Most dominant playoff scoring center in NBA history?

[Deuce Bigalow]

Kareem, Shaq, or Hakeem? Who you got?

[Milbuck]

[ThePhantomCreep]

Kareem averaged 29ppg a game in the postseason until age 36...after which he was only good for about 23-25 a game until he hit 40.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Kareem for sure for consistency and longevity. Shaq was his equal at his best but Shaq also got fatter and was less skilled scoring the basketball so he has smaller window than Kareem

[navy]

3 straight FMVPs are no joke.

[WillC]

For me it has to be as follows:

1) Wilt Chamberlain
2) Shaquille O'Neal
3) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Hakeem would probably be fourth, but you could make a case for David Robinson.

[qrich]

Agenda driven thread is agenda driven

[Round Mound]

Shaq

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

For me it has to be as follows:

1) Wilt Chamberlain
2) Shaquille O'Neal
3) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Hakeem would probably be fourth, but you could make a case for David Robinson.

u could make a case for Robinson over Hakeem as playoff scorer

[Cold soul]

Shaq for me. I mean three straight FMVP with total dominance he showed was unbelievable. You can make solid case Shaq had the GOAT peak. I wasn't alive to have seen Wilt or Kareem play so I have no say in the matter.

[ThePhantomCreep]

For me it has to be as follows:

1) Wilt Chamberlain
2) Shaquille O'Neal
3) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Hakeem would probably be fourth, but you could make a case for David Robinson.

Wilt has the lowest PPG and TS% of the four players. His scoring famously dropped in the playoffs. I see no case for him.

Wilt: 7 regular season scoring titles; 1 postseason scoring title
Shaq: 2 regular season; 1 postseason
Hakeem: 0 regular season; 2 postseason (not counting 1988 as he only played 4 games).
Kareem: 2 regular season; 5 postseason

[rhowen4]

well wilt can't have this one

[The-Legend-24]

Lowkey taking shots at LAZERUSS.

[LAZERUSS]

Just for the fun of it...

How many of those guys had FOUR playoff series of 37.0 ppg, 37.0 ppg, 38.6 ppg, and 38.7 ppg?

And this one is really good...how many of them had FOUR 50+ point games, including THREE in MUST-WIN games? Or a 45 point MUST-WIN game in the Finals?

[T_L_P]

It's Kareem