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The Top Ranked Centers of the 1950s
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 | George Mikan | 1 |
| 2 | Neil Johnston | 2 |
| 3 | Ed Macauley | 7 |
| 4 | Clyde Lovellette | 8 |
| 5 | Larry Foust | 10 |
| 6 | Arnie Risen | 12 |
| 7 | Bill Russell | 15 |
| 8 | Red Kerr | 28 |
| 9 | Nathaniel Clifton | 33 |
| 10 | Ray Felix | 35 |
| 11 | Jack Nichols | 42 |
| 12 | Red Rocha | 46 |
| 13 | Chuck Share | 52 |
| 14 | Alex Groza | 53 |
| 15 | Walter Dukes | 54 |
| 16 | Connie Simmons | 58 |
| 17 | George Ratkovicz | 59 |
| 18 | Bob Houbregs | 67 |
| 19 | Noble Jorgensen | 86 |
| 20 | Don Otten | 88 |
| 21 | Ed Sadowski | 90 |
| 22 | Art Spoelstra | 95 |
| 23 | Stan Miasek | 105 |
| 24 | Walt Davis | 106 |
| 25 | Eddie Miller | 113 |
| 26 | Ed Kalafat | 116 |
| 27 | Ed Mikan | 117 |
| 28 | Bob Hopkins | 127 |
| 29 | Phil Jordon | 132 |
| 30 | Howie Schultz | 142 |
| 31 | Jim Krebs | 147 |
| 32 | Wayne Embry | 149 |
| 33 | John Mahnken | 151 |
| 34 | Charlie Tyra | 153 |
| 35 | Harry Boykoff | 170 |
| 36 | Kleggie Hermsen | 179 |
| 37 | Ron Livingstone | 186 |
| 38 | Bob Kinney | 188 |
| 39 | Bob Burrow | 198 |
| 40 | Jim Neal | 206 |
| 41 | Milt Schoon | 215 |
| 42 | Hub Reed | 217 |
| 43 | Stanley Weber | 219 |
| 44 | Chick Halbert | 221 |
| 45 | Nate DeLong | 225 |
| 46 | Gene Conley | 231 |
| 47 | Ed Peterson | 236 |
| 48 | Jack Parr | 239 |
| 49 | Jack Toomay | 240 |
| 50 | Connie Dierking | 246 |
| 51 | Bob Armstrong | 290 |
| 52 | Don Bielke | 301 |
| 53 | Gary Bergen | 313 |
| 54 | Jerry Fowler | 315 |
| 55 | Clint Wager | 320 |
| 56 | Dick Knostman | 336 |
| 57 | Mike Novak | 349 |
| 58 | Elmer Behnke | 361 |
| 59 | Herb Scherer | 364 |
| 60 | Pete Darcey | 375 |
| 61 | Bill Butterfield | 378 |
| 62 | Bill Roberts | 380 |
| 63 | Francis Allen | 393 |
| 64 | Hank DeZonie | 400 |
| 65 | Bill Henry | 418 |
| 66 | Jim Slaughter | 421 |
| 67 | Al Miksis | 422 |
| 68 | Elmore Morgenthaler | 424 |
| 69 | Les Pugh | 439 |
| 70 | George Nostrand | 446 |
| 71 | Carlos Loyzaga | 450 |
| 72 | Jack Shelton | 471 |
| 73 | Ed Kassler | 477 |
| 74 | Red Davis | 478 |
| 75 | Paul Nolan | 483 |
| 76 | Bill Chanecka | 487 |
| 77 | Ray Ellefson | 500 |
| 78 | Big John Wilson | 506 |
| 79 | Bobby Kelly | 509 |
| 80 | Wally Sheil | 528 |
| 81 | Ed Lyons | 547 |
| 82 | Jim Browne | 550 |
| 83 | Perk Stabley | 554 |
| 84 | Ed Roman | 558 |
| 85 | William King | 560 |
| 86 | Bob Gainey | 561 |
| 87 | Otar Korkia | 568 |
| 88 | Ike Borsavage | 573 |
| 89 | Joe Cackovic | 579 |
| 90 | Edson Bispo | 581 |
| 91 | Irv Rothenberg | 586 |
| 92 | George Petrovik | 589 |
| 93 | John Pritchard | 594 |
| 94 | George Kok | 600 |
| 95 | Bob Smith | 611 |
| 96 | Borislav Curcic | 619 |
| 97 | Robert Hahn | 625 |
| 98 | Anton Kuzov | 627 |
| 99 | Dick Koecher | 639 |
| 100 | Ed Warner | 648 |
| 101 | Iliya Mirchev | 653 |
| 102 | Jim Nolan | 654 |
| 103 | Matty Forman | 658 |
| 104 | Dick Holub | 671 |
| 105 | Roger Layne | 675 |
| 106 | Ze Luis | 678 |
| 107 | Dick Smuin | 680 |
| 108 | Bob Kurland | 687 |
| 109 | Murray Mitchell | 690 |
| 110 | Lee Knorek | 695 |
| 111 | Herb Lyon | 696 |
| 112 | Bill Zubic | 721 |
| 113 | Ed Grindel | 722 |
| 114 | Ned Hall | 733 |
| 115 | Bart Adams | 738 |
| 116 | Ray Dombrowski | 749 |
| 117 | Takashi Itoyama | 754 |
| 118 | Art Lentz | 756 |
| 119 | Janis Krumins | 762 |
| 120 | Fred Segar | 767 |
| 121 | Hank Beenders | 777 |
| 122 | Tom Whipple | 794 |
| 123 | Leroy Banks | 799 |
| 124 | Judy Woodlock | 807 |
| 125 | Mel Seeman | 810 |
| 126 | Leroy Whatley | 811 |
| 127 | Denny Roth | 813 |
| 128 | Bob Hubbard | 814 |
| 129 | Bill Spivey | 815 |
| 130 | Pete Clark | 817 |
| 131 | Johnny Hughes | 820 |
| 132 | Doc Weiske | 821 |
| 133 | Al Benson | 841 |
| 134 | Marty Farrell | 844 |
| 135 | Tom Leverte | 849 |
| 136 | Charley Whiteman | 850 |
| 137 | Bill McClure | 851 |
| 138 | Duane Warrick | 855 |
| 139 | Abe Becker | 861 |
| 140 | Joe Monteiro | 865 |
| 141 | Bob Mullens | 877 |
| 142 | Fred Price | 884 |
| 143 | George Conrad | 886 |
| 144 | Frank Lewis | 892 |
| 145 | Mike DeNoia | 904 |
| 146 | Dick McGee | 908 |
| 147 | Andy Skvoretz | 924 |
| 148 | Jim Springer | 927 |
| 149 | John Brunner | 941 |
| 150 | Rollie Harris | 942 |
| 151 | Jeb Stewart | 944 |
| 152 | Hank Daubenschmidt | 956 |
| 153 | Nick Maguire | 958 |
| 154 | Jack Ziegler | 961 |
| 155 | Joe Pehanick | 965 |
| 156 | John Hooper | 966 |
| 157 | Marty McKibben | 967 |
| 158 | Syl Bozinski | 968 |
| 159 | Snitz Oskerow | 970 |
| 160 | Jack Sherry | 987 |
| 161 | Jim Coughlin | 991 |
| 162 | Al Clinkscales | 993 |
| 163 | Bill Hoover | 994 |
| 164 | Jack Stein | 996 |
| 165 | Ralph Heinz | 1000 |
| 166 | Stu Kane | 1010 |
| 167 | Walt Funk | 1011 |
| 168 | Fred Cohen | 1013 |
| 169 | Ed Jones | 1016 |
| 170 | Charles McCullough | 1037 |
| 171 | Elmer Kreiser | 1045 |
| 172 | George Reis | 1059 |
| 173 | Don Kotter | 1061 |
| 174 | Jack Colberg | 1065 |
| 175 | Bevo Francis | 1071 |
| 176 | Bob Heffner | 1080 |
| 177 | John Lose | 1087 |
| 178 | Larry Disque | 1088 |
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