Who is the best center in the NBA?

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Last season he averaged 14.2 points, 11.8 rebounds and 3.7 blocks a game. The real eye-openers were his three triple-doubles that came with 10 blocks. His PER (25.7) was the best among starting centers and eighth-best in the entire league in 2015-16. All of that paid off with a four-year, $98-million contract over the summer. read more

Then our ESPN expert panel voted on thousands of head-to-head matchups, with voting based on both peak performance and career value. The result is our all-time NBA Top 100. The Top 100 will begin to roll out Wednesday. read more

2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. Kareem had the most unstoppable shot in NBA history, the Sky Hook. read more