NBA Centers Final Real Player Ratings and Real Player Production, 2009-10

NBA CENTERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are centers.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

SCALE FOR REGULAR SEASON REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR CENTERS
Perfect Center for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.150 and more
Historic Super Star Center 1.050 1.149
Super Star Center 0.950 1.049
A Star Center / A well above normal starter 0.870 0.949
Very Good Center / A solid starter 0.810 0.869
Major Role Player Center / Good enough to start 0.750 0.809
Good Role Player Center / Often a good 6th man 0.690 0.749
Satisfactory Role Player Center / Generally should not start 0.630 0.689
Marginal Role Player Center / Should never start 0.570 0.629
Poor Center / 0.510 0.569
Very Poor Center 0.450 0.509
Extremely Poor Center .449 and less

NBA CENTERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of centers
--Includes all tracked actions and includes untracked or hidden defending
--The average Real Player Rating for NBA centers who play 300 minutes or more is about .750
--The evaluation scale above is custom made for centers
--All centers who have played at least 300 minutes are included

MAJOR HISTORIC SUPERSTAR CENTERS
None

HISTORIC SUPERSTAR CENTERS
1 Dwight Howard ORLA C 1.121
2 Andrew Bogut MILW C 1.112
3 Marcus Camby LACL C 1.071
4 Greg Oden PORT C 1.060

SUPERSTAR CENTERS
5 David Lee NWYR C 0.971
6 Al Horford ATLA C 0.970
7 Marcus Camby PORT C 0.967
8 Joakim Noah CHIC C 0.955

STAR CENTERS
9 Andrew Bynum LALK C 0.936
10 Anderson Varejao CLEV C 0.933
11 Brendan Haywood DALL C 0.929
12 Marc Gasol MEMP C 0.885
13 Roy Hibbert INDI C 0.880
14 Ben Wallace DETR C 0.877

VERY GOOD CENTERS / SOLID STARTERS
15 Samuel Dalembert PHIL C 0.864
16 Al Jefferson MINN C 0.856
17 Nene Hilario DENV C 0.852
18 Shaquille O'Neal CLEV C 0.842
19 Erick Dampier DALL C 0.826
20 Andris Biedrins GOLS C 0.825
21 Nazr Mohammed CHAR C 0.818

MAJOR ROLE PLAYER CENTERS / GOOD ENOUGH TO START
22 Kendrick Perkins BOST C 0.807
23 Jermaine O'Neal MIAM C 0.805
24 Mehmet Okur UTAH C 0.800
25 Chris Kaman LACL C 0.783
26 Joel Przybilla PORT C 0.782
27 Ronny Turiaf GOLS C 0.774
28 Andray Blatche WASH C 0.770
29 Brook Lopez NJRS C 0.770
30 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLEV C 0.758
31 Dan Gadzuric MILW C 0.754

THE AVERAGE REAL PLAYER RATING FOR NBA CENTERS
for all power forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .750

GOOD ROLE PLAYER CENTERS / OFTEN GOOD 6TH MAN PLAYERS
32 Oleksiy Pecherov MINN C 0.748
33 Brendan Haywood WASH C 0.744
34 Emeka Okafor NORL C 0.742
35 Channing Frye PHNX C 0.731
36 D.J. Mbenga LALK C 0.725
37 Brad Miller CHIC C 0.720
38 Josh Boone NJRS C 0.718
39 David Andersen HOUS C 0.715
40 Tyson Chandler CHAR C 0.709
41 JaVale McGee WASH C 0.694

SATISFACTORY ROLE PLAYER CENTERS / GENERALLY SHOULD NOT START
42 Robin Lopez PHNX C 0.684
43 Spencer Hawes SACR C 0.680
44 Darko Milicic MINN C 0.674
45 Kyrylo Fesenko UTAH C 0.662
46 Theo Ratliff CHAR C 0.650
47 Nenad Krstic OKLA C 0.642
48 Rasho Nesterovic TORO C 0.637
49 Johan Petro DENV C 0.635

MARGINAL ROLE PLAYER CENTERS / SHOULD NEVER START
50 Joel Anthony MIAM C 0.624
51 Hasheem Thabeet MEMP C 0.605
52 Jamaal Magloire MIAM C 0.594
53 Andrea Bargnani TORO C 0.591

POOR CENTERS
54 Mikki Moore GOLS C 0.561
55 Zaza Pachulia ATLA C 0.538
56 Etan Thomas OKLA C 0.538
57 DeAndre Jordan LACL C 0.512

VERY POOR CENTERS
58 Fabricio Oberto WASH C 0.468
59 Kwame Brown DETR C 0.452

EXTREMELY POOR CENTERS
60 Chris Wilcox DETR C 0.417
61 Ryan Hollins MINN C 0.351
62 Brian Scalabrine BOST C 0.329

NBA CENTERS' REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows how much of real basketball value centers really produced
--Includes all tracked actions and includes the value of untracked or hidden defending
--All centers who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN 4,000
None

3,500 to 3,999
None

3,000 to 3,499
1 Dwight Howard ORLA C 3188.26

2,500 to 2,999
2 David Lee NWYR C 2931.94
3 Al Horford ATLA C 2758.25

2,000 to 2,499
4 Andrew Bogut MILW C 2478.50
5 Nene Hilario DENV C 2347.75
6 Brook Lopez NJRS C 2330.73
7 Marc Gasol MEMP C 2184.22
8 Al Jefferson MINN C 2108.33
9 Chris Kaman LACL C 2042.48
10 Anderson Varejao CLEV C 2021.27

1,500 to 1,999
11 Andrew Bynum LALK C 1850.72
12 Joakim Noah CHIC C 1838.35
13 Samuel Dalembert PHIL C 1834.13
14 Roy Hibbert INDI C 1790.71
15 Emeka Okafor NORL C 1757.82
16 Kendrick Perkins BOST C 1739.32
17 Andray Blatche WASH C 1738.22
18 Ben Wallace DETR C 1731.40
19 Mehmet Okur UTAH C 1718.32
20 Marcus Camby LACL C 1708.59
21 Andrea Bargnani TORO C 1652.96
22 Jermaine O'Neal MIAM C 1603.27
23 Channing Frye PHNX C 1601.49

1,000 to 1,499
24 Brad Miller CHIC C 1403.75
25 Spencer Hawes SACR C 1295.48
26 Brendan Haywood WASH C 1200.50
27 Nenad Krstic OKLA C 1117.57
28 Erick Dampier DALL C 1056.96
29 Shaquille O'Neal CLEV C 1043.80
30 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLEV C 1015.47

500 to 999
31 Joel Anthony MIAM C 824.79
32 Tyson Chandler CHAR C 823.99
33 Nazr Mohammed CHAR C 804.56
34 Josh Boone NJRS C 750.49
35 Marcus Camby PORT C 694.15
36 Brendan Haywood DALL C 688.70
37 Ronny Turiaf GOLS C 675.34
38 Robin Lopez PHNX C 674.55
39 JaVale McGee WASH C 671.77
40 David Andersen HOUS C 637.18
41 Andris Biedrins GOLS C 629.56
42 Zaza Pachulia ATLA C 586.19
43 DeAndre Jordan LACL C 582.32
44 Hasheem Thabeet MEMP C 534.06
45 Joel Przybilla PORT C 532.73
46 Greg Oden PORT C 532.04

LESS THAN 500
47 Ryan Hollins MINN C 429.81
48 Darko Milicic MINN C 414.09
49 Theo Ratliff CHAR C 405.57
50 Oleksiy Pecherov MINN C 334.46
51 Fabricio Oberto WASH C 304.25
52 Kwame Brown DETR C 298.23
53 Johan Petro DENV C 276.69
54 Kyrylo Fesenko UTAH C 270.30
55 Rasho Nesterovic TORO C 263.24
56 D.J. Mbenga LALK C 257.44
57 Dan Gadzuric MILW C 236.68
58 Mikki Moore GOLS C 227.90
59 Jamaal Magloire MIAM C 213.39
60 Chris Wilcox DETR C 183.92
61 Etan Thomas OKLA C 172.55
62 Brian Scalabrine BOST C 155.20

OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
The offensive and the defensive sub ratings for these centers follow in the next Report.

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