This list is all sorts of jacked up. Reason being is because ESPN did it. We all know ESPN focuses on fan popularity and who is most liked by the Media.
Harden was definitely a better player than Clyde. Clyde pretty good player on some pretty good teams Harden was Top 2-3 best players in the league for 3-4 years
No way in hell Harden is better than Reggie; Reggie was Indiana's franchise player, a bus driver and stuck it to a Junk Yard Dog Knicks team while Harden rode the bus his whole career
@@christianco905 I'm on Robo's side on this; Harden may be a little more talented than Reggie move wise, but Reggie played in an era of tough defense, hand checking and had to contend with the Bad Boy Pistons and the Dirty hard fouling Knicks, both of which were very intimidating teams that would ruin your psyche while playing. If Harden played in the 80's and 90's, he would only be half the player he is today
@@davidevans2992 And people forget that in the past the centers were always clogging the paint. Even Jordan has said that he wouldn't have like that at all. Can you imagine him trying to intimidate either Wilt or Bill Russell!!!!!
Alex English leads the NBA in points in the 80's he not in all time 75 that gross MFS hate on the Nuggets facts . He one Humble person a true class act .
Two issues with this list. 1.) Kevin Durant should not be ranked higher than Hakeem Olajuwon. 2.) Chris Paul should not be ranked higher than Dwayne Wade or Allen Iverson. I was born in 1979, so I can’t comment on many of these players. I always felt Reggie Miller was underrated because at the end of games when everything is decided, the guy was lethal.
@@trumpameri1638 no problem with that but there are some guys from the past who played guard that were wicked good.. like Jerry west . Swingman john havlicek.. Pete maravich.. Walt frazier.... Google them when you get a chance
@@californiaplant-basedeater2761 Yep, but still a Big Time choker, not worthy of being mentionned with all time greats. So, they left Tony Parker (a finals MVP), Dwight Howard, for Chris Paul
@@richardhughes6492I AGREE IT'S WILT. IN WILT'S PRIME HE WAS A SUPER ATHLETE. AS JIM BROWN WAS ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. JORDAN SURELY WOULD HAVE TO FIND SOME OTHER WAY TO SCORE. THE HOOP WOULD NOT BE ONE THOSE PLACES.
Magic Before Wilt? Wilt GETS ZERO RESPECT!!! 50 Points and 25 rebounds per season and that not mentioning blocks as they did not record those back then. People WORSHIPED Jordan scoring 50 points 3 games in a row. Imagine doing it for an entire season and lets not forget the 100 points.
@@timothyreiley3994 yes and no one else could do what Wilt did. They did not effect multiple changes to the rules so that he couldn’t dominate. They didn’t score over 40 points per game in one season, much less multiple times. They couldn’t block shots as prolifically as he did with numerous unofficial games over 10 blocks. They couldn’t rebound at the pace he did with no one ever getting 50 rebounds in one game like Wilt did. And no one owns the record books like Wilt still does. Only one player in the history of the game has accomplished those feats and that person is called Wilt Chamberlain.
Wilt is just good at post season but in play offs , hes nowhere to be found 😂 hes more on nervous hes just good if there opponent are shorter than him 😂
@@emmang1995 No idea where that comment came from. 30 PPB and 24 rbs per game is nowhere to be found? Not to mention Blocks. He could and routinley blocked Kareem and this was AFTER his Prime years. Ran a 4.6, High Jump Champ[ion, benched 500+ pounds. I can go on for days. I can say the same for Shaq. He ONLY dominates on people under 350 Pounds. Wilt was BY far the MOST dominant player EVER. The fact he dominated NBA players 15 years after he retired tells you something.
Wilt gets way more respect than he deserves. People compare stats that shouldn't be. Doing what Wilt did in the modern era would be extremely difficult, but against part timers makes it orders of magnitude easier.
LeBron is better than choke job Kobe. Kobe was carried by Shaq and Gasol too. Kobe was good at filling up stat sheets but when it comes to being clutch, he was bad. LeBron 4 MVP and 4 Finals MVP >> Kobe 1 MVP and 2 Finals MVP.😂😂 Also, LeBron is a better shooter too. He has over 40k points now. Kobe had much less in the same amount of seasons. Stop the fake Kobe agenda.
ESPN is such a joke. Literally the only ranking they got right is Jordan at number one, and that’s only because anybody who has an IQ above 35 knows Jordan is the undisputed GOAT. Being less wrong than Nick Wright is like saying someone is less ugly than Nick Wright or less fat than a My 600 Lb Life contestant, or less stupid than an MSNBC host. It’s hardly a consolation prize.
It bugs me to see Lebron ranked so high. He was never a consistently good defender especially the last half of his career. Lebron only does 1 thing exeptionally well, he drives to the basket which creates double and triple teams. His assists come from relatively easy passes as the result of his talent to drive to the basket. He is an abysmal midrange shooter, below average 3 point shooter, an average rebounder, average freethrow shooter at best, and has turned the ball over the most in NBA history and 8th most on a per game basis. Longevity sure, but skillwise not even top 20. Put him down the list.
I don't understand how so many people don't see this. The guy is great at dunking and lay ups. That's it. He flops because he can't win the right way and chases skilled team mates. The notion that anyone would pick him over Hakeem is absolutely absurd let alone the goats in the top 10 like Wilt and Larry.... It's seriously insane.
LeBum is and always been a stat stuffer bouncing around from team to team chasing the possibility of rings. Ray Allen bailed him out with that 3 pointer in the final seconds to go on and win🏆. Bubble championships don't count, including shortened seasons due to strikes (Spurs 99'). It's a fact that all teams and players aren't giving it their all in those years. To be considered the GOAT!!! You have to be far better in every category than anyone else ever was in nba history. Sorry, LeBum factually hasn't been this on ALL the teams he's played on. He was the one who called himself the GOAT in that barbershop clip...cringe! The media just jumped on him like a junkie on crack.. MJ is the GOAT, and I didn't even like MJ when he was playing.
@@joshuaw1874 That's not true. The list came out prior to the 2021 season, in honor of the league's 75th anniversary. At that time, Jokic had only one MVP and had never played in the NBA finals.
They only won because Kobe ruined the lakers team and made everyone not want to play with him and then they all got traded year after cuz of Kobe. Cost la multiple chips. Kobe should be ranked lower for that also. He ruined his own legacy by his own jealousy and character
@@casperjones3455Damn, I am a Spurs fan it seems like you explained it with Kobe pretty well. Damn I wish we beat them in that 0.4 fiasco. I don’t know if The Spurs were the better team, but Duncan & Parker were balling out. Detroit blitzed Kobe & Payton that gentlemen’s sweep. Spurs beat them in an epic finals the next year. Le Bron should be lower than Bird.
ESPN decided to put a bunch of players like harden who choked when it mattered and never had the IT factor as top players ahead of many who true fans know dominated and won when it mattered. Simply because they were scorers. This list is about 70 to 80% accurate at best.
He is surely right around there. So many great players, different team styles, eras. Hard to see who the best ever is LBJ , Jordan, Kareem etc all great
Of course ESPN always pushing the fake LeBron is great narrative. Accumulating stats does not make you an all time great. Making your team great and winning titles makes you great. LeBron is not a competitor on any where the near the level of an all time great. He needs his team to be stacked in his favor and he still fails the majority of the time. LeBron’s career has been a hoax all along with the media pushing the narrative that he is great. In reality LeBron doesn’t even belong in the top 20 and it’s insulting to all the real greats before him.
My thoughts on the Top 75 list 1. Dwight Howard over names like Walton, Artis Gilmore and Bob Lanier (5X All-NBA 1st Team, 3X DPOY) 2. Kareem over LeBron (6 rings and 6 MVPs. One was unstoppable, one wasn't) 3. Wilt over Magic (Fewer rings and assists, but more points, rebounds, and maybe the greatest defender ever. 75 NBA records) 4. Move Oscar Robertson down toward #20, not a Top 10 player (Had 3 great years) 5. D-Wade over Kawhi (More rings, fewer injuries, more games played, better highlights, better leader)
Disagree about LeGOAT and Kareem. Kareem was unstoppable in a weak era of mostly plumbers. When the competition got real in the early 80s, he was very much stoppable. Even in his Bucks days, Wilt locked him up tight defensively. LeBron may not play the same position or style as Kareem but in every was he is superior. LeBron literally went to war with teams in a much much more talented and competitive era than Kareem ever did. He may have less rings but that does not calculate greatness. He could have had more rings if he wasn't carrying the weak Cavs on his back in 2007 and 2018. MVP. He could have had more but MVP is a really subjective thing to begin with that it does not decide greatness for me.
Why is MJ always picked as #1. Kareem ended his career as the all-time leader in points.A record he held for 40 years. Plus he won 6 MVP and 6 championships with 2 different teams. He could arguably be considered the best ever in high school, college, and the NBA. Chamberlain was the most dominant scorer in the history of the league. He scored 50,yes 50 points per game along with 30 rebounds. He holds records for most points in a game (100), and season, most rebounds season and game. And, is the only player to lead the NBA in points, rebounds, and assists. Not to mention he played great defense. Russell and Magic changed the game. Bird,West,Baylor,and Oscar were simply too damn good. Jordan was great. But, I think marketing has swayed many fans.
People talk about micchaels 6 rings. They forget that Russel had 11. Can’t always go by rings other wise bird and chamberlain wouldn’t be in the top 10. It’s about skill, impact, success etc. all of them. Not just rings. Other wise Russel destroys everyone. Michael is the most hyped athlete of all time. Not just in basketball. Of all sports. I don’t mean he was all hype but the media boosted than man like he was some kind of a god. No one on earth got the attention he did. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and I can tell you Jordan was like the epitome of mass marketing. Everything was about that dude. The commercial “I want to be like Mike” says it all. No other athlete got that kind of praise.
I’ll say it again bird was better than magic. Magic had the better team, but overall bird was better in every aspect except assists. Bird was just as good of a passer as well but he was a forward and magic feed the ball to his teammates. He is great but in my humble but accurate opinion bird should be ahead of him regardless of where you put them on this list
Shaq can stay where he is; Patrick is far better than Chris Paul, Kevin McHale & Scottie Pippen. Kobe definitely needs to be #4 (arguably the greatest Laker ever) while Magic can be #8. Duncan #17, Dirk #10
LeGOAT only kills coaches who are trash like Darvin Ham. He still had the GREATEST playoff run in history in 2018. And the most points ever scored. Also 11k rebounds and 11k assists. 4 MVP and 4 Finals MVP. Chumps like Magic and Wilt are far below Bron.
WHAT????Clyde Drexler at 58 place😂😢,infront on him at his position are Harden😢,Allen,Miller,Wade,Iverson,Gervin...are you crazy,mad,insane?!You should put also Austin Reevees and Zach Lavine too! ESPN- Economical Schizophrenic Political Nonsense!
Isiah Thomas #27; WTF, he beat Magic, Kareem, Larry and Michael in one postseason run. He also beat MJ again the next year for back to back NBA Championships. They need to swap Isiah for Steph in the rankings and KD is highly highly overrated; no way in hell is he better than Julius and Akeem. Totally disrespected Zeke
@@pinklady5795 Lebron knows he isn't number 1? Even if LeGOAT thinks he is not number 1, it just shows how humble my man is. He is obviously better than Michael Chokedan.
No Penny, No Hill, No Webber, No Kemp, No Dwight Howard. Really no Jokić? I think that if someone was at least once in 1st, 2, or 3th All NBA team should be here.
Durant higher than Hakeem ?? Chris Paul over Pippen or Wade ?? Dame Lillard should also NOT be on here at all especially over players like Dwight Howard,Bernard King, Adrian Dantley, Mutumbo, Tony Parker, hell even Klay deserves a spot over Dame.. besides shoot alot of 3s he literally hasn't done shit to deserve it over the guys I just named
Let's simplify this for people who don't understand basketball. The idea is to win--always win. Larry Bird took a team who had never been to the NCAA tournament to the tournament and to a 33-0 record into the championship game with sub-par talent around him. Indiana State was not a hot bed for talent--players were not looking to play for Indiana State. Larry averaged 31-13-5 for his college career. He would have had more assists if he had some talent around him that were more of a scoring threat. The very next year, Bird took the 2nd worst team in the league, Boston, with a 1978-79 record of 29-53, to a league best 61-21 his rookie year, an NBA record-turnaround for wins/losses. After falling to the loaded, veteran 76ers in the ECF, Bird led Boston to a ring in his 2nd year. Bird has the 2nd highest winning percentage in league history to Magic, who started with a prime Kareem Abdul-Jabbar his rookie year on a great team and won the title, following winning a title with MSU v Bird the previous year. Numbers don't lie. Jordan posted a losing record with the Bulls his first 3 years. They didn't have a winning record until Pippen's rookie year. And the year Jordan sat out in-between rings, the Bulls only lost 1 or 2 more games that season without Jordan. Who do you think had the bigger impact for his team and won more games? I won't even go into the head-to-head matchups and playoff history of Jordan v Bird. If Magic and Larry aren't your starters on your all-time team at their respective positions then I question your understanding of the game. Any all-time team without Bird would get their ass kicked by the team that had Bird. While most 'superstars' would be concerned with getting their touches playing alongside other 'superstars', Bird would be making those around him even better, further unlocking their potential and showcasing their skills, and serving up an unselfish brand of team basketball most people probably never get to play--moving without the ball, playing team defense, being first to the floor for loose balls, crashing the boards, etc--and winning--the style of play where guys don't even care about their boxscore because they brought out the beauty of moving the ball and getting wide-open shots--playing the game at the highest level of execution with everyone contributing. Larry is the only 24-10-6 guy in the history of the league and is ranked 61st all-time on the 'Overall Defensive Rating' list--higher than both Jordan and Pippen, LeBron, and Kobe--but let these fools tell you about how slow he is and can't jump while getting 1.7 stls/game for a career(~ same as Jordan for career) and 10 rebs/game for a career (more than Ewing, Laimbeer, or Giannis), but at the small forward position! Respect Bird people--especially if you are pretending to be a professional and know something about the history of the game. When a guy is ranked so high defensively, and is in the discussion for best shooter, rebounder (at small forward), and passer of all-time, then he is #1. No one on that list is in the discussion for the best ever at all 3 phases of the game except Bird--and you could include clutch, 3-point shooter, and FT shooter. Michael is not in that class and that isn't a knock on Mike--no one is in those conversations like Bird--and Mike was 0-6 v Bird in playoffs. I guess there is nothing to do but hope people will get over their ignorance--NBA brass included.
Get Bird's hammer out your oral cavity before it pulverizes your tonsils. Ugly Larry with the Rocky Dennis hairdo is not even the greatest small-forward all-time. King James passed him up many years ago. Black Jesus is your GOAT's GOAT. After the very first time Bird faced MJ in the NBA he told a Boston Globe reporter "that guy is going to be the greatest ever - you just watch." In MJ's second year, one in which he missed most due to broken foot - after being swept by Larry and the other FOUR hall-of-famers Bird said "that was God disguised as Jordan." Danny Ainge was on Ys Guys podcast not too long ago and said "even though our stacked team beat the Bulls, we all knew Jordan was the best player on the floor." MJ wasn't even close to touching his prime. Jackie MacMullan, who's a lot more qualified than you on the subject, and who's covered Bird's career and even collaborated with Larry on his autobiography views His Airness as the GOAT.
LMAO. Larry had Hall of Famers in his team when he joined the Celtics. He had like a few good players in his team, Kevin Mchale and Robert Parish. Larry wasn't even the finals MVP when he won his first ring. You replace MJ with Bird on that shitty 80s Bulls team and Larry wouldn't make the playoffs. hahahahaha
@@James-sn5mg The damn truth! And that's why Clyde Drexler said “If Michael had same supporting cast as Bird and Johnson he’d win as often as they do. If you’re talking about who’s more valuable to his team it’s Michael.” And that wasn't hyperbole cause as soon as MJ had just ONE prime All-Star teammate not a multitude of them ala Bird and Magic, he won more than they did.
@@katrinachavez3533 you make some great points... He's certainly a top five guy... Maybe higher.. he could be the best all around player Ive ever seen and I've been watching since 1969 .. it depends on your criteria... I've never seen anyone better in an all around game
Gotta remember that most of Stephs plays would be considered carries 30 years ago and that step back he relies on to create space was considered traveling. The league made it easier to score to try and make the game more exciting. Could Steph do what he does now in the 80s with Hakeem on his ass? Maybe, but I seriously doubt it.
List to me doesn't really matter except having LBJ # 2 when he can't or doesn't know how to Dribble a Basketball . I thought list was about playing game of Basketball & even as a 3rd grader in school , rulebook says dribbling required when taking a step & moving pivot foot . He is not only one on this list yet he does it 10 or more times a game & more than anyone on list or history of NBA or College or even High School .
I was born in '84. I'm so happy I was able to see some of the best ever basketball players. Hardly any from my team: Cleveland Cavaliers but the team before LeBron and after was most always competitive. Price, Daugherty, Nance, Hot Rod, Brandon, Ehlo, not naming Kerr..lol, my favorites Price, Daugherty Andre Miller, Lamond Murray and Ricky Davis Matt Harpring, I can't forget We've had so many greats. Favorite non-Cav Drazen Petrovic! Where's He? Career cut short. That why?
I'd switch Oscar with Hakeem, then my top 10 players and theirs would be the same, though not same order. Kobe and Wilt would higher, LeBron lower And I do have Shaq at 11. Curry should be switched with Durant. Curry done more.
1. Michael Jordan 2. Lebron James 3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar 4. Magic Johnson 5. Larry Bird 6. Wilt Chamberlain 7. Tim Duncan 8. Hakeem Olajuwon 9. Kobe Bryant 10. Shaquille O'Neal 11. Bill Russell 12. Stephen Curry 13. Nikola Jokic 14. Kevin Durant 15. Moses Malone 16. Giannis Antetokounmpo 17. Oscar Robertson 18. Julius Erving 19. Jerry West 20. Dirk Nowitzki 21. Kevin Garnett 22. David Robinson 23. John Havlicek 24. Karl Malone 25. John Stockton 26. Dwyane Wade 27. Isiah Thomas 28. Bill Walton 29. Charles Barkley 30. Allen Iverson
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I don’t care about the rankings from 2-75. As long as MJ is #1 you will get no argument from me.
KAREEM IS THE GOAT!!
H wasn’t better than Lebron, Kareem, magic, possibly bird
Correct
So you don’t care about anything other than mj? You lowkey a munch
MJ then Kobe and the rest 💯
This list is all sorts of jacked up. Reason being is because ESPN did it. We all know ESPN focuses on fan popularity and who is most liked by the Media.
Pete maravich should be way higher, and lebron should be top 10 and not second
You smocking crack?
2nd is top 10
So MJ is not number 1 because of ESPN 😅
Porque no se areven poner a Lebron # 1 😂😂😂😂😂
James Harden over Clyde Drexler; WTH
I can't believe harden is in that list and Tmac isn't
James Soften is a tubby bearded Garbage producere when big time showing up 2 play for real counts...His works validate that..
You got to be crazy drexler was a beast and a champion 🏆
Harden was definitely a better player than Clyde.
Clyde pretty good player on some pretty good teams
Harden was Top 2-3 best players in the league for 3-4 years
I'd be okay if James harden wasn't even on the list
No way in hell Harden is better than Reggie; Reggie was Indiana's franchise player, a bus driver and stuck it to a Junk Yard Dog Knicks team while Harden rode the bus his whole career
Harden is way better individually. But Reggie is more of a team player.
@@christianco905 I'm on Robo's side on this; Harden may be a little more talented than Reggie move wise, but Reggie played in an era of tough defense, hand checking and had to contend with the Bad Boy Pistons and the Dirty hard fouling Knicks, both of which were very intimidating teams that would ruin your psyche while playing. If Harden played in the 80's and 90's, he would only be half the player he is today
@@davidevans2992 And people forget that in the past the centers were always clogging the paint. Even Jordan has said that he wouldn't have like that at all. Can you imagine him trying to intimidate either Wilt or Bill Russell!!!!!
Harden is way better than Reggie
The Dwight Howard disrespect is crazy.
What the heck! Anthony Davis being high on the list at 71st is crazy! He shouldn't be on this!
He's definitely an all time big man tho when he's on he's a dominant 2 way player
Cannot make his team and teammates better. But with LeBron, Rondo, Howard, and the rest of LA Lakers, he looks good winning the 2020 NBA Champion
@@Heaveaway23hell no
@@mrlionguerero what about Lillard? There is no reason for him to be included in this list
Alex English leads the NBA in points in the 80's he not in all time 75 that gross MFS hate on the Nuggets facts . He one Humble person a true class act .
Two issues with this list. 1.) Kevin Durant should not be ranked higher than Hakeem Olajuwon. 2.) Chris Paul should not be ranked higher than Dwayne Wade or Allen Iverson. I was born in 1979, so I can’t comment on many of these players. I always felt Reggie Miller was underrated because at the end of games when everything is decided, the guy was lethal.
Good points
Reggie Miller best SG i ever watch .. i not compare him with Jordan Kobe Bryant because this two monsters are another level
@@trumpameri1638 best shooting guard ever .. Jerry west after Jordan
@@manny4552 ok that is legitimate but i start watching NBA since Michael Jordan David Robinson Shaq Karl Malone Reggie Miller era..
@@trumpameri1638 no problem with that but there are some guys from the past who played guard that were wicked good.. like Jerry west . Swingman john havlicek.. Pete maravich.. Walt frazier.... Google them when you get a chance
How is Chris Paul, a guy who always chokes ahead of Pippen and D-Wade?
All I know is he has the best assist to turnover ratio of all time, 4 to 1. I think Stockton is 3.5 to 1, and a few players have 3 to 1.
@@californiaplant-basedeater2761 Yep, but still a Big Time choker, not worthy of being mentionned with all time greats. So, they left Tony Parker (a finals MVP), Dwight Howard, for Chris Paul
And Iverson
Yeah .. CP3 should go 60's . That's rude list , over those guys won rings
Agreed. Wade has 3 rings, a FMVP, scoring title...I like CP3, but that makes no sense
Another reason to question ESPN’s sports acumen.
Nobody talking about Kobe being number 10
MJ NUMBER 1, STILL THE GOAT.
Nope. It’s Wilt. Learn history. Michael was great.
I call Bullshit! Steph is #1! Give Dubs credit for 4 rings. No Klay? That's just stupid. Draymond too!
Always, really, no dispute.
Did you expect something different? 😂
@@richardhughes6492I AGREE IT'S WILT. IN WILT'S PRIME HE WAS A SUPER ATHLETE. AS JIM BROWN WAS ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. JORDAN SURELY WOULD HAVE TO FIND SOME OTHER WAY TO SCORE. THE HOOP WOULD NOT BE ONE THOSE PLACES.
I am not taking the Big O over Kobe, Shaq, KD, and Hakeem 😂😂
That was my first thought
His better than KD who can't carry a team without Steph
Moses Malone too
Larry Bird was way better than Lebron. People who think otherwise have never stepped on the court to play serious basketball.
Magic Before Wilt? Wilt GETS ZERO RESPECT!!! 50 Points and 25 rebounds per season and that not mentioning blocks as they did not record those back then. People WORSHIPED Jordan scoring 50 points 3 games in a row. Imagine doing it for an entire season and lets not forget the 100 points.
Wilt couldn't shoot free throws
@@timothyreiley3994 yes and no one else could do what Wilt did. They did not effect multiple changes to the rules so that he couldn’t dominate. They didn’t score over 40 points per game in one season, much less multiple times. They couldn’t block shots as prolifically as he did with numerous unofficial games over 10 blocks. They couldn’t rebound at the pace he did with no one ever getting 50 rebounds in one game like Wilt did. And no one owns the record books like Wilt still does. Only one player in the history of the game has accomplished those feats and that person is called Wilt Chamberlain.
Wilt is just good at post season but in play offs , hes nowhere to be found 😂 hes more on nervous hes just good if there opponent are shorter than him 😂
@@emmang1995 No idea where that comment came from. 30 PPB and 24 rbs per game is nowhere to be found? Not to mention Blocks. He could and routinley blocked Kareem and this was AFTER his Prime years. Ran a 4.6, High Jump Champ[ion, benched 500+ pounds. I can go on for days. I can say the same for Shaq. He ONLY dominates on people under 350 Pounds. Wilt was BY far the MOST dominant player EVER. The fact he dominated NBA players 15 years after he retired tells you something.
Wilt gets way more respect than he deserves.
People compare stats that shouldn't be. Doing what Wilt did in the modern era would be extremely difficult, but against part timers makes it orders of magnitude easier.
CP3 over AI3? LEBRON OVER KOBE? C'MON MAN....
bobo!
LeBron is better than choke job Kobe. Kobe was carried by Shaq and Gasol too. Kobe was good at filling up stat sheets but when it comes to being clutch, he was bad. LeBron 4 MVP and 4 Finals MVP >> Kobe 1 MVP and 2 Finals MVP.😂😂 Also, LeBron is a better shooter too. He has over 40k points now. Kobe had much less in the same amount of seasons. Stop the fake Kobe agenda.
ESPN is such a joke. Literally the only ranking they got right is Jordan at number one, and that’s only because anybody who has an IQ above 35 knows Jordan is the undisputed GOAT.
Being less wrong than Nick Wright is like saying someone is less ugly than Nick Wright or less fat than a My 600 Lb Life contestant, or less stupid than an MSNBC host. It’s hardly a consolation prize.
It bugs me to see Lebron ranked so high. He was never a consistently good defender especially the last half of his career. Lebron only does 1 thing exeptionally well, he drives to the basket which creates double and triple teams. His assists come from relatively easy passes as the result of his talent to drive to the basket. He is an abysmal midrange shooter, below average 3 point shooter, an average rebounder, average freethrow shooter at best, and has turned the ball over the most in NBA history and 8th most on a per game basis. Longevity sure, but skillwise not even top 20. Put him down the list.
I don't understand how so many people don't see this. The guy is great at dunking and lay ups. That's it. He flops because he can't win the right way and chases skilled team mates. The notion that anyone would pick him over Hakeem is absolutely absurd let alone the goats in the top 10 like Wilt and Larry.... It's seriously insane.
If you look at the game objectively, this is literally exactly what Lebron is.
Exactly. Just shows how stats don’t tell the whole truth
LeBum is and always been a stat stuffer bouncing around from team to team chasing the possibility of rings.
Ray Allen bailed him out with that 3 pointer in the final seconds to go on and win🏆.
Bubble championships don't count, including shortened seasons due to strikes (Spurs 99'). It's a fact that all teams and players aren't giving it their all in those years.
To be considered the GOAT!!!
You have to be far better in every category than anyone else ever was in nba history.
Sorry, LeBum factually hasn't been this on ALL the teams he's played on.
He was the one who called himself the GOAT in that barbershop clip...cringe!
The media just jumped on him like a junkie on crack..
MJ is the GOAT, and I didn't even like MJ when he was playing.
Isn’t that what Jordan does 😂😂😂 Jordan was known for doing flashy fadeaways and layups don’t see why y’all ain’t calling him out for that
Wilt was better than everyone by far., LaBronze isn't even close.
Magic said Kobe greatest laker of all time so he above magic and Kareem. Top 5 for sure
How is Jokic not on this list? But James Harden is number 50 the man lived on the free throw line
Jokic is not on the list solely because he hadn't done enough at the time of the list's release to be included.
@@johnanderson9765 what do you mean Jokic won to MVPs and a championship before this list was even made.
@@joshuaw1874 That's not true. The list came out prior to the 2021 season, in honor of the league's 75th anniversary. At that time, Jokic had only one MVP and had never played in the NBA finals.
@@johnanderson9765 oh ok my bad then
Bro what how Chris Paul is better than Dwayne Wade
Just realized that the 2003-2004 piston won a championship without an top 75 player
Btw Curry is better than Oscar right now
They only won because Kobe ruined the lakers team and made everyone not want to play with him and then they all got traded year after cuz of Kobe. Cost la multiple chips. Kobe should be ranked lower for that also. He ruined his own legacy by his own jealousy and character
They only won aka the pistons in 2004 because ^*
@@casperjones3455Damn, I am a Spurs fan it seems like you explained it with Kobe pretty well. Damn I wish we beat them in that 0.4 fiasco. I don’t know if The Spurs were the better team, but Duncan & Parker were balling out. Detroit blitzed Kobe & Payton that gentlemen’s sweep. Spurs beat them in an epic finals the next year. Le Bron should be lower than Bird.
Curry is not better than Robertson.
That should point out the difference between a great team & a great player!
Rodman was a role player. Great rebounder but in the top 75 is a stretchhhhh.
ESPN decided to put a bunch of players like harden who choked when it mattered and never had the IT factor as top players ahead of many who true fans know dominated and won when it mattered. Simply because they were scorers. This list is about 70 to 80% accurate at best.
Forget ESPN and their rankings they ranked Kobe at 10 that’s crazy.
He is surely right around there. So many great players, different team styles, eras. Hard to see who the best ever is LBJ , Jordan, Kareem etc all great
@@anthony273not hard to see. The best?! It's simple to see who was best. Ain't anyone you would take over Jordan. If you do put your money there!
People forget how really great John havlicek was..
That’s WTF hype can do to a man!
Of course ESPN always pushing the fake LeBron is great narrative. Accumulating stats does not make you an all time great. Making your team great and winning titles makes you great. LeBron is not a competitor on any where the near the level of an all time great. He needs his team to be stacked in his favor and he still fails the majority of the time. LeBron’s career has been a hoax all along with the media pushing the narrative that he is great. In reality LeBron doesn’t even belong in the top 20 and it’s insulting to all the real greats before him.
Don't let the hate consume your heart
Womp womp😢
Bird ONLY 7th!?!?!?
We can skip the video ...
Tim Duncan over bird
As long as they had Bird, Magic and Jordan in top 10 I'm good. The rest is subjective.
Kobe 10 Bird 7 cmon they are both top 5 period
Evidently ESPN never saw Baylor or West play. They were unbelievable.
Agree. So many players ahead of this two it's impossible.
More impossible only LeBron On 2-nd place. How he can be ahead of Larry?
@@Nick-qq7lklebron isn't even top 5
@@glen7137 lebron isn't even top 10
I dont believe that Giannis should be rank higher than KG, Barley and Malone
I agree
And Dirk
His resume already rivals theirs, and in less time. I don't think that guarantees it but there's arguments for either
Not yet anyway .. your right
giannis has Championship and final mvp
When they'll add Alex English, Adrian Dantley and Bernard King, it'll be too late.
My thoughts on the Top 75 list
1. Dwight Howard over names like Walton, Artis Gilmore and Bob Lanier (5X All-NBA 1st Team, 3X DPOY)
2. Kareem over LeBron (6 rings and 6 MVPs. One was unstoppable, one wasn't)
3. Wilt over Magic (Fewer rings and assists, but more points, rebounds, and maybe the greatest defender ever. 75 NBA records)
4. Move Oscar Robertson down toward #20, not a Top 10 player (Had 3 great years)
5. D-Wade over Kawhi (More rings, fewer injuries, more games played, better highlights, better leader)
Disagree about LeGOAT and Kareem. Kareem was unstoppable in a weak era of mostly plumbers. When the competition got real in the early 80s, he was very much stoppable. Even in his Bucks days, Wilt locked him up tight defensively. LeBron may not play the same position or style as Kareem but in every was he is superior. LeBron literally went to war with teams in a much much more talented and competitive era than Kareem ever did. He may have less rings but that does not calculate greatness. He could have had more rings if he wasn't carrying the weak Cavs on his back in 2007 and 2018. MVP. He could have had more but MVP is a really subjective thing to begin with that it does not decide greatness for me.
Why is MJ always picked as #1. Kareem ended his career as the all-time leader in points.A record he held for 40 years. Plus he won 6 MVP and 6 championships with 2 different teams. He could arguably be considered the best ever in high school, college, and the NBA. Chamberlain was the most dominant scorer in the history of the league. He scored 50,yes 50 points per game along with 30 rebounds. He holds records for most points in a game (100), and season, most rebounds season and game. And, is the only player to lead the NBA in points, rebounds, and assists. Not to mention he played great defense. Russell and Magic changed the game. Bird,West,Baylor,and Oscar were simply too damn good. Jordan was great. But, I think marketing has swayed many fans.
People talk about micchaels 6 rings. They forget that Russel had 11. Can’t always go by rings other wise bird and chamberlain wouldn’t be in the top 10. It’s about skill, impact, success etc. all of them. Not just rings. Other wise Russel destroys everyone. Michael is the most hyped athlete of all time. Not just in basketball. Of all sports. I don’t mean he was all hype but the media boosted than man like he was some kind of a god. No one on earth got the attention he did. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and I can tell you Jordan was like the epitome of mass marketing. Everything was about that dude. The commercial “I want to be like Mike” says it all. No other athlete got that kind of praise.
i dont know why Lillard is on the list already.. too early for him.. he achieve nothing but than scoring.. 😅
Can same the same for Reggie, Melo, and Dominique
@@flaming3652 reggie and Dominique????? not those 2... they deserved it, especially Wilkins
@@hindiakoto3558 No defense, no passing, no rebounding Reggie, he can't do anything but score. Dominique is just an older version of Melo.
@@flaming3652 how old are you boy?
@@hindiakoto3558 Boy.... I might be older than you. I'm almost 50
I’ll say it again bird was better than magic. Magic had the better team, but overall bird was better in every aspect except assists. Bird was just as good of a passer as well but he was a forward and magic feed the ball to his teammates. He is great but in my humble but accurate opinion bird should be ahead of him regardless of where you put them on this list
Patrick Ewing is better than half the players in front of him and Steph, Shaq n Kobe need to move up
More proof the Admiral > Ewing
How about chris Paul being over Kawhi🤦♂️
@@robocock475you damn right brother, Admiral won a MVP, 4 times all defensive first team and 2 x champ
Shaq can stay where he is; Patrick is far better than Chris Paul, Kevin McHale & Scottie Pippen. Kobe definitely needs to be #4 (arguably the greatest Laker ever) while Magic can be #8. Duncan #17, Dirk #10
@@robocock475 Dancan #17 are you fucking delusional? No way in hell you can name 10 people better than Dancan if anything he should be around 6 or 7
The high KD ranking will be looked at by historians as a really really bad call
and LeBron who is pushed as an agenda
KD's rank is accurate as hell he's underrated by many people just because he went to GSW but he's without a doubt a top 10-12 player of all time
Hes 20-30 all he does great is score, and he's not lead a team to a ring, ill take Larry bird with a bad back before I take kd
@@GC_35kd never been underrated
There are no defensive stats? That matters. That would definitely push Chamberlain up the ladder.
Actually I'm 69 years old, and I think this list was quite subjective. Bravo
I like the list too
Lebalco james should not be number 2 number 8 is the right place for the coach killer
Larry bird over lebron all day
LeGOAT only kills coaches who are trash like Darvin Ham. He still had the GREATEST playoff run in history in 2018. And the most points ever scored. Also 11k rebounds and 11k assists. 4 MVP and 4 Finals MVP. Chumps like Magic and Wilt are far below Bron.
WHAT????Clyde Drexler at 58 place😂😢,infront on him at his position are Harden😢,Allen,Miller,Wade,Iverson,Gervin...are you crazy,mad,insane?!You should put also Austin Reevees and Zach Lavine too!
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Economical Schizophrenic Political Nonsense!
Isiah Thomas #27; WTF, he beat Magic, Kareem, Larry and Michael in one postseason run. He also beat MJ again the next year for back to back NBA Championships. They need to swap Isiah for Steph in the rankings and KD is highly highly overrated; no way in hell is he better than Julius and Akeem. Totally disrespected Zeke
Everyone knows who #1 is! 2-75 starts the debate
Yeah, i know, Larry Bird
@@kimoronen1823 Nah! He is in the top 10!
Yeah. LeGOAT James is Number 1!
@@uaushaiaosao9308 He knows he isn't #1
@@pinklady5795 Lebron knows he isn't number 1? Even if LeGOAT thinks he is not number 1, it just shows how humble my man is. He is obviously better than Michael Chokedan.
No Penny, No Hill, No Webber, No Kemp, No Dwight Howard. Really no Jokić? I think that if someone was at least once in 1st, 2, or 3th All NBA team should be here.
That’s a good ranking, MJ the GOAT in basketball, I would have put Kobe better than lebron though
Chris Paul better than Wade, Iverson and Pippen I don’t agree he weak Paul should be behind Steve Nash
Reggie Miller cannot be over Clyde Drexler.
Yes ,sometimes the championship rings doesn't matters the greatest,mj 6 rings,no.1,Bill russel 11 rings,same as boxing also,thanks espn
Durant higher than Hakeem ??
Chris Paul over Pippen or Wade ??
Dame Lillard should also NOT be on here at all especially over players like Dwight Howard,Bernard King, Adrian Dantley, Mutumbo, Tony Parker, hell even Klay deserves a spot over Dame.. besides shoot alot of 3s he literally hasn't done shit to deserve it over the guys I just named
Let's simplify this for people who don't understand basketball. The idea is to win--always win. Larry Bird took a team who had never been to the NCAA tournament to the tournament and to a 33-0 record into the championship game with sub-par talent around him. Indiana State was not a hot bed for talent--players were not looking to play for Indiana State. Larry averaged 31-13-5 for his college career. He would have had more assists if he had some talent around him that were more of a scoring threat. The very next year, Bird took the 2nd worst team in the league, Boston, with a 1978-79 record of 29-53, to a league best 61-21 his rookie year, an NBA record-turnaround for wins/losses. After falling to the loaded, veteran 76ers in the ECF, Bird led Boston to a ring in his 2nd year. Bird has the 2nd highest winning percentage in league history to Magic, who started with a prime Kareem Abdul-Jabbar his rookie year on a great team and won the title, following winning a title with MSU v Bird the previous year. Numbers don't lie. Jordan posted a losing record with the Bulls his first 3 years. They didn't have a winning record until Pippen's rookie year. And the year Jordan sat out in-between rings, the Bulls only lost 1 or 2 more games that season without Jordan. Who do you think had the bigger impact for his team and won more games? I won't even go into the head-to-head matchups and playoff history of Jordan v Bird. If Magic and Larry aren't your starters on your all-time team at their respective positions then I question your understanding of the game. Any all-time team without Bird would get their ass kicked by the team that had Bird. While most 'superstars' would be concerned with getting their touches playing alongside other 'superstars', Bird would be making those around him even better, further unlocking their potential and showcasing their skills, and serving up an unselfish brand of team basketball most people probably never get to play--moving without the ball, playing team defense, being first to the floor for loose balls, crashing the boards, etc--and winning--the style of play where guys don't even care about their boxscore because they brought out the beauty of moving the ball and getting wide-open shots--playing the game at the highest level of execution with everyone contributing. Larry is the only 24-10-6 guy in the history of the league and is ranked 61st all-time on the 'Overall Defensive Rating' list--higher than both Jordan and Pippen, LeBron, and Kobe--but let these fools tell you about how slow he is and can't jump while getting 1.7 stls/game for a career(~ same as Jordan for career) and 10 rebs/game for a career (more than Ewing, Laimbeer, or Giannis), but at the small forward position! Respect Bird people--especially if you are pretending to be a professional and know something about the history of the game. When a guy is ranked so high defensively, and is in the discussion for best shooter, rebounder (at small forward), and passer of all-time, then he is #1. No one on that list is in the discussion for the best ever at all 3 phases of the game except Bird--and you could include clutch, 3-point shooter, and FT shooter. Michael is not in that class and that isn't a knock on Mike--no one is in those conversations like Bird--and Mike was 0-6 v Bird in playoffs. I guess there is nothing to do but hope people will get over their ignorance--NBA brass included.
Get Bird's hammer out your oral cavity before it pulverizes your tonsils. Ugly Larry with the Rocky Dennis hairdo is not even the greatest small-forward all-time. King James passed him up many years ago. Black Jesus is your GOAT's GOAT. After the very first time Bird faced MJ in the NBA he told a Boston Globe reporter "that guy is going to be the greatest ever - you just watch." In MJ's second year, one in which he missed most due to broken foot - after being swept by Larry and the other FOUR hall-of-famers Bird said "that was God disguised as Jordan." Danny Ainge was on Ys Guys podcast not too long ago and said "even though our stacked team beat the Bulls, we all knew Jordan was the best player on the floor." MJ wasn't even close to touching his prime. Jackie MacMullan, who's a lot more qualified than you on the subject, and who's covered Bird's career and even collaborated with Larry on his autobiography views His Airness as the GOAT.
LMAO. Larry had Hall of Famers in his team when he joined the Celtics. He had like a few good players in his team, Kevin Mchale and Robert Parish. Larry wasn't even the finals MVP when he won his first ring. You replace MJ with Bird on that shitty 80s Bulls team and Larry wouldn't make the playoffs. hahahahaha
@@James-sn5mg The damn truth! And that's why Clyde Drexler said “If Michael had same supporting cast as Bird and Johnson he’d win as often as they do. If you’re talking about who’s more valuable to his team it’s Michael.” And that wasn't hyperbole cause as soon as MJ had just ONE prime All-Star teammate not a multitude of them ala Bird and Magic, he won more than they did.
Check out the game footage some day--Bird had a lot of highlights shooting over Pippen and Jordan double-teams.. and a lot of wins.@@James-sn5mg
@@katrinachavez3533 you make some great points... He's certainly a top five guy... Maybe higher.. he could be the best all around player Ive ever seen and I've been watching since 1969 .. it depends on your criteria... I've never seen anyone better in an all around game
Kahwi at 33? Hell no! ESPN is too generous to someone who always claims to be hurt!
Lebron James number 2 what a Joke. He is the Poster Child of everything wrong with the NBA now...
He and Wilt should be switched, and I might could live with the top 10.
I don't care what anyone says..Lebron never deserves 2nd place
You got unsung players like Bob Pettit too low. Look at his numbers. 26ppg, 16rpg, 26 per.
missing Bernard King and Calvin Murphy
moses malon in front of steph is crazy
Better individual player
As someone old enough to have seen Moses Malone, he is vastly underrated by many.
Best offensive rebounder in the last 50 years, and it isn't close.
Gotta remember that most of Stephs plays would be considered carries 30 years ago and that step back he relies on to create space was considered traveling. The league made it easier to score to try and make the game more exciting.
Could Steph do what he does now in the 80s with Hakeem on his ass? Maybe, but I seriously doubt it.
Easily
MJ_23 is The REAL GOAT🐐🐐🐐..
They did jerry west, kobe and carmelo anthony so dirty.
And why is cp3 so god damn high??? Nash is arguably better and 20 spots lower?!?!
They made this to get a ton of comments and responses. Kobe at 10… bruh… should legally have to label this video “ trigger warning”
List to me doesn't really matter except having LBJ # 2 when he can't or doesn't know how to Dribble a Basketball . I thought list was about playing game of Basketball & even as a 3rd grader in school , rulebook says dribbling required when taking a step & moving pivot foot . He is not only one on this list yet he does it 10 or more times a game & more than anyone on list or history of NBA or College or even High School .
Kobe Mamba Bryant after MJ😊
Ice should be in the 40’s at least. Much better than Harden and Miller. Chris Paul too high also.
They had Melo and CP3 but no
T mac and Vinsanity. Hilarious 😂😂😂
Cp3 very overrated barely top 10 pg
Kevin Durant is way too high on the list he is definitely not better than Hakeem and Dr. J
Curry is better than KD all time
Kd is in the right spot dude
Should replace Lillard with Joker now
Bird was the best!
Opinions vary!
No body gives a f**k about ESPNs ranking
Chris Paul over dwyane wade is crazy to me, that mf hasn’t done shit
I was born in '84. I'm so happy I was able to see some of the best ever basketball players. Hardly any from my team: Cleveland Cavaliers but the team before LeBron and after was most always competitive. Price, Daugherty, Nance, Hot Rod, Brandon, Ehlo, not naming Kerr..lol, my favorites Price, Daugherty Andre Miller, Lamond Murray and Ricky Davis Matt Harpring, I can't forget We've had so many greats. Favorite non-Cav Drazen Petrovic! Where's He? Career cut short. That why?
Jordan is the Goat, I'm probably the only NBA fan who doesn't think LeBron is top 5.
Wilt should be at #2. No other player transformed the league like Wilt. They literally made new rules to keep him from being so dominant.
Stockton and Malone outside the top 20??? What you guys smoking???
Elvin hayes and Willis Reed are underated.
Kobe no 10 will always be funny hahahaha wtf ESPN
Oscar Robertson is not ahead of Kobe and Shaq. Love the big O but no
I'd switch Oscar with Hakeem, then my top 10 players and theirs would be the same, though not same order. Kobe and Wilt would higher, LeBron lower
And I do have Shaq at 11. Curry should be switched with Durant. Curry done more.
Kawhi Leonard is not better than Dominique Wilkins WTF
Giannis number 18 and shaq not in the top 10 are probably the funniest things I’ve seen in awhile. Thanks for the laugh.
Why Giannis ower Kawhi?
Why Gianni's over about ten better players? Lol
Wow Timmy was so underrated, he was easily Top 10 player of all time and greatest PF of all time.
No way they only put Kobe at 10th
No Dwight but a bunch of hot garbage made smh, invalid list
😂real talk...Barkley is a better comedian than basketball player..no rings...how many MVP'$
@@osirisdelacroix6272 he had 1 mvp LMAO what
Chris Paul over Scottie pippen and Dwayne wade wow and Durant over Moses Malone and Hakeem olajuwon unbelievable
Cool :)
No Joker😅😅😅 what a joke
This is an old list tho
Joker didn’t have a championship or his 3rd mvp. This is for 2022
@@life0093 He didn't even have his 2nd MVP! This is for 2021.
Vince Carter and Tracy Mcgrady⛹️
idk why tony parker is not on top 75
Stockton over zeke is crazy work!!! He has no rings😂😂😂 Isiah deserves more respect
What’s the yellow for?
Even though Steals and Blocks were not documented until 1975, they should still be considered.
Magic over Russell and Wilt? You’re high.
Jason kidd and CP3 are always overrated…
where is rondo bro
No way that cp3 is above dwade.
They screwed up the list just so ppl can comment lol
Chris paul better than d wade... Never bro.
1. Michael Jordan
2. Lebron James
3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
4. Magic Johnson
5. Larry Bird
6. Wilt Chamberlain
7. Tim Duncan
8. Hakeem Olajuwon
9. Kobe Bryant
10. Shaquille O'Neal
11. Bill Russell
12. Stephen Curry
13. Nikola Jokic
14. Kevin Durant
15. Moses Malone
16. Giannis Antetokounmpo
17. Oscar Robertson
18. Julius Erving
19. Jerry West
20. Dirk Nowitzki
21. Kevin Garnett
22. David Robinson
23. John Havlicek
24. Karl Malone
25. John Stockton
26. Dwyane Wade
27. Isiah Thomas
28. Bill Walton
29. Charles Barkley
30. Allen Iverson
MJ no. 1 on turn-overs!!!
In no fucking world is Reggie miller better than Drexler! 😂
Lebron being ranked ahead of Kareem and magic is just dim witted
Elvin Hayes at 58? Someone is brain dead.