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The Kevin Sheehan Show

Where Does LeBron Rank on the List of All-Time Greats?

The Kevin Sheehan Show

Audacy

Sports, News

4.7697 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

When you discuss the GOATs in NBA history, LeBron is definitely on the list - but where?

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0:00.0

already getting some pushback to my top four magic uh michael magic wilt lebron where do you

0:08.2

have lebron on your list i've got him at four i mean i i just want everybody to understand

0:14.5

wilt chamberlain like do you he he literally holds to date.

0:21.8

I mean, right now, 72 NBA records.

0:26.4

He's the biggest outlier, statistically, of any player in team sports history.

0:34.9

He holds the record for the most points in a game, 100. The highest single season scoring

0:40.6

average, 50.4 points per game. In the same season, he set the single season rebound average,

0:48.4

27.2 rebounds per game. He averaged in one season 50 and 27. He may be, along with Jim Brown,

1:02.8

some say the greatest athlete of all time. So I don't feel badly about putting Wilp that high on the list.

1:12.6

The team around him wasn't as good as the team around Russell during those 60s years.

1:20.7

Wilm Chamberlain was in terms of an NBA champ, a two-time NBA champ,

1:26.4

once with the Philadelphia Warriors,

1:29.9

and then with the Lakers, he won a title as well.

1:36.1

All right. Max, do you have an answer to this question?

1:40.0

Yeah, so, I mean, the entire time I've been alive, this's always, this has always been the debate, LeBron or Mike.

1:46.9

And it really does come down to personal preference.

1:49.2

Like, as a kid, I was always a Mike guy just because I wasn't able to watch him, but I, you know, knowing what I've known and this, you know, all the rings, the MVP, scoring titles, everything.

2:01.0

But over the years, I've really come to respect longevity and like just playing it consistently

2:09.3

high level for a really long time. I think that's the Alex Ovechkin effect has had on me.

2:15.3

So I really like LeBron has slowly crept up and he, it used to be a much wider gap between him and Mike, but honestly, it really is a 1A, 1B type situation for me.

2:27.4

Now, I would probably put LeB at the 1B.

2:29.8

Now, if he wins another title, I could definitely throw him in at one and feel completely fine about it.

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