LeBron James
Stephen Curry
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Bars are scaled to the leader in this list.
The verdict
LeBron James leads 3 of 4 categories. Our all-time ranking places LeBron James at #2 and Stephen Curry at #11.
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The case for LeBron James
All-time NBA scoring leader with four titles for three franchises — the longevity case that Peak/Career toggles were built to test. Against Kobe on this VS page, shared teaching axes (scoring volume, longevity, finals volume) rescale without inventing a live box score.
The case for Stephen Curry
The most influential player of the modern era and the man who repriced the sport. Curry has won four championships with Golden State (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022), two regular-season MVPs — including the first unanimous MVP in league history in 2016 — and the 2022 Finals MVP that answered the last question about his resume. He is the greatest shooter who has ever lived by a wide margin: the all-time leader in three-pointers made, past 4,000 and climbing, having broken Ray Allen's career record in December 2021 with hundreds of games in hand. His 2015–16 season paired 30.1 points per game with a then-record 402 threes and powered a 73–9 team that broke the 1996 Bulls' win record. The deeper case is systemic — his off-ball movement and 30-foot range force defenses to guard the entire halfcourt, warping coverages without the ball and accelerating the three-point revolution more than any player since the shot clock. Rankings that omitted him a decade ago now routinely seat him among the ten greatest ever.