Share of the vote: 98.9 percent of the maximum amount possible NBA rank: 3rd in scoring, 8th in assists, 13th in steals, 42nd in rebounds Top accolades: Four NBA titles, four Finals MVPs, four MVPs, 13 All-NBA 1st Team selections, 17 All-Stars, five All-Defensive 1st Team selections Overall, he’s still currently the GOAT, according to our voters. Jordan was the face of the NBA for a long time, and his star status outside of the basketball world was almost hard to believe, and still sort of is. And then there was the aspect of his clutchness, as Jordan was so often successful in nailing game-winners in the most high-pressure situations imaginable. His mid-range game – face-ups, jab-steps, pull-ups, turnarounds, fadeaway, all of it – was second to none, and he was also a freakish athlete who could finish through contact and over length. Jordan was a madman as a competitor, which led to him training as hard as any NBA player ever in order to get his body in elite shape to destroy opponents. It’s impossible to argue that, too, as Jordan had the highest peak of any of the GOAT candidates and the longest list of top-level achievements (as of now). Not a consensus pick, but close to it, as six of our eight voters picked Michael Jordan as the No. Share of the vote: 99.8 percent of the maximum amount possible NBA rank: 3rd in steals, 5th in scoring, 47th in assists, 121st in blocks, 131st in rebounds Top accolades: Six NBA titles, six Finals MVPs, five MVPs, 10 All-NBA 1st Team selections, 14 All-Stars, one Defensive Player of the Year award, nine All-Defensive 1st Team selections (Yes, Dominique Wilkins makes the cut this time). There are nine players dropping out from the league’s original 50 Greatest list and 34 new entries – including five players who could have made the 1996 list. We held a team vote with the opinions of eight HoopsHype staff members, removed the highest and lowest rank for each and awarded points 75-1 for the rest. So we had the brilliant idea to do the exact same thing first. In honor of it being the NBA’s 75th season, the league plans to release something it is calling the NBA 75, which will feature a list of the 75 greatest players of all time.
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