Insane how Wilt Chamberlain can score 100 points in a game, average 50/28/8 for a season, be the only center to ever lead the league in assists, win two titles, have the only quintuple double, but we rank him 8th. Recency bias is strong!
I know he's a terrible person, but Karl Malone was better than Charles Barkley in every category except maybe 3-point shooting. And Kobe is greatly overrated. Olajuwon was better than Duncan and Russell and probably Shaq.
And Jabbar and James are similar in that their real greatness lies more in longevity than in impact on the court. They are both all timers, but you can't tell me in a pivotal game 7 that you would take Jabbar over Olajuwon or James over Jordan or Curry.