← NBA leaders NBA Era-Adjusted Careers Whole careers on one scale: every value-positive season is scored against its own season's peers, and those standings are summed. 1,594 careers ranked.
Rankings as of 2026-07-28 , as declared by the corpus that produced them.
each value-positive season is z-scored against its OWN (season, position-group) peer distribution, then those z-scores are summed across the career — careerZ is the total standard deviations a player accumulated above the peers he actually played against
Career z — All Positions summed season z Total standard deviations above era peers across a career.
Showing 30 of 150 ranked entries.
1 LeBron James Forward · 2004–2026 · 23 rated · peak 2018 49.4 2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center · 1970–1989 · 20 rated · peak 1976 41.21 3 Russell Westbrook Guard · 2009–2026 · 18 rated · peak 2016 37.12 4 James Harden Guard · 2010–2026 · 17 rated · peak 2016 36.89 5 Kevin Durant Forward · 2008–2026 · 18 rated · peak 2012 33.48 6 Giannis Antetokounmpo Forward · 2014–2026 · 13 rated · peak 2025 31.48 7 Chris Paul Guard · 2006–2025 · 20 rated · peak 2015 31.16 8 Michael Jordan Guard · 1985–2003 · 15 rated · peak 1996 30.09 9 Artis Gilmore Center · 1972–1988 · 17 rated · peak 1975 29.11 10 Julius Erving Forward · 1972–1987 · 16 rated · peak 1976 28.59 11 Tim Duncan Center · 2002–2016 · 15 rated · peak 2003 28.45 12 Oscar Robertson Guard · 1961–1974 · 14 rated · peak 1961 28.44 13 Dwight Howard Center · 2005–2022 · 17 rated · peak 2009 27.26 14 Pau Gasol Forward · 2002–2019 · 18 rated · peak 2011 27.14 15 Bob Cousy Guard · 1951–1963 · 13 rated · peak 1957 26.83 16 Dirk Nowitzki Forward · 2002–2019 · 18 rated · peak 2005 · partial coverage 26.53 17 Stephen Curry Guard · 2010–2026 · 16 rated · peak 2016 26.12 18 Charles Barkley Forward · 1985–1997 · 13 rated · peak 1990 · partial coverage 25.85 19 Dwyane Wade Guard · 2004–2019 · 16 rated · peak 2010 25.74 20 Moses Malone Center · 1975–1995 · 20 rated · peak 1981 25.34 21 Anthony Davis Forward · 2013–2026 · 14 rated · peak 2024 25.07 22 Robert Parish Center · 1977–1997 · 21 rated · peak 1989 25.04 23 DeMar DeRozan Guard · 2010–2026 · 17 rated · peak 2019 24.82 24 Kevin Garnett Forward · 2002–2016 · 15 rated · peak 2005 24.5 25 George Gervin Guard · 1973–1986 · 14 rated · peak 1980 24.19 26 Elvin Hayes Center · 1969–1984 · 16 rated · peak 1977 24.16 27 Clyde Drexler Guard · 1984–1998 · 15 rated · peak 1988 23.03 28 Magic Johnson Guard · 1980–1996 · 13 rated · peak 1987 22.92 29 Kobe Bryant Forward · 2002–2016 · 14 rated · peak 2003 22.53 30 Carmelo Anthony Forward · 2004–2022 · 18 rated · peak 2014 22.36 Show 30 More Show Full List
Center Careers summed season z The era-adjusted center career board.
Showing 25 of 25 ranked entries.
1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center · 1970–1989 · 20 rated · peak 1976 41.21 2 Artis Gilmore Center · 1972–1988 · 17 rated · peak 1975 29.11 3 Tim Duncan Center · 2002–2016 · 15 rated · peak 2003 28.45 4 Dwight Howard Center · 2005–2022 · 17 rated · peak 2009 27.26 5 Moses Malone Center · 1975–1995 · 20 rated · peak 1981 25.34 6 Robert Parish Center · 1977–1997 · 21 rated · peak 1989 25.04 7 Elvin Hayes Center · 1969–1984 · 16 rated · peak 1977 24.16 8 Rudy Gobert Center · 2014–2026 · 13 rated · peak 2021 19.16 9 Wilt Chamberlain Center · 1966–1973 · 7 rated · peak 1967 · partial coverage 18.51 10 Nikola Jokic Center · 2016–2026 · 11 rated · peak 2021 17.99 11 Otis Thorpe Center · 1985–1997 · 13 rated · peak 1994 · partial coverage 17.38 12 Dan Issel Center · 1971–1985 · 15 rated · peak 1972 17.05 13 Nikola Vucevic Center · 2012–2026 · 15 rated · peak 2019 15.4 14 LaMarcus Aldridge Center · 2007–2022 · 16 rated · peak 2014 15.29 15 Karl-Anthony Towns Center · 2016–2026 · 11 rated · peak 2017 15.15 16 Brook Lopez Center · 2009–2026 · 16 rated · peak 2010 15.1 17 Jack Sikma Center · 1978–1991 · 14 rated · peak 1982 15.08 18 DeAndre Jordan Center · 2009–2025 · 17 rated · peak 2014 14.89 19 Andre Drummond Center · 2013–2026 · 14 rated · peak 2018 14.24 20 Bill Laimbeer Center · 1981–1993 · 13 rated · peak 1985 13.72 21 Bob Lanier Center · 1971–1984 · 14 rated · peak 1975 12.81 22 Marc Gasol Center · 2009–2021 · 13 rated · peak 2012 12.81 23 John "Hot Rod" Williams Center · 1987–1997 · 11 rated · peak 1994 · partial coverage 12.7 24 Amar'e Stoudemire Center · 2003–2016 · 13 rated · peak 2005 12.63 25 Al Horford Center · 2008–2026 · 18 rated · peak 2016 12.43
Forward Careers summed season z The era-adjusted forward career board.
Showing 25 of 25 ranked entries.
1 LeBron James Forward · 2004–2026 · 23 rated · peak 2018 49.4 2 Kevin Durant Forward · 2008–2026 · 18 rated · peak 2012 33.48 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo Forward · 2014–2026 · 13 rated · peak 2025 31.48 4 Julius Erving Forward · 1972–1987 · 16 rated · peak 1976 28.59 5 Pau Gasol Forward · 2002–2019 · 18 rated · peak 2011 27.14 6 Dirk Nowitzki Forward · 2002–2019 · 18 rated · peak 2005 · partial coverage 26.53 7 Charles Barkley Forward · 1985–1997 · 13 rated · peak 1990 · partial coverage 25.85 8 Anthony Davis Forward · 2013–2026 · 14 rated · peak 2024 25.07 9 Kevin Garnett Forward · 2002–2016 · 15 rated · peak 2005 24.5 10 Kobe Bryant Forward · 2002–2016 · 14 rated · peak 2003 22.53 11 Carmelo Anthony Forward · 2004–2022 · 18 rated · peak 2014 22.36 12 Larry Bird Forward · 1980–1992 · 12 rated · peak 1988 20.08 13 Josh Smith Forward · 2005–2016 · 12 rated · peak 2012 19.65 14 Paul George Forward · 2011–2026 · 15 rated · peak 2019 19.31 15 Julius Randle Forward · 2016–2026 · 11 rated · peak 2021 18.93 16 Paul Pierce Forward · 2002–2017 · 16 rated · peak 2002 18.86 17 Paul Millsap Forward · 2007–2022 · 16 rated · peak 2016 18.41 18 Kawhi Leonard Forward · 2012–2026 · 13 rated · peak 2017 17.76 19 Chris Bosh Forward · 2004–2016 · 13 rated · peak 2005 17.5 20 Draymond Green Forward · 2013–2026 · 14 rated · peak 2016 17.23 21 Jimmy Butler III Forward · 2012–2026 · 15 rated · peak 2017 16.62 22 Jayson Tatum Forward · 2018–2025 · 8 rated · peak 2025 16.55 23 Domantas Sabonis Forward · 2017–2026 · 10 rated · peak 2024 16.19 24 Buck Williams Forward · 1982–1997 · 16 rated · peak 1987 16.15 25 Tobias Harris Forward · 2012–2026 · 15 rated · peak 2019 16