Top 50 Basketball Players of All Time: Bill Simmons vs. SLAM vs. Bleacher Report vs. The NBA
Back in 1996, on the 50th Anniversary of professional basketball, the NBA busted out with its famous 50 Greatest Players of All Time list….
More coming…
| BILL SIMMONS | SLAM | BLEACHER REPORT | NBA | |
| 1. | Michael Jordan | Michael Jordan | Michael Jordan | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 2. | Bill Russell | Wilt Chamberlain | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Tiny Archibald |
| 3. | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Bill Russell | Magic Johnson | Paul Arizin |
| 4. | Magic Johnson | Shaquille O’Neal | Kobe Bryant | Charles Barkley |
| 5. | Larry Bird | Oscar Robertson | Larry Bird | Rick Barry |
| 6. | Wilt Chamberlain | Magic Johnson | Wilt Chamberlain | Elgin Baylor |
| 7. | Tim Duncan | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Shaquille O’Neal | Dave Bing |
| 8. | Kobe Bryant | Tim Duncan | Tim Duncan | Larry Bird |
| 9. | Jerry West | Larry Bird | Hakeem Olajuwon | Wilt Chamberlain |
| 10. | Oscar Robertson | Jerry West | Jerry West | Bob Cousy |
| 11. | Hakeem Olajuwon | Elgin Baylor | Oscar Robertson | Dave Cowens |
| 12. | Shaquille O’Neal | Kobe Bryant | Karl Malone | Billy Cunningham |
| 13. | Moses Malone | Hakeem Olajuwon | Bill Russell | Dave DeBusschere |
| 14. | John Havlicek | Bob Pettit | David Robinson | Clyde Drexler |
| 15. | Elgin Baylor | Julius Erving | Moses Malone | Julius Erving |
| 16. | Julius Erving | Moses Malone | LeBron James | Patrick Ewing |
| 17. | Bob Pettit | John Havlicek | Julius Irving | Walt Frazier |
| 18. | Karl Malone | Karl Malone | Elgin Baylor | George Gervin |
| 19. | Charles Barkley | Isiah Thomas | Charles Barkley | Hal Greer |
| 20. | LeBron James | Charles Barkley | Kevin Garnett | John Havlicek |
| 21. | Bob Cousy | Rick Barry | Scottie Pippen | Elvin Hayes |
| 22. | Kevin Garnett | John Stockton | John Stockton | Magic Johnson |
| 23. | Isiah Thomas | Elvin Hayes | John Havlicek | Sam Jones |
| 24. | Scottie Pippen | Bob Cousy | Isiah Thomas | Michael Jordan |
| 25. | John Stockton | David Robinson | Dirk Nowitzki | Jerry Lucas |
| 26. | Rick Barry | Kevin McHale | Patrick Ewing | Karl Malone |
| 27. | Bill Walton | Scottie Pippen | Gary Payton | Moses Malone |
| 28. | Dwyane Wade | Jason Kidd | Jason Kidd | Pete Maravich |
| 29. | David Robinson | George Mikan | Walt Frazier | Kevin McHale |
| 30. | Willis Reed | Kevin Garnett | Clyde Drexler | George Mikan |
| 31. | Dave Cowens | Willis Reed | George Gervin | Earl Monroe |
| 32. | Walt Frazier | Wes Unseld | Allen Iverson | Shaquille O’Neal |
| 33. | Sam Jones | Nate Thurmond | Bob Pettit | Hakeem Olajuwon |
| 34. | George Gervin | Dolph Schayes | Elvin Hayes | Robert Parish |
| 35. | Kevin McHale | Walt Frazier | Willis Reed | Bob Pettit |
| 36. | Steve Nash | Patrick Ewing | Rick Barry | Scottie Pippen |
| 37. | Allen Iverson | Jerry Lucas | Dwyane Wade | Willis Reed |
| 38. | George Mikan | Gary Payton | Dominique Wilkins | Oscar Robertson |
| 39. | Dirk Nowitzki | Allen Iverson | Kevin McHale | David Robinson |
| 40. | Patrick Ewing | Billy Cunningham | Steve Nash | Bill Russell |
| 41. | Gary Payton | Clyde Drexler | Alex English | Dolph Schayes |
| 42. | Wes Unseld | LeBron James | Dave Cowens | Bill Sharman |
| 43. | Jason Kidd | Dominique Wilkins | Pete Maravich | John Stockton |
| 44. | Clyde Drexler | Dave Cowens | George Mikan | Isiah Thomas |
| 45. | Nate Thurmond | George Gervin | Paul Pierce | Nate Thurmond |
| 46. | Dave DeBusschere | Bob McAdoo | Bob Cousy | Wes Unseld |
| 47. | Paul Pierce | Earl Monroe | Sam Jones | Bill Walton |
| 48. | Hal Greer | Dennis Rodman | Paul Arizin | Jerry West |
| 49. | Billy Cunningham | Walt Bellamy | Tiny Archibald | Lenny Wilkens |
| 50. | James Worthy | Steve Nash | Billy Cunningham | James Worthy |
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