Bill Simmons Hall of Fame Pyramid

As selected by Bill Simmons in The Book of Basketball (2010 paperback edition).

96 Players

96 Players Table
					Per Game						Shooting			Advanced
Rank	Player	From	To	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3P%	FT%	WS	WS/48
1	Michael Jordan	1985	2003	1072	38.3	30.1	6.2	5.3	2.3	0.8	.497	.327	.835	214.0	.250
2	Bill Russell	1957	1969	963	42.3	15.1	22.5	4.3			.440		.561	163.5	.193
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	1970	1989	1560	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	.559		.721	273.4	.228
4	Magic Johnson	1980	1996	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	.520	.303	.848	155.8	.225
5	Larry Bird	1980	1992	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	.496	.376	.886	145.8	.203
6	Wilt Chamberlain	1960	1973	1045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			.540		.511	247.3	.248
7	Tim Duncan	1998	2016	1392	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	0.7	2.2	.506	.179	.696	206.4	.209
8	Kobe Bryant	1997	2016	1346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	.447	.329	.837	172.7	.170
9	Jerry West	1961	1974	932	39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7	.474		.814	162.6	.213
10	Oscar Robertson	1961	1974	1040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	.485		.838	189.2	.207
11	Hakeem Olajuwon	1985	2002	1238	35.7	21.8	11.1	2.5	1.7	3.1	.512	.202	.712	162.8	.177
12	Shaquille O'Neal	1993	2011	1207	34.7	23.7	10.9	2.5	0.6	2.3	.582	.045	.527	181.7	.208
13	Moses Malone	1977	1995	1329	33.9	20.6	12.2	1.4	0.8	1.3	.491		.769	167.1	.178
14	John Havlicek	1963	1978	1270	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	.439		.815	131.7	.136
15	Elgin Baylor	1959	1972	846	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3			.431		.780	104.2	.148
16	Julius Erving	1977	1987	836	34.3	22.0	6.7	3.9	1.8	1.5	.507		.777	106.2	.178
17	Bob Pettit	1955	1965	792	38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0			.436		.761	136.0	.213
18	Karl Malone	1986	2004	1476	37.2	25.0	10.1	3.6	1.4	0.8	.516	.274	.742	234.6	.205
19	Charles Barkley	1985	2000	1073	36.7	22.1	11.7	3.9	1.5	0.8	.541	.266	.735	177.2	.216
20	LeBron James	2004	2025	1517	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	.506	.348	.736	265.4	.222
21	Bob Cousy	1951	1970	924	35.3	18.4	5.2	7.5			.375		.803	91.1	.139
22	Kevin Garnett	1996	2016	1462	34.5	17.8	10.0	3.7	1.3	1.4	.497	.275	.789	191.4	.182
23	Isiah Thomas	1982	1994	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	1.9	0.3	.452	.290	.759	80.7	.109
24	Scottie Pippen	1988	2004	1178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	.473	.326	.704	125.1	.146
25	John Stockton	1985	2003	1504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	2.2	0.2	.515	.384	.826	207.7	.209
26	Rick Barry	1966	1980	794	36.3	23.2	6.5	5.1	2.0	0.5	.449		.900	93.4	.156
27	Bill Walton	1975	1987	468	28.3	13.3	10.5	3.4	0.8	2.2	.521		.660	39.3	.142
28	Dwyane Wade	2004	2019	1054	33.9	22.0	4.7	5.4	1.5	0.8	.480	.293	.765	120.7	.162
29	David Robinson	1990	2003	987	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	1.4	3.0	.518	.250	.736	178.7	.250
30	Willis Reed	1965	1974	650	35.5	18.7	12.9	1.8	0.6	1.1	.476		.747	74.9	.156
31	Dave Cowens	1971	1983	766	38.6	17.6	13.6	3.8	1.1	0.9	.460		.783	86.3	.140
32	Walt Frazier	1968	1980	825	37.5	18.9	5.9	6.1	1.9	0.2	.490		.786	113.5	.176
33	Sam Jones	1958	1969	871	27.9	17.7	4.9	2.5			.456		.803	92.3	.182
34	George Gervin	1977	1986	791	33.5	26.2	4.6	2.8	1.2	0.8	.511		.844	88.1	.159
35	Kevin McHale	1981	1993	971	31.0	17.9	7.3	1.7	0.4	1.7	.554	.261	.798	113.0	.180
36	Steve Nash	1997	2014	1217	31.3	14.3	3.0	8.5	0.7	0.1	.490	.428	.904	129.7	.164
37	Allen Iverson	1997	2010	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	.425	.313	.780	99.0	.126
38	George Mikan	1949	1956	439	34.4	23.1	13.4	2.8			.404		.782	108.7	.249
39	Dirk Nowitzki	1999	2019	1522	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	0.8	0.8	.471	.380	.879	206.3	.193
40	Patrick Ewing	1986	2002	1183	34.3	21.0	9.8	1.9	1.0	2.4	.504	.152	.740	126.4	.150
41	Gary Payton	1991	2007	1335	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	.466	.317	.729	145.5	.148
42	Wes Unseld	1969	1981	984	36.4	10.8	14.0	3.9	1.1	0.6	.509		.633	110.1	.147
43	Jason Kidd	1995	2013	1391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	.400	.349	.785	138.6	.133
44	Clyde Drexler	1984	1998	1086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	.472	.318	.788	135.6	.173
45	Nate Thurmond	1964	1977	964	37.2	15.0	15.0	2.7	0.5	2.1	.421		.667	78.0	.104
46	Dave DeBusschere	1963	1974	875	35.7	16.1	11.0	2.9	0.9	0.5	.432		.699	60.8	.093
47	Paul Pierce	1999	2017	1343	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	1.3	0.6	.445	.368	.806	150.0	.157
48	Hal Greer	1959	1973	1122	35.5	19.2	5.0	4.0			.452		.801	102.7	.124
49	Billy Cunningham	1966	1976	654	34.3	20.8	10.1	4.0	1.2	0.5	.446		.720	63.2	.135
50	James Worthy	1983	1994	926	32.4	17.6	5.1	3.0	1.1	0.7	.521	.241	.769	81.2	.130
51	Elvin Hayes	1969	1984	1303	38.4	21.0	12.5	1.8	1.0	2.0	.452		.670	120.8	.116
52	Dolph Schayes	1950	1964	996	34.4	18.5	12.1	3.1			.380		.849	142.4	.192
53	Bill Sharman	1951	1961	711	32.0	17.8	3.9	3.0			.426		.883	82.8	.178
54	Dennis Johnson	1977	1990	1100	32.7	14.1	3.9	5.0	1.3	0.6	.445		.797	82.6	.110
55	Dominique Wilkins	1983	1999	1074	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	1.3	0.6	.461	.319	.811	117.5	.148
56	Paul Arizin	1951	1962	713	38.4	22.8	8.6	2.3			.421		.810	108.8	.183
57	Tom Heinsohn	1957	1965	654	29.4	18.6	8.8	2.0			.405		.790	60.0	.150
58	Bernard King	1978	1993	874	33.7	22.5	5.8	3.3	1.0	0.3	.518		.730	75.4	.123
59	Robert Parish	1977	1997	1611	28.4	14.5	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	.537		.721	147.0	.154
60	Tiny Archibald	1971	1984	876	35.6	18.8	2.3	7.4	1.1	0.1	.467		.810	83.4	.128
61	Bob McAdoo	1973	1986	852	33.2	22.1	9.4	2.3	1.0	1.5	.503		.754	89.1	.151
62	Ray Allen	1997	2014	1300	35.6	18.9	4.1	3.4	1.1	0.2	.452	.400	.894	145.1	.150
63	Reggie Miller	1988	2005	1389	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.2	.471	.395	.888	174.4	.176
64	Jerry Lucas	1964	1974	829	38.8	17.0	15.6	3.3	0.4	0.3	.499		.783	98.4	.147
65	Alex English	1977	1991	1193	31.9	21.5	5.5	3.6	0.9	0.7	.507		.832	100.7	.127
66	Adrian Dantley	1977	1991	955	35.8	24.3	5.7	3.0	1.0	0.2	.540		.818	134.2	.189
67	Earl Monroe	1968	1980	926	32.0	18.8	3.0	3.9	1.0	0.3	.464		.807	77.4	.125
68	Pete Maravich	1971	1980	658	37.0	24.2	4.2	5.4	1.4	0.3	.441		.820	46.7	.092
69	Dennis Rodman	1987	2000	911	31.7	7.3	13.1	1.8	0.7	0.6	.521	.231	.584	89.8	.150
70	David Thompson	1977	1984	509	32.0	22.1	3.8	3.2	0.9	0.8	.504		.778	50.8	.150
71	Lenny Wilkens	1961	1975	1077	35.3	16.5	4.7	6.7	1.3	0.2	.432		.774	95.5	.120
72	Chris Webber	1994	2008	831	37.1	20.7	9.8	4.2	1.4	1.4	.479	.299	.649	84.7	.132
73	Sidney Moncrief	1980	1991	767	30.2	15.6	4.7	3.6	1.2	0.3	.502	.284	.831	90.3	.187
74	Joe Dumars	1986	1999	1018	34.5	16.1	2.2	4.5	0.9	0.1	.460	.382	.843	86.2	.118
75	Artis Gilmore	1977	1988	909	32.7	17.1	10.1	2.0	0.5	1.9	.599		.713	107.4	.174
76	Dan Issel	1977	1985	718	31.1	20.4	7.9	2.5	1.0	0.6	.506		.797	82.3	.177
77	Tracy McGrady	1998	2012	938	32.7	19.6	5.6	4.4	1.2	0.9	.435	.338	.746	97.3	.152
78	Dwight Howard	2005	2022	1242	31.8	15.7	11.8	1.3	0.9	1.8	.587	.214	.567	141.7	.172
79	Paul Westphal	1973	1984	823	25.5	15.6	1.9	4.4	1.3	0.3	.504		.820	67.7	.155
80	Bob Dandridge	1970	1982	839	35.2	18.5	6.8	3.4	1.3	0.6	.484		.780	80.3	.131
81	Dave Bing	1967	1978	901	36.4	20.3	3.8	6.0	1.3	0.2	.441		.775	68.8	.101
82	Chris Mullin	1986	2001	986	32.6	18.2	4.1	3.5	1.6	0.6	.509	.384	.865	93.1	.139
83	Cliff Hagan	1957	1966	745	29.2	18.0	6.9	3.0			.450		.798	75.1	.166
84	Robert Horry	1993	2008	1107	24.5	7.0	4.8	2.1	1.0	0.9	.425	.341	.726	66.3	.118
85	Arvydas Sabonis	1996	2003	470	24.2	12.0	7.3	2.1	0.8	1.1	.500	.328	.786	47.3	.200
86	Connie Hawkins	1970	1976	499	34.5	16.5	8.0	4.1	1.2	0.8	.467		.785	47.5	.132
87	Gail Goodrich	1966	1979	1031	32.5	18.6	3.2	4.7	1.3	0.2	.456		.807	76.3	.109
88	Shawn Kemp	1990	2003	1051	27.9	14.6	8.4	1.6	1.1	1.2	.488	.277	.741	89.5	.147
89	Vince Carter	1999	2020	1541	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.6	.435	.371	.798	125.3	.130
90	Chris Paul	2006	2025	1299	33.9	17.4	4.5	9.3	2.0	0.2	.471	.369	.871	211.9	.231
91	Bailey Howell	1960	1971	950	32.2	18.7	9.9	2.0			.480		.762	114.8	.180
92	Bob Lanier	1971	1984	959	33.5	20.1	10.1	3.1	1.1	1.5	.514		.767	117.1	.175
93	Kevin Johnson	1988	2000	735	34.1	17.9	3.3	9.1	1.5	0.2	.493	.305	.841	92.8	.178
94	Jack Twyman	1956	1966	823	31.8	19.2	6.6	2.3			.450		.778	75.0	.138
95	Jo Jo White	1970	1981	837	35.8	17.2	4.0	4.9	1.3	0.2	.444		.834	54.0	.087
96	Tom Chambers	1982	1998	1107	30.6	18.1	6.1	2.1	0.8	0.6	.468	.307	.807	79.0	.112