Please note that this does not reflect the last five Centers inducted but rather the previous five peak runs of that particular player.  Also, we are going with what each player predominantly played.  For some positions, we see very different players who bring unique skill sets, and at Center, that is very much the case.

The five Centers we are using as the baseline are:

Pau Gasol.  Class of 2023 & Peak Period 2008-09 to 2014-15:  Gasol’s brother, Marc, is more associated with the Center position than Pau, but Pau played more minutes at Center than Power Forward, especially in his peak Lakers period. 

Chris Bosh.  Class of 2021 & Peak Period 2005-06 to 2011-12:  Like Pau Gasol, Bosh played a lot of time at Power Forward and bluntly looks more like a PF than a C.  Nevertheless, we have to go by what he logged more minutes at, and we have CB4 slotted here.

Ben Wallace.  Class of 2021 & Peak Period 2000-01 to 2006-07:  With Wallace and the next three, we do not doubt these are pure Centers!  Wallace was not a scorer like the others, so he skews those metrics lower but elevates defensive averages.

Shaquille O’Neal.  Class of 2016 & Peak Period 1994-95 to 2000-01:  Shaq is the gold standard of these five, and when he falls off the recent five Centers, the bar metrics across the board will fall.

Yao Ming.  Class of 2016 & Peak Period 2002-03 to 2008-09: Yao Ming is the opposite of Shaq, not because he wasn’t good, but because his career was so brief, it will have the opposite impact on the overall totals.

Peak Period is the best seven consecutive seasons by a player.*All-NBA have weighted points.  3 for the First Team, 2 for the Second Team, and 1 for the Third Team.

MVP and Defensive Player of the Year have weighted points.  10 for 1^st Place, 9 for 2^nd Place, 8 for 3^rd Place, 7 for 4^th Place, 6 for 5^th Place, 5 for 6^th Place, 4 for 7^th Place, 3 for 8^th Place, 2 for 9^th Place and 1 for 10^th Place.

All-Defensive have weighted points.  2 for the First Team, 1 for the Second Team.