What would be the All-NBA team if all the players in history past and future played together all at their peaks?
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2025 10:58 pm
If all the NBA greats played in peak healthy form with the current NBA players (also in peak healthy form) with current NBA rules (and magically grew up in this era so there is no need to take years to adapt). So current young players like Wemby you can age them up a few years to peak form. The league is re-organized and all the stars have balanced teams around them of equal caliber, but not overly stacked...a low level contender caliber with a low level all-star as a running mate with a solid vet rotation. Below is not an exhaustive list of candidates you are free to add your own (particularly for young players you think have a high ceiling). These are in order of rookie season year with position listed.
Who makes 1st team? 2nd? 3rd? I will say positions don't matter but if you want to have at least one G/F/C on each team its up to you. Note this is a regular season award that tends to award the biggest box score stats combined with winning percentage. So this will reward the most heliocentric players that are good enough to carry games and defensive impact is a definite bonus. I will give my list after a few others have answered with perhaps some surprising picks.
50s: george mikan (C 1950), bob petit (F 1955), bill russell (C 1957), elgin baylor (F 1959)
60s: wilt chamberlain (C 1960), oscar robertson (F 1961), jerry west (G 1961), john havilcek (F 1963), rick barry (F 1966), walt frazier (G 1968)
70s: kareem abdul-jabbar (C 1970), julius erving (F 1972), artis gilmore (C 1972), moses malone (C 1975)
80's: larry bird (F 1980), magic johnson (G 1980), kevin mchale (F 1981), clyde drexler (G 1984)
90's: michael jordan (G 1985), hakeem olajuwon (C 1985), charles barkley (F 1985), john stockton (G 1985), karl malone (F 1986), patrick ewing (C 1986), scottie pippen (F 1988), reggie miller (G 1988), david robinson (C 1990)
00's: shaquille o'neal (C 1993), jason kidd (G 1995), kevin garnett (F 1996), steve nash (G 1997), kobe bryant (G 1997), ray allen (G 1997), tim duncan (C 1998), dirk nowitski (F 1999), paul pierce (F 1999), dwayne wade (G 2004), lebron james (F 2004)
10's: chris paul (G 2006), kevin durant (F 2008), russell westbrook (G 2009), steph curry (G 2010), james harden (G 2010), paul george (F 2010), kyrie irving (G 2012), kawhi leonard (F 2012), anthony davis (F 2013), giannis antetokounmpo (F 2014), nikola jokic (C 2015), joel embiid (C 2015), devin booker (G 2016), domantas sabonis (C 2017), jayson tatum (F 2018), donovan mitchell (G 2018), luka doncic (G 2019), trae young (G 2019), shai gilgeous-alexander (G 2019), jalen brunson (G 2019)
20's: ja morant (G 2020), anthony edwards (G 2021), tyrese haliburton (G 2021), evan mobley (F 2022), paolo banchero (F 2023), victor wembanyama (C 2024), cooper flagg (F 2026)
Who makes 1st team? 2nd? 3rd? I will say positions don't matter but if you want to have at least one G/F/C on each team its up to you. Note this is a regular season award that tends to award the biggest box score stats combined with winning percentage. So this will reward the most heliocentric players that are good enough to carry games and defensive impact is a definite bonus. I will give my list after a few others have answered with perhaps some surprising picks.
50s: george mikan (C 1950), bob petit (F 1955), bill russell (C 1957), elgin baylor (F 1959)
60s: wilt chamberlain (C 1960), oscar robertson (F 1961), jerry west (G 1961), john havilcek (F 1963), rick barry (F 1966), walt frazier (G 1968)
70s: kareem abdul-jabbar (C 1970), julius erving (F 1972), artis gilmore (C 1972), moses malone (C 1975)
80's: larry bird (F 1980), magic johnson (G 1980), kevin mchale (F 1981), clyde drexler (G 1984)
90's: michael jordan (G 1985), hakeem olajuwon (C 1985), charles barkley (F 1985), john stockton (G 1985), karl malone (F 1986), patrick ewing (C 1986), scottie pippen (F 1988), reggie miller (G 1988), david robinson (C 1990)
00's: shaquille o'neal (C 1993), jason kidd (G 1995), kevin garnett (F 1996), steve nash (G 1997), kobe bryant (G 1997), ray allen (G 1997), tim duncan (C 1998), dirk nowitski (F 1999), paul pierce (F 1999), dwayne wade (G 2004), lebron james (F 2004)
10's: chris paul (G 2006), kevin durant (F 2008), russell westbrook (G 2009), steph curry (G 2010), james harden (G 2010), paul george (F 2010), kyrie irving (G 2012), kawhi leonard (F 2012), anthony davis (F 2013), giannis antetokounmpo (F 2014), nikola jokic (C 2015), joel embiid (C 2015), devin booker (G 2016), domantas sabonis (C 2017), jayson tatum (F 2018), donovan mitchell (G 2018), luka doncic (G 2019), trae young (G 2019), shai gilgeous-alexander (G 2019), jalen brunson (G 2019)
20's: ja morant (G 2020), anthony edwards (G 2021), tyrese haliburton (G 2021), evan mobley (F 2022), paolo banchero (F 2023), victor wembanyama (C 2024), cooper flagg (F 2026)