![]() ![]() Please see our data coverage page for details. WNBA all-time (since 1997) unless otherwise noted. Some stats were available earlier in the ABA. BPM, VORP, DRtg and Per 100 Poss stats since 1973-74. All box score stats are covered all-time (though not all stats were tracked for all of NBA history). Season data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. Playoffs: PTS, FG, FT, FTA, 3P, 3PA complete all-time. All other box score stats (3PA, ORB, DRB, STL, BLK, TOV) complete back to 1983-84. FGA, TRB, AST, PF, GS over 99% complete back to 1975-76. Regular season: PTS, FG, FT, 3P complete all-time. Michael Jordan: Advanced Table Rkĭata coverage: Game data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information / Your California Privacy Rights are applicable to you. ^ Back to Top ^ © 2023 ESPN Internet Ventures. ![]() ![]() So, based on the voting by Production Research, here’s what an updated list comparing these NBA greats could look like: We in Production Research came up with 26 Hall of Famers eliminated by James, a number that obviously can grow (and that can differ from what you come up with). Jordan knocked down 679 shots out of 1,527 tries which had him at a 44.5 FG. Jordan averaged 19.5 points, 5.9 rebounds in addition to 3.7 dimes per 36 mins. We were liberal with these assessments rather than strict, just to give benefit of the doubt to James. In his 82 games on the court, he scored 1,640 pts and had an average of 20.0 points/G. For instance, we assigned Kawhi Leonard as a Hall of Famer based on his current career track. Understandably, a lot of liberties were taken. We conducted a highly nonscientific poll within ESPN’s Production Research department on whether the players James has eliminated are bound for the Hall of Fame based on their current career track. Here’s where he stands:įor the purposes of this debate, how do we figure out how many Hall of Famers James has eliminated? It is obviously murkier because the opponents he is playing against aren’t eligible for the Hall of Fame, much less in it. Now let’s bring James into the discussion. His 30 series wins eliminated 27 Hall of Famers, an average of less than one per series win. Jordan won more titles than either Bird or Johnson, but he faced far fewer Hall of Famers en route to these wins.Johnson won more series than Bird or Jordan and eliminated more Hall of Famers than either of them, and for every series he won, he eliminated a little more than one Hall of Famer on average.Bird played an average of almost exactly one Hall of Fame player per series, and every time he eliminated an opponent, that opponent averaged almost 1.5 Hall of Famers. ![]() Here’s how Bird, Magic and Jordan compare with one another: For example, Jordan eliminated Karl Malone and John Stockton in both the 19 NBA Finals, so that counts as four Hall of Famers eliminated, not two. They used the guideline that the Hall of Famer in question must have played at least one postseason game that season.Īlso, players could count multiple times. We asked the Elias Sports Bureau to look at the postseason careers of Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan and determine how many Hall of Famers each of them eliminated from the playoffs. One of the angles debaters often take is, “Player X had to beat so many better players than Player Y en route to his titles.” No doubt, someone somewhere is considering that question now. (insert the name of another great)” as best all-time player comes up for debate. Usually around this time of the NBA season, the topic of “LeBron James vs. How does James compare with other NBA greats? You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser LeBron James: 10.2 RPG (561 Total Rebounds) Michael Jordan: 6.0 RPG (211 Total Rebounds) The fact that LeBron James averages a near-career triple-double in the NBA playoffs is a legendary feat to accomplish. ![]()
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