50 Greatest Players in NBA History

As selected in 1996 by a blue-ribbon panel of media; former players and coaches; current and former general managers; and team executives.

50 Players

50 Players Table
				Per Game						Shooting			Advanced
Player	From	To	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	WS	WS/48
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	1970	1989	1560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	.559		.721	273.4	.228
Tiny Archibald	1971	1984	876	35.6	18.8	2.3	7.4	1.1	0.1	.467		.810	83.4	.128
Paul Arizin	1951	1962	713	38.4	22.8	8.6	2.3			.421		.810	108.8	.183
Charles Barkley	1985	2000	1073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	.541	.266	.735	177.2	.216
Rick Barry	1966	1980	794	36.3	23.2	6.5	5.1	2.0	0.5	.449		.900	93.4	.156
Elgin Baylor	1959	1972	846	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3			.431		.780	104.2	.148
Dave Bing	1967	1978	901	36.4	20.3	3.8	6.0	1.3	0.2	.441		.775	68.8	.101
Larry Bird	1980	1992	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	.496	.376	.886	145.8	.203
Wilt Chamberlain	1960	1973	1045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			.540		.511	247.3	.248
Bob Cousy	1951	1970	924	35.3	18.4	5.2	7.5			.375		.803	91.1	.139
Dave Cowens	1971	1983	766	38.6	17.6	13.6	3.8	1.1	0.9	.460		.783	86.3	.140
Billy Cunningham	1966	1976	654	34.3	20.8	10.1	4.0	1.2	0.5	.446		.720	63.2	.135
Dave DeBusschere	1963	1974	875	35.7	16.1	11.0	2.9	0.9	0.5	.432		.699	60.8	.093
Clyde Drexler	1984	1998	1086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	.472	.318	.788	135.6	.173
Julius Erving	1977	1987	836	34.3	22.0	6.7	3.9	1.8	1.5	.507		.777	106.2	.178
Patrick Ewing	1986	2002	1183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	.504	.152	.740	126.4	.150
Walt Frazier	1968	1980	825	37.5	18.9	5.9	6.1	1.9	0.2	.490		.786	113.5	.176
George Gervin	1977	1986	791	33.5	26.2	4.6	2.8	1.2	0.8	.511		.844	88.1	.159
Hal Greer	1959	1973	1122	35.5	19.2	5.0	4.0			.452		.801	102.7	.124
John Havlicek	1963	1978	1270	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	.439		.815	131.7	.136
Elvin Hayes	1969	1984	1303	38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	.452		.670	120.8	.116
Magic Johnson	1980	1996	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	.520	.303	.848	155.8	.225
Sam Jones	1958	1969	871	27.9	17.7	4.9	2.5			.456		.803	92.3	.182
Michael Jordan	1985	2003	1072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	.497	.327	.835	214.0	.250
Jerry Lucas	1964	1974	829	38.8	17.0	15.6	3.3	0.4	0.3	.499		.783	98.4	.147
Karl Malone	1986	2004	1476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	.516	.274	.742	234.6	.205
Moses Malone	1977	1995	1329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	.491		.769	167.1	.178
Pete Maravich	1971	1980	658	37.0	24.2	4.2	5.4	1.4	0.3	.441		.820	46.7	.092
Kevin McHale	1981	1993	971	31.0	17.9	7.3	1.7	0.4	1.7	.554	.261	.798	113.0	.180
George Mikan	1949	1956	439	34.4	23.1	13.4	2.8			.404		.782	108.7	.249
Earl Monroe	1968	1980	926	32.0	18.8	3.0	3.9	1.0	0.3	.464		.807	77.4	.125
Shaquille O'Neal	1993	2011	1207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	.582	.045	.527	181.7	.208
Hakeem Olajuwon	1985	2002	1238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	.512	.202	.712	162.8	.177
Robert Parish	1977	1997	1611	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	.537		.721	147.0	.154
Bob Pettit	1955	1965	792	38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0			.436		.761	136.0	.213
Scottie Pippen	1988	2004	1178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	.473	.326	.704	125.1	.146
Willis Reed	1965	1974	650	35.5	18.7	12.9	1.8	0.6	1.1	.476		.747	74.9	.156
Oscar Robertson	1961	1974	1040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	.485		.838	189.2	.207
David Robinson	1990	2003	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	.518	.250	.736	178.7	.250
Bill Russell	1957	1969	963	42.3	15.1	22.5	4.3			.440		.561	163.5	.193
Dolph Schayes	1950	1964	996	34.4	18.5	12.1	3.1			.380		.849	142.4	.192
Bill Sharman	1951	1961	711	32.0	17.8	3.9	3.0			.426		.883	82.8	.178
John Stockton	1985	2003	1504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	2.2	0.2	.515	.384	.826	207.7	.209
Isiah Thomas	1982	1994	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	1.9	0.3	.452	.290	.759	80.7	.109
Nate Thurmond	1964	1977	964	37.2	15.0	15.0	2.7	0.5	2.1	.421		.667	78.0	.104
Wes Unseld	1969	1981	984	36.4	10.8	14.0	3.9	1.1	0.6	.509		.633	110.1	.147
Bill Walton	1975	1987	468	28.3	13.3	10.5	3.4	0.8	2.2	.521		.660	39.3	.142
Jerry West	1961	1974	932	39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7	.474		.814	162.6	.213
Lenny Wilkens	1961	1975	1077	35.3	16.5	4.7	6.7	1.3	0.2	.432		.774	95.5	.120
James Worthy	1983	1994	926	32.4	17.6	5.1	3.0	1.1	0.7	.521	.241	.769	81.2	.130