Joel Embiid had the most points per game by a center in 2021-22, with 30.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA scoring with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders 2022 centers

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	30.6	2021-22	PHI	68	33.8	11.7	4.2	1.1	1.5	9.8	19.6	49.9	1.4	3.7	37.1	9.6	11.8	81.4	61.6	2.1	9.6	3.1	2,296	2,079	796	284	77	99	214	181	+367
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	27.1	2021-22	DEN	74	33.4	13.8	7.9	1.5	0.9	10.3	17.7	58.3	1.3	3.9	33.7	5.1	6.3	81.0	66.1	2.8	11.0	3.8	2,475	2,004	1,019	584	109	63	281	191	+442
3	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	24.6	2021-22	MIN	74	33.4	9.8	3.6	1.0	1.1	8.7	16.4	52.9	2.0	4.9	41.0	5.2	6.3	82.2	64.0	2.6	7.2	3.1	2,475	1,818	727	269	72	83	226	267	+274
4	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	17.8	2021-22	NOP	74	30.3	11.4	2.6	0.6	0.8	6.9	12.7	54.4	0.8	2.1	36.1	3.2	3.9	82.0	61.7	3.1	8.3	2.4	2,240	1,314	843	190	41	60	179	247	+67
5	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	17.6	2021-22	CHI	73	33.1	11.0	3.2	1.0	1.0	7.5	15.8	47.3	1.4	4.5	31.4	1.3	1.7	76.0	53.3	1.9	9.1	1.9	2,417	1,288	804	236	70	71	136	181	-52
6	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	17.2	2021-22	PHX	58	29.5	10.2	1.4	0.7	0.7	7.6	12.0	63.4	0.1	0.3	36.8	1.8	2.4	74.6	65.6	2.6	7.7	1.6	1,713	997	593	84	40	40	91	142	+344
7	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	16.3	2021-22	MEM	78	27.3	5.8	1.1	0.9	2.3	5.5	13.3	41.5	1.6	5.1	31.9	3.6	4.4	82.3	53.5	1.5	4.3	1.7	2,126	1,272	454	86	73	177	130	272	+361
8	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	15.6	2021-22	UTA	66	32.1	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	5.5	7.7	71.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.6	6.7	69.0	73.2	3.7	11.0	1.8	2,120	1,027	968	72	45	137	119	176	+417
9	Wendell Carter Jr. W. Carter Jr.	15.0	2021-22	ORL	62	29.9	10.5	2.8	0.6	0.7	5.8	11.0	52.5	1.1	3.5	32.7	2.3	3.3	69.1	60.1	2.2	8.2	1.9	1,852	931	648	171	36	43	117	169	-134
10	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	15.0	2021-22	CLE	69	33.8	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	6.1	12.0	50.8	0.3	1.3	25.0	2.4	3.7	66.3	54.9	2.1	6.2	1.9	2,331	1,034	570	174	56	115	133	147	+94
11	Jakob Poeltl J. Poeltl	13.5	2021-22	SAS	68	29.0	9.3	2.8	0.7	1.7	6.0	9.8	61.8	0.0	0.0	100.0	1.4	2.8	49.5	61.3	3.9	5.5	1.6	1,969	915	634	189	45	118	109	212	+117
12	Montrezl Harrell M. Harrell	13.1	2021-22	TOT	71	23.1	6.1	2.0	0.4	0.6	5.0	7.8	64.5	0.1	0.2	23.5	3.0	4.2	71.6	68.0	2.1	4.0	1.0	1,640	932	431	145	29	43	72	137	+82
13	Clint Capela C. Capela	11.1	2021-22	ATL	74	27.6	11.9	1.2	0.7	1.3	5.0	8.2	61.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	2.3	47.3	60.4	3.8	8.1	0.6	2,041	820	877	92	55	93	44	166	+125
14	Mo Bamba M. Bamba	10.6	2021-22	ORL	71	25.7	8.1	1.2	0.5	1.7	4.2	8.7	48.0	1.5	4.0	38.1	0.8	1.0	78.1	58.2	2.1	6.0	1.1	1,824	756	572	85	38	118	77	182	-373
15	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	10.3	2021-22	LAC	76	24.4	8.5	1.6	0.5	1.0	4.1	6.5	62.6	0.0	0.0		2.2	3.0	72.7	66.0	2.9	5.6	1.5	1,851	785	644	120	36	77	114	203	-130
16	Al Horford A. Horford	10.2	2021-22	BOS	69	29.1	7.7	3.4	0.7	1.3	3.9	8.2	46.7	1.3	3.8	33.6	1.2	1.4	84.2	57.4	1.6	6.1	0.9	2,005	701	530	232	49	92	65	130	+386
17	Robert Williams III R. Williams III	10.0	2021-22	BOS	61	29.6	9.6	2.0	0.9	2.2	4.4	6.0	73.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.5	72.2	74.5	3.9	5.7	1.0	1,804	607	588	121	56	134	63	137	+370
18	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	9.6	2021-22	HOU	72	20.7	5.5	2.6	0.8	0.9	3.5	7.3	47.4	0.4	1.6	24.8	2.3	3.2	71.1	55.2	1.9	3.5	2.0	1,489	692	393	185	59	68	145	214	-309
19	Jaxson Hayes J. Hayes	9.3	2021-22	NOP	70	20.0	4.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	3.5	5.7	61.6	0.3	0.8	35.1	2.1	2.7	76.6	68.0	1.6	2.9	0.8	1,397	654	315	43	33	55	54	155	+22
20	JaVale McGee J. McGee	9.2	2021-22	PHX	74	15.8	6.7	0.6	0.3	1.1	3.9	6.2	62.9	0.0	0.1	22.2	1.4	2.0	69.9	65.1	2.2	4.5	1.3	1,172	680	496	42	22	81	98	181	+120
21	Moritz Wagner M. Wagner	9.0	2021-22	ORL	63	15.2	3.7	1.4	0.3	0.2	3.1	6.3	49.7	1.0	3.2	32.8	1.7	2.0	80.6	62.3	0.7	3.0	0.9	959	564	232	87	20	13	56	123	-150
22	Chimezie Metu C. Metu	8.9	2021-22	SAC	60	21.3	5.6	1.0	0.9	0.5	3.4	7.5	45.2	1.0	3.1	30.6	1.2	1.5	78.0	54.6	0.6	5.0	1.0	1,279	534	335	60	51	32	61	93	-154
23	Dwight Powell D. Powell	8.7	2021-22	DAL	82	21.9	4.9	1.2	0.5	0.5	3.3	4.9	67.1	0.2	0.5	35.1	2.0	2.6	78.3	72.5	2.1	2.8	0.8	1,798	717	404	97	37	39	64	220	+74
24	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	8.5	2021-22	NYK	72	25.7	8.6	0.5	0.8	1.8	3.6	4.8	76.1	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.5	48.6	72.2	4.1	4.5	0.8	1,848	610	617	38	58	133	60	195	-81
25	Isaiah Stewart I. Stewart	8.3	2021-22	DET	71	25.6	8.7	1.2	0.3	1.1	3.5	6.9	51.0	0.2	0.6	32.6	1.0	1.5	71.8	55.0	3.2	5.5	1.2	1,816	589	617	82	22	78	85	211	-367