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The Top Ranked Centers of the 1960s
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 | Wilt Chamberlain | 1 |
| 2 | Bill Russell | 2 |
| 3 | Walt Bellamy | 7 |
| 4 | Nate Thurmond | 9 |
| 5 | Willis Reed | 14 |
| 6 | Wayne Embry | 23 |
| 7 | Red Kerr | 25 |
| 8 | Zelmo Beaty | 28 |
| 9 | Clyde Lovellette | 36 |
| 10 | Walter Dukes | 45 |
| 11 | Leroy Ellis | 61 |
| 12 | Darrall Imhoff | 69 |
| 13 | Bob Ferry | 71 |
| 14 | Phil Jordon | 76 |
| 15 | Connie Dierking | 79 |
| 16 | Mel Daniels | 86 |
| 17 | Charlie Tyra | 101 |
| 18 | Jim Krebs | 102 |
| 19 | Jim Barnes | 104 |
| 20 | Hub Reed | 117 |
| 21 | Bob Rule | 119 |
| 22 | Wes Unseld | 121 |
| 23 | Gene Conley | 124 |
| 24 | Mel Counts | 127 |
| 25 | Gene Wiley | 130 |
| 26 | Bumper Tormohlen | 134 |
| 27 | Larry Foust | 147 |
| 28 | Reggie Harding | 154 |
| 29 | Bill McGill | 158 |
| 30 | George Wilson | 168 |
| 31 | Erwin Mueller | 175 |
| 32 | William Spivey | 179 |
| 33 | Bevo Nordmann | 186 |
| 34 | Swede Halbrook | 195 |
| 35 | Joe Strawder | 210 |
| 36 | Tom Hoover | 212 |
| 37 | Walt Wesley | 214 |
| 38 | Tom Boerwinkle | 224 |
| 39 | Skip Thoren | 226 |
| 40 | James Francis | 233 |
| 41 | Gary Alcorn | 235 |
| 42 | Jim Fox | 238 |
| 43 | Ray Felix | 240 |
| 44 | Byron Beck | 251 |
| 45 | George Patterson | 257 |
| 46 | John Thompson | 260 |
| 47 | Gene Moore | 262 |
| 48 | Jim Hadnot | 263 |
| 49 | Bob Hopkins | 265 |
| 50 | Dan Anderson | 275 |
| 51 | Chuck Share | 276 |
| 52 | Hank Finkel | 281 |
| 53 | David Romanoff | 282 |
| 54 | Bryce Vann | 283 |
| 55 | Georgios Trontzos | 287 |
| 56 | Jiri Zidek | 288 |
| 57 | Tani Cohen-Mintz | 289 |
| 58 | Jim Davis | 293 |
| 59 | Otto Moore | 296 |
| 60 | John Berberich | 300 |
| 61 | Bill Buntin | 304 |
| 62 | William Chmielewski | 309 |
| 63 | Will Frazier | 326 |
| 64 | Charlie Sells | 329 |
| 65 | Nathaniel Clifton | 334 |
| 66 | Ed Johnson | 336 |
| 67 | John Wessels | 343 |
| 68 | Massimo Masini | 346 |
| 69 | Alin Savu | 347 |
| 70 | Kresimir Cosic | 367 |
| 71 | Sauro Bufalini | 374 |
| 72 | Trajko Rajkovic | 377 |
| 73 | Veikko Vainio | 378 |
| 74 | Manny Leaks | 383 |
| 75 | Jim Eakins | 390 |
| 76 | Dewitt Menyard | 396 |
| 77 | Dick Cunningham | 397 |
| 78 | Jim Caldwell | 398 |
| 79 | Dave Newmark | 400 |
| 80 | Nate Bowman | 402 |
| 81 | Jim Hanna | 406 |
| 82 | Richard Brott | 407 |
| 83 | Larry Bunce | 412 |
| 84 | Millard Harris | 416 |
| 85 | Jaak Ardon | 420 |
| 86 | Lou Alix | 426 |
| 87 | Fred Sawyer | 429 |
| 88 | Quitman Sullins | 434 |
| 89 | Zaid Abdul-Aziz | 435 |
| 90 | Ira Harge | 446 |
| 91 | Charles Henke | 457 |
| 92 | John Smith | 458 |
| 93 | Dale Schlueter | 463 |
| 94 | Duke Hogue | 466 |
| 95 | Mike Lewis | 475 |
| 96 | Kendall Rhine | 479 |
| 97 | Anthony Wilcox | 498 |
| 98 | Wayne Yates | 499 |
| 99 | Dennis Grey | 504 |
| 100 | Rich Niemann | 505 |
| 101 | George Peeples | 508 |
| 102 | Neil Johnston | 509 |
| 103 | Wayne Molis | 517 |
| 104 | Jack Allain | 520 |
| 105 | John Richter | 533 |
| 106 | Bill Garner | 539 |
| 107 | George Finley | 541 |
| 108 | Rich Johnson | 542 |
| 109 | Craig Dill | 544 |
| 110 | Raleigh Owens | 566 |
| 111 | Bevo Francis | 569 |
| 112 | Ken Peterson | 576 |
| 113 | Teofilo Cruz | 601 |
| 114 | Aleksandr Petrov | 609 |
| 115 | Lee Davis | 615 |
| 116 | Bira Maciel | 622 |
| 117 | Walt Kennedy | 632 |
| 118 | Bill Allen | 638 |
| 119 | Bill Spivey | 642 |
| 120 | Craig Spitzer | 663 |
| 121 | Ed Washington | 666 |
| 122 | Bill Green | 669 |
| 123 | Rich Peek | 670 |
| 124 | Rod Knowles | 675 |
| 125 | Raul Duarte | 684 |
| 126 | Enrico Bovone | 686 |
| 127 | Elton McGriff | 691 |
| 128 | Red Davis | 699 |
| 129 | Juan Baez | 700 |
| 130 | Jim Satterwhite | 704 |
| 131 | Carlos Vazquez | 714 |
| 132 | George Sutor | 722 |
| 133 | Jean-Claude Lefebvre | 725 |
| 134 | Al Santio | 728 |
| 135 | Charlie Ross | 737 |
| 136 | Craig Raymond | 747 |
| 137 | Wayne Cruse | 759 |
| 138 | Viktor Zubkov | 780 |
| 139 | Tom Kondla | 791 |
| 140 | Tink Van Patton | 807 |
| 141 | Art Stephenson | 813 |
| 142 | Bill Burwell | 814 |
| 143 | Phil Harris | 815 |
| 144 | Bob Gainey | 817 |
| 145 | Al Beard | 823 |
| 146 | Denny Roth | 826 |
| 147 | Willie Davis | 836 |
| 148 | Tom Cross | 837 |
| 149 | Marty Farrell | 845 |
| 150 | Ron Garner | 849 |
| 151 | Ed Warner | 854 |
| 152 | Ed Roman | 855 |
| 153 | John Dickson | 856 |
| 154 | Ron Dunlap | 859 |
| 155 | Pete Jones | 861 |
| 156 | Bill Lundberg | 863 |
| 157 | Mike Branch | 865 |
| 158 | George Leo | 868 |
| 159 | Hank Daubenschmidt | 893 |
| 160 | Ron Hall | 894 |
| 161 | Paul Krieger | 898 |
| 162 | Mike Dabich | 909 |
| 163 | Billy Smith | 921 |
| 164 | Al Inniss | 923 |
| 165 | Al Barden | 926 |
| 166 | Charles Parnell | 928 |
| 167 | Clark Mosier | 931 |
| 168 | Paul Mickey | 934 |
| 169 | Herman Knowings | 937 |
| 170 | Bill Chmielewski | 938 |
| 171 | Carl Brune | 941 |
| 172 | Bob Smith | 945 |
| 173 | Bob Slobodnik | 952 |
| 174 | Bill Smothers | 954 |
| 175 | Ed Grindel | 962 |
| 176 | Jack Gallagher | 971 |
| 177 | Pat Fruehan | 981 |
| 178 | Rollie Harris | 982 |
| 179 | Bob Camp | 983 |
| 180 | Leroy Haywood | 986 |
| 181 | Lyvonne LeFlore | 989 |
| 182 | George Farley | 991 |
| 183 | Dave Russell | 995 |
| 184 | George Deehan | 997 |
| 185 | Bill Baggett | 1012 |
| 186 | Jim Saddler | 1020 |
| 187 | Val Reid | 1028 |
| 188 | Ron Woodruff | 1030 |
| 189 | Bob Aston | 1031 |
| 190 | Don Heller | 1040 |
| 191 | Frank Ganat | 1055 |
| 192 | Bill Soens | 1060 |
| 193 | Vaughn Graham | 1063 |
| 194 | John Stevens | 1068 |
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