The Official Michael Regan NBA GOAT Rankings – Yet Another Big Chunk of Work

Championships and Role (14)

Subcategories:

• Titles Won Adjusted for Role (2.8)
• Titles Won Adjusted for Role and League Size (11.2)

Championships themselves are obviously rather self-explanatory. And there is ultimately no singular piece that makes up a larger part of one’s legacy than the frequency with which they lifted the Larry O’Brien trophy at the end of their seasons. We must consider more than just championships, but it is an over-adjustment in the other direction to claim that titles are not of great importance. But not all championships are equal, so how exactly do we adjust to make up for that?

1) Role

There’s no point in counting titles without adjusting for role. MJ has 6 titles. Jim Loscutoff of the 50s and 60s Celtics has 7. Props to you if you know the name Jim Loscutoff. Loscutoff played zero minutes in two of those seven Finals series and never scored more than 10 points per game in a playoff series. Klay’s titles are not equal to Steph’s. Ray Allen’s are not equal to LeBron’s. Magic’s 5 rings don’t compare to Steve Kerr’s 5 (as a player). Two things can be true at once. Being a part of a title team is impressive regardless of role. And the greater your role, the harder it is to win said title – and thus the more impressive it is. Role players fit a role and fit it well. The star needs to be the engine that powers the run.

2) League Size

Bill Russell winning 11 titles was an incredible accomplishment. Bill Russell also would never have won 11 titles had their been roughly three times as many teams to beat out for that championship – as there are today. This is a pretty simple reality. Now, role is something that I will adjust for 100% of the time since you just can’t separate it from the value of an individual player’s contribution to a title. League size, however, I will only adjust for with 80% of the value here. That’s a fully arbitrary cutoff, but the idea behind it is that league size is certainly a massive factor but not the only one. Ten teams versus thirty doesn’t necessarily mean that a title was exactly three times easier to win. And when we adjust for league size and apply it 100% of the time, that’s essentially what we’re suggesting. Will also add – adjusting for league size and also playoff rounds (which have also increased over time) is repetitive. We’re getting at the same thing with both.

So how exactly do we make these adjustments? League size is very simple, so I’ll just start there. You take 30 (the max number of teams) and divide it by whatever the lower number of teams is. This will create a multiple greater than 1. You then divide the championship value that we’ve created based on role by that number, which will obviously decrease it.

The way I’ll be doing role is also relatively simple, though there are certainly more feasible ways to do it. But I will simply be taking a title team’s full postseason win shares, finding the percentage of them that one of our players makes up, and then giving them that value instead of 1 for a single title. So, for example, if Tom Smith had 32% of the Lakers’ win shares in the 1923 playoffs, he’d be getting 0.32 points for winning that title while his teammate Larry Schneider would be getting 0.14 if he had 14% of the Lakers’ team win shares from those playoffs. That should be pretty straightforward. Are win shares the perfect stat to use for this? Maybe not. There’s always going to be more things we can toss in and a deeper hole we can dig. But the stat used to essentially measure wins generated is a pretty good place to start for a simple determination of how much one player contributed to a title run.

Also worth clarifying – ABA titles are included & a player that plays for a team during the regular season but not during the playoffs will get no credit for the playoff run given that any potential impact is purely theoretical.

We’ll start with just the role adjustment. There are 2 goat points on the line. I’ve already described how this works, but I’ll add some extra context on what exactly the results look like. Your typical #1 option – a designation that is certainly blurred on some teams – is typically getting somewhere between 0.2 and 0.3 points per title. Giannis, for example, gets 0.24 points for his title. KG got 0.22. LeBron and Larry Bird averaged just under 0.3 points across their titles. Alonzo Mourning, meanwhile, got 0.07 points for his 2006 title with the Heat. Andre Iguodala and Klay, at four titles apiece, have just 0.29 and 0.36 total points, respectively. Here are the full results. Only 89 of our players won at least one championship, and I won’t include the others in the table.

Player	Title Value (No Size Adjustment)	GOAT POINTS
Bill Russell	2.9	2.80
MJ	1.78	1.72
George Mikan	1.73	1.67
Sam Jones	1.53	1.48
Tim Duncan	1.3	1.26
Magic	1.28	1.23
John Havlicek	1.24	1.20
LeBron	1.18	1.13
Kobe	1.14	1.11
Kareem	1.08	1.04
Pippen	1.03	0.99
Shaq	1.02	0.98
Dr J	0.96	0.92
Larry	0.89	0.85
Steph	0.82	0.80
Manu	0.73	0.70
Wilt	0.67	0.64
Horace Grant	0.64	0.62
Bill Sharman	0.62	0.60
D Wade	0.6	0.57
Dray	0.59	0.57
Bob Cousy	0.57	0.55
James Worthy	0.55	0.53
Pau	0.55	0.53
Hakeem	0.52	0.50
Walt Frazier	0.51	0.49
McHale	0.47	0.45
Dennis Rodman	0.46	0.45
Kawhi	0.45	0.43
KD	0.44	0.42
Dave Cowens	0.42	0.41
David Robinson	0.37	0.36
Klay	0.36	0.35
Bailey Howell	0.35	0.34
IT	0.35	0.34
Paul Arizin	0.32	0.31
Robert Parish	0.32	0.31
Willis Reed	0.32	0.31
AC Green	0.3	0.29
Bill Laimbeer	0.3	0.29
Moses	0.3	0.29
AD	0.29	0.28
Artis Gilmore	0.29	0.28
Bill Walton	0.29	0.28
Iggy	0.29	0.28
Tony Parker	0.29	0.28
Rick Barry	0.28	0.27
Zelmo Beaty	0.27	0.27
Dolph Schayes	0.26	0.25
Ray Allen	0.26	0.25
Elvin Hayes	0.25	0.24
Dirk	0.24	0.24
Giannis	0.24	0.24
Bosh	0.22	0.21
Clyde Drexler	0.22	0.21
KG	0.22	0.21
Chauncey	0.21	0.20
Chet Walker	0.21	0.20
Bob Pettit	0.2	0.20
Kyrie	0.2	0.20
Dave DeBusschere	0.19	0.18
Rajon Rondo	0.19	0.18
Jason Terry	0.18	0.17
Otis Thorpe	0.18	0.17
Tyson Chandler	0.18	0.17
Dan Issel	0.17	0.17
Earl Monroe	0.17	0.17
Hal Greer	0.17	0.17
Jack Sikma	0.17	0.17
Lowry	0.17	0.17
Mo Cheeks	0.17	0.17
Oscar	0.17	0.17
Paul Pierce	0.16	0.15
Wes Unseld	0.16	0.15
Bob McAdoo	0.14	0.14
Marc Gasol	0.14	0.14
Kidd	0.13	0.13
Rasheed Wallace	0.13	0.13
Bobby Jones	0.12	0.11
K Love	0.12	0.11
Jerry West	0.11	0.11
Tiny Archibald	0.11	0.11
Ed Macauley	0.1	0.10
Shawn Marion	0.1	0.10
Jerry Lucas	0.09	0.08
Alonzo Mourning	0.07	0.07
Dwight	0.07	0.07
Gary Payton	0.07	0.07
Billy Cunningham	0.04	0.04

And then we have the adjustment for teams in the league. Remember that this is as simple as dividing 30 (the league’s max size) by the number of teams in any given year (say 10) to get a multiplier (say 3) – and then dividing the values we see above by that multiplier. I did this for each individual title rather than using the cumulative value and an average multiplier, but we get the same result either way.

Player	SA Title Value	GOAT POINTS
MJ	1.66	11.20
Tim Duncan	1.28	8.64
LeBron	1.18	7.97
Kobe	1.13	7.63
Shaq	0.99	6.68
Magic	0.98	6.61
Pippen	0.97	6.54
Bill Russell	0.87	5.87
Steph	0.82	5.53
Kareem	0.77	5.19
Manu	0.73	4.93
Larry	0.69	4.66
George Mikan	0.68	4.59
D Wade	0.6	4.05
Dray	0.59	3.98
Horace Grant	0.58	3.92
John Havlicek	0.56	3.78
Pau	0.55	3.71
Sam Jones	0.47	3.18
Hakeem	0.47	3.18
Kawhi	0.45	3.04
KD	0.44	2.97
Dennis Rodman	0.43	2.90
James Worthy	0.42	2.83
McHale	0.36	2.42
David Robinson	0.36	2.42
Klay	0.36	2.42
Dr J	0.32	2.16
IT	0.31	2.09
Wilt	0.3	2.03
AD	0.29	1.96
Iggy	0.29	1.96
Tony Parker	0.28	1.89
Walt Frazier	0.27	1.82
Bill Laimbeer	0.26	1.75
Ray Allen	0.26	1.75
Robert Parish	0.25	1.68
Dave Cowens	0.24	1.62
AC Green	0.24	1.62
Dirk	0.24	1.62
Giannis	0.24	1.62
Moses	0.23	1.55
Bill Walton	0.22	1.48
Bosh	0.22	1.48
KG	0.22	1.48
Clyde Drexler	0.2	1.34
Chauncey	0.2	1.34
Kyrie	0.2	1.34
Rajon Rondo	0.19	1.29
Elvin Hayes	0.18	1.22
Jason Terry	0.18	1.22
Tyson Chandler	0.18	1.22
Rick Barry	0.17	1.15
Lowry	0.17	1.15
Bill Sharman	0.16	1.08
Bob Cousy	0.16	1.08
Willis Reed	0.16	1.08
Otis Thorpe	0.16	1.08
Paul Pierce	0.16	1.08
Bailey Howell	0.15	1.01
Marc Gasol	0.14	0.94
Jack Sikma	0.13	0.88
Mo Cheeks	0.13	0.88
Kidd	0.13	0.88
Rasheed Wallace	0.13	0.88
Wes Unseld	0.12	0.81
K Love	0.12	0.81
Bob McAdoo	0.11	0.74
Artis Gilmore	0.1	0.67
Zelmo Beaty	0.1	0.67
Dave DeBusschere	0.1	0.67
Earl Monroe	0.1	0.67
Oscar	0.1	0.67
Shawn Marion	0.1	0.67
Paul Arizin	0.09	0.60
Bobby Jones	0.09	0.60
Tiny Archibald	0.09	0.60
Dolph Schayes	0.08	0.55
Chet Walker	0.07	0.48
Alonzo Mourning	0.07	0.48
Dwight	0.07	0.48
Gary Payton	0.07	0.48
Dan Issel	0.06	0.41
Hal Greer	0.06	0.41
Jerry West	0.06	0.41
Bob Pettit	0.05	0.34
Jerry Lucas	0.05	0.34
Ed Macauley	0.03	0.20
Billy Cunningham	0.01	0.07

And with that, here is a look at the overall championships leaderboard across those two kinds of adjustments. Remember that every player not listed will have zero –

Player	GOAT POINTS
MJ	12.92
Tim Duncan	9.90
LeBron	9.09
Kobe	8.73
Bill Russell	8.67
Magic	7.84
Shaq	7.66
Pippen	7.53
Steph	6.33
George Mikan	6.26
Kareem	6.24
Manu	5.63
Larry	5.51
John Havlicek	4.98
Sam Jones	4.65
D Wade	4.62
Dray	4.55
Horace Grant	4.53
Pau	4.24
Hakeem	3.67
Kawhi	3.47
KD	3.39
James Worthy	3.36
Dennis Rodman	3.35
Dr J	3.08
McHale	2.88
David Robinson	2.79
Klay	2.78
Wilt	2.66
IT	2.43
Walt Frazier	2.31
AD	2.24
Iggy	2.24
Tony Parker	2.17
Bill Laimbeer	2.04
Dave Cowens	2.03
Ray Allen	2.00
Robert Parish	2.00
AC Green	1.91
Dirk	1.86
Giannis	1.86
Moses	1.84
Bill Walton	1.76
Bosh	1.69
KG	1.69
Bill Sharman	1.68
Bob Cousy	1.63
Clyde Drexler	1.56
Chauncey	1.55
Kyrie	1.55
Rajon Rondo	1.46
Elvin Hayes	1.45
Rick Barry	1.42
Willis Reed	1.39
Jason Terry	1.38
Tyson Chandler	1.38
Bailey Howell	1.35
Lowry	1.32
Otis Thorpe	1.25
Paul Pierce	1.23
Marc Gasol	1.08
Jack Sikma	1.05
Mo Cheeks	1.05
Kidd	1.01
Rasheed Wallace	1.01
Wes Unseld	0.96
Artis Gilmore	0.95
Zelmo Beaty	0.94
K Love	0.92
Paul Arizin	0.92
Bob McAdoo	0.88
Dave DeBusschere	0.85
Earl Monroe	0.84
Oscar	0.84
Dolph Schayes	0.79
Shawn Marion	0.77
Bobby Jones	0.72
Tiny Archibald	0.72
Chet Walker	0.67
Dan Issel	0.57
Hal Greer	0.57
Alonzo Mourning	0.54
Dwight	0.54
Gary Payton	0.54
Bob Pettit	0.54
Jerry West	0.51
Jerry Lucas	0.42
Ed Macauley	0.30
Billy Cunningham	0.11

And from there we can go to our new cumulative leaderboard –

Player	TOTAL GOAT POINTS
MJ	53.9
LeBron	52.35
Kareem	49.55
Tim Duncan	47.77
Bill Russell	44.18
Wilt	44.04
Kobe	44.03
Magic	43.3
Shaq	42.74
Larry	41.07
Dr J	39.78
Hakeem	38.94
Karl Malone	38.57
David Robinson	38.29
KG	38.06
Steph	37.01
Pippen	36.93
Dirk	36.51
KD	36.31
Moses	36.06
George Mikan	34.93
Oscar	34.86
Chris Paul	34.8
John Havlicek	34.23
Artis Gilmore	34.01
Stockton	33.83
D Wade	33.8
Pau	33.53
Chuck	33.38
Bob Pettit	33.03
Harden	32.42
Kidd	32.39
Dwight	32.35
Jerry West	32.28
Giannis	31.67
Gary Payton	31.27
AD	31.09
Kawhi	31.07
Clyde Drexler	31.06
Manu	30.99
Rick Barry	30.86
Elvin Hayes	30.83
Paul Pierce	30.73
Robert Parish	30.59
Dolph Schayes	30.54
Ray Allen	30.23
Russ	30.03
Nash	29.75
Horace Grant	29.7
Dan Issel	29.62
Ewing	29.32
Bob Cousy	29.18
Elgin Baylor	29.13
Jokic	29.04
Reggie	28.95
McHale	28.91
AI	28.66
Dennis Rodman	28.41
Shawn Marion	28.4
Dominique	28.27
IT	28.27
Sam Jones	28.26
Dikembe	28.2
Walt Frazier	28.19
Bosh	28.03
Dave Cowens	27.89
George Gervin	27.89
Tony Parker	27.85
Walt Bellamy	27.74
Jack Sikma	27.73
Vince	27.68
Chauncey	27.67
Wes Unseld	27.5
Alonzo Mourning	27.43
Melo	27.38
Bob Lanier	27.34
Bill Laimbeer	27.19
Paul Arizin	27.17
T-Mac	27.14
Iggy	27.1
Gobert	27.02
Bailey Howell	26.91
Jerry Lucas	26.91
Kyle Lowry	26.89
LaMarcus Aldridge	26.88
Bob McAdoo	26.87
Dray	26.85
K Love	26.77
CWebb	26.71
James Worthy	26.66
Willis Reed	26.5
Sheed Wallace	26.35
Adrian Dantley	26.28
Billy Cunningham	26.24
Dame	26.18
Mo Cheeks	26.08
Grant Hill	26.08
Jason Terry	26.05
Kyrie	26.05
Chet Walker	26.02
Marc Gasol	25.97
Buck Williams	25.94
Zelmo Beaty	25.91
Elton Brand	25.9
Larry Nance	25.8
Hal Greer	25.71
AC Green	25.66
Alex English	25.65
Horford	25.65
KAT	25.64
Jimmy	25.62
Terry Porter	25.61
Tim Hardaway	25.51
Nate Thurmond	25.48
Ed Macauley	25.47
Otis Thorpe	25.44
Kevin Johnson	25.35
Paul George	25.32
Tyson Chandler	25.27
Bill Sharman	25.25
Bobby Jones	25.23
Mullin	25.16
Millsap	25.14
Jeff Hornacek	25.12
Vlade Divac	25.11
Blake	25.06
Detlef Schrempf	25.04
Lenny Wilkens	25.02
Sidney Moncrief	24.94
Andre Miller	24.88
Eddie Jones	24.71
Tiny Archibald	24.6
Sam Perkins	24.56
Rajon Rondo	24.53
Dave DeBusschere	24.37
Bill Walton	24.35
Rod Strickland	24.34
Mookie Blaylock	24.32
Clifford Robinson	24.3
Joe Johnson	24.23
Yao	24.1
Mark Price	23.83
AK47	23.73
Marques Johnson	23.72
Dave Bing	23.65
Klay	23.6
Fat Lever	23.19
Terrell Brandon	22.88
Alvin Robertson	22.66
David Thompson	22.61
Doc Rivers	22.19
Pistol Pete	22.14
Earl Monroe	22.12
D Rose	21.78
Nate McMillan	20.76
Tree Rollins	20.75
Mark Eaton	20.21

Some notes with 12 of 14 categories down –

• There are still plenty of points on the board, but the expected race at the top has developed. MJ edging out LeBron for the top spot with Kareem the clear third horse
• The rest of the top ten should surprise few. In order – Duncan, Russell, Wilt, Kobe, Magic, Shaq, Bird
• Steph (16) has the edge over KD (19)
• George Mikan, Bob Pettit, and John Havlicek have all found their way into the top 30. Mikan and Havlicek are ahead of the likes of Dwyane Wade, James Harden, and Dwight Howard with Pettit ahead of the latter two
• Giannis finds himself just a few spots lower in 35th after our championship round. He obviously has a very long way to go to get up to the likes of MJ and LeBron, but, at 27, he has the chance to break into some pretty impressive positions on the all-time leaderboard. AD isn’t far behind either in 37th, and he certainly has the statistical resume for a run up the list if he could just find his way to turning that talent into playoff success another time or two
• Kawhi (38) and Manu (40) both join the top 40 after the championship category. Manu likely winds up finishing at least a little bit higher than most would expect
• Jokic sits just outside the top 50 at 54. Obviously has the MVPs that help bolster the stats, but he’s another active name to watch if he can get the ball rolling in the postseason
• Isiah Thomas moves up to 61, still has work to do to break into the top 50
• Dame is in 95th and will likely end up outside that top 75 barrier
• Kyrie (99) is still behind Bob Cousy by 47 spots, but he makes a bit of an overall jump with his championship
• Draymond makes a massive jump to 87th, which is perhaps still underwhelming but far better than ranking in the bottom ten
• Klay, meanwhile, still sits all the way down in 146th

Finals Record and Appearances (7.5)

Subcategories:

• Finals Appearances Adjusted for Role (1)
• Finals Appearances Adjusted for Role and League Size (4)
• Finals Winning Percentage (2)

Few things here –

• We want to make an effort to account for trips to the Finals as well. For one thing, it gives a guy like Charles Barkley credit for leading their team deep into the playoffs, even if they ended up falling short. The same could be said for Dwight Howard or, perhaps the most consistent example, Jerry West, despite the lone championship those two managed to grab. It also gives credit to LeBron (and others like West) for consistently reaching that stage. It matters to get there. For James, ten trips is an incredible accomplishment, even if we need to counter with the fact that he’s lost six of them.

• As far as scoring goes, we’ll be doing the exact same thing we did for championships won with our Finals appearances categories – basing value on your proportion of win shares during the playoff run and adjusting for league size 80% of the time. Five goat points will be on the line instead of ten, but that’s the only real scoring difference. Note that a Finals trip will be the same as a championship won in the win shares sense given that the team that loses in the Finals still plays the full number of rounds.

• We’re also going to adjust for Finals winning percentage here. 6-0 is perhaps an infamous phrase and argument at this point, but it still matters. LeBron hasn’t won six rings total, and he’s had four more chances than Jordan did. That’s not the only thing that matters, but it’s silly to ignore it. I’m going to give winning percentage a little bit of a lower value for two reasons. One, we’ve already indirectly put value on it by giving 10 points to the titles won category. The better your Finals winning percentage, the more titles you will win. And two, 100% is 6-0 and 4-0 and 2-0 and 1-0. And 0% is 0-1 and 0-3. Those are the same percentages but obviously different things. But to separate them by volume is to just go back and do what we did in the category above. And there is value in converting your opportunities, whether you get one, three, or six. So we’ll give it a few points, include it, and call it a day.

• I’m going to do my best to account for players that get hurt early in the playoffs and still see their team make the Finals and will hopefully catch just about everyone. Since our values are determined by win shares, this wouldn’t give anyone an unfair edge for work their teammates do – you only get as many points as your share of the win shares provide rather than getting a blanket value for any and all Finals appearances. This provides some cover in case any slip through the cracks (there won’t be that many win shares for someone who gets hurt in the first round anyway), but it also gives credit to a player like Patrick Ewing who helped put the Knicks on the verge of the Finals in 1999 before getting hurt. One other note that runs with this – I won’t be including any Finals won or lost for or against an injured player that never touches the floor in the series given that they had no on-court impact on the outcome. So Ewing, for example, will go down as 0-1 rather than 0-2. That has no impact on his winning percentage, but this also brings Kevin Love from 1-4 to 1-3 as a more impactful example.

• Tracy McGrady went to the Finals with the Spurs in 2013, but he managed to produce -0.1 win shares in about 31 playoff minutes. Given the small sample size, I’m just going to scrap it and put him at 0 with everyone who never appeared in a Finals since giving a veteran playing spot minutes for a team that didn’t really need him “negative Finals appearances” because he didn’t play much of a playoff role seems rather ridiculous. The ultimate difference between the two in goat points is essentially negligible, but I’ll mention it here to make everything surrounding that Finals appearance clear. I’ll still give him an 0-1 record in the Finals because technically he played (and its irrelevant to the winning percentage anyway). The same applies to Tree Rollins, who racked up -0.1 playoff win shares on the way to his lone Finals appearance as a 39 year-old player coach with the Magic in 1995, though Rollins ended up not playing in the Finals itself which will lead to a Finals record of 0-0.

Let’s start with Finals appearances adjusted for role for 1 goat point. Everyone is on this list, even those with no Finals appearances –

Player	Title Value	GOAT POINTS
LeBron	3.16	1.00
Bill Russell	3.06	0.97
Jerry West	2.98	0.94
Magic	2.34	0.74
Kareem	2.02	0.64
Wilt	1.95	0.62
Dr J	1.84	0.58
MJ	1.78	0.56
George Mikan	1.73	0.55
Kobe	1.65	0.52
Shaq	1.60	0.51
Sam Jones	1.58	0.50
Elgin Baylor	1.52	0.48
Tim Duncan	1.46	0.46
Larry	1.39	0.44
Bob Pettit	1.33	0.42
John Havlicek	1.24	0.39
Steph	1.20	0.38
Dan Issel	1.03	0.33
Pippen	1.03	0.33
D Wade	1.00	0.32
James Worthy	0.99	0.31
Dray	0.94	0.30
Wes Unseld	0.93	0.29
KD	0.90	0.28
McHale	0.89	0.28
Dolph Schayes	0.88	0.28
Horace Grant	0.85	0.27
Walt Frazier	0.85	0.27
Bill Sharman	0.82	0.26
Hakeem	0.82	0.26
Manu	0.82	0.26
Rick Barry	0.80	0.25
Bob Cousy	0.77	0.24
Pau	0.76	0.24
Elvin Hayes	0.71	0.22
Bobby Jones	0.70	0.22
Clyde Drexler	0.70	0.22
Kawhi	0.66	0.21
Robert Parish	0.66	0.21
Moses	0.64	0.20
Dirk	0.60	0.19
Bosh	0.59	0.19
Artis Gilmore	0.58	0.18
Kidd	0.58	0.18
Terry Porter	0.58	0.18
IT	0.55	0.17
Klay	0.55	0.17
Iggy	0.54	0.17
Karl Malone	0.54	0.17
Dennis Rodman	0.53	0.17
Ray Allen	0.50	0.16
Kyrie	0.49	0.16
Chauncey	0.48	0.15
Mo Cheeks	0.48	0.15
AC Green	0.47	0.15
Bill Laimbeer	0.45	0.14
Stockton	0.44	0.14
Tony Parker	0.44	0.14
Zelmo Beaty	0.43	0.14
Dave Cowens	0.42	0.13
Earl Monroe	0.42	0.13
Sam Perkins	0.42	0.13
Gary Payton	0.41	0.13
Dwight	0.39	0.12
Nate Thurmond	0.39	0.12
K Love	0.38	0.12
KG	0.38	0.12
David Robinson	0.37	0.12
Rajon Rondo	0.37	0.12
Jack Sikma	0.36	0.11
Bailey Howell	0.35	0.11
Chuck	0.35	0.11
Dikembe	0.34	0.11
Jerry Lucas	0.34	0.11
Sheed Wallace	0.34	0.11
Paul Pierce	0.33	0.10
Dave DeBusschere	0.32	0.10
Paul Arizin	0.32	0.10
Willis Reed	0.32	0.10
Ewing	0.31	0.10
Jason Terry	0.30	0.09
Oscar	0.30	0.09
AD	0.29	0.09
Bill Walton	0.29	0.09
Buck Williams	0.28	0.09
David Thompson	0.28	0.09
Ed Macauley	0.28	0.09
Jeff Hornacek	0.28	0.09
Jimmy	0.28	0.09
Reggie	0.25	0.08
Giannis	0.24	0.08
AI	0.23	0.07
Bob McAdoo	0.23	0.07
Chet Walker	0.21	0.07
Horford	0.21	0.07
Adrian Dantley	0.19	0.06
Chris Paul	0.18	0.06
Otis Thorpe	0.18	0.06
Tyson Chandler	0.18	0.06
Hal Greer	0.17	0.05
Kyle Lowry	0.17	0.05
Vlade Divac	0.17	0.05
Russ	0.16	0.05
Marc Gasol	0.14	0.04
Kevin Johnson	0.12	0.04
Tiny Archibald	0.11	0.03
Detlef Schrempf	0.10	0.03
Shawn Marion	0.10	0.03
Nate McMillan	0.09	0.03
Alonzo Mourning	0.07	0.02
Clifford Robinson	0.06	0.02
Billy Cunningam	0.04	0.01
Mullin	0.02	0.01
AK47	0.00	0.00
Alex English	0.00	0.00
Alvin Robertson	0.00	0.00
Andre Miller	0.00	0.00
Blake	0.00	0.00
Bob Lanier	0.00	0.00
CWebb	0.00	0.00
D Rose	0.00	0.00
Dame	0.00	0.00
Dave Bing	0.00	0.00
Doc Rivers	0.00	0.00
Dominique	0.00	0.00
Eddie Jones	0.00	0.00
Elton Brand	0.00	0.00
Fat Lever	0.00	0.00
George Gervin	0.00	0.00
Gobert	0.00	0.00
Grant Hill	0.00	0.00
Harden	0.00	0.00
Joe Johnson	0.00	0.00
Jokic	0.00	0.00
KAT	0.00	0.00
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.00	0.00
Larry Nance	0.00	0.00
Lenny Wilkens	0.00	0.00
Mark Eaton	0.00	0.00
Mark Price	0.00	0.00
Marques Johnson	0.00	0.00
Melo	0.00	0.00
Millsap	0.00	0.00
Mookie Blaylock	0.00	0.00
Nash	0.00	0.00
Paul George	0.00	0.00
Pistol Pete	0.00	0.00
Rod Strickland	0.00	0.00
Sidney Moncrief	0.00	0.00
T-Mac	0.00	0.00
Terrell Brandon	0.00	0.00
Tim Hardaway	0.00	0.00
Tree Rollins	0.00	0.00
Vince	0.00	0.00
Walt Bellamy	0.00	0.00
Yao	0.00	0.00

Then we can add the era adjustment based on league size. There are 4 goat points available here –

Player	SA Title Value	GOAT POINTS
LeBron	3.16	4.00
Magic	1.83	2.32
MJ	1.66	2.10
Kobe	1.62	2.05
Shaq	1.53	1.94
Kareem	1.45	1.84
Tim Duncan	1.45	1.84
Steph	1.20	1.52
Jerry West	1.14	1.44
Larry	1.07	1.35
D Wade	1.00	1.27
Pippen	0.96	1.22
Dray	0.94	1.19
Bill Russell	0.92	1.16
KD	0.90	1.14
Dr J	0.87	1.10
Wilt	0.83	1.05
Manu	0.81	1.03
James Worthy	0.79	1.00
Horace Grant	0.77	0.97
Pau	0.76	0.96
Hakeem	0.70	0.89
McHale	0.68	0.86
Kawhi	0.66	0.84
George Mikan	0.64	0.81
Clyde Drexler	0.63	0.80
Dirk	0.60	0.76
Wes Unseld	0.60	0.76
Bosh	0.59	0.75
Kidd	0.57	0.72
Klay	0.55	0.70
Iggy	0.54	0.68
Karl Malone	0.52	0.66
Terry Porter	0.52	0.66
Elgin Baylor	0.51	0.65
Robert Parish	0.51	0.65
Ray Allen	0.50	0.63
Elvin Hayes	0.49	0.62
Kyrie	0.49	0.62
Moses	0.49	0.62
Sam Jones	0.48	0.61
Chauncey	0.47	0.59
Dennis Rodman	0.47	0.59
John Havlicek	0.46	0.58
IT	0.45	0.57
Walt Frazier	0.45	0.57
Tony Parker	0.44	0.56
Artis Gilmore	0.43	0.54
Stockton	0.42	0.53
Gary Payton	0.40	0.51
AC Green	0.39	0.49
Dwight	0.39	0.49
Sam Perkins	0.39	0.49
K Love	0.38	0.48
KG	0.38	0.48
Rajon Rondo	0.37	0.47
David Robinson	0.36	0.46
Mo Cheeks	0.36	0.46
Bill Laimbeer	0.35	0.44
Bob Pettit	0.35	0.44
Bobby Jones	0.34	0.43
Dikembe	0.33	0.42
Paul Pierce	0.33	0.42
Rick Barry	0.33	0.42
Sheed Wallace	0.33	0.42
Dan Issel	0.32	0.41
Chuck	0.31	0.39
Dolph Schayes	0.31	0.39
Jason Terry	0.30	0.38
AD	0.29	0.37
Jerry Lucas	0.29	0.37
Ewing	0.28	0.35
Jimmy	0.28	0.35
Jeff Hornacek	0.27	0.34
Jack Sikma	0.26	0.33
Buck Williams	0.25	0.32
Dave Cowens	0.24	0.30
Earl Monroe	0.24	0.30
Giannis	0.24	0.30
Reggie	0.24	0.30
AI	0.22	0.28
Bill Sharman	0.22	0.28
Bill Walton	0.22	0.28
Bob Cousy	0.21	0.27
Horford	0.21	0.27
Chris Paul	0.18	0.23
Tyson Chandler	0.18	0.23
Bob McAdoo	0.17	0.22
Dave DeBusschere	0.17	0.22
Kyle Lowry	0.17	0.22
Oscar	0.17	0.22
Otis Thorpe	0.16	0.20
Russ	0.16	0.20
Willis Reed	0.16	0.20
Adrian Dantley	0.15	0.19
Bailey Howell	0.15	0.19
Vlade Divac	0.15	0.19
Zelmo Beaty	0.15	0.19
Marc Gasol	0.14	0.18
Nate Thurmond	0.12	0.15
Kevin Johnson	0.11	0.14
Detlef Schrempf	0.10	0.13
Shawn Marion	0.10	0.13
Nate McMillan	0.09	0.11
Paul Arizin	0.09	0.11
Tiny Archibald	0.09	0.11
Alonzo Mourning	0.07	0.09
Chet Walker	0.07	0.09
Ed Macauley	0.07	0.09
David Thompson	0.06	0.08
Hal Greer	0.06	0.08
Clifford Robinson	0.05	0.06
Mullin	0.02	0.03
Billy Cunningam	0.01	0.01
AK47	0.00	0.00
Alex English	0.00	0.00
Alvin Robertson	0.00	0.00
Andre Miller	0.00	0.00
Blake	0.00	0.00
Bob Lanier	0.00	0.00
CWebb	0.00	0.00
D Rose	0.00	0.00
Dame	0.00	0.00
Dave Bing	0.00	0.00
Doc Rivers	0.00	0.00
Dominique	0.00	0.00
Eddie Jones	0.00	0.00
Elton Brand	0.00	0.00
Fat Lever	0.00	0.00
George Gervin	0.00	0.00
Gobert	0.00	0.00
Grant Hill	0.00	0.00
Harden	0.00	0.00
Joe Johnson	0.00	0.00
Jokic	0.00	0.00
KAT	0.00	0.00
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.00	0.00
Larry Nance	0.00	0.00
Lenny Wilkens	0.00	0.00
Mark Eaton	0.00	0.00
Mark Price	0.00	0.00
Marques Johnson	0.00	0.00
Melo	0.00	0.00
Millsap	0.00	0.00
Mookie Blaylock	0.00	0.00
Nash	0.00	0.00
Paul George	0.00	0.00
Pistol Pete	0.00	0.00
Rod Strickland	0.00	0.00
Sidney Moncrief	0.00	0.00
T-Mac	0.00	0.00
Terrell Brandon	0.00	0.00
Tim Hardaway	0.00	0.00
Tree Rollins	0.00	0.00
Vince	0.00	0.00
Walt Bellamy	0.00	0.00
Yao	0.00	0.00

We can then finish with Finals winning percentage for 2 goat points –

Player	Appearances	Championships	Winning %	GOAT POINTS
AD	1	1	1.00	2.00
Alonzo Mourning	1	1	1.00	2.00
Bailey Howell	2	2	1.00	2.00
Billy Cunningam	1	1	1.00	2.00
Chet Walker	1	1	1.00	2.00
Dave Cowens	2	2	1.00	2.00
David Robinson	2	2	1.00	2.00
George Mikan	5	5	1.00	2.00
Giannis	1	1	1.00	2.00
Hal Greer	1	1	1.00	2.00
John Havlicek	8	8	1.00	2.00
Kyle Lowry	1	1	1.00	2.00
Marc Gasol	1	1	1.00	2.00
MJ	6	6	1.00	2.00
Otis Thorpe	1	1	1.00	2.00
Paul Arizin	1	1	1.00	2.00
Pippen	6	6	1.00	2.00
Shawn Marion	1	1	1.00	2.00
Tiny Archibald	1	1	1.00	2.00
Tyson Chandler	1	1	1.00	2.00
Willis Reed	2	2	1.00	2.00
Bill Russell	12	11	0.92	1.83
Sam Jones	11	10	0.91	1.82
Bob Cousy	7	6	0.86	1.71
Dennis Rodman	6	5	0.83	1.67
Tim Duncan	6	5	0.83	1.67
Bill Sharman	5	4	0.80	1.60
Horace Grant	5	4	0.80	1.60
Manu	5	4	0.80	1.60
Tony Parker	5	4	0.80	1.60
Kobe	7	5	0.71	1.43
Bill Laimbeer	3	2	0.67	1.33
Bill Walton	3	2	0.67	1.33
Dave DeBusschere	3	2	0.67	1.33
Dray	6	4	0.67	1.33
Hakeem	3	2	0.67	1.33
Iggy	6	4	0.67	1.33
IT	3	2	0.67	1.33
Kawhi	3	2	0.67	1.33
Klay	6	4	0.67	1.33
Pau	3	2	0.67	1.33
Rajon Rondo	3	2	0.67	1.33
Shaq	6	4	0.67	1.33
Steph	6	4	0.67	1.33
Walt Frazier	3	2	0.67	1.33
AC Green	5	3	0.60	1.20
D Wade	5	3	0.60	1.20
Kareem	10	6	0.60	1.20
Larry	5	3	0.60	1.20
McHale	5	3	0.60	1.20
Robert Parish	5	3	0.60	1.20
Magic	9	5	0.56	1.11
Artis Gilmore	2	1	0.50	1.00
Bob McAdoo	4	2	0.50	1.00
Bosh	4	2	0.50	1.00
Chauncey	2	1	0.50	1.00
Dirk	2	1	0.50	1.00
Dr J	6	3	0.50	1.00
Dwight	2	1	0.50	1.00
Ed Macauley	2	1	0.50	1.00
Jack Sikma	2	1	0.50	1.00
James Worthy	6	3	0.50	1.00
Jason Terry	2	1	0.50	1.00
Jerry Lucas	2	1	0.50	1.00
KD	4	2	0.50	1.00
KG	2	1	0.50	1.00
Moses	2	1	0.50	1.00
Oscar	2	1	0.50	1.00
Paul Pierce	2	1	0.50	1.00
Ray Allen	4	2	0.50	1.00
Zelmo Beaty	2	1	0.50	1.00
LeBron	10	4	0.40	0.80
Clyde Drexler	3	1	0.33	0.67
Dolph Schayes	3	1	0.33	0.67
Earl Monroe	3	1	0.33	0.67
Elvin Hayes	3	1	0.33	0.67
Gary Payton	3	1	0.33	0.67
K Love	3	1	0.33	0.67
Kidd	3	1	0.33	0.67
Kyrie	3	1	0.33	0.67
Mo Cheeks	3	1	0.33	0.67
Rick Barry	3	1	0.33	0.67
Sheed Wallace	3	1	0.33	0.67
Wilt	6	2	0.33	0.67
Bob Pettit	4	1	0.25	0.50
Bobby Jones	4	1	0.25	0.50
Dan Issel	4	1	0.25	0.50
Wes Unseld	4	1	0.25	0.50
Jerry West	9	1	0.11	0.22
Adrian Dantley	1	0	0.00	0.00
AI	1	0	0.00	0.00
AK47	0	0	0.00	0.00
Alex English	0	0	0.00	0.00
Alvin Robertson	0	0	0.00	0.00
Andre Miller	0	0	0.00	0.00
Blake	0	0	0.00	0.00
Bob Lanier	0	0	0.00	0.00
Buck Williams	2	0	0.00	0.00
Chris Paul	1	0	0.00	0.00
Chuck	1	0	0.00	0.00
Clifford Robinson	2	0	0.00	0.00
CWebb	0	0	0.00	0.00
D Rose	0	0	0.00	0.00
Dame	0	0	0.00	0.00
Dave Bing	0	0	0.00	0.00
David Thompson	1	0	0.00	0.00
Detlef Schrempf	1	0	0.00	0.00
Dikembe	2	0	0.00	0.00
Doc Rivers	0	0	0.00	0.00
Dominique	0	0	0.00	0.00
Eddie Jones	0	0	0.00	0.00
Elgin Baylor	7	0	0.00	0.00
Elton Brand	0	0	0.00	0.00
Ewing	1	0	0.00	0.00
Fat Lever	0	0	0.00	0.00
George Gervin	0	0	0.00	0.00
Gobert	0	0	0.00	0.00
Grant Hill	0	0	0.00	0.00
Harden	0	0	0.00	0.00
Horford	1	0	0.00	0.00
Jeff Hornacek	2	0	0.00	0.00
Jimmy	1	0	0.00	0.00
Joe Johnson	0	0	0.00	0.00
Jokic	0	0	0.00	0.00
Karl Malone	3	0	0.00	0.00
KAT	0	0	0.00	0.00
Kevin Johnson	1	0	0.00	0.00
LaMarcus Aldridge	0	0	0.00	0.00
Larry Nance	0	0	0.00	0.00
Lenny Wilkens	0	0	0.00	0.00
Mark Eaton	0	0	0.00	0.00
Mark Price	0	0	0.00	0.00
Marques Johnson	0	0	0.00	0.00
Melo	0	0	0.00	0.00
Millsap	0	0	0.00	0.00
Mookie Blaylock	0	0	0.00	0.00
Mullin	1	0	0.00	0.00
Nash	0	0	0.00	0.00
Nate McMillan	1	0	0.00	0.00
Nate Thurmond	2	0	0.00	0.00
Paul George	0	0	0.00	0.00
Pistol Pete	0	0	0.00	0.00
Reggie	1	0	0.00	0.00
Rod Strickland	0	0	0.00	0.00
Russ	1	0	0.00	0.00
Sam Perkins	3	0	0.00	0.00
Sidney Moncrief	0	0	0.00	0.00
Stockton	2	0	0.00	0.00
T-Mac	1	0	0.00	0.00
Terrell Brandon	0	0	0.00	0.00
Terry Porter	2	0	0.00	0.00
Tim Hardaway	0	0	0.00	0.00
Tree Rollins	0	0	0.00	0.00
Vince	0	0	0.00	0.00
Vlade Divac	1	0	0.00	0.00
Walt Bellamy	0	0	0.00	0.00
Yao	0	0	0.00	0.00

And with that, we can first go to our overall leaderboard for Finals record and appearances –

Player	TOTAL GOAT POINTS
LeBron	5.80
MJ	4.66
Magic	4.17
Kobe	4.00
Bill Russell	3.97
Tim Duncan	3.96
Shaq	3.78
Kareem	3.67
Pippen	3.54
George Mikan	3.36
Steph	3.23
Larry	2.99
John Havlicek	2.97
Sam Jones	2.93
Manu	2.88
Horace Grant	2.84
Dray	2.82
D Wade	2.78
Dr J	2.68
Jerry West	2.61
David Robinson	2.57
Pau	2.54
Hakeem	2.48
AD	2.46
Dave Cowens	2.44
Dennis Rodman	2.43
KD	2.42
Giannis	2.38
Kawhi	2.38
McHale	2.34
Wilt	2.33
James Worthy	2.31
Willis Reed	2.30
Bailey Howell	2.30
Tony Parker	2.30
Tyson Chandler	2.28
Kyle Lowry	2.27
Otis Thorpe	2.26
Bob Cousy	2.22
Marc Gasol	2.22
Paul Arizin	2.22
Klay	2.20
Iggy	2.19
Walt Frazier	2.17
Shawn Marion	2.16
Chet Walker	2.16
Tiny Archibald	2.15
Bill Sharman	2.14
Hal Greer	2.13
Alonzo Mourning	2.11
IT	2.08
Robert Parish	2.05
Billy Cunningam	2.03
Dirk	1.95
Bosh	1.93
Bill Laimbeer	1.92
Rajon Rondo	1.92
AC Green	1.84
Moses	1.82
Ray Allen	1.79
Chauncey	1.75
Artis Gilmore	1.73
Bill Walton	1.70
Clyde Drexler	1.69
Dave DeBusschere	1.65
Dwight	1.62
KG	1.60
Kidd	1.57
Wes Unseld	1.55
Paul Pierce	1.52
Elvin Hayes	1.51
Jason Terry	1.47
Jerry Lucas	1.47
Jack Sikma	1.44
Kyrie	1.44
Bob Pettit	1.36
Dolph Schayes	1.34
Rick Barry	1.34
Zelmo Beaty	1.33
Oscar	1.31
Gary Payton	1.30
Bob McAdoo	1.29
Mo Cheeks	1.27
K Love	1.27
Dan Issel	1.23
Sheed Wallace	1.19
Ed Macauley	1.18
Bobby Jones	1.15
Elgin Baylor	1.13
Earl Monroe	1.10
Terry Porter	0.84
Karl Malone	0.83
Stockton	0.67
Sam Perkins	0.63
Dikembe	0.53
Chuck	0.50
Ewing	0.45
Jimmy	0.44
Jeff Hornacek	0.43
Buck Williams	0.41
Reggie	0.38
AI	0.35
Horford	0.33
Chris Paul	0.28
Nate Thurmond	0.28
Russ	0.25
Adrian Dantley	0.25
Vlade Divac	0.24
Kevin Johnson	0.18
David Thompson	0.16
Detlef Schrempf	0.16
Nate McMillan	0.14
Clifford Robinson	0.08
Mullin	0.03
AK47	0.00
Alex English	0.00
Alvin Robertson	0.00
Andre Miller	0.00
Blake	0.00
Bob Lanier	0.00
CWebb	0.00
D Rose	0.00
Dame	0.00
Dave Bing	0.00
Doc Rivers	0.00
Dominique	0.00
Eddie Jones	0.00
Elton Brand	0.00
Fat Lever	0.00
George Gervin	0.00
Gobert	0.00
Grant Hill	0.00
Harden	0.00
Joe Johnson	0.00
Jokic	0.00
KAT	0.00
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.00
Larry Nance	0.00
Lenny Wilkens	0.00
Mark Eaton	0.00
Mark Price	0.00
Marques Johnson	0.00
Melo	0.00
Millsap	0.00
Mookie Blaylock	0.00
Nash	0.00
Paul George	0.00
Pistol Pete	0.00
Rod Strickland	0.00
Sidney Moncrief	0.00
T-Mac	0.00
Terrell Brandon	0.00
Tim Hardaway	0.00
Tree Rollins	0.00
Vince	0.00
Walt Bellamy	0.00
Yao	0.00

Then the cumulative leaderboard through 13 of 15 categories –

Player	TOTAL GOAT POINTS
MJ	58.56
LeBron	58.15
Kareem	53.22
Tim Duncan	51.73
Bill Russell	48.15
Kobe	48.03
Magic	47.47
Shaq	46.52
Wilt	46.37
Larry	44.06
Dr J	42.46
Hakeem	41.42
David Robinson	40.86
Pippen	40.47
Steph	40.24
KG	39.66
Karl Malone	39.40
KD	38.73
Dirk	38.46
George Mikan	38.29
Moses	37.88
John Havlicek	37.20
D Wade	36.58
Oscar	36.17
Pau	36.07
Artis Gilmore	35.74
Chris Paul	35.08
Jerry West	34.89
Stockton	34.50
Bob Pettit	34.39
Giannis	34.05
Dwight	33.97
Kidd	33.96
Chuck	33.88
Manu	33.87
AD	33.55
Kawhi	33.45
Clyde Drexler	32.75
Robert Parish	32.64
Gary Payton	32.57
Horace Grant	32.54
Harden	32.42
Elvin Hayes	32.34
Paul Pierce	32.25
Rick Barry	32.20
Ray Allen	32.02
Dolph Schayes	31.88
Bob Cousy	31.40
McHale	31.25
Sam Jones	31.19
Dan Issel	30.85
Dennis Rodman	30.84
Shawn Marion	30.56
Walt Frazier	30.36
IT	30.35
Dave Cowens	30.33
Russ	30.28
Elgin Baylor	30.26
Tony Parker	30.15
Bosh	29.96
Ewing	29.77
Nash	29.75
Dray	29.67
Alonzo Mourning	29.54
Chauncey	29.42
Paul Arizin	29.39
Reggie	29.33
Iggy	29.29
Bailey Howell	29.21
Jack Sikma	29.17
Kyle Lowry	29.16
Bill Laimbeer	29.11
Wes Unseld	29.05
Jokic	29.04
AI	29.01
James Worthy	28.97
Willis Reed	28.80
Dikembe	28.73
Jerry Lucas	28.38
Billy Cunningam	28.27
Dominique	28.27
Marc Gasol	28.19
Chet Walker	28.18
Bob McAdoo	28.16
K Love	28.04
George Gervin	27.89
Hal Greer	27.84
Walt Bellamy	27.74
Otis Thorpe	27.70
Vince	27.68
Tyson Chandler	27.55
Sheed Wallace	27.54
Jason Terry	27.52
AC Green	27.50
Kyrie	27.49
Bill Sharman	27.39
Melo	27.38
Mo Cheeks	27.35
Bob Lanier	27.34
Zelmo Beaty	27.24
T-Mac	27.14
Gobert	27.02
LaMarcus Aldridge	26.88
Tiny Archibald	26.75
CWebb	26.71
Ed Macauley	26.65
Adrian Dantley	26.53
Rajon Rondo	26.45
Terry Porter	26.45
Bobby Jones	26.38
Buck Williams	26.35
Dame	26.18
Grant Hill	26.08
Jimmy	26.06
Bill Walton	26.05
Dave DeBusschere	26.02
Horford	25.98
Elton Brand	25.90
Klay	25.80
Larry Nance	25.80
Nate Thurmond	25.76
Alex English	25.65
KAT	25.64
Jeff Hornacek	25.55
Kevin Johnson	25.53
Tim Hardaway	25.51
Vlade Divac	25.35
Paul George	25.32
Detlef Schrempf	25.20
Mullin	25.19
Sam Perkins	25.19
Millsap	25.14
Blake	25.06
Lenny Wilkens	25.02
Sidney Moncrief	24.94
Andre Miller	24.88
Eddie Jones	24.71
Clifford Robinson	24.38
Rod Strickland	24.34
Mookie Blaylock	24.32
Joe Johnson	24.23
Yao	24.10
Mark Price	23.83
AK47	23.73
Marques Johnson	23.72
Dave Bing	23.65
Earl Monroe	23.22
Fat Lever	23.19
Terrell Brandon	22.88
David Thompson	22.77
Alvin Robertson	22.66
Doc Rivers	22.19
Pistol Pete	22.14
D Rose	21.78
Nate McMillan	20.90
Tree Rollins	20.75
Mark Eaton	20.21

Some notes on the leaderboard about 75% of the way through –

• It’s very likely down to LeBron and MJ at this point. MJ has a slight lead. Can he hold it?
• Kareem and Tim Duncan are well set-up for top 5 finishes, but that fifth spot is up for grabs with Bill Russell and Kobe within 0.12 points and a few others not far behind
• On the other end of the top 10, Shaq and Wilt should be good to stay on the right side of 10, and Larry Bird is holding off Dr J for that final spot. Erving, Hakeem, David Robinson, and a few others will have a hill to climb to make a run at Bird
• Both Steph (15) and KD (18) are in the top 20, joined by the rising Scottie Pippen (14)
• Karl Malone (17), Chris Paul (27), John Stockton (29), and Charles Barkley (34) are leading the ringless brigade and all sit in very respectable positions
• Giannis (31), Dwight (32), AD (36), Kawhi (37), and James Harden (42) make for an interesting group of active players that need a little more to really make a run at the top tiers of this list. Giannis figures to be the favorite to make that run given age and current situation, but AD, Kawhi, and Harden could all benefit from a few more great seasons if they have them in the tank
• Manu (35) ranking significantly ahead of Tony Parker (59) stands out.
• Isiah Thomas (55), Russ (57), Ewing (61), Nash (62), Reggie Miller (67), and Allen Iverson (75) lead a group of noteworthy players sitting outside the top 50
• At 74, Jokic is barely holding on to a top 75 spot
• Melo (97) is just barely holding on to a top 100 spot.
• Kyrie (95) is within 50 spots of Bob Cousy (48).
• Dame has fallen to 112th, which is well outside the top 75.
• Klay sits in 119th, which is even further outside the top 75 (Draymond has risen to a much more respectable 63rd).
• Pete Maravich and Derrick Rose sitting in the bottom five is perhaps a bit surprising, though lacking longevity is a big thorn in the side of both.

Playoff Record (7.5)

• Playoff Winning Percentage (3)
• Playoff Games Played (2.5)
• Playoff Wins (2)

Last up is playoff record since the part before the Finals matters too. This should be a rather self-explanatory category. It will reward players for both longevity on its own but also for consistently winning and making deeper playoff runs even if they tended to fall short at the end. The player that goes to six conference finals but only wins one title deserves some recognition too, and they don’t deserve to fall way behind the player that won two titles in just three deep playoff runs. We’ll take a look at both rate (winning percentage) and cumulative numbers (playoff games and wins) to get at winning in both.

Let’s start with playoff winning percentage for 3 goat points.

Player	Playoff Winning Percentage	GOAT POINTS
Bill Walton	0.776	3.00
Dray	0.703	2.72
Klay	0.703	2.72
George Mikan	0.700	2.71
Steph	0.694	2.68
Dennis Rodman	0.686	2.65
K Love	0.683	2.64
Kyrie	0.676	2.61
Magic	0.674	2.60
James Worthy	0.671	2.60
MJ	0.665	2.57
LeBron	0.654	2.53
Pippen	0.654	2.53
Horace Grant	0.653	2.52
Kareem	0.650	2.51
Sam Jones	0.649	2.51
Bill Russell	0.648	2.51
Bosh	0.640	2.48
Kawhi	0.637	2.46
IT	0.631	2.44
Bill Laimbeer	0.628	2.43
John Havlicek	0.628	2.43
Tim Duncan	0.625	2.42
AC Green	0.621	2.40
Manu	0.619	2.39
Bob McAdoo	0.617	2.39
Kobe	0.614	2.37
KD	0.613	2.37
Tony Parker	0.606	2.34
Iggy	0.605	2.34
Larry	0.604	2.33
Bill Sharman	0.603	2.33
Dr J	0.598	2.31
Shaq	0.597	2.31
D Wade	0.593	2.29
AD	0.590	2.28
Rajon Rondo	0.590	2.28
Ray Allen	0.585	2.26
Dave Cowens	0.584	2.26
Robert Parish	0.582	2.25
Walt Frazier	0.581	2.24
McHale	0.580	2.24
Bob Cousy	0.578	2.23
Willis Reed	0.577	2.23
Bobby Jones	0.570	2.20
David Robinson	0.569	2.20
Jerry West	0.569	2.20
Giannis	0.566	2.19
Dave DeBusschere	0.563	2.17
Zelmo Beaty	0.557	2.15
Mo Cheeks	0.556	2.15
Sheed Wallace	0.554	2.14
Tiny Archibald	0.553	2.14
Wilt	0.550	2.13
Marc Gasol	0.545	2.11
Jeff Hornacek	0.543	2.10
Chauncey	0.541	2.09
Elgin Baylor	0.537	2.08
Oscar	0.535	2.07
Shawn Marion	0.532	2.06
Reggie	0.528	2.04
Sam Perkins	0.527	2.04
Hakeem	0.524	2.03
Harden	0.523	2.02
Gary Payton	0.519	2.01
Dan Issel	0.519	2.01
Ewing	0.518	2.00
Dolph Schayes	0.515	1.99
Pau	0.515	1.99
Kevin Johnson	0.514	1.99
Kyle Lowry	0.514	1.99
Paul Pierce	0.512	1.98
Bailey Howell	0.512	1.98
Bob Pettit	0.511	1.98
Ed Macauley	0.511	1.97
Clyde Drexler	0.510	1.97
Artis Gilmore	0.510	1.97
Moses	0.510	1.97
Karl Malone	0.508	1.96
Chris Paul	0.507	1.96
Adrian Dantley	0.507	1.96
Doc Rivers	0.506	1.96
Alonzo Mourning	0.505	1.95
Rick Barry	0.505	1.95
Chuck	0.504	1.95
Dwight	0.504	1.95
CWebb	0.500	1.93
Elton Brand	0.500	1.93
Kidd	0.500	1.93
Vlade Divac	0.496	1.92
Russ	0.495	1.92
Mullin	0.493	1.91
Nate McMillan	0.490	1.89
KG	0.490	1.89
Hal Greer	0.489	1.89
Stockton	0.489	1.89
Tyson Chandler	0.487	1.88
Lenny Wilkens	0.484	1.87
Jason Terry	0.484	1.87
Horford	0.483	1.87
Marques Johnson	0.481	1.86
Jack Sikma	0.480	1.86
Dirk	0.476	1.84
Earl Monroe	0.476	1.84
Nash	0.475	1.84
Jimmy	0.474	1.83
Detlef Schrempf	0.474	1.83
Jerry Lucas	0.472	1.83
Paul George	0.472	1.83
Elvin Hayes	0.469	1.81
Billy Cunningham	0.463	1.79
Buck Williams	0.463	1.79
Sidney Moncrief	0.462	1.79
Otis Thorpe	0.462	1.78
Mark Eaton	0.459	1.78
Nate Thurmond	0.457	1.77
Clifford Robinson	0.454	1.75
Blake	0.448	1.73
Bob Lanier	0.448	1.73
Chet Walker	0.448	1.73
Wes Unseld	0.445	1.72
Terry Porter	0.444	1.71
Joe Johnson	0.442	1.71
Larry Nance	0.441	1.71
Tree Rollins	0.441	1.70
Millsap	0.438	1.70
Jokic	0.438	1.69
Eddie Jones	0.432	1.67
Vince	0.432	1.67
D Rose	0.431	1.67
Gobert	0.429	1.66
Paul Arizin	0.429	1.66
Yao	0.429	1.66
Alex English	0.426	1.65
AI	0.423	1.63
Dave Bing	0.419	1.62
Fat Lever	0.417	1.61
LaMarcus Aldridge	0.417	1.61
Dikembe	0.416	1.61
George Gervin	0.405	1.56
Mark Price	0.404	1.56
AK47	0.400	1.55
David Thompson	0.400	1.55
Dominique	0.393	1.52
Pistol Pete	0.385	1.49
T-Mac	0.380	1.47
Tim Hardaway	0.375	1.45
Walt Bellamy	0.370	1.43
Andre Miller	0.368	1.42
Dame	0.361	1.39
Grant Hill	0.359	1.39
Rod Strickland	0.346	1.34
Terrell Brandon	0.342	1.32
Melo	0.337	1.30
Mookie Blaylock	0.333	1.29
KAT	0.273	1.05
Alvin Robertson	0.077	0.30

Next up is playoff games played for 2.5 points.

Player	Playoff Games Played	GOAT POINTS
LeBron	266	2.50
Tim Duncan	251	2.36
Kareem	237	2.23
Tony Parker	226	2.12
Kobe	220	2.07
Manu	218	2.05
Shaq	216	2.03
Pippen	208	1.95
Karl Malone	193	1.81
Magic	190	1.79
Dr J	189	1.78
Robert Parish	184	1.73
Stockton	182	1.71
MJ	179	1.68
Iggy	177	1.66
D Wade	177	1.66
Sheed Wallace	177	1.66
John Havlicek	172	1.62
Ray Allen	171	1.61
Horace Grant	170	1.60
Paul Pierce	170	1.60
Dennis Rodman	169	1.59
McHale	169	1.59
Sam Perkins	167	1.57
Bill Russell	165	1.55
Larry	164	1.54
Wilt	160	1.50
Kidd	158	1.48
KD	155	1.46
Sam Jones	154	1.45
Gary Payton	154	1.45
AC Green	153	1.44
Jerry West	153	1.44
Bobby Jones	151	1.42
Harden	149	1.40
Horford	147	1.38
Chauncey	146	1.37
Dray	145	1.36
Klay	145	1.36
Hakeem	145	1.36
Clyde Drexler	145	1.36
Dirk	145	1.36
Reggie	144	1.35
James Worthy	143	1.34
KG	143	1.34
Chris Paul	142	1.33
Clifford Robinson	141	1.33
Jeff Hornacek	140	1.32
Ewing	139	1.31
Pau	136	1.28
Kawhi	135	1.27
Steph	134	1.26
Rajon Rondo	134	1.26
Elgin Baylor	134	1.26
Mo Cheeks	133	1.25
Dan Issel	133	1.25
Millsap	130	1.22
Dwight	125	1.17
Jason Terry	124	1.17
Terry Porter	124	1.17
David Robinson	123	1.16
Chuck	123	1.16
Vlade Divac	121	1.14
Nash	120	1.13
Joe Johnson	120	1.13
Wes Unseld	119	1.12
Zelmo Beaty	115	1.08
Detlef Schrempf	114	1.07
Bill Laimbeer	113	1.06
IT	111	1.04
Russ	111	1.04
Bob Cousy	109	1.02
Shawn Marion	109	1.02
Paul George	108	1.02
Buck Williams	108	1.02
Kyle Lowry	107	1.01
Kevin Johnson	105	0.99
Rick Barry	105	0.99
Chet Walker	105	0.99
Jack Sikma	102	0.96
Dikembe	101	0.95
Artis Gilmore	100	0.94
Moses	100	0.94
Marc Gasol	99	0.93
Nate McMillan	98	0.92
Dolph Schayes	97	0.91
Jimmy	97	0.91
Dave DeBusschere	96	0.90
Elvin Hayes	96	0.90
Alonzo Mourning	95	0.89
Bob McAdoo	94	0.88
Walt Frazier	93	0.87
Sidney Moncrief	93	0.87
Tree Rollins	93	0.87
Hal Greer	92	0.86
Bosh	89	0.84
Dave Cowens	89	0.84
Bob Pettit	88	0.83
Vince	88	0.83
Oscar	86	0.81
Bailey Howell	86	0.81
George Gervin	84	0.79
Melo	83	0.78
Earl Monroe	82	0.77
Doc Rivers	81	0.76
Nate Thurmond	81	0.76
Eddie Jones	81	0.76
CWebb	80	0.75
Bill Sharman	78	0.73
Willis Reed	78	0.73
Otis Thorpe	78	0.73
Giannis	76	0.71
Tyson Chandler	76	0.71
Kyrie	74	0.70
Mark Eaton	74	0.70
Adrian Dantley	73	0.69
Jerry Lucas	72	0.68
LaMarcus Aldridge	72	0.68
Mullin	71	0.67
AI	71	0.67
George Mikan	70	0.66
Larry Nance	68	0.64
Alex English	68	0.64
Andre Miller	68	0.64
Blake	67	0.63
Bob Lanier	67	0.63
Lenny Wilkens	64	0.60
K Love	63	0.59
Dame	61	0.57
Dominique	56	0.53
Tim Hardaway	56	0.53
AK47	55	0.52
Marques Johnson	54	0.51
Billy Cunningham	54	0.51
Mookie Blaylock	54	0.51
Rod Strickland	52	0.49
D Rose	51	0.48
T-Mac	50	0.47
Bill Walton	49	0.46
Gobert	49	0.46
Paul Arizin	49	0.46
Jokic	48	0.45
Fat Lever	48	0.45
Tiny Archibald	47	0.44
Ed Macauley	47	0.44
Mark Price	47	0.44
Walt Bellamy	46	0.43
Elton Brand	40	0.38
David Thompson	40	0.38
AD	39	0.37
Grant Hill	39	0.37
Terrell Brandon	38	0.36
Dave Bing	31	0.29
Yao	28	0.26
Pistol Pete	26	0.24
Alvin Robertson	13	0.12
KAT	11	0.10

And lastly, playoff wins for 2 goat points.

Player	Playoff Wins	GOAT POINTS
LeBron	174	2.00
Tim Duncan	157	1.80
Kareem	154	1.77
Tony Parker	137	1.57
Pippen	136	1.56
Kobe	135	1.55
Manu	135	1.55
Shaq	129	1.48
Magic	128	1.47
MJ	119	1.37
Dennis Rodman	116	1.33
Dr J	113	1.30
Horace Grant	111	1.28
John Havlicek	108	1.24
Robert Parish	107	1.23
Iggy	107	1.23
Bill Russell	107	1.23
D Wade	105	1.21
Dray	102	1.17
Klay	102	1.17
Ray Allen	100	1.15
Sam Jones	100	1.15
Larry	99	1.14
Karl Malone	98	1.13
Sheed Wallace	98	1.13
McHale	98	1.13
James Worthy	96	1.10
KD	95	1.09
AC Green	95	1.09
Steph	93	1.07
Stockton	89	1.02
Sam Perkins	88	1.01
Wilt	88	1.01
Paul Pierce	87	1.00
Jerry West	87	1.00
Bobby Jones	86	0.99
Kawhi	86	0.99
Gary Payton	80	0.92
Kidd	79	0.91
Chauncey	79	0.91
Rajon Rondo	79	0.91
Harden	78	0.90
Hakeem	76	0.87
Reggie	76	0.87
Jeff Hornacek	76	0.87
Clyde Drexler	74	0.85
Mo Cheeks	74	0.85
Chris Paul	72	0.83
Ewing	72	0.83
Elgin Baylor	72	0.83
Horford	71	0.82
Bill Laimbeer	71	0.82
KG	70	0.80
Pau	70	0.80
David Robinson	70	0.80
IT	70	0.80
Dirk	69	0.79
Dan Issel	69	0.79
Clifford Robinson	64	0.74
Zelmo Beaty	64	0.74
Dwight	63	0.72
Bob Cousy	63	0.72
Chuck	62	0.71
Jason Terry	60	0.69
Vlade Divac	60	0.69
Shawn Marion	58	0.67
Bob McAdoo	58	0.67
Millsap	57	0.66
Nash	57	0.66
Bosh	57	0.66
Terry Porter	55	0.63
Russ	55	0.63
Kyle Lowry	55	0.63
Detlef Schrempf	54	0.62
Kevin Johnson	54	0.62
Marc Gasol	54	0.62
Dave DeBusschere	54	0.62
Walt Frazier	54	0.62
Joe Johnson	53	0.61
Wes Unseld	53	0.61
Rick Barry	53	0.61
Dave Cowens	52	0.60
Paul George	51	0.59
Artis Gilmore	51	0.59
Moses	51	0.59
Buck Williams	50	0.57
Dolph Schayes	50	0.57
Kyrie	50	0.57
Jack Sikma	49	0.56
George Mikan	49	0.56
Nate McMillan	48	0.55
Alonzo Mourning	48	0.55
Chet Walker	47	0.54
Bill Sharman	47	0.54
Jimmy	46	0.53
Oscar	46	0.53
Elvin Hayes	45	0.52
Hal Greer	45	0.52
Bob Pettit	45	0.52
Willis Reed	45	0.52
Bailey Howell	44	0.51
Sidney Moncrief	43	0.49
Giannis	43	0.49
K Love	43	0.49
Dikembe	42	0.48
Tree Rollins	41	0.47
Doc Rivers	41	0.47
CWebb	40	0.46
Earl Monroe	39	0.45
Vince	38	0.44
Bill Walton	38	0.44
Nate Thurmond	37	0.43
Tyson Chandler	37	0.43
Adrian Dantley	37	0.43
Otis Thorpe	36	0.41
Eddie Jones	35	0.40
Mullin	35	0.40
George Gervin	34	0.39
Mark Eaton	34	0.39
Jerry Lucas	34	0.39
Lenny Wilkens	31	0.36
LaMarcus Aldridge	30	0.34
AI	30	0.34
Larry Nance	30	0.34
Blake	30	0.34
Bob Lanier	30	0.34
Alex English	29	0.33
Melo	28	0.32
Marques Johnson	26	0.30
Tiny Archibald	26	0.30
Andre Miller	25	0.29
Billy Cunningham	25	0.29
Ed Macauley	24	0.28
AD	23	0.26
Dame	22	0.25
Dominique	22	0.25
AK47	22	0.25
D Rose	22	0.25
Tim Hardaway	21	0.24
Gobert	21	0.24
Paul Arizin	21	0.24
Jokic	21	0.24
Fat Lever	20	0.23
Elton Brand	20	0.23
T-Mac	19	0.22
Mark Price	19	0.22
Mookie Blaylock	18	0.21
Rod Strickland	18	0.21
Walt Bellamy	17	0.20
David Thompson	16	0.18
Grant Hill	14	0.16
Terrell Brandon	13	0.15
Dave Bing	13	0.15
Yao	12	0.14
Pistol Pete	10	0.11
KAT	3	0.03
Alvin Robertson	1	0.01

We can then look at the cumulative leaderboard for our playoff record category –

Player	GOAT POINTS
LeBron	7.03
Tim Duncan	6.58
Kareem	6.51
Pippen	6.05
Tony Parker	6.04
Manu	5.99
Kobe	5.99
Magic	5.86
Shaq	5.82
MJ	5.62
Dennis Rodman	5.58
Horace Grant	5.40
Dr J	5.39
Bill Russell	5.29
John Havlicek	5.29
Dray	5.25
Klay	5.25
Iggy	5.23
Robert Parish	5.21
D Wade	5.16
Sam Jones	5.11
James Worthy	5.04
Ray Allen	5.02
Larry	5.01
Steph	5.01
McHale	4.96
Sheed Wallace	4.93
AC Green	4.93
KD	4.92
Karl Malone	4.90
Kawhi	4.72
Wilt	4.64
Jerry West	4.64
Stockton	4.62
Sam Perkins	4.62
Bobby Jones	4.61
Paul Pierce	4.58
Rajon Rondo	4.45
Gary Payton	4.38
Chauncey	4.37
Kidd	4.33
Harden	4.32
Bill Laimbeer	4.31
Jeff Hornacek	4.29
IT	4.29
Reggie	4.27
Hakeem	4.26
Mo Cheeks	4.25
Clyde Drexler	4.19
Elgin Baylor	4.16
David Robinson	4.16
Ewing	4.14
Chris Paul	4.12
Pau	4.07
Horford	4.06
Dan Issel	4.05
KG	4.04
Dirk	4.00
Bob Cousy	3.98
Zelmo Beaty	3.97
Bosh	3.97
Bob McAdoo	3.94
George Mikan	3.93
Bill Walton	3.90
Kyrie	3.88
Dwight	3.85
Chuck	3.82
Clifford Robinson	3.82
Shawn Marion	3.75
Vlade Divac	3.74
Walt Frazier	3.74
Jason Terry	3.73
K Love	3.73
Dave DeBusschere	3.70
Dave Cowens	3.69
Marc Gasol	3.66
Kyle Lowry	3.63
Nash	3.62
Bill Sharman	3.60
Kevin Johnson	3.60
Russ	3.59
Millsap	3.57
Rick Barry	3.55
Detlef Schrempf	3.52
Terry Porter	3.51
Artis Gilmore	3.50
Moses	3.50
Willis Reed	3.48
Dolph Schayes	3.48
Wes Unseld	3.45
Joe Johnson	3.44
Paul George	3.43
Oscar	3.40
Alonzo Mourning	3.40
Giannis	3.40
Buck Williams	3.38
Jack Sikma	3.38
Nate McMillan	3.37
Bob Pettit	3.32
Bailey Howell	3.29
Jimmy	3.27
Hal Greer	3.27
Chet Walker	3.26
Elvin Hayes	3.23
Doc Rivers	3.19
Sidney Moncrief	3.16
CWebb	3.14
Adrian Dantley	3.07
Earl Monroe	3.06
Tree Rollins	3.05
Dikembe	3.04
Tyson Chandler	3.02
Mullin	2.98
Nate Thurmond	2.95
Vince	2.93
Otis Thorpe	2.93
AD	2.91
Jerry Lucas	2.89
Tiny Archibald	2.88
Mark Eaton	2.86
Eddie Jones	2.83
Lenny Wilkens	2.83
George Gervin	2.75
Blake	2.71
Bob Lanier	2.71
Ed Macauley	2.69
Larry Nance	2.69
Marques Johnson	2.67
AI	2.65
LaMarcus Aldridge	2.63
Alex English	2.62
Billy Cunningham	2.58
Elton Brand	2.54
Melo	2.41
D Rose	2.40
Jokic	2.38
Gobert	2.36
Paul Arizin	2.36
Andre Miller	2.35
AK47	2.32
Dominique	2.30
Fat Lever	2.29
Mark Price	2.22
Dame	2.22
Tim Hardaway	2.22
T-Mac	2.16
David Thompson	2.11
Dave Bing	2.06
Yao	2.06
Walt Bellamy	2.06
Rod Strickland	2.03
Mookie Blaylock	2.00
Grant Hill	1.92
Pistol Pete	1.85
Terrell Brandon	1.83
KAT	1.19
Alvin Robertson	0.43

And then our new cumulative leaderboard, with a change at the top –

Player	TOTAL GOAT POINTS
LeBron	65.18
MJ	64.18
Kareem	59.73
Tim Duncan	58.31
Kobe	54.02
Bill Russell	53.44
Magic	53.33
Shaq	52.34
Wilt	51.01
Larry	49.07
Dr J	47.85
Pippen	46.52
Hakeem	45.68
Steph	45.25
David Robinson	45.02
Karl Malone	44.30
KG	43.70
KD	43.65
John Havlicek	42.49
Dirk	42.46
George Mikan	42.22
D Wade	41.74
Moses	41.38
Pau	40.14
Manu	39.86
Oscar	39.57
Jerry West	39.53
Artis Gilmore	39.24
Chris Paul	39.20
Stockton	39.12
Kidd	38.29
Kawhi	38.17
Horace Grant	37.94
Robert Parish	37.85
Dwight	37.82
Bob Pettit	37.71
Chuck	37.70
Giannis	37.45
Ray Allen	37.04
Gary Payton	36.95
Clyde Drexler	36.94
Paul Pierce	36.83
Harden	36.74
AD	36.46
Dennis Rodman	36.42
Sam Jones	36.30
McHale	36.21
Tony Parker	36.19
Rick Barry	35.75
Elvin Hayes	35.57
Bob Cousy	35.38
Dolph Schayes	35.36
Dray	34.92
Dan Issel	34.90
IT	34.64
Iggy	34.52
Elgin Baylor	34.42
Shawn Marion	34.31
Walt Frazier	34.10
Dave Cowens	34.02
James Worthy	34.01
Bosh	33.93
Ewing	33.91
Russ	33.87
Chauncey	33.79
Reggie	33.60
Bill Laimbeer	33.42
Nash	33.37
Alonzo Mourning	32.94
Kyle Lowry	32.79
Jack Sikma	32.55
Bailey Howell	32.50
Wes Unseld	32.50
Sheed Wallace	32.47
AC Green	32.43
Willis Reed	32.28
Bob McAdoo	32.10
Marc Gasol	31.85
Dikembe	31.77
K Love	31.77
Paul Arizin	31.75
AI	31.66
Mo Cheeks	31.60
Chet Walker	31.44
Jokic	31.42
Kyrie	31.37
Jerry Lucas	31.27
Jason Terry	31.25
Zelmo Beaty	31.21
Hal Greer	31.11
Klay	31.05
Bill Sharman	30.99
Bobby Jones	30.99
Rajon Rondo	30.90
Billy Cunningam	30.85
George Gervin	30.64
Otis Thorpe	30.63
Vince	30.61
Tyson Chandler	30.57
Dominique	30.57
Bob Lanier	30.05
Horford	30.04
Terry Porter	29.96
Bill Walton	29.95
CWebb	29.85
Jeff Hornacek	29.84
Sam Perkins	29.81
Walt Bellamy	29.80
Melo	29.79
Buck Williams	29.73
Dave DeBusschere	29.72
Tiny Archibald	29.63
Adrian Dantley	29.60
LaMarcus Aldridge	29.51
Gobert	29.38
Ed Macauley	29.34
Jimmy	29.33
T-Mac	29.30
Kevin Johnson	29.13
Vlade Divac	29.09
Paul George	28.75
Detlef Schrempf	28.72
Nate Thurmond	28.71
Millsap	28.71
Larry Nance	28.49
Elton Brand	28.44
Dame	28.40
Alex English	28.27
Clifford Robinson	28.20
Mullin	28.17
Sidney Moncrief	28.10
Grant Hill	28.00
Lenny Wilkens	27.85
Blake	27.77
Tim Hardaway	27.73
Joe Johnson	27.67
Eddie Jones	27.54
Andre Miller	27.23
KAT	26.83
Marques Johnson	26.39
Rod Strickland	26.37
Mookie Blaylock	26.32
Earl Monroe	26.28
Yao	26.16
Mark Price	26.05
AK47	26.05
Dave Bing	25.71
Fat Lever	25.48
Doc Rivers	25.38
David Thompson	24.88
Terrell Brandon	24.71
Nate McMillan	24.27
D Rose	24.18
Pistol Pete	23.99
Tree Rollins	23.80
Alvin Robertson	23.09
Mark Eaton	23.07

Some notes –

• LeBron jumps ahead here with his longevity and impressive playoff win numbers making their mark. He’s our GOAT.
• Kareem and Tim Duncan are very secure in their top five spots, and Kobe has grabbed the last spot.
• Doctor J pushed for a top ten spot, but Bird is safe.
• Steph (14) and KD (18) stick around the top 20.
• Dwyane Wade (22), Pau (24), and Manu (25) all sit in the top 25.
• Kawhi has jumped up to 32nd, ahead of Giannis (38), Harden (44), and AD (45).
• Tony Parker and Dennis Rodman have both found the top 50 with Dray (53) and IT (55) close behind.
• AI sits down in 82nd.
• Jokic (85) and Kyrie (86) sit well outside the top 75.
• Klay (91) is firmly inside the top 100 but not too far beyond it.
• Vince (98) and Dominique (100) sitting right on the top 100 edge, but Melo (109) is on the outside looking in with Tracy McGrady (118) and Dame (127).

We’ll go over the full list here.

One last note – I decided to cut supporting cast and opponent strength as categories. Who you play with and who you play against will impact the results that are produced, and there is likely enough variation between players across those two categories to take it into account here. But both are difficult to measure. For supporting cast, we could theoretically use win shares and find a percentage or cumulative measure of teammate help. But do we look at the full roster? The top eight players? The top five? Three? Do we include regular season and playoffs or just one? For opponent strength, do we use a regular season stat like SRS that might not accurately track how teams perform when it actually matters in the playoffs? Do we try to use some small sample size, likely meaningless measure of playoff performance? What about accounting for late-season injuries? There are ultimately too many questions, not enough good answers, and not enough reason to look into these categories without a clearly valid direction to make them happen. So we’ll end with 14 categories.