Is 1995-1999 the best 5-year stretch of the NBA draft?

[WestGOAT]

1995
KG
Rasheed Wallace
Michael Finley
Stackhouse

1996
Kobe
Nash
Ray Allen
Iverson
Stojaković
Marbury
(Ben Wallace undrafted)

1997
Duncan
Billups
McGrady
Stephen Jackson

1998
Dirk
Pierce
Vince Carter
Rashard Lewis

1999 (weakest, but a lot of depth)
Manu Ginóbili
Shawn Marion
Ron Artest
Andrei Kirilenko
Baron Davis
Elton Brand
Richard Hamilton

Do any other 5-consecutitve year runs come close to this?

[Colbinii]

2016-2020 is going to be really good

2016
Sabonis
Siakam
J Murray
Ingram
Brown
Simmons [if he turns back into the all-nba player he was]

2017
Tatum
Mitchell
Lauri
D White
Bam

2018
Luka
SGA
Trae
Mikal
JJJ
MPJ

2019
Zion
Ja
Claxton
Garland

2020
Edwards
Haliburton
Ball
McDaniels
Bane
Maxey

[70sFan]

Draft class with my favourite player of all-time is definitely the best

[henshao]

The 84 draft was so stacked I shudder to think of adding 4 years to it

[SickMother]

The 84 draft was so stacked I shudder to think of adding 4 years to it

Yeah, this is pretty much it.

1983: Clyde, Derek Harper, Doc Rivers, Dale Ellis, Byron Scott

1984: Jordan, Hakeem, Barkley, Stockton, Sam Perkins, Alvin Robertson, Jerome Kersey, Otis Thorpe

1985: Mailman, Ewing, Chris Mullin, Terry Porter, Joe Dumars, Detlef

1986: Dennis Rodman, Jeff Hornacek, Mark Price, Ron Harper, Drazen

1987: Admiral, Pippen, Reggie, Mark Jackson, Kevin Johnson, Horace Grant, Mugsy

[prolific passer]

84-88
85-89
03-07
66-70

[Doctor MJ]

So, I think it's hard for me to do if you're focused on players with as low of a threshold as what I'm seeing here.

If I look at it by guys on our Top 100 from 2020 though, here are the stretches with the biggest presence:

1956-1960 gives us 7 guys, most of whom are high on the list.
Bill Russell
Sam Jones
Elgin Baylor
Hal Greer
Wilt Chamberlain
Jerry West
Oscar Robertson

1983-1987 gives us 15 guys:
Clyde Drexler
Michael Jordan
Hakeem Olajuwon
Charles Barkley
John Stockton
Karl Malone
Patrick Ewing
Terry Porter
Dennis Rodman
Jeff Hornacek
David Robinson
Scottie Pippen
Reggie Miller
Kevin Johnson
Horace Grant

1995-1999 gives us 15 too:
Kevin Garnett
Rasheed Wallace
Kobe Bryant
Steve Nash
Ray Allen
Allen Iverson
Ben Wallace
Tim Duncan
Chauncey Billups
Tracy McGrady
Dirk Nowitzki
Paul Pierce
Vince Carter
Manu Ginobili
Shawn Marion

I'll note that 1994-1998 would give us 15 as well with Jason Kidd & Grant Hill replacing Ginobili & Marion.

Those seem like the 3 salient candidates. It's interesting looking at it like this and wondering whether existing draft stretches in the 21st century are destined to surpass these earlier eras. I definitely see some guys listed who could get knocked out in the next iteration.