The 5 Best Center in the NBA 2022-23 Season, Ranked

Here we are, another list where we rank the best position players in the NBA’s 2022-23 campaign. Last month, we ranked the best guards in the NBA, and now we focus on the league’s best centers. Considering the game is evolving into positionless basketball, it was a little tougher to nail this one down. Sometimes centers play the four, and sometimes forwards play the five. Hell, you might have an instance where a 6-4 guard plays as a small-ball center. So, there might be some additions and omissions on this list that would have you question the method to the madness. For example, even though Anthony Davis was, rightfully, slotted in as a center during the Los Angeles Lakers’ playoff run, he’s on record considering himself a power forward, never liking to play the middle, to begin with. Defensive Player of the Year, the Memphis Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson, Jr. would assuredly be placed on this list, but he logged in more minutes at the four (1,760) than he did as a center (27). Despite excellent seasons from him and Davis, which would make sense for this list, we’ll hold their entries for when we rank the best forwards in the NBA.  

Now that that’s been sorted out, here are the five best big men who put up big numbers in the Association this year.