most 35 point games for a center in a season since 1976

Since 1975-76, Joel Embiid has the most games by a center with 35+ points in a season, with 28 games in 2022-23.

Interpreted as:

most 35 or more point games for a center in a season since 1976

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28	1,148	2022-23	PHI	36.4	41.0	10.8	4.0	1.1	2.0	14.1	23.1	61.3	1.2	3.1	38.4	11.5	13.4	85.9	70.7	2.1	8.6	3.6	1,018	301	112	31	57	100	94	+274
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	25	1,020	1981-82	HOU	44.5	40.8	17.0	1.6	1.4	1.5	15.4	26.8	57.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	10.0	12.6	79.1	63.0			3.2	1,113	424	39	34	37	79	66
3	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	25	1,013	1975-76	BUF		40.5	13.1				15.5	28.0	55.2				9.6	12.3	77.6	60.5					327
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	23	911	1999-00	LAL	42.9	39.6	14.7	3.7	0.5	2.7	15.7	25.6	61.6	0.0	0.0		8.1	14.0	58.1	62.4	5.1	9.6	3.2	987	339	84	11	62	74	75	+154
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	22	880	2021-22	PHI	36.0	40.0	13.6	4.2	1.0	1.8	13.0	22.8	57.0	1.7	3.8	44.6	12.3	14.9	82.6	68.1	2.5	11.1	3.4	792	300	93	22	40	75	61	+201
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	22	871	1993-94	ORL	41.3	39.6	14.4	2.5	1.0	2.9	16.1	24.0	66.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.4	12.4	59.9	67.1	5.8	8.6	2.3	909	317	56	22	64	51	62
7	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	21	833	1989-90	NYK	41.2	39.7	14.1	2.9	1.1	4.2	15.4	24.3	63.2	0.0	0.1	50.0	8.9	11.1	79.8	67.9	4.0	10.0	3.6	866	296	61	24	89	75	82
8	Anthony Davis A. Davis	20	790	2016-17	NOP	39.0	39.5	14.2	2.5	1.7	2.5	14.7	26.3	55.7	1.3	2.8	44.6	9.0	11.0	81.7	63.5	2.8	11.4	2.1	781	283	50	33	50	41	47	+95
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	20	786	1994-95	ORL	40.6	39.3	13.1	2.0	0.8	2.6	15.7	24.8	63.1	0.0	0.0		8.0	14.6	55.0	63.0	5.5	7.6	2.7	812	261	39	16	51	53	60
10	David Robinson D. Robinson	18	745	1993-94	SAS	43.0	41.4	12.4	4.9	1.9	4.0	14.8	25.6	58.0	0.2	0.6	36.4	11.5	15.0	76.7	64.4	3.6	8.8	3.4	774	224	88	35	72	61	44
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	17	716	2023-24	PHI	34.0	42.1	12.2	5.4	1.5	1.8	13.9	24.3	57.4	1.2	3.6	32.8	13.1	14.3	91.4	68.9	3.2	9.0	3.1	578	207	92	26	31	52	50	+201
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	17	660	2020-21	PHI	34.0	38.8	11.6	2.9	1.2	1.3	12.4	21.6	57.1	1.6	3.4	47.4	12.5	14.2	88.4	69.6	2.9	8.7	3.1	579	197	50	20	22	52	35	+128
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	15	588	1994-95	HOU	41.5	39.2	11.5	4.4	1.7	3.1	15.1	25.7	59.0	0.1	0.1	50.0	8.9	11.2	79.2	64.1	1.9	9.5	3.6	623	172	66	26	47	54	56
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	14	547	1995-96	HOU	41.6	39.1	11.3	3.9	1.9	3.1	14.9	25.4	58.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	9.4	12.1	77.5	63.6	2.9	8.4	3.6	583	158	54	27	43	50	40
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	14	534	1993-94	HOU	43.5	38.1	13.1	3.5	1.4	3.1	15.3	26.1	58.5	0.1	0.4	16.7	7.5	9.4	80.2	63.0	2.9	10.2	3.4	609	183	49	19	44	47	45
16	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	13	485	2023-24	DEN	37.9	37.3	14.6	8.5	1.7	0.8	14.8	25.2	59.0	1.5	4.6	33.3	6.1	7.9	76.7	65.1	3.5	11.2	2.7	493	190	111	22	11	35	34	+124
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	13	501	2021-22	DEN	37.2	38.5	15.4	7.8	1.8	1.3	15.2	23.4	65.1	1.3	3.5	37.0	6.8	8.5	79.3	71.0	3.1	12.3	4.5	484	200	102	23	17	58	37	+151
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	13	519	2020-21	DEN	39.3	39.9	10.6	7.2	1.5	0.9	15.8	26.9	58.9	2.8	5.5	50.0	5.5	6.2	87.7	67.3	3.3	7.3	2.7	510	138	94	19	12	35	38	+76
19	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	13	516	2016-17	TOT	36.7	39.7	14.5	3.7	1.6	1.3	13.1	25.7	50.9	3.2	6.5	49.4	10.3	12.8	80.2	63.3	3.2	11.2	3.6	477	188	48	21	17	47	48	+81
20	Moses Malone M. Malone	13	514	1980-81	HOU	43.4	39.5	17.2	1.2		1.6	14.9	23.5	63.6	0.0			9.7	12.5	77.3	68.2				564	223	16		21		42
21	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	13	485	1977-78	NYK	44.5	37.3	15.9	3.7			14.5	24.9	58.0				8.4	11.2	74.7	62.5				578	207	48				54
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	13	493	1975-76	LAL	45.2	37.9	18.6	5.2		4.9	14.6	25.1	58.3				8.7	11.5	75.3	62.9				588	242	67		64		48
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	12	464	2018-19	PHI	35.4	38.7	16.3	3.1	1.2	1.8	11.5	20.8	55.4	2.0	4.8	41.4	13.7	16.2	84.5	69.4	3.4	12.9	3.4	425	196	37	14	22	41	42	+49
24	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	12	474	2015-16	SAC	39.2	39.5	13.4	2.6	1.8	1.5	14.1	26.1	54.0	1.3	3.3	40.0	10.0	13.3	75.5	61.9	3.2	10.3	4.8	471	161	31	22	18	57	48	+92
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	12	470	2001-02	LAL	39.8	39.2	12.8	3.1	0.5	2.4	15.1	22.9	65.8	0.0	0.0		9.0	15.9	56.5	65.5	4.8	8.0	2.9	477	153	37	6	29	35	33	+122