It's here, the main event! All-Time #NBArank moves into the Top 100.
To create All-Time #NBArank, we put together a ballot with the 150 greatest players ever. Then our ESPN expert panel voted on thousands of head-to-head matchups, choosing the greater player each time, with voting based on both peak performance and career value. The result is our all-time NBA Top 100.
The Top 100 will roll out over the next few weeks, beginning with players 91-100.
(Also, check out our positional rankings of the 10 best point guards, shooting guards, small forwards, power forwards and centers of all time.)
Honors
Four-time All-Star, five-time All-D selection
Championships
1 (1983)
Career stats
11.1 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 2.1 SPG, .523 FG%
Did you know?
When he retired after the 1992-93 season, Cheeks ranked first all time in steals and fifth in assists behind only Magic Johnson, Oscar Robertson, Isiah Thomas and John Stockton. -- ESPN Stats & Info
Nate Thurmond
Position
Power forward
Teams
San Francisco/Golden State Warriors (1963-74) Chicago Bulls (1974-76), Cleveland Cavaliers (1976-77)
Honors
Seven-time All-Star, five-time All-D selection, Hall of Fame
Championships
None
Career stats
15.0 PPG, 15.0 RPG, 2.1 BPG, .421 FG%
Nickname
Nate The Great
Did you know?
Thurmond and Wilt Chamberlain are the only players in NBA history to average 20 PPG, 20 RPG and 4 APG in a single season. -- ESPN Stats & Info
Lenny Wilkens
Position
Point guard
Teams
St. Louis Hawks (1960-68), Seattle SuperSonics (1968-72), Cleveland Cavaliers (1972-74), Portland Trail Blazers (1974-75)
Honors
Nine-time All-Star, Hall of Fame
Championships
None
Career stats
16.5 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 6.7 APG, .432 FG%
Did you know?
Wilkens is one of four -- along with John Wooden, Bill Sharman and Tom Heinsohn -- to be inducted into the Hall of Fame as both a player and coach. At the time of his retirement following the 1974-75 season, only Oscar Robertson had more career assists. -- ESPN Stats & Info
Mark Price
Position
Point guard
Teams
Cleveland Cavaliers (1986-95), Washington Bullets (1995-96), Golden State Warriors (1996-97), Orlando Magic (1997-98)
Honors
Four-time All-Star, four-time All-NBA selection
Championships
None
Career stats
15.2 PPG, 6.7 APG, 1.2 SPG, .402 3P%
Did you know?
One of the greatest shooters ever, at the time of his retirement following the 1997-98 season, Price was the only player in NBA history to shoot 40 percent from the 3-point line and 90 percent from the free throw line for his career. -- ESPN Stats & Info
Marc Gasol
Position
Center
Teams
Memphis Grizzlies (2008-present)
Honors
Two-time All-Star, two-time All-NBA selection, Defensive Player of the Year (2012-13), All-D selection (2012-13)
Championships
None
Career stats
14.3 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 1.5 BPG, .503 FG%
Did you know?
Gasol was the 48th pick in the 2007 NBA draft. Among players to debut since the NBA-ABA merger, Gasol is the latest-drafted player to make first-team All-NBA. -- ESPN Stats & Info
Bobby Jones
Position
Power forward
Teams
Denver Nuggets (1974-78), Philadelphia 76ers (1978-86)
Honors
Five-time All-Star (ABA, 1975-76), All-ABA selection (1975-76), 11-time All-D selection, Sixth Man of the Year (1982-83)
Championships
1 (1983)
Career stats
12.1 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 1.5 SPG, .560 FG%
Did you know?
His teams made the playoffs in all 12 seasons he played -- two in the ABA, 10 in the NBA. In the first 10 seasons following the NBA-ABA merger, the only players to appear in more playoff games than Jones were Julius Erving and Dennis Johnson. -- ESPN Stats & Info
James Harden
Position
Shooting guard
Teams
Oklahoma City Thunder (2009-12), Houston Rockets (2012-present)
Honors
Three-time All-Star, three-time All-NBA selection, Sixth Man of the Year (2011-12)
Championships
None
Career stats
20.3 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 4.6 APG, .441 FG%
Nickname
The Beard
Did you know?
Few guards have ever made teams pay at the free throw line like Harden. He made 715 last season, over 150 more than any other player. The only guards to ever make more free throws in a single season are Michael Jordan, Jerry West and Oscar Robertson. -- ESPN Stats & Info
Gail Goodrich
Position
Shooting guard
Teams
Los Angeles Lakers (1965-68, 1970-76), Phoenix Suns (1968-70), New Orleans Jazz (1976-79)
Honors
Five-time All-Star, All-NBA selection (1973-74), Hall of Fame
Championships
1 (1972)
Career stats
18.6 PPG, 4.7 APG, 1.3 SPG, .456 FG%
Nickname
Stumpy
Did you know?
It was Goodrich -- not Jerry West or Wilt Chamberlain -- who led the 1971-72 Lakers in scoring both for the season and during their record 33-game winning streak. -- ESPN Stats & Info
Kevin Love
Position
Power forward
Teams
Minnesota Timberwolves (2008-14), Cleveland Cavaliers (2014-present)
Honors
Three-time All-Star, two-time All-NBA selection, Most Improved Player (2010-11)
Championships
None
Career stats
18.5 PPG, 11.7 RPG, .446 FG%, .363 3P%
Did you know?
Among players to average at least 10 rebounds per game for their career, Love ranks first all-time in made 3-pointers. -- ESPN Stats & Info
Shawn Kemp
Position
Power forward
Teams
Seattle SuperSonics (1989-1997), Cleveland Cavaliers (1997-2000), Portland Trail Blazers (2000-2002), Orlando Magic (2002-03)
Honors
Six-time All-Star, three-time All-NBA selection
Championships
None
Career stats
14.6 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 1.2 BPG, .488 FG%
Nickname
Reign Man
Did you know?
Kemp averaged 20 PPG and 10 RPG in four straight postseasons from 1994-95 to 1997-98. Karl Malone and Shaquille O'Neal are the only other two players to average 20-10 in each of those postseasons. For his career, Kemp had a higher PER and averaged more points, rebounds and blocks in the postseason than he did in the regular season. -- ESPN Stats & Info
