The best way to compare players is taking their prime years and measuring them. I defined prime years as usually a players 3rd year in the league and normally lasting for 10-12 years.

. Some players get lucky enough and can stretch their prime to 12-15 yrs. PER is the most accurate advanced stat to measure how consistent a player produces his averages

Rings are important but different factors come into play outside of one players control (organization, role players, coach, 2nd Star, health, luck).

Here’s some of the games best talent measured against each other in their prime years and why Michael Jordan is the GOAT

Michael Jordan- 32pts 6rbs 5ast (29.4PER) in 11yrs*

Kobe Bryant- 27pts 5rbs 5ast (23.9PER) in 14yrs

LeBron James- 27pts 7rbs 7ast (28.2PER) in 16yrs

Russell Westbrook- 25pts 7rbs 8ast (25.1PER) in 10yrs

Kevin Durant- 27pts 7rbs 4ast (26.1PER) in 11yrs

James Harden- 29pts 6rbs 7ast (26.7PER) in 8yrs

Steph Curry- 25pts 4rbs 7ast (25.8PER) in 8yrs

Dame Lillard- 25pts 4rbs 6ast (23.6PER) in 6yrs

Carmelo Anthony- 25pts 6rbs 3ast (21.6PER) in 12yrs

Allen Iverson- 28pts 4rbs 6ast (21.7PER) in 11yrs

Tracy McGrady- 26pts 6rbs 5ast (24.2PER) in 8yrs

Dewyane Wade- 25pts 5rbs 6ast (25.6PER) in 11yrs

Giannis Antetokounmpo- 26pts 11rbs 5ast (28.6PER) 4yrs

Michael Jordan scored about 27,000 of his 32,292 career points in a 10 year span (broke foot in 2nd yr and played baseball for 1.5 yrs in the middle of his prime

During his prime (11 yrs span) Jordan led the league is scoring 10 out of 11 seasons, MVP 6 out of 11 seasons, all-nba all 11 seasons, all-defense team 9 out of 11 seasons

His last year of his prime he led the league in scoring (28.7PPG) while being the regular season MVP and Finals MVP.

From 1985-1998 when Jordan entered the league, their was 27 different players aka “plumbers” that averaged 25PPG or more for a season or multiple seasons.

From 1998-2020 theirs been 32 different players that averaged 25PPG or more for a season.

Out of all the talented scorers on this list Jordan has the highest PPG average, highest player efficiency rating and accomplished the most individual awards.

He changed how the game was played and how GMs, coaches and owners built their teams. He’s the GOAT.