Greatest NBA Players Ever

The Top Ten
1 Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan, also known by his initials, MJ, is an American retired professional basketball player.

Lebron at #2? Are you joking? The man was always on stacked teams in the East, where there was a free road to the finals every years. All of the top teams/players were in the west. Then he goes to the west, joins the Lakers and fails - doesn't even make playoffs. lol. Meanwhile kawhi leonard goes to the East and immediately takes Toronto to their first championship.. Michael Jordan was 6-0 in finals. Never went to a game 7. and the only other scorer on the team was Pippen, that's it. where Lebron had a free path to the finals in the weak East, Jordan had to defeat the 2 time defending champion Bad boy Pistons, just to get to the finals, where he then had to beat Magic Johnson's Lakers. He'd have to beat Bird's Celtics in the playoffs as well. The East was always stacked in the 80's and 90's

MJ is often known to be the greatest player of all time well he's second I will admit he is fantastic
The ability to dunk from the free throw line even a bit behind the line at that matter
He tied with wilt Chamberlain with highest career average at 30.1 points a game
He is the second richest athlete ever in the world and is still earning money and is the best 6-6 dunker ever if not the best dunker ever
His career achievements
5x NBA Most Valuable Player awards, 10x Scoring champion, 6x Champion, 6x Finals MVP,
3x Steals Champion, 14x NBA All Star, 3x All Star MVP, 2x NBA slam dunk champion

Ok, people are saying that Lebron is better for numerous reasons but remember, In Michael Jordan's time he played harder players than the players Lebron played against with.

The GOAT, think about this...
The first time MJ played with (one) other All Star for a full season he won the title, every full season after that with the bulls he won the title. enough said.

2 LeBron James LeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. LeBron has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, and the Lakers.

King James can not be stopped his greatness will last forever he his one of the greatest his talents are amazing he should be at number 2 he should not be underestimated. Bryson

8 straight finals appearances, missed the playoffs only twice, 3 time champion, the most athletic player to have ever played the game of basketball. I don't think anyone can match his all around game and skill and appearance. Did I even talk about his passing/rebounding ability? There'll be only 1 KING!

LeBron James rules like come on he's number 2 behind MJ he's still got it in him LeBron for 2015 2016 league MVP he's the best in the BUISSNISS!

Don't make lebron number four you fools make him number 3 or 2!

3 Wilt Chamberlain Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain was an American basketball player. He was born on August 21, 1936 in Philadelphia and died on October 12, 1999 in Los Angeles due to heart failure. ...read more.

Wilt is awesome scoring 100 in a game but others have shone that they can score to like King James with his 62 and Kobe Bryant with his 81 and others who have scored a lot but 100 ya kidding me! But I'm pretty sure he's dead now but it is amazing how good he was a great shooter and rebounder

Wilt chamberlain Wilt Chamberlain had an extremely short career of just fourteen years and I personally think that if he had a career for as long as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar he would have the most points scored in an NBA career listen he is obviously the best and I will tell you why
. 100 points
. Averaged 50 points a game in one season
. 4x Most Valuable Player
. 2x champion
. 11x scoring champion
. 7x rebounding champion
. Most rebounds in an NBA career
. 4th in most career points
. And highest career averaging in points

Greatest basketball player ever, hands-down!

4 Magic Johnson Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association for 13 seasons.

Magic is a freak of nature and simply the most beautiful player to watch. Everything is exciting. His moves, his love of the game, his team mates first attitude is classic and one for the ages. Magic causes so much match up problems, the king of triple of double, career field goal percentage over 52% at guard! Visited the finals, what was it? 9 times?! Nine times!

Magic went to 8 NBA Finals in 12 years...Jordan was in 6 finals in 16 years.
Magic was the best I have ever seen, Jordan a close 2nd.

Magic and Oscar Robertson are the two best ever... I would put Jordan 3rd, but no higher. He didn't do anything until he was surrounded by all-stars and hall-of-famers.

No way is he number one

5 Kobe Bryant Kobe Bryant (1978 - 2020) was an American retired professional basketball player. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Kobe Bryant has won 5 NBA championships with the Lakers and was the all-time leading scorer in Lakers franchise history. ...read more.

How is Wilt higher than Kobe?

6 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers.

Julius Earving said that according to stats Kareem is the best of all times.
Numbers don't play, but K. A. Jabbar is easily in the first 4-5 with Jordan, James, Chamberlain.

7 Bill Russell William Felton "Bill" Russell was an American retired professional basketball player. Russell played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association from 1956 to 1969.

I think jabbar is the best but I'm voting for bill cause I'm a Celtics fan.

Bill Russell was one of the leagues all time great rebounders he had five MVP's and eleven rings yes eleven rings in thirteen years he was second in the leagues all time rebounders with 21,620 rebounds he averaged 22.5 rebounds a game just compare that to Michael Jordan that's nearly a twenty digit rebound difference HE CAN ALSO BLOCK SHOTS LIKE NO OTHER

8 Larry Bird Larry Joe Bird is an American retired professional basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. Bird is a 3x champ, 1x ROTY, 1x Finals MVP, 3x 3PT Contest winner, all with the Boston Celtics. (1979-1992)

He is actually number 1. Think about it. Jordan's career was always challenged by Larry. In fact in the 80's, Jordan wasn't even 2nd best NBA player. EXACTLY the year Larry retired, Jordan's career took off. Coincidence? I think not! I THINK NOT!

Larry bird is like steph curry but Larry is better. He is very talented he should be ranked 4 or 5

9 Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal, nicknamed Shaq, is a retired American professional basketball player who is currently an analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. He is known for his fun, friendly personality, and is one of the most beloved athletes of all time.
10 Stephen Curry Wardell Stephen Curry II is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely considered to be one of the greatest shooters in NBA history, if not the greatest. He is one of the most beloved stars in the NBA today, as well as one of the most controversial.

Prolific scorer. Also enables his team to score. Changed the game.

He's my man. I've met him

He is always on fire

The Contenders
11 Hakeem Olujawon
12 Oscar Robertson Oscar Palmer Robertson, nicknamed "The Big O", is an American retired National Basketball Association player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks.

How can you rank someone that had a triple double in the second year of his career so low. He had a high scoring average of 31 pts. 10.5 rebounds and 12.5 assists. then averaged it for over 5 seasons with high scoring average of 28 pts. 11 assists and 10 rebounds. He also played in an era when assists weren't so generous. If he played under today's rules, he would have averaged probably 18 assists per game. Oscar and his peers also didn't have the advantage of palming the ball and the 2 and 3 step rule they have today. they also played with only 12 teams and stronger competition.

This guy is amazing he should be number 6 he is too good
To br Number 9!

13 Drazen Petrovic
14 John Stockton John Houston Stockton is an American retired professional basketball player. He spent his entire professional playing career as a point guard for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association, from 1984 to 2003. Stockton is regarded as one of the best point guards of all time, holding the NBA ...read more.

Number 1 in steals, number 1 in assists, could have scored 25 a night if he wanted but chose to get everyone else involved. Greatly underrated.

15 Jerry West Jerry Alan West is an American retired basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association.
16 Allen Iverson Allen Ezail Iverson is an American retired professional basketball player who played for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association.
17 Tim Duncan Timothy Theodore "Tim" Duncan is an American professional basketball player who has played his entire career for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association.

Many if not most experts would put TD no lower that top-15, and with his latest championship you will start to hear more arguments for including him in the top-10. He has arguably been every bit as reliable as any player listed in anyone's so-called top-5, which invariably includes some combination of Magic, Jordan, Bill Russell, Wilt, Shaq, Kobe, Bird, and Oscar.

A few people might even put Duncan at #4-7, arguing that he battles quite squarely with Wilt, Shaq, Kobe, Lebron, Oscar, Bird, and Bill Russell (the latter of whom I don't even include in my top-10). My top-3 is easy: Magic, Jordan, Kareem.

That isn't going to change unless TD does something extraordinary, or Lebron leads the Cavs to a three-peat!

Top 10 enough said

Why is he lower than dirk he is the greatest power forward ever

18 Julius Erving Julius Winfield Erving II, commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American retired basketball player who helped popularize a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and playing above the rim.
19 Dwyane Wade Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association.

In his prime, he could turn in on in 4th quarters like no one else.

He also tore through every team in the 2006 playoffs, capping off the year with the best NBA finals series one man has ever played.

D wade is like 35 and he only has scored 20,000 points LeBron him and Chris bosh were awesome together and lbj has like player 4 less years then d wade and scored like 7,000 more points he's not this good. Bryson

20 Karl Malone Karl Anthony Malone is an American retired professional basketball player. Nicknamed "The MailMan", Malone played the power forward position and spent his first 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association with the Utah Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate John Stockton.

Second all time scorer of NBA, best power forward ever, he deserves to be in the top ten.
P. S. I'm European but Petrovic 13th? Although a selfish person, he wouldn't estimate himself so high (R.I.P.).

He is Amazingly good

21 Dirk Nowitzki Dirk Werner Nowitzki is a German professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association.

Just look at the numbers and what he has done. Easily top 7 players ever... No doubt.

Dirk great player but not this good he's not very close to this rank he's like 30 ranked

22 Scottie Pippen Scottie Maurice Pippen is an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association.

Scottie Pippen revolutionized the "point - forward" position..

23 Charles Barkley Charles Wade Barkley is an American retired professional basketball player and current analyst on the television program Inside the NBA.
24 Elgin Baylor
25 Moses Malone Moses Eugene Malone was an American basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association from 1974 through 1995. The center was named the NBA Most Valuable Player three times and was a 12-time NBA All-Star and an eight-time All-NBA selection. ...read more.
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