WHO IS THE BEST? OR, WHO ARE THE BESTS?

When we talk about sports, one thing that most people would do is to argue who is the best player in the field.

It is easier to compare players in the same era, by comparing their statistics, total championship and performance against each other. However, it is not easy to compare players from different eras in the history, since they usually played against different competitors, and the relative performance is subjective. Overall, there is no universal standard.

NBA, as the most famous basketball league in the world, playing one of the most popular sport globally, would never lack this kind of discussion.

Who is the best NBA player of all time? LeBron James or Michael Jordan? Who is the best Center of all time? Bill Russell or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? Players from which era are better? The 1980s - 1990s or the 2010s?

In 2020, ESPN experts considered players' career value and peak performance, and they went through thousands of head to head matchups. They eventually gave out a rank list with 74 greatest NBA players in the 74-year history of NBA.

This website is a gallery of the EPSN ranking, include the ranking, ESPN expert's ranking reason, career stats, and peak performance for every individual player.