36 players

Pokéjam Centers

Thirty-six players, roughly half the size of the shooting-guard pool, and 42% of them rate 85 or better. Rebounding and blocking are 25% of a centre's overall each, so the position is where the game's rating formula is most generous, and where a miss in the draft is hardest to replace.

In the game: 36
Average OVR: 80.3
Best OVR: 96
Rate 85+: 41.7%

Other positionsPoint Guard Shooting Guard Small Forward Power Forward

36 shown

Every Pokéjam Pokémon with position, overall rating and the eight ratings the game uses. Select a column heading to sort.
Pokémon
PsychicFlyingRim Protector	96	88	75	84	87	89	99	92	84	11.6′
FireFlyingRim Protector	95	77	81	97	88	82	93	89	80	9.3′
WaterRim Protector	92	68	88	88	70	76	93	96	60	10.5′
DragonFlyingGlass Cleaner	90	74	70	92	72	76	88	92	66	6.5′
SteelPsychicRim Protector	90	58	64	90	70	84	94	90	60	5.5′
NormalRim Protector	89	38	56	90	68	70	94	98	48	6.4′
RockDarkRim Protector	89	60	58	94	56	82	92	92	58	6.2′
GrassPoisonRim Protector	88	52	66	89	74	74	90	93	56	6.2′
WaterFlyingRim Protector	87	70	54	92	52	76	90	92	60	13.8′
SteelGroundRim Protector	87	50	44	90	48	82	98	92	50	18.4′
FireGlass Cleaner	87	83	75	92	69	81	77	90	74	6.4′
RockDragonGlass Cleaner	87	66	54	95	54	82	88	90	58	7.1′
WaterRim Protector	85	74	74	76	76	81	91	83	74	6.2′
GroundRockRim Protector	85	46	52	94	46	76	90	94	50	6.9′
GrassGlass Cleaner	85	48	68	90	58	76	86	92	50	6.2′
WaterIcePoint Center	84	52	70	78	86	68	86	90	58	7.1′
WaterIceRim Protector	83	52	58	78	52	88	94	84	50	5.4′
GrassHustle Big	83	52	60	80	80	72	84	88	58	5.9′
PoisonGlass Cleaner	82	36	50	84	52	76	88	94	46	4.8′
IceGroundGlass Cleaner	82	52	48	90	46	74	86	92	50	7.1′
SteelPsychicRim Protector	81	36	58	72	60	86	92	86	46	5′
GroundDarkRim Runner	80	80	72	88	64	84	72	78	74	5.4′
WaterIceHustle Big	79	56	62	74	70	74	82	86	54	5.7′
GrassPsychicHustle Big	78	57	84	83	70	73	75	78	65	6.2′
PoisonRim Protector	78	40	52	70	60	78	90	86	48	4.8′
BugSteelHustle Big	77	49	62	77	57	81	84	78	54	4.8′
NormalPoint Center	75	42	60	60	90	50	70	99	52	5.4′
RockGroundRim Protector	74	66	53	59	52	85	99	65	58	17.8′
WaterPsychicHustle Big	74	43	74	76	72	67	78	74	60	6.2′
WaterFlyingHustle Big	72	66	70	62	79	68	78	71	71	6.4′
WaterGroundHustle Big	71	46	63	78	58	69	69	76	54	5.2′
PsychicGlass Cleaner	70	45	52	67	52	59	64	97	50	5′
BugRockRim Protector	68	29	43	41	84	86	99	57	55	3.8′
NormalHustle Big	64	43	61	66	59	64	65	70	53	4.8′
BugPoisonHustle Big	53	44	50	54	48	64	58	58	50	3.8′
BugHustle Big	51	40	50	52	48	62	56	58	48	4′

The top of the center board

01Lugia96
02Ho-Oh95
03Kyogre92
04Dragonite90
05Metagross90

The scarcity is the strategy

Thirty-six centres against 67 shooting guards, and 42% of the centres rate 85 or better against 6% of the guards. The maths is blunt: if you wait on a centre, the replacement is much worse than the replacement you can find anywhere else.

The weighting explains it. Rebounding and blocking are 25% each and finishing is 20%, so the position is built almost entirely from the three ratings big bodies naturally have.

What to ignore

Speed is 5% of a centre's overall and handles are not counted at all. Do not spend a pick chasing a fast big; spend it on rebounding, blocking and a type that does not lose the shove game.

The top of this list is also where the game's legends live. Two of the three best players in Pokéjam are centres, and neither is reachable with a late pick in most drafts.

Average stat line

Mean ratings for every center in the roster.
Rating	Average	What it is worth here
Speed	54.9	5% of OVR
Shooting	62	5% of OVR
Finishing	78.9	20% of OVR
Passing	64.6	10% of OVR
Perimeter D	75.4	10% of OVR
Blocking	84.2	25% of OVR
Rebounding	84.4	25% of OVR
Handles	57.8	not counted

The top of the center board

The scarcity is the strategy

What to ignore

Average stat line

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