Top 10 Best Basketball Players Of All Time

1. Michael Jordan

Six Championships. Thats all you need to say when talking about who is the best player of all time. Jordan is a winner he can will spin in the air 3 times to make a winning shot. Jordan and Kobe use basketball as an art form where as Lebron physically overpowers people that doesn't make him better just more physical.

Lebron has good stats but the only stat that matters is who wins the most. Jordan has 6 rings a gold medal and a national championship. suck on that Lebron.

Best player the world has seen and will see. Just looking at him inspires you to become a basketball player. No matter what anyone says, Jordan is the best basket-baller.

The best player ever! Everybody will know the one who is going to surpass him. (if that day will ever come)

 2. Kobe Bryant 

Kobe = 81 points, most by a wing player in NBA history.

Look here people this brother is the best baller after jordan. What he has managed to achieve is crazy! and he still is playing the game! I respect Lebron but when it comes to the game am sure even he wants to be like Kobe. Think about the lakers without him, its like the Bulls then without mike. YOU ROCK HOMES!

HAD KOBE PLAYED THE FOURTH QUARTER AGAINST DALLAS WHEN HE HAD 62 POINTS AT THAT TIME I'M SURE HE WOULD OF HAD ANOTHER 80 POINT GAME.
HEART OF STONE. ITS FITTING HE IS RANKED 2ND.

3. LeBron James 

It's obviously gonna be Michael Jordan, but LeBron will be the 2nd best to play. Some reasons why? over 10,000 career points already.. in 5 seasons. He's the Cavaliers all time leading scorer already. And technically, he should just now be coming off his rookie season. Guys think, really now. If he's not even in his prime yet and people are already comparing him to Jordan, whats that go to show you? at this pace, he could very easily score 35,000 points in his career, depending on how long he plays and how good he stays for those seasons. He's been selected to four all-star games, carried the Cavs to the playoffs 4 times out of his 5 seasons, and the year they didn't make it, the teams till improved by 18 wins. He even managed to carry the Cavs to a NBA Finals and '06-'07 against the Spurs, who swept the Cavs in 4, but still, its a trip to the finals. And just recently, they took the world champion Celtics to 7 games, even with their lockdown defence. Thats more games than the Lakers lasted, and oh wait.. Whose on the Lakers? Oh yes, Kobe Bryant.. Kobe can't hold his own when he's faced with a challenging defence, as this years finals proved. While Kobe was forced to rely on his teammates, LeBron played his game, and almost pulled off a 2nd consecutive year to the finals. So people, AT LEAST get LeBron to 2nd on this list, and show some support with your votes =P

 4. Larry Bird 

He was the best ever: the greatest, most creative passer ever; one of the greatest defensive rebounders, the greatest all around shooter, the greatest clutch shooter, and played great team defense. Add to all these qualities his great basketball intelligence, mental toughness, and pure skill, and you have, by far, the greatest player of all times!

Larry was a great shooter with few dunks unlike Jordan who had many dunks to increase his shooting percentage. Larry was also a better rebounder, free throw shooter, and passer than Jordan. Larry entered the NBA one year late, after sitting out a year in college, and missed almost another full year in his prime with a foot injury. He was not a selfish shooter but just wanted to win and would get all of his teammate involved. He averaged over 10 rebounds per game for his career - not bad for someone who couldn't jump! He was both the first AND second player ever to shoot over 50% from the field AND over 90% from the line for a season - and this from a long range shooter! He was the best ever with a ful command of the game and awareness of what was happening - always.

Scored when ever he wanted to. Anywhere he was he was great.

 5. Wilt Chamberlain 

He averaged 50 points in a single season
Scored 100 points in a single game

Got 55 rebounds against the Celtics led by Bill Russell (2nd all time career rebounder behind chamberlain)
Had a 33 game winning streak
Of the 62 times more than 60 points have been scored by a single person in a game, 32 of those times were by Chamberlain

Blocked shots were recorded after he retired, but Harvey Pollack asked his statisticians to count Chamberlain's blocks, and they got up to 25 one night. Well above the record for most blocks in a single game.

Elgin Baylor said that Chamberlain was the only player that could dominate on both end of the court. He recalled one particular game against the bulls where he blocked every single shot for 4-5 minutes and how no one from the bulls could get a shot in.

In a sport where one game is 48 minutes for a season he averaged 48.5 minutes a game, thanks to overtime.
Bill Russell, the man who won more rings than he has fingers, said that Wilt Chamberlain was the best player he ever played against and that it wasn't even close.

He scored a lot but he was also an accurate shooter. Through more than 70 years of the national basketball association Wilt Chamberlain still holds the record for the highest season field goal percentage at 0.727.

This man was unstoppable

Simply the most dominating player of his era. Rules were changed because of his dominance. Whether he could dominate in todays game is in question, he simply may not be fast enough. Then again Mike Jordan wouldn't dominate if he played 25 yrs ago simply because back then they actually "called" traveling, palming, and offensive fouls. Not that is his fault but, he played so fast that refs simply couldn't see him take that 3 and sometimes fourth step, the hop/step, the "up and down" plays he so frequently committed. Then again, thats todays game in general. Back when Wilt played, the competion level was so much higher because of the fact that there weren't so many teams thus so many players. One last thing. I don't think LeBron should be on this list just yet (he may be one of the most talented players but that does not equate into "best" of all time) He needs to play for several more years and continue putting up numbers. Then he can be considered on of the best.

 6. Allen Iverson 

As long as we aren't talkin practice, Allen Iverson is good.

 

The dude's only 6'1" if he stands on the New York telephone book: he IS the GREATEST scorer of all time; arguably the greatest all around player, as well.

Six more inches and A.I. would have flew past Jordan... Key Statement: he did it amidst great opposition.

 7. Magic Johnson 

No body came close to this dude when came to court vision except for maybe Stockton. Could have taken any team to the finals by himself, best passing/scoring guard in history.

What too many people he passed that scored. I wish to be him when I grow up. wher the love at. be respectful I watch to many of his games for him to be treated lik this get Allen out of her

 8. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 

No one could guard the sky hook. Most points scored in a career - not even close

Most points scored in the history of the NBA- He has so many blocks as well as some great assists. That is why He deserves number 1

Humble giant, master of all time, takes after his original coach, unforgetable speaker... Spoke about how he learned to be a good man ^^ about life through his coach. Kareem should be number 1 player. 

 9. Bill Russell 

Played 13 seasons. WON 11 CHAMPIONSHIPS!

Micheal Jordan was to scoring like Bill Russell was to defense. You won't see this guy on any all-time scoring lists, but on every top ten list in NBA history. (Not to mention 5 MVPs and 11 rings, yikes!)

Top 3 player for sure. Best defensive player of all time.

 10. Pistol Pete Maravich 

Pistol pete was probably the best ball handler ever to play the game and one of the best shots

Nobody can realistically challenge his creativity, well-honed talent and flair which was WAY ahead of it's time. If he were playing in today's game, he'd still accomplish the things that he did in his day. Perhaps the most overlooked aspect of Pete was his athleticism. Great combination of speed, jumping ability, height and quickness.

Averaged 44 points per game three years in a row at LSU!

He gave his life to the game! Way ahead of his time.