I made this as a way of trying to learn more about the sport and some of the defining players down the years. The stats selected may seem cherry-picked but that's because they are! They may not represent an elite NBA player but the criteria produced a healthy blend of players from different eras and yielded exactly 500 players - the maximum number of answers allowed on JetPunk!
The criteria is as follows: (Only need to satisfy 1 to feature)
3+ NBA Titles | 30,000+ Career Minutes | 150+ Playoff Games Played | 15,000+ Career Points | 30.0+ PPG Single-Season Average | 750+ Single-Season Assists | 250+ Single-Season Blocks | 200+ Single-Season Steals | 300+ Single-Season Turnovers | 10,000+ Career Total Rebounds | 200+ Single-Season 3 Pointers | 15+ Career Triple-Doubles | 65.0%+ Single-Season TS % | 1+ NBA MVP | 1+ NBA Finals MVP | 1+ NBA ROTY | 1+ NBA DPOTY | 1+ All-Star Game MVP | 6+ All-Star Selections | 5+ All-NBA Selections | 5+ All-Defensive Selections
Missing 3+ Titles: Charles Barkley, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard, Allen Iverson, Karl Malone, Moses Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, Chris Paul, Gary Payton, John Stockton, Isiah Thomas
Missing Defense: Larry Bird, Kobe Bryant, John Havlicek, Dwayne Wade
Missing Playmaking: Tim Duncan
In terms of total individual elements of the criteria met (/21):
I made this as a way of trying to learn more about the sport and some of the defining players down the years. The stats selected may seem cherry-picked but that's because they are! They may not represent an elite NBA player but the criteria produced a healthy blend of players from different eras and yielded exactly 500 players - the maximum number of answers allowed on JetPunk!
The criteria is as follows: (Only need to satisfy 1 to feature)
3+ NBA Titles | 30,000+ Career Minutes | 150+ Playoff Games Played | 15,000+ Career Points | 30.0+ PPG Single-Season Average | 750+ Single-Season Assists | 250+ Single-Season Blocks | 200+ Single-Season Steals | 300+ Single-Season Turnovers | 10,000+ Career Total Rebounds | 200+ Single-Season 3 Pointers | 15+ Career Triple-Doubles | 65.0%+ Single-Season TS % | 1+ NBA MVP | 1+ NBA Finals MVP | 1+ NBA ROTY | 1+ NBA DPOTY | 1+ All-Star Game MVP | 6+ All-Star Selections | 5+ All-NBA Selections | 5+ All-Defensive Selections
Success (Titles), Longevity (Minutes | Playoff GP), Scoring (Points | PPG | 3PM | TS%), Playmaking (AST | Triple-Doubles | TOV), Defense (BLK | STL | TREB), Awards (MVP | Finals MVP | All-Star MVP | ROTY | DPOTY), Honours (All-Star | All-NBA | All-Defensive)
Only 6 players in history meet all 7 elements!
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
LeBron James
Magic Johnson
Michael Jordan
Scottie Pippen
Shaquille O'Neal
Some players 1 category short include:
Missing 3+ Titles: Charles Barkley, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard, Allen Iverson, Karl Malone, Moses Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, Chris Paul, Gary Payton, John Stockton, Isiah Thomas
Missing Defense: Larry Bird, Kobe Bryant, John Havlicek, Dwayne Wade
Missing Playmaking: Tim Duncan
In terms of total individual elements of the criteria met (/21):
LeBron James - 15
Michael Jordan - 15
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 14
Wilt Chamberlain - 14
Magic Johnson - 13
Shaquille O'Neal - 13
6 Players - 12