Top 5 All-Time According to Position

[trojanfan12]

There is a lot of debate on these boards over who is the GOAT and where players should be ranked on the list of all time greats. I think a better/more accurate version is the top players of all time per position.

Here's mine:

Center:

1. Kareem
2. Wilt
3. Russell
4. Olajuwon
5. Shaq

Point Guard:

1. Magic
2. Big O
3. Stockton
4. Nash
5. Thomas

Shooting Guard:

1. MJ
2. Kobe
3. West
4. Iceman Gervin
5. D-Wade

Small Forward:

1. Bird
2. Lebron
3. Elgin
4. Dr. J
5. Pippen

Power Forward:

1. Malone
2. Duncan
3. McHale
4. Barkley
5. Pettit

 

[Black Adam]

There is a lot of debate on these boards over who is the GOAT and where players should be ranked on the list of all time greats. I think a better/more accurate version is the top players of all time per position.

Here's mine:

Center:

1. Kareem
2. Wilt
3. Russell
4. Olajuwon
5. Shaq

Point Guard:

1. Magic
2. Big O
3. Stockton
4. Nash
5. Thomas

Shooting Guard:

1. MJ
2. Kobe
3. West
4. Iceman Gervin
5. D-Wade

Small Forward:

1. Bird
2. Lebron
3. Elgin
4. Dr. J
5. Pippen

Power Forward:

1. Malone
2. Duncan
3. McHale
4. Barkley
5. Pettit

very nice list, though i'd swap a couple of those to be honest...

still, very nicely done...

 

[Shanemansj13]

Pretty good list thar

 

[WhiteMamba]

Bill Walton GOAT.

Kareem YOU FACE!

 

[Black Adam]

Bill Walton GOAT.

Kareem YOU FACE!

BOOOOOOOOOOO...

lol, absolutely HATED that bastard when he played at U.C.L.A....

 

[WhiteMamba]

BOOOOOOOOOOO...

lol, absolutely HATED that bastard when he played at U.C.L.A....

Ya, never got to see him live except when with Cs.

But I have done my research. Guy was an animal.

Too bad he was injured so often.

He was a 7 foot Bill Russel

 

[Shanemansj13]

One change Lebron should be 2nd on the SF, SG, and PG lists and 1st on the PF list.

 

[seattlefan75]

Gary Payton needs to be on the list for PG

 

[majoyenrac]

PG:
1) Magic
2) Stockton
3) Robertson
4) Thomas
5) Paul

SG)
1) MJ
2) Kobe
3) Wade (and had the injuries not happened, Wade could have topped Kobe though he's still great)
4) Drexler
5) Ray Allen

SF's:
1) Lebron James
2) Larry Bird
3) Scottie Pippen
4) Kevin Durant (I know a few more yrs may really seal this, but he's incredible)
5) Dr. J

PF
1) Tim Duncan
2) Dirk Nowitzki
3) Charles Barkley
4) Karl Malone
5) Kevin Garnett

C's:
1) Kareem Abdul-Jabar
2) Wilt Chamberlain
3) Shaquille O'Neal (Shaq should've been #1, but didn't stay in the best shape).
4) Hakeen Olajuwon
5) Bill Russell

 

[WhiteMamba]

Gary Payton needs to be on the list for PG

:rollseyes:

over who?

 

[Black Adam]

Gary Payton needs to be on the list for PG

i'm with that. glove should be on the list somewhere. guy was REAL good...

 

[Black Adam]

:rollseyes:

over who?

Thomas maybe? but it'd still be tough to justify...

 

[WhiteMamba]

Payton is top 10. Loved him.

But not top 5.

 

[fordman84]

PG:
1) Magic
2) Stockton
3) Robertson
4) Thomas
5) Paul

SG)
1) MJ
2) Kobe
3) Wade (and had the injuries not happened, Wade could have topped Kobe though he's still great)
4) Drexler
5) Ray Allen

SF's:
1) Lebron James
2) Larry Bird
3) Scottie Pippen
4) Kevin Durant (I know a few more yrs may really seal this, but he's incredible)
5) Dr. J

PF
1) Tim Duncan
2) Dirk Nowitzki
3) Charles Barkley
4) Karl Malone
5) Kevin Garnett

C's:
1) Kareem Abdul-Jabar
2) Wilt Chamberlain
3) Shaquille O'Neal (Shaq should've been #1, but didn't stay in the best shape).
4) Hakeen Olajuwon
5) Bill Russell

There it is. Any list without Dirk in the top 5 is a fail.

 

[seattlefan75]

Payton is top 10. Loved him.

But not top 5.

over oscar wasnt oscar robertson a shoot guard?

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Payton over CP3! Easily

 

[majoyenrac]

Yes Dirk is unbelievable. I actually like him much more than Timmy D, cuz he's fun to watch and I would have thought would have aged better, but Duncan just amazes...those too are closer though than the what 4 titles to 1 would have you believe....and while I'm not saying Dirk has dropped off a cliff, he's still great, I am going to give Duncan the slightest nod.

 

[Clayton]

Payton couldn't play in today's game. Being the 'glove' would be a foul

 

[BOTSLAYER]

One change Lebron should be 2nd on the SF, SG, and PG lists and 1st on the PF list.

No.


Different position entirely but not a new one.

Point Forward:
1. LBJ
2. Pippen

 

[tzorn10]

Sidney Moncrief deserves a mention at SG. He would make my list anyways.