL
Vlade Divac
C · LAL
Yao Ming
C · HOU
Anthony Davis
C/PF · NO
Amar'e Stoudemire
C/PF · PHX
Ralph Sampson
C · HOU
Arvydas Sabonis
C · POR
Bob Lanier
C · DET

Top all-time NBA centers — November 2026

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About this quadrant chart

Two axes, four corners. Name the axes, then put everyone where they belong.

The greatest centers in NBA history, by their honours.

Every pick and every finished ranking here counts toward the top all-time NBA centers for November 2026.

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