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The Top Ranked Centers of the 1940s
Notes: This list is based on pro stats.
What players did in college is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Ed Sadowski | 1 |
| 2 | Arnie Risen | 4 |
| 3 | Don Otten | 12 |
| 4 | George Mikan | 17 |
| 5 | Jake Pelkington | 18 |
| 6 | Howie Schultz | 23 |
| 7 | Mike Novak | 25 |
| 8 | Connie Simmons | 27 |
| 9 | Chick Halbert | 28 |
| 10 | John Mahnken | 29 |
| 11 | Stan Miasek | 30 |
| 12 | Edward Dancker | 37 |
| 13 | George Nostrand | 38 |
| 14 | Leroy Edwards | 41 |
| 15 | Harry Boykoff | 49 |
| 16 | Kleggie Hermsen | 52 |
| 17 | Red Rocha | 53 |
| 18 | Bob Kinney | 68 |
| 19 | Clint Wager | 73 |
| 20 | George Ratkovicz | 78 |
| 21 | Robert Gruenig | 93 |
| 22 | Dick Holub | 101 |
| 23 | Robert Gerber | 112 |
| 24 | Lee Knorek | 115 |
| 25 | Milt Schoon | 133 |
| 26 | Ed Peterson | 146 |
| 27 | Harry Zeller | 159 |
| 28 | Dave Latter | 172 |
| 29 | Noble Jorgensen | 180 |
| 30 | Ed Mikan | 188 |
| 31 | Don Martin | 193 |
| 32 | Irv Rothenberg | 209 |
| 33 | Pierre Hartman | 214 |
| 34 | Hank Beenders | 216 |
| 35 | John Schick | 219 |
| 36 | John Mills | 231 |
| 37 | Bob Hubbard | 238 |
| 38 | William Sattler | 264 |
| 39 | Les Pugh | 266 |
| 40 | Art Hillhouse | 277 |
| 41 | William King | 278 |
| 42 | Bob Cluggish | 286 |
| 43 | Jack Toomay | 291 |
| 44 | Robert Shaw | 299 |
| 45 | Bill Farrow | 300 |
| 46 | John Gee | 305 |
| 47 | Jake Weber | 308 |
| 48 | Harry Miller | 310 |
| 49 | Dick Klein | 320 |
| 50 | Wee Willie Smith | 322 |
| 51 | Harold Kottman | 325 |
| 52 | Herbert Scheffler | 329 |
| 53 | Robert Dykstra | 330 |
| 54 | Irving Brenner | 334 |
| 55 | Jim Gibbs | 346 |
| 56 | Bill Roberts | 350 |
| 57 | Anthony Kaseta | 358 |
| 58 | Floyd Ebaugh | 362 |
| 59 | Joe Scott | 369 |
| 60 | Bill Downey | 372 |
| 61 | Wallace Borrevik | 394 |
| 62 | Ed Mills | 395 |
| 63 | Jack Nichols | 399 |
| 64 | Urgel Wintermute | 402 |
| 65 | Hank Evans | 418 |
| 66 | Jim Olsen | 420 |
| 67 | Paul Nowak | 425 |
| 68 | Elmore Morgenthaler | 439 |
| 69 | Bob Mullens | 442 |
| 70 | Ray Ellefson | 450 |
| 71 | Len Ford | 472 |
| 72 | Arthur Stoefen | 476 |
| 73 | George Chestnut | 478 |
| 74 | Roy Pugh | 481 |
| 75 | Roger Jorgensen | 490 |
| 76 | Jim Dawson | 506 |
| 77 | Jack Jennings | 522 |
| 78 | LeRoy King | 527 |
| 79 | Jack Eskridge | 548 |
| 80 | Bill Holland | 551 |
| 81 | Ralph Siewert | 554 |
| 82 | Bill Brownell | 555 |
| 83 | Mark Ertel | 562 |
| 84 | Donald Warnke | 566 |
| 85 | George Jablonsky | 569 |
| 86 | Harold Johnson | 593 |
| 87 | Harry Sorensen | 607 |
| 88 | Johnny Bianco | 615 |
| 89 | Hank DeZonie | 616 |
| 90 | Paul Anthony | 625 |
| 91 | Joseph Stampf | 635 |
| 92 | Al Benson | 637 |
| 93 | Raymond Bellingham | 641 |
| 94 | Ralph Amsden | 648 |
| 95 | James Zeravich | 655 |
| 96 | Jim Springer | 658 |
| 97 | Bernie Fliegel | 665 |
| 98 | Jim Browne | 692 |
| 99 | Ben Gardner | 698 |
| 100 | Ernie Fortney | 699 |
| 101 | James Glass | 700 |
| 102 | Carl Baer | 703 |
| 103 | Ken Corley | 705 |
| 104 | Bob Armstrong | 707 |
| 105 | Dave Williams | 719 |
| 106 | Howie Bollerman | 720 |
| 107 | Art Anderson | 724 |
| 108 | Sam Lieberman | 730 |
| 109 | Jim Rae | 745 |
| 110 | Larry Kenney | 750 |
| 111 | Herm Knuppel | 751 |
| 112 | George Wilson | 753 |
| 113 | John Wiggers | 757 |
| 114 | Bill Zubic | 760 |
| 115 | Moe Goldman | 765 |
| 116 | Gorham Getchell | 767 |
| 117 | Jim Higgins | 772 |
| 118 | Fred Nimz | 780 |
| 119 | Bill Chanecka | 783 |
| 120 | Jack Thornton | 786 |
| 121 | Bobby Dorn | 789 |
| 122 | Glenn Roberts | 794 |
| 123 | Joel Hitt | 802 |
| 124 | Abe Yourist | 809 |
| 125 | Tom O'Toole | 811 |
| 126 | Ward Meyers | 817 |
| 127 | Bill Henry | 824 |
| 128 | Aaron Tanitsky | 825 |
| 129 | Knobby Walsh | 831 |
| 130 | Ed Lyons | 837 |
| 131 | Bill Cramer | 846 |
| 132 | Dean Mealy | 849 |
| 133 | Bill Bornheimer | 853 |
| 134 | Sol Kopitko | 858 |
| 135 | Big John Wilson | 866 |
| 136 | Tony Karpowich | 876 |
| 137 | Bob Sherman | 888 |
| 138 | Bob Smith | 889 |
| 139 | Don Kotter | 899 |
| 140 | Jack McGuirk | 909 |
| 141 | Joe Cackovic | 915 |
| 142 | Ed Kassler | 923 |
| 143 | Barney Wilk | 924 |
| 144 | Jim Coughlin | 935 |
| 145 | George Ehemann | 936 |
| 146 | Frank Bores | 948 |
| 147 | Bill McClure | 949 |
| 148 | Perk Stabley | 961 |
| 149 | Art Lentz | 969 |
| 150 | Howard Sanders | 975 |
| 151 | Bill Law | 977 |
| 152 | Luke Sapan | 986 |
| 153 | Ned Hall | 987 |
| 154 | Oscar Baldwin | 997 |
| 155 | Andy Skvoretz | 1003 |
| 156 | Johnny Godzenovich | 1005 |
| 157 | Johnny Jett | 1006 |
| 158 | Joe Murphy (1915) | 1010 |
| 159 | Karl Grimm | 1017 |
| 160 | Pat Herlihy | 1022 |
| 161 | Larry Disque | 1023 |
| 162 | Eddie Alberts | 1026 |
| 163 | Ross Merrick | 1027 |
| 164 | Moon Mullins | 1045 |
| 165 | Bill Budd | 1046 |
| 166 | Hal Korovin | 1049 |
| 167 | Slim Bornemann | 1053 |
| 168 | Jim Hoerst | 1059 |
| 169 | Vic Bock | 1061 |
| 170 | John Padgett | 1063 |
| 171 | Jack Colberg | 1064 |
| 172 | Mort Freemark | 1073 |
| 173 | Sid Roche | 1079 |
| 174 | Walt Funk | 1083 |
| 175 | Pickles Banks | 1087 |
| 176 | Tommy McCollum | 1095 |
| 177 | Ed Stevens | 1104 |
| 178 | Fred Price | 1105 |
| 179 | George Faust | 1113 |
| 180 | Mel Haskell | 1120 |
| 181 | Jeb Stewart | 1129 |
| 182 | Bill Landis | 1144 |
| 183 | Red Bock | 1157 |
| 184 | Tony Yovicsin | 1171 |
| 185 | Hal Dorn | 1190 |
| 186 | Homer Wickel | 1197 |
| 187 | Frank Petrella | 1208 |
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