Which players have case for GOAT in the NBA History?

[PTB Fan]

Which players of the NBA History do you think have case for GOAT?

Name your players

[L8kersfan222]

Kobe

[EnoughSaid]

Michael Jordan
Kareem
Magic



LeBron James

[DMV2]

Michael Jordan

[jlauber]

Russell, MJ, Magic, Wilt, and Kareem. Shaq and Duncan are just on the outside looking in, and then the next tier has Bird, Kobe, and perhaps Hakeem.

[D-Wade316]

Michael Jordan
Wilt Chamberlain
Bill Russell
Kareem Abdul Jabbar

[WillC]

Top 100 players of all-time according to various sources: http://basketballjournalist.blogspot...a-history.html

[WillC]

Russell, MJ, Magic, Wilt, and Kareem. Shaq and Duncan are just on the outside looking in, and then the next tier has Bird, Kobe, and perhaps Hakeem.

How can you justify having Bird two tiers lower than Magic? That's ridiculous.

[jlauber]

Top 100 players of all-time according to various sources: http://basketballjournalist.blogspot...a-history.html

Actually, not a bad list.

[WillC]

Actually, not a bad list.

Thanks. It's pretty comprehensive.

[pauk]

Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem

[Doranku]

Jordan, KAJ, and Russell.

[Vienceslav]

Kareem and Jordan , you can

[pauk]

Top 100 players of all-time according to various sources: http://basketballjournalist.blogspot...a-history.html

@ elgin baylor being #13 and Lebron #25



Elgin Baylor
1 x All-Star MVP
Rookie of the Year
11 x NBA All-Star
10 x All-NBA 1st team
thats about it........

Stats:
23149 points @ 27 PPG
11463 rebounds @ 13 RPG
3650 assists @ 5 APG

Lebron James
2 x NBA MVP
2 x All-Star MVP
Rookie of the Year
7 x All-Star
5 x All-NBA 1st team
3 x All-Defensive 1st team
17 x POTM (most in NBA history)
1 x Gold Medal

Stats:
17362 points @ 28 PPG
4451 rebounds @ 7 RPG
4364 assists @ 7 APG

[WillC]

@ elgin baylor being #13 and Lebron #25



Elgin Baylor
1 x All-Star MVP
Rookie of the Year
11 x NBA All-Star
10 x All-NBA 1st team

Stats:
23149 points @ 27 PPG
11463 rebounds @ 13 RPG
3650 assists @ 5 APG

Lebron James
2 x NBA MVP
2 x All-Star MVP
Rookie of the Year
7 x All-Star
5 x All-NBA 1st team
3 x All-Defensive 1st team
17 x POTM (most in NBA history)
1 x Gold Medal

Stats:
17362 points @ 28 PPG
4451 rebounds @ 7 RPG
4364 assists @ 7 APG

It's difficult to rank players half-way through their careers, especially when using a number of different sources. Remember, these aren't my own rankings, although I suppose my methodology influenced the rankings somewhat (LeBron would be a lot lower if I didn't weight the rankings more towards the most recently published rankings).

I am sure LeBron will retire ranked ahead of Elgin Baylor on the all-time list. For now, I think it's fair to see him ranked 25th. Trust me, there is enough outrage from people at RealGM that he is above the likes of Stockton and Pippen, let alone if I started moving him ahead of all-time legends like Elgin Baylor.