NBA Rank the Top 5 Centers of All time?

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Hakeem Olajuwon

Wilt Chamberlain

Bill Russell

Shaquille O'Neal

1) Wilt Chamberlain

2) Kareem Abdul-Jabar

3) Hakeem Olajuwon

4) Shaq

5) Bill Russell

1. Wilt

2. Kareem

3. Bill Russell

4. Hakeem

5. Shaq

Kareem Hakeem Wilt, Shaq, Russell

Kareem, Shaq, and Hakeem.

As for the other 2 Centers in the top 5

If you want to add in the old school guys - Wilt and Bill

If you want to keep it more modern - Moses Malone and David Robinson

1. Abdul-Jabbar

2. Olajuwon

3. Wilt

4. Shaq

5. David Robinson

1. Wilt Chamberlain- Best rebounder and top 3 scorer of all time.

2. Luc Alcindor- SKYHOOK

3. Bill Russell- Undersized Center that rebounded over bigger guys. Also no stranger to scoring and knows how to win a basketball game.

4. Hakeem Olajuwon- FANCAAAYY

5. Shaquille Oneal- Try and knock him over. I dare you. He is harder to stop than LeBron.

Shaq, Wilt, Bill Russell, and Kareem.

Shaq once said that Hakeem Olajuwon was a better center than he was.

The active players haven't finished their career's yet, so I leave them out. Dwight Howard isn't there yet, and may never be.

#1. Wilt Chamberlain. 30 pts per game 23 rbs per game 4.4 assists per game

#2. Kareem 24 pts per game 11 rbs per game 3.6 assists per game

#3 Hakeem 22 pts per game 11 rebs per game 2.5 assists per game

#4 Shaq 23.7pts per game 11 rbs per game 2.5 assists per game

#5 Moses Malone 20 pts per game 12 rbs per game 1.3 assists per game

The stats are pretty clear, and show that Wilt was the greatest center and player to ever play NBA basketball.

Statistics are very useful in preventing popularity contests.