Top 10 Players of All-Time

This is commonly asked (on Answers), but what are your Top 10 Players of All-TIme?

Here are mine:
10. Elgin Baylor
9. Larry Bird
8. Jerry West
7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
6. Wilt Chamberlain
5. Hakeem Olajuwan
4. Tim Duncan
3. Oscar Robertson
2. Earvin Johnson
1. Michael Jordan

Nice list,this is the first time i have seen Baylor is someone's Top 10,nice he's very underrated and yes,West deserves to be there as well

Here's mine Top 10 list
1.Michael Jordan
2.Bill Russell
3.Kareem Abdul Jabbar
4.Earvin 'Magic' Johnson
5.Oscar Roberston=Larry Bird
6.Shaquille O'Neal=Tim Duncan
7.Wilt Chamberlain
8.Julius Erving
9.Jerry West
10.Hakeem Olajuown

or i can go with this
1.Michael Jordan
2.Bill Russell
3.Kareem Abdul Jabbar
4.Earvin Magic Johnson
5.Larry Bird
6.Shaquille O'Neal
7.Tim Duncan
8.Wilt chamberlina
9.Oscar Roberston
10.Julius Erving

I would rather go with the first one but maybe you can tell which of these lisyt is better as your opinion,i can't make uo my mind here

Elgin Baylor isn't really a top 10 ALL TIME...maybe top 20


1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Bill Russell
4. Wilt Chambelain
5. Oscar Robertson
6. Larry Bird
7. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
8. Shaquille O'neal
9. Hakeem Olajuwon
10. Tim Duncan

1.Michael Jordan(easily)
2.Magic Johnson
3.Larry Bird
4.Bill Russell
5.Wilt Chamberlain
6.Kareem Abdul Jabnar
7.Julius Erving
8.Oscar Robertson
9.Tim Duncan
10.Shaquille O'Neal

1. Michael Jordan
2. Magic Johnson
3. Bird
4. Wilt
5. Russell
6. Kareem
7. Timmy
8. Julius
9. Tim
10. Shaq

*11. KOBE

King Of NJ wrote:

1.Michael Jordan(easily)
2.Magic Johnson
3.Larry Bird
4.Bill Russell
5.Wilt Chamberlain
6.Kareem Abdul Jabnar
7.Julius Erving
8.Oscar Robertson
9.Tim Duncan
10.Shaquille O'Neal

I've never seen anyone have Julius in their Top 10. But in front of Big O and Duncan?

1.MJ
2.Bill Russell
3.Kareem Abdul Jabbar
4.Earvin 'Magic' Johnson
5.Larry Bird
6.Shaquille O'Neal
7.Tim Duncan
8.Oscar Roberston
9.Julius Erving
10.Wilt Chamberlain

I hope i helped

Darko(#1 Blazers Fan,MJ=Best)

Wow, Erving in front of Chamberlain?

Yeah,check this acomplishments with overall NBA/ABA career

-Career highlights and awards
1× NBA Champion (1983)
1× NBA MVP (1981)
11× NBA All-Star (1977-1987)
5× All-NBA First Team Selection (1978, 1980-1983)
2× All-NBA Second Team Selection (1977, 1984)
2× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1977, 1983)
1× J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (1983)
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
NBA 35th Anniversary Team
2× ABA Champion (1974, 1976)
3× ABA MVP (1974-1976)
5× ABA All-Star (1972-1976)
2× ABA Playoffs MVP (1974, 1976)
4× All-ABA First Team (1973-1976)
1× All-ABA Second Team (1972)
1× All-ABA Defensive First Team
1972 ABA All-Rookie First Team

Also,he's the first player ever to win a Dunk Contest,first player to dunk from the free throw line and made the game better.He was the Doctor.........

Also with overall NBA/ABA career he has
Points 30,026 (24.2 ppg and Top in total points)
Steals 2,272 (2.0 spg)
Rebounds 10,525 (8.5 rpg)

This guy was just too dminating...........

Yeah,he deserves maybe even to be Top 7

If Kobe gets 1 more championship, he passes Shaq

Yeah, but not Duncan. If Kobe gets two or three, he passes Duncan.

But Duncan has the best career out of all current NBA players.

I can't have Dr. J in my Top 10; incredible player but he's not deserving over the likes of Jerry West (thats downright silly!), Elgin Baylor (Championship or no Championship), nor Hakeem Olajuwon or even possibly the guy who won him the title -- Moses Malone. If everyone recalls the dubiously boring "Can Kobe win a title without Shaq" conversation -- the same would apply even bigger for Julius Erving -- "Can Dr. J win a title without Moses?" Sure never looked like it.

1. Michael Jordan
2. Wilt Chamberlain -- This man should not be out of the Top5 on any list. To me, it doesn't matter who he played against, his competition was better then the competition Shaq faced in his prime (Think early 2000s, some terrible centers.). Anybody who averages 50ppg in a single season, not to mention leading the league in points, rebounds and assists in the same year, a feat that nobody will ever touch, even if he was playing versus midgets, that still be a feat in my mind.
3. Bill Russell
4. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
5a. Magic Johnson
5b. Larry Bird -- I list the two together, because without each other in many ways, they might have never achieved such greatness, their competition versus each other drove each man to be better, and they proved it every game.
7. Jerry West - wheres the love for Mr. Clutch? Check his stats.
8. Oscar Robertson
9. Tim Duncan
10. Shaquille O'Neal

1.MJ
2.Russell
3.Kareem
4.Magic
5.Wilt
6.Duncan
7.Bird
8.West
9.Oscar
10.Shaq

YK(Nerds need some love) wrote:

If Kobe gets 1 more championship, he passes Shaq

False,Shaq is better then Kobe in his career,Period

Darko wrote:

YK(Nerds need some love) wrote:

If Kobe gets 1 more championship, he passes Shaq

False,Shaq is better then Kobe in his career,Period

well kobe has a Chance to pass shaq so dont rule that out.

1.Jordan
2.Magic
3.Russell
4.Kareem
5.Larry
6.Chamberlin
7.Shaq
8.Duncan
9.Kobe
10.Oscar

my Top 10 list in no order

-Michael Jordan
-Kareem
-Larry Bird
-Bill Russell
-Wilt
-Magic
-Hakeem
-Shaq
-Duncan
-Erving/West/Kobe/Moses

RobK wrote:

I can't have Dr. J in my Top 10; incredible player but he's not deserving over the likes of Jerry West (thats downright silly!), Elgin Baylor (Championship or no Championship), nor Hakeem Olajuwon or even possibly the guy who won him the title -- Moses Malone. If everyone recalls the dubiously boring "Can Kobe win a title without Shaq" conversation -- the same would apply even bigger for Julius Erving -- "Can Dr. J win a title without Moses?" Sure never looked like it.

1. Michael Jordan
2. Wilt Chamberlain -- This man should not be out of the Top5 on any list. To me, it doesn't matter who he played against, his competition was better then the competition Shaq faced in his prime (Think early 2000s, some terrible centers.). Anybody who averages 50ppg in a single season, not to mention leading the league in points, rebounds and assists in the same year, a feat that nobody will ever touch, even if he was playing versus midgets, that still be a feat in my mind.
3. Bill Russell
4. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
5a. Magic Johnson
5b. Larry Bird -- I list the two together, because without each other in many ways, they might have never achieved such greatness, their competition versus each other drove each man to be better, and they proved it every game.
7. Jerry West - wheres the love for Mr. Clutch? Check his stats.
8. Oscar Robertson
9. Tim Duncan
10. Shaquille O'Neal

Why is Oscar ranked over Duncan & Shaq?

I don't even know why he is ranked over Moses, Kobe, Dr. J, West or even players like Barkley and Robinson who had more statistically impressive seasons (which I am assuming is the only reason he is even in the top 10)

Pace adjusted his stats are NOT better than almost all of these players.



He led his team to 50+ wins just once in his career.

Won his only championship as the second fiddle on a team led by Kareem.

Honestly I don't think he should be in top 10 lists. Top 15 or 20 is more appropriate. He is in the same class as Barkley, Karl Malone, Robinson and probably at the lower end of it too.

Chris wrote:

1.Jordan
2.Magic
3.Russell
4.Kareem
5.Larry
6.Chamberlin
7.Shaq
8.Duncan
9.Kobe
10.Oscar

Oscar is a great player but has no business being in the top 10 of all-time. He is easily top 20 and probably top 15.

Shaq>Kobe no mather what Kobe does.O'Neal was the main man for the 3 rings that they won ......................

Blaze wrote:

Chris wrote:

1.Jordan
2.Magic
3.Russell
4.Kareem
5.Larry
6.Chamberlin
7.Shaq
8.Duncan
9.Kobe
10.Oscar

Oscar is a great player but has no business being in the top 10 of all-time. He is easily top 20 and probably top 15.

Roberston is easily a Top 10 player in my opinion

Blaze wrote:

Chris wrote:

1.Jordan
2.Magic
3.Russell
4.Kareem
5.Larry
6.Chamberlin
7.Shaq
8.Duncan
9.Kobe
10.Oscar

Oscar is a great player but has no business being in the top 10 of all-time. He is easily top 20 and probably top 15.

in my opinion he makes the top 10 easy because of how all around he was

Kobe has a great chance to pass up Shaq....

Darko wrote:

Shaq>Kobe no mather what Kobe does.O'Neal was the main man for the 3 rings that they won ......................

dude he has a chance stop ruiling that out




and do you know kobe averaged 28 6 and 6 as 2nd option?



also as 1st option 32 6 and 6


10 straight 40+ point games



hes in the top 10 now and will move up