{"id":437,"date":"2024-05-17T16:05:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T16:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/bbr-blog\/?p=437"},"modified":"2025-10-16T17:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T17:27:32","slug":"76ers-top-10-centers-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/bbr-blog\/2024\/05\/76ers-top-10-centers-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia 76ers Top 10 Centers of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(last updated on October 16, 2025)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As one of the oldest professional basketball franchises in the United States, the Philadelphia 76ers have a rich history and tradition. Many great players have played for the team over the nearly 80 years of its existence, including many great centers. Who do you think is the greatest center to suit up for the Sixers? Here\u2019s a list of the 10 best 76ers centers of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/req\/202106291\/images\/headshots\/chambwi01.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Wilt Chamberlain\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/chambwi01.html\">Wilt Chamberlain<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\n  <!-- all other pages -->\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n  <p><strong>Pronunciation<\/strong>: \\CHAIM-bur-lin\\<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  <strong>Wilton Norman Chamberlain<\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n  \n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\n(Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper, Dippy, Dip, The Load, Big Musty, The Record Book, Hook and Ladder, Wiltie, Whip, Whipper, Norm)\n<\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Position:\n  <\/strong>\n  Center\n\n\n  \n  \u25aa\n  \n  <strong>\n  Shoots:\n  <\/strong>\n  Right\n<\/p>\n\n\n  <p><span>7-1<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>275lb<\/span>&nbsp;(216cm,&nbsp;124kg) <\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n    <p>\n  <strong>Born: <\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1936-08-21\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.fcgi?month=8&amp;day=21\">August 21<\/a>,\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthyears.fcgi?year=1936\">1936<\/a>\n    <\/span>\n  <span>\n    in&nbsp;Philadelphia,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthplaces.fcgi?country=US&amp;state=PA\">Pennsylvania<\/a><\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n  <p><strong>Died:<\/strong>\n  <span id=\"necro-death\" data-death=\"1999-10-12\">\n    October&nbsp;12,&nbsp;1999\n   (Aged&nbsp;63-052d)<\/span>\n  <span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  \n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      College:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/colleges.fcgi?college=kansas\">Kansas<\/a>\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      High School:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      Overbrook in Philadelphia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/high_schools.fcgi?country=US&amp;state=PA\">Pennsylvania<\/a>\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Draft:\n  <\/strong>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/teams\/GSW\/draft.html\">Philadelphia Warriors<\/a>, 1st round (3rd pick, 3rd overall), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/draft\/NBA_1959.html\">1959 NBA Draft<\/a> (territorial selection)\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>NBA Debut: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/boxscores\/195910240NYK.html\">October 24, 1959<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Hall of Fame:<\/strong> Inducted as Player in 1979 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/awards\/hof.html\">Full List<\/a>)\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  \n    <strong>Career Length:<\/strong>&nbsp;14 years\n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n    \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"important special\"><a>Hall of Fame<\/a><\/li><li class=\"all_star\"><a>13x All Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>7x Scoring Champ<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>11x TRB Champ<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>1967-68 AST Champ<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>2x NBA Champ<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>10x All-NBA<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>1959-60 AS MVP<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>4x MVP<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>1959-60 ROY<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>2x All-Defensive<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>1971-72 Finals MVP<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>NBA 75th Anniv. Team<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder bbr\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=13\" class=\"poptip\">\n             13 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=13\" class=\"poptip\">\n             13 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=13\" class=\"poptip\">\n             13 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=13\" class=\"poptip\">\n             13 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=13\" class=\"poptip default\">\n             13 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>1045<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PTS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>30.1<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>TRB<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>22.9<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>AST<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>4.4<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>54.0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FT%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>51.1<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PER<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>26.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>247.3<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would be malpractice not to mention Wilt Chamberlain among the best 76ers centers of all time. Wilt was traded to the 76ers during the 1965 All-Star weekend and played for the Sixers from 1965-1968. This was his second professional stint in his hometown after beginning his career with the Philadelphia Warriors before the team was relocated to San Francisco. In his time with the club he averaged more than 22 rebounds per game and led the NBA in both rebounds per game and field-goal percentage in each of his three full seasons as a Sixer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/teams\/PHI\/leaders_career.html\">He remains the franchise&#8217;s all-time leader in triple-doubles, field-goal percentage, minutes per game and rebounds per game<\/a>. His number 13 jersey was retired by the Sixers in 1991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" itemscope=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/req\/202106291\/images\/headshots\/embiijo01.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Joel Embiid\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/embiijo01.html\">Joel Embiid<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\n  <!-- all other pages -->\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n  <p><strong>Pronunciation<\/strong>: \\jo-ELL em-BEAD\\<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  <strong>Joel Hans Embiid<\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n  \n  \u25aa\n  Instagram:\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/joelmbiid\">joelmbiid<\/a>\n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\n(JoJo, The Process, Do-a-180, Troel, The Phantom of the Process, Big Fella)\n<\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Position:\n  <\/strong>\n  Center\n\n\n  \n  \u25aa\n  \n  <strong>\n  Shoots:\n  <\/strong>\n  Right\n<\/p>\n\n\n  <p><span>7-0<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>280lb<\/span>&nbsp;(213cm,&nbsp;127kg) <\/p>\n\n  \n    <p><strong>Team<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/teams\/PHI\/2026.html\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a><\/p>\n  \n\n  \n    <p>\n  <strong>Born: <\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1994-03-16\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.fcgi?month=3&amp;day=16\">March 16<\/a>,\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthyears.fcgi?year=1994\">1994<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span><nobr>(Age:&nbsp;31-214d)<\/nobr><\/span>\n  <span>\n    in&nbsp;Yaounde,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthplaces.fcgi?country=CM&amp;state=\">Cameroon<\/a><\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-cm\" style=\"\">cm<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      College:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/colleges.fcgi?college=kansas\">Kansas<\/a>\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      High Schools:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      Montverde Academy in Montverde, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/high_schools.fcgi?country=US&amp;state=FL\">Florida<\/a>, \n    \n      The Rock School in Gainesville, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/high_schools.fcgi?country=US&amp;state=FL\">Florida<\/a>\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Recruiting Rank: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/awards\/recruit_rankings_2013.html\">2013<\/a> (16)\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Draft:\n  <\/strong>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/teams\/PHI\/draft.html\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>, 1st round (3rd pick, 3rd overall), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/draft\/NBA_2014.html\">2014 NBA Draft<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>NBA Debut: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/boxscores\/201610260PHI.html\">October 26, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  \n    <strong>Experience:<\/strong>&nbsp;9 years\n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n    \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"all_star\"><a>7x All Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>2x Scoring Champ<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>5x All-NBA<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>2016-17 All-Rookie<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>3x All-Defensive<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>2022-23 MVP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder bbr\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=21\" class=\"poptip default\">\n        <svg viewBox=\"0,0,42,52\" class=\"jersey\"> <rect fill=\"#ff0000\" height=\"52\" width=\"42\" y=\"0\" x=\"0\"><\/rect> <ellipse fill=\"white\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke=\"#0000ff\" ry=\"18\" rx=\"7\" cy=\"5\" cx=\"0\"><\/ellipse> <ellipse fill=\"white\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke=\"#0000ff\" ry=\"18\" rx=\"7\" cy=\"5\" cx=\"42\"><\/ellipse> <ellipse fill=\"white\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke=\"#0000ff\" ry=\"7\" rx=\"7\" cy=\"0\" cx=\"21\"><\/ellipse> <text x=\"9\" y=\"39\" fill=\"#ffffff\">21<\/text> <\/svg>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=24\" class=\"poptip\">\n        <svg viewBox=\"0,0,42,52\" class=\"jersey\"> <rect fill=\"#ff0000\" height=\"52\" width=\"42\" y=\"0\" x=\"0\"><\/rect> <ellipse fill=\"white\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke=\"#0000ff\" ry=\"18\" rx=\"7\" cy=\"5\" cx=\"0\"><\/ellipse> <ellipse fill=\"white\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke=\"#0000ff\" ry=\"18\" rx=\"7\" cy=\"5\" cx=\"42\"><\/ellipse> <ellipse fill=\"white\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke=\"#0000ff\" ry=\"7\" rx=\"7\" cy=\"0\" cx=\"21\"><\/ellipse> <text x=\"9\" y=\"39\" fill=\"#ffffff\">24<\/text> <\/svg>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+1<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n<p><strong>2024-25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span><p>19<\/p>\n<p>452<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PTS<\/strong><\/span><p>23.8<\/p>\n<p>27.7<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>TRB<\/strong><\/span><p>8.2<\/p>\n<p>11.0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>AST<\/strong><\/span><p>4.5<\/p>\n<p>3.7<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG%<\/strong><\/span><p>44.4<\/p>\n<p>50.1<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG3%<\/strong><\/span><p>29.9<\/p>\n<p>33.9<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FT%<\/strong><\/span><p>88.2<\/p>\n<p>82.8<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>eFG%<\/strong><\/span><p>48.1<\/p>\n<p>53.4<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PER<\/strong><\/span><p>23.4<\/p>\n<p>28.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WS<\/strong><\/span><p>1.4<\/p>\n<p>64.9<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joel Embiid was named the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/awards\/awards_2023.html#all_mvp\">2022-23 NBA MVP<\/a>, the first 76er to win the award since Allen Iverson in 2000-01. Though he is still in the prime of his career, Embiid has cemented himself as one of the best 76ers centers of all time. Embiid made history when he became the NBA\u2019s first foreign-born scoring champ in the 2021-22 season, averaging 30.6 points per game, a feat he would repeat the following season. He is the franchise leader in points per game, at 27.7, as well as the franchise leader in advanced statistics like PER and usage rate. One accomplishment missing from Embiid\u2019s impressive resume, however, is a Larry O\u2019Brien Trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/req\/202106291\/images\/headshots\/malonmo01.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Moses Malone\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/malonmo01.html\">Moses Malone<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\n  <!-- all other pages -->\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  <strong>Moses Eugene Malone<\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n  \n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\n(Chairman of the Boards, Big Mo, Octobull, Modine)\n<\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Position:\n  <\/strong>\n  Center and Power Forward\n\n\n  \n  \u25aa\n  \n  <strong>\n  Shoots:\n  <\/strong>\n  Right\n<\/p>\n\n\n  <p><span>6-10<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>215lb<\/span>&nbsp;(208cm,&nbsp;97kg) <\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n    <p>\n  <strong>Born: <\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1955-03-23\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.fcgi?month=3&amp;day=23\">March 23<\/a>,\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthyears.fcgi?year=1955\">1955<\/a>\n    <\/span>\n  <span>\n    in&nbsp;Petersburg,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthplaces.fcgi?country=US&amp;state=VA\">Virginia<\/a><\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n  <p><strong>Died:<\/strong>\n  <span id=\"necro-death\" data-death=\"2015-09-13\">\n    September&nbsp;13,&nbsp;2015\n   (Aged&nbsp;60-174d)<\/span>\n  <span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  \n  \n\n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      High School:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      Petersburg in Petersburg, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/high_schools.fcgi?country=US&amp;state=VA\">Virginia<\/a>\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>NBA Debut: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/boxscores\/197610210MIL.html\">October 21, 1976<\/a>&nbsp;\u25aa&nbsp;<strong>ABA Debut: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/boxscores\/197410180NYA.html\">October 18, 1974<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Hall of Fame:<\/strong> Inducted as Player in 2001 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/awards\/hof.html\">Full List<\/a>)\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  \n    <strong>Career Length:<\/strong>&nbsp;21 years\n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n    \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"important special\"><a>Hall of Fame<\/a><\/li><li class=\"all_star\"><a>13x All Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>6x TRB Champ<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>1983 NBA Champ<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>8x All-NBA<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>1974-75 All-Rookie<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>2x All-Defensive<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>3x MVP<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>1982-83 Finals MVP<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>ABA All-Time Team<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>NBA 75th Anniv. Team<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder bbr\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=22\" class=\"poptip\">\n             22 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=13\" class=\"poptip\">\n             13 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=20\" class=\"poptip\">\n             20 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=21\" class=\"poptip\">\n             21 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=24\" class=\"poptip\">\n             24 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=2\" class=\"poptip default\">\n             2 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=4\" class=\"poptip\">\n             4 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=4\" class=\"poptip\">\n             4 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=2\" class=\"poptip\">\n             2 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=8\" class=\"poptip\">\n             8 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=2\" class=\"poptip\">\n             2 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+10<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>1455<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PTS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>20.3<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>TRB<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>12.3<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>AST<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>1.3<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>49.5<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG3%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>9.6<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FT%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>76.0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>eFG%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>49.5<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PER<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>22.0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>179.1<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In what may be the greatest free-agent signing in franchise history, the 76ers acquired reigning-MVP Moses Malone just before the 1982-83 season. Malone\u2019s impact was immediate, winning his second consecutive MVP award and leading the team to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/teams\/PHI\/1983.html\">1983 NBA title<\/a> alongside fellow stars Julius Erving and Maurice Cheeks. Malone remained in Philadelphia until 1986 and would later return to the 76ers later in his career for the 1993-94 season. He is the franchise leader in total rebound percentage and is third in offensive rebounds. His number 2 jersey was retired by the 76ers in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" itemscope=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/req\/202106291\/images\/headshots\/mutomdi01.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Dikembe Mutombo\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mutomdi01.html\">Dikembe Mutombo<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\n  <!-- all other pages -->\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n  <p><strong>Pronunciation<\/strong>: \\dih-KEHM-bay moo-TAHM-boh\\<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  <strong>Dikembe Mutombo<\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n    \n  \u25aa\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/twitter.html\">Twitter<\/a>:\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialmutombo\">officialmutombo<\/a>\n  \n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n<span class=\"desc\">(Full name Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo)<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n(Deke, Mt. Mutombo)\n<\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Position:\n  <\/strong>\n  Center\n\n\n  \n  \u25aa\n  \n  <strong>\n  Shoots:\n  <\/strong>\n  Right\n<\/p>\n\n\n  <p><span>7-2<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>245lb<\/span>&nbsp;(218cm,&nbsp;111kg) <\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n    <p>\n  <strong>Born: <\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1966-06-25\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.fcgi?month=6&amp;day=25\">June 25<\/a>,\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthyears.fcgi?year=1966\">1966<\/a>\n    <\/span>\n  <span>\n    in&nbsp;Kinshasa,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthplaces.fcgi?country=CD&amp;state=\">Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a><\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-cd\" style=\"\">cd<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n  <p><strong>Died:<\/strong>\n  <span id=\"necro-death\" data-death=\"2024-09-30\">\n    September&nbsp;30,&nbsp;2024\n   <nobr>(Aged&nbsp;58-097d)<\/nobr><\/span>\n  <span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  <p><strong>Relatives<\/strong>: Nephew&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kabenmf01.html\">Mfiondu&nbsp;Kabengele<\/a> <\/p>\n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      College:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/colleges.fcgi?college=georgetown\">Georgetown<\/a>\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      High School:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      Institute Boboto in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Draft:\n  <\/strong>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/teams\/DEN\/draft.html\">Denver Nuggets<\/a>, 1st round (4th pick, 4th overall), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/draft\/NBA_1991.html\">1991 NBA Draft<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>NBA Debut: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/boxscores\/199111010DEN.html\">November 1, 1991<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Hall of Fame:<\/strong> Inducted as Player in 2015 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/awards\/hof.html\">Full List<\/a>)\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  \n    <strong>Career Length:<\/strong>&nbsp;18 years\n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n    \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"important special\"><a>Hall of Fame<\/a><\/li><li class=\"all_star\"><a>8x All Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>2x TRB Champ<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>3x BLK Champ<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>3x All-NBA<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>1991-92 All-Rookie<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>6x All-Defensive<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>4x Def. 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class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>1196<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PTS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>9.8<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>TRB<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>10.3<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>AST<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>1.0<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>51.8<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG3%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>0.0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FT%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>68.4<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>eFG%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>51.8<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PER<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>17.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>117.0<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 76ers acquired All-Star center Dikembe Mutombo at the 2001 trade deadline and what an acquisition it was. Mutombo earned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/awards\/awards_2001.html#all_dpoy\">Defensive Player of the Year<\/a> averaging 2.5 blocks per game and 7.8 defensive rebounds per game with the Sixers in 2001. As the complementary defensive-minded big man to the scrappy, offensive powerhouse Allen Iverson, Mutombo was a key piece of the 76ers run to the 2001 Finals. Though the duo was no match for Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O\u2019Neal and Mutombo only was with the Sixers through the following season, the Hall of Famer is easily one of the best 76ers centers of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/req\/202106291\/images\/headshots\/dawkida01.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Darryl Dawkins\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dawkida01.html\">Darryl Dawkins<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\n  <!-- all other pages -->\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  <strong>Darryl Dawkins<\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n  \n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\n(Chocolate Thunder, Double D, Dawk, Dr. Dunk, Sir Slam, Zandokan the Mad Dunker, Dunk You Very Much, Candy Slam, Sweet D, Big Dawk, Master of Disaster, Squawkin&#8217; Dawkin, Double D Dunk, Sir Dunk, Dunk It, Pure Pleasure, Cool Breeze, Dr. Jam, Demon of Destin)\n<\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Position:\n  <\/strong>\n  Center\n\n\n  \n  \u25aa\n  \n  <strong>\n  Shoots:\n  <\/strong>\n  Right\n<\/p>\n\n\n  <p><span>6-11<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>251lb<\/span>&nbsp;(211cm,&nbsp;113kg) <\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n    <p>\n  <strong>Born: <\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1957-01-11\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.fcgi?month=1&amp;day=11\">January 11<\/a>,\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthyears.fcgi?year=1957\">1957<\/a>\n    <\/span>\n  <span>\n    in&nbsp;Orlando,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthplaces.fcgi?country=US&amp;state=FL\">Florida<\/a><\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n  <p><strong>Died:<\/strong>\n  <span id=\"necro-death\" data-death=\"2015-08-27\">\n    August&nbsp;27,&nbsp;2015\n   (Aged&nbsp;58-228d)<\/span>\n  <span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  \n  \n\n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      High School:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      Evans in Orlando, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/high_schools.fcgi?country=US&amp;state=FL\">Florida<\/a>\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Draft:\n  <\/strong>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/teams\/PHI\/draft.html\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>, 1st round (5th pick, 5th overall), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/draft\/NBA_1975.html\">1975 NBA Draft<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>NBA Debut: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/boxscores\/197510270PHI.html\">October 27, 1975<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  \n    <strong>Career Length:<\/strong>&nbsp;14 years\n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n    \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder bbr\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=53\" class=\"poptip\">\n             53 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=53\" class=\"poptip\">\n             53 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=53\" class=\"poptip default\">\n             53 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=45\" class=\"poptip\">\n             45 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=50\" class=\"poptip\">\n             50 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>726<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PTS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>12.0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>TRB<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>6.1<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>AST<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>1.3<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>57.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG3%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>13.3<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FT%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>68.5<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>eFG%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>57.2<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PER<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>15.8<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>46.4<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though Moses Malone proved to be the missing piece for a 76ers championship, his predecessor is still considered one of the best 76ers centers of all time. Dawkins forever cemented his place in NBA history even before playing a single professional game by becoming the first player to be drafted directly out of high school when the Sixers selected him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/draft\/NBA_1975.html\">fifth overall in the 1975 NBA Draft<\/a>. After a few seasons developing and adjusting to the level of play in the NBA, Dawkins finally earned starter minutes in the 1979-80 season. His tough and physical style of play endeared him to the Philadelphia faithful, and he led the franchise to Finals appearances in 1980 and 1982.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/req\/202106291\/images\/headshots\/schaydo01.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Dolph Schayes\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/schaydo01.html\">Dolph Schayes<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\n  <!-- all other pages -->\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  <strong>Adolph Schayes<\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n  \n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\n(The Rainbow Kid, No Hands, Dolly)\n<\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Position:\n  <\/strong>\n  Power Forward and Center\n\n\n  \n  \u25aa\n  \n  <strong>\n  Shoots:\n  <\/strong>\n  Right\n<\/p>\n\n\n  <p><span>6-8<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>220lb<\/span>&nbsp;(203cm,&nbsp;99kg) <\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n    <p>\n  <strong>Born: <\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1928-05-19\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.fcgi?month=5&amp;day=19\">May 19<\/a>,\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthyears.fcgi?year=1928\">1928<\/a>\n    <\/span>\n  <span>\n    in&nbsp;New York,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthplaces.fcgi?country=US&amp;state=NY\">New York<\/a><\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n  <p><strong>Died:<\/strong>\n  <span id=\"necro-death\" data-death=\"2015-12-10\">\n    December&nbsp;10,&nbsp;2015\n   (Aged&nbsp;87-205d)<\/span>\n  <span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  <p><strong>Relatives<\/strong>: Son&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/schayda01.html\">Danny&nbsp;Schayes<\/a> <\/p>\n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      College:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/colleges.fcgi?college=newyorku\">NYU<\/a>\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      High School:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      DeWitt Clinton in Bronx, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/high_schools.fcgi?country=US&amp;state=NY\">New York<\/a>\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Draft:\n  <\/strong>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/teams\/NYK\/draft.html\">New York Knicks<\/a>, 1st round (4th pick, 4th overall), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/draft\/BAA_1948.html\">1948 BAA Draft<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>NBA Debut: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/boxscores\/194911030SYR.html\">November 3, 1949<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Hall of Fame:<\/strong> Inducted as Player in 1973 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/awards\/hof.html\">Full List<\/a>)\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  \n    <strong>Career Length:<\/strong>&nbsp;15 years\n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n    \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"important special\"><a>Hall of Fame<\/a><\/li><li class=\"all_star\"><a>12x All Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>1950-51 TRB Champ<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>1955 NBA Champ<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>12x All-NBA<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>NBA 75th Anniv. Team<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder bbr\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=55\" class=\"poptip\">\n             55 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=4\" class=\"poptip default\">\n             4 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=4\" class=\"poptip\">\n             4 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=8\" class=\"poptip\">\n             8 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>996<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PTS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>18.5<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>TRB<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>12.1<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>AST<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>3.1<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>38.0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FT%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>84.9<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PER<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>22.1<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>142.4<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though he split time at power forward and center and played much of his career when the 76ers were the Syracuse Nationals, old-school legend Dolph Schayes should still be considered one of the best 76ers centers of all time. Playing for the franchise from 1949 to 1964, Schayes is still the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/teams\/PHI\/leaders_career.html\">76ers all-time leader in rebounds with 11,256<\/a>. He is second in games played at 996 and third in scoring all time for the franchise with 18,438 points, only behind Hal Greer and Allen Iverson. Schayes was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1973 and had his number 4 jersey retired by the Sixers in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/req\/202106291\/images\/headshots\/ratlith01.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Theo Ratliff\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/ratlith01.html\">Theo Ratliff<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\n  <!-- all other pages -->\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  <strong>Theophalus Curtis Ratliff<\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n    \n  \u25aa\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/twitter.html\">Twitter<\/a>:\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shotblocker42\">shotblocker42<\/a>\n  \n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Position:\n  <\/strong>\n  Center and Power Forward\n\n\n  \n  \u25aa\n  \n  <strong>\n  Shoots:\n  <\/strong>\n  Right\n<\/p>\n\n\n  <p><span>6-10<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>225lb<\/span>&nbsp;(208cm,&nbsp;102kg) <\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n    <p>\n  <strong>Born: <\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1973-04-17\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.fcgi?month=4&amp;day=17\">April 17<\/a>,\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthyears.fcgi?year=1973\">1973<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span>(Age:&nbsp;50-280d)<\/span>\n  <span>\n    in&nbsp;Demopolis,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthplaces.fcgi?country=US&amp;state=AL\">Alabama<\/a><\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      College:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/colleges.fcgi?college=wyoming\">Wyoming<\/a>\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      High School:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      Demopolis in Demopolis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/high_schools.fcgi?country=US&amp;state=AL\">Alabama<\/a>\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Draft:\n  <\/strong>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/teams\/DET\/draft.html\">Detroit Pistons<\/a>, 1st round (18th pick, 18th overall), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/draft\/NBA_1995.html\">1995 NBA Draft<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>NBA Debut: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/boxscores\/199511030DET.html\">November 3, 1995<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  \n    <strong>Career Length:<\/strong>&nbsp;16 years\n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n    \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"all_star\"><a>1x All Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\" poptip\"><a>3x BLK Champ<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>2x All-Defensive<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder bbr\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=42\" class=\"poptip default\">\n             42 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=42\" class=\"poptip\">\n             42 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=42\" class=\"poptip\">\n             42 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=42\" class=\"poptip\">\n             42 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=42\" class=\"poptip\">\n             42 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=50\" class=\"poptip\">\n             50 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=42\" class=\"poptip\">\n             42 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=50\" class=\"poptip\">\n             50 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=42\" class=\"poptip\">\n             42 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=42\" class=\"poptip\">\n             42 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=50\" class=\"poptip\">\n             50 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+10<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>810<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PTS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>7.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>TRB<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>5.7<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>AST<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>0.6<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>49.6<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG3%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>0.0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FT%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>71.0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>eFG%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>49.6<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PER<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>14.3<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>47.9<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Theo Ratliff had two stints in Philadelphia, one from 1997-2001 and another during the 2008-09 season. After being traded to the Sixers from the Detroit Pistons in 1997, Ratliff\u2019s stats improved as he averaged 11.2 points, 3.5 blocks and 7.3 rebounds per game in his first season with the team, all then-career highs for Ratliff. He earned All-Defensive team honors in 1999 and was named an All-Star in 2001 after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/leaders\/blk_per_g_yearly.html\">leading the league with 3.7 blocks per game<\/a>. Ratliff was traded that season for Dikembe Mutombo but still should be regarded among the best 76ers centers of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"nothumb\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonesca01.html\">Caldwell Jones<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\n  <!-- all other pages -->\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  <strong>Caldwell Jones<\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n  \n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\n(Pops, C.J., The Doctor of Defense)\n<\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Position:\n  <\/strong>\n  Center and Power Forward\n\n\n  \n  \u25aa\n  \n  <strong>\n  Shoots:\n  <\/strong>\n  Right\n<\/p>\n\n\n  <p><span>6-11<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>217lb<\/span>&nbsp;(211cm,&nbsp;98kg) <\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n    <p>\n  <strong>Born: <\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1950-08-04\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.fcgi?month=8&amp;day=4\">August 4<\/a>,\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthyears.fcgi?year=1950\">1950<\/a>\n    <\/span>\n  <span>\n    in&nbsp;McGehee,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthplaces.fcgi?country=US&amp;state=AR\">Arkansas<\/a><\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-us\">us<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n  <p><strong>Died:<\/strong>\n  <span id=\"necro-death\" data-death=\"2014-09-21\">\n    September&nbsp;21,&nbsp;2014\n   (Aged&nbsp;64-048d)<\/span>\n  <span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  <p><strong>Relatives<\/strong>: Brothers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonesch01.html\">Charles&nbsp;Jones<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonesma01.html\">Major&nbsp;Jones<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/joneswi02.html\">Wil&nbsp;Jones<\/a> <\/p>\n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      College:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/colleges.fcgi?college=albanyst\">Albany State University<\/a>\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      High School:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      Desha Central in Rohwer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/high_schools.fcgi?country=US&amp;state=AR\">Arkansas<\/a>\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Draft:\n  <\/strong>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/teams\/PHI\/draft.html\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>, 2nd round (14th pick, 32nd overall), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/draft\/NBA_1973.html\">1973 NBA Draft<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>NBA Debut: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/boxscores\/197610220PHI.html\">October 22, 1976<\/a>&nbsp;\u25aa&nbsp;<strong>ABA Debut: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/boxscores\/197310100SAA.html\">October 10, 1973<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  \n    <strong>Career Length:<\/strong>&nbsp;17 years\n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n    \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n<ul id=\"bling\">\n\n<li class=\"all_star\"><a>1x All Star<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a>2x All-Defensive<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder bbr\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=3\" class=\"poptip\">\n             3 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=3\" class=\"poptip\">\n             3 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=3\" class=\"poptip\">\n             3 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=3\" class=\"poptip\">\n             3 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=11\" class=\"poptip\">\n             11 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=11\" class=\"poptip default\">\n             11 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=27\" class=\"poptip\">\n             27 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=39\" class=\"poptip\">\n             39 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=27\" class=\"poptip\">\n             27 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=27\" class=\"poptip\">\n             27 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+9<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>1299<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PTS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>7.9<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>TRB<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>8.2<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>AST<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>1.4<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>47.4<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG3%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>12.3<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FT%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>75.6<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>eFG%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>47.5<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PER<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>12.1<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>66.2<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although he split time at the five with Darryl Dawkins during his time with the 76ers, Caldwell \u201cPops\u201d Jones should be considered one of the best 76ers centers of all time. Jones was a powerhouse on the boards and a defensive menace who spent six seasons in Philadelphia. He is fourth all time in defensive rebounds for the franchise and seventh all time in offensive rebounds. As the Sixers developed into one of the NBA&#8217;s best teams in the early 1980s, Jones\u2019 contributions were recognized by the league as he earned First Team All-Defensive honors in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/awards\/awards_1981.html#all_leading_all_defense\">1981<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/awards\/awards_1982.html#all_leading_all_defense\">1982<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/req\/202106291\/images\/headshots\/dalemsa01.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Samuel Dalembert\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dalemsa01.html\">Samuel Dalembert<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\n  <!-- all other pages -->\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n  <p><strong>Pronunciation<\/strong>: \\DAL-em-behr\\<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  <strong>Samuel Davis Dalembert<\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n  \n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\n(Haitian Sensation, Slammin&#8217; Sammy)\n<\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Position:\n  <\/strong>\n  Center\n\n\n  \n  \u25aa\n  \n  <strong>\n  Shoots:\n  <\/strong>\n  Right\n<\/p>\n\n\n  <p><span>6-11<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>255lb<\/span>&nbsp;(211cm,&nbsp;115kg) <\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n    <p>\n  <strong>Born: <\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1981-05-10\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.fcgi?month=5&amp;day=10\">May 10<\/a>,\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthyears.fcgi?year=1981\">1981<\/a>\n    <\/span> <span>(Age:&nbsp;42-257d)<\/span>\n  <span>\n    in&nbsp;Port-Au-Prince,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthplaces.fcgi?country=HT&amp;state=\">Haiti<\/a><\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-ht\">ht<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      College:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/colleges.fcgi?college=setonhall\">Seton Hall<\/a>\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n  <p>\n    <strong>\n    \n      High School:\n    \n    <\/strong>\n    \n      Saint Patrick in Elizabeth, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/high_schools.fcgi?country=US&amp;state=NJ\">New Jersey<\/a>\n    \n  <\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>Recruiting Rank: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/awards\/recruit_rankings_1999.html\">1999<\/a> (29)\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Draft:\n  <\/strong>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/teams\/PHI\/draft.html\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>, 1st round (26th pick, 26th overall), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/draft\/NBA_2001.html\">2001 NBA Draft<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>NBA Debut: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/boxscores\/200112040SAC.html\">December 4, 2001<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n  \n\n  \n<p>\n  \n    <strong>Career Length:<\/strong>&nbsp;13 years\n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n  \n\n    \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- div#meta -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"uni_holder bbr\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=1\" class=\"poptip default\">\n             1 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=1\" class=\"poptip\">\n             1 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=10\" class=\"poptip\">\n             10 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=21\" class=\"poptip\">\n             21 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=21\" class=\"poptip\">\n             21 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=1\" class=\"poptip\">\n             1 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/numbers.cgi?number=11\" class=\"poptip\">\n             11 \n\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div class=\"counter opener\" data-class=\"open\" data-id=\"info\" data-control-id=\"meta_more_button\" data-type=\"hide_after\" data-has-listener=\"true\">+6<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"stats_pullout\">\n<div><div>\n<span><strong>SUMMARY<\/strong><\/span>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Career<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"p1\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>G<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>886<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PTS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>7.7<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>TRB<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>7.8<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>AST<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>0.5<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p2\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>52.1<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FG3%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>8.3<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>FT%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>70.6<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>eFG%<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>52.1<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"p3\">\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>PER<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>15.4<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div>\n<span class=\"poptip\"><strong>WS<\/strong><\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>51.3<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Haitian Sensation, Samuel Dalembert, spent nine seasons with the 76ers between 2001 and 2010, though he did not play in 2002-03 due to injury. Dalembert was never a dominant big for the Sixers like his predecessor Dikembe Mutombo, but he was remarkably consistent across the better part of a decade he played in Philadelphia. In his eight seasons played, Dalembert averaged just under two blocks, 8.3 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/draft\/NBA_2001.html\">Just the third Haitian-born player drafted<\/a>, Dalembert spent 13 total seasons in the NBA and just under two seasons in China before retiring from professional basketball in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"info\" class=\"players open\">\n\t<div id=\"meta\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"media-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/req\/202106291\/images\/headshots\/bolma01.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Manute Bol\">\n<\/div><!-- div.media-item --><div>\n\t<h2>\n\t\t<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bolma01.html\">Manute Bol<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\n  <!-- all other pages -->\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n    \n  \n  <p><strong>Pronunciation<\/strong>: \\muh-NOOT BOHL\\<\/p>\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  <strong>Manute Bol<\/strong>\n  <\/strong>\n  \n  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\n(Raan Cheg, &#8216;Nute, Iron Bol, The Dinka Dunker, Minutiae, The Project, &#8216;Nute Blockne, Rudy, The Human Pencil in Sneakers)\n<\/p>\n  \n\n\n\n  \n<p>\n  <strong>\n  Position:\n  <\/strong>\n  Center\n\n\n  \n  \u25aa\n  \n  <strong>\n  Shoots:\n  <\/strong>\n  Right\n<\/p>\n\n\n  <p><span>7-7<\/span>,&nbsp;<span>200lb<\/span>&nbsp;(231cm,&nbsp;90kg) <\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n    <p>\n  <strong>Born: <\/strong>\n    <span id=\"necro-birth\" data-birth=\"1962-10-16\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthdays.fcgi?month=10&amp;day=16\">October 16<\/a>,\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthyears.fcgi?year=1962\">1962<\/a>\n    <\/span>\n  <span>\n    in&nbsp;Gogrial,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/friv\/birthplaces.fcgi?country=SS&amp;state=\">South Sudan<\/a><\/span>\n  <span class=\"f-i f-ss\">ss<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  \n\n  \n  <p><strong>Died:<\/strong>\n  <span id=\"necro-death\" data-death=\"2010-06-19\">\n    June&nbsp;19,&nbsp;2010\n   (Aged&nbsp;47-246d)<\/span>\n  <span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n  <p><strong>Relatives<\/strong>: Nephew&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jokpe01.html\">Peter&nbsp;Jok<\/a>; 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Though his most statistically remarkable seasons came before his time with the 76ers, Bol\u2019s contributions over his four seasons in Philadelphia are enough that he should be considered among the best 76ers centers of all time. He averaged 2.7 blocks with the Sixers, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/teams\/PHI\/leaders_career.html\">ninth all time in total blocks for the team and remains the franchise leader in block percentage at 9.4%<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1715961857577\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Who is the best center in Sixers history?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">It would be tough to argue that the best center in 76ers history isn&#8217;t Wilt Chamberlain, one of the greatest to ever play the game. 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