Pre-2019-20 Rank: #1, Pre-2020-21 Rank: #1, Pre-2021-22 Rank: #1, Pre-2022-23 Rank: #1, 2023-24 Pre-Season Rank: #1.
*Positional Notes: James has started in all five positions and usually has more of a PF role now, but he logged more minutes as a Small Forward.
*Peak Period: 2007-08 to 2013-14.
When you enter the NBA Draft as the most hyped sure thing of all time, the level of expectations could topple any man, but it can’t top a King.
LeBron James met every expectation, and the four-time NBA Champion is still an All-Star caliber player. Now the all-time leader in Points, James orchestrated one more feather in his cap for 2024-25, playing with his son Bronny.
James, who also holds the record for All-Star Games (20), should add a 21st this year. Despite his age (40), he is holding off Father Time better than any athlete not named Tom Brady. The megastar was already a first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee ten years ago, and at this stage, he is cementing his place on the Mount Rushmore of basketball.
