I have finally finished the data entry for all the players in NBA history for my all-time greats project. There is still some refining to be done, but I am quite pleased with the results thus far. I was going to separate players by eras, but I grouped everyone in a single bunch and the results seem to make sense to me. Also, I divided the players from the guard/forward/center groups into guard/guard-forward/forward/forward-center/center, and I think the results work and fit better with the five positions on the court. Surprisingly, the benchmarks are not as close to each other as I thought they would be. Below is the current list of all-time greats as I have them in alphabetical order, with currently active players marked by an asterisk. Comments welcome.
Guards (33.2 peak/47.9 other)
Ray Allen*
Tiny Archibald
Chauncey Billups*
Kobe Bryant*
Sam Cassell
Maurice Cheeks
Bob Cousy
Joe Dumars
Walt Frazier
Tim Hardaway
Derek Harper
Hersey Hawkins
Jeff Hornacek
Allen Iverson
Mark Jackson
Kevin Johnson
Jason Kidd*
Andre Miller*
Sidney Moncrief
Calvin Murphy
Steve Nash*
Chris Paul*
Gary Payton
Terry Porter
Bill Sharman
Steve Smith
John Stockton
Rod Strickland
Jason Terry*
Dwyane Wade*
Jerry West
Lenny Wilkens
Guard/Forwards & Forward/Guards (39.3/66.3)
Paul Arizin
Adrian Dantley
Clyde Drexler
Julius Erving
John Havlicek
Magic Johnson
Michael Jordan
Reggie Miller
Scottie Pippen
Oscar Robertson
Chet Walker
Dominique Wilkins
Forwards (33.0/48.6)
Charles Barkley
Rick Barry
Elgin Baylor
Larry Bird
Elton Brand*
Terry Cummings
Dale Davis
Alex English
Kevin Garnett*
Grant Hill
Bailey Howell
LeBron James
Rashard Lewis*
Karl Malone
Shawn Marion*
Anthony Mason
Tracy McGrady*
Dirk Nowitzki*
Paul Pierce*
Glen Rice
Dennis Rodman
Forward/Centers & Center/Forwards (38.4/65.3)
Tim Duncan*
Patrick Ewing
Horace Grant
Elvin Hayes
Ed Macauley
Moses Malone
Kevin McHale
Larry Nance
Bob Pettit
Dolph Schayes
Jack Sikma
Wes Unseld
Buck Williams
Centers (40.4/71.4)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Walt Bellamy
Wilt Chamberlain
Bob Lanier
George Mikan
Shaquille O’Neal
Hakeem Olajuwon
Robert Parish
David Robinson
Bill Russell
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