Top 25 in NBA History

1. Jordan

2. Lebron

3. Kareem

4. Wilt

5. Russell

(Wilt Chamberlain is forever embedded in the Top Five. To leave him out would be like leaving Joe Louis out of the Top Five heavyweights of all time, or leaving Jim Brown out of the Top Five football players, or Babe Ruth out of the Top Five baseball players. Can't happen... ever.)

6. Hakeem

7. Duncan

8. Shaq

9. Kobe

10. Bird

11. Magic

12. Oscar

13. Giannis

14. Jokic

15. Durant

16. Pippen

17. Moses Malone

18. Curry

19. D. Robinson

20. D. Wade

21. Karl Malone

22. Bill Walton

23. Kevin Garnett

24. Dirk Nowitzki

25. Joel Embid

If you were to look to replace any of the Top 25 here, these are a likely five to choose from:  

Isiah Thomas

Jerry West

Elgin Baylor

Luka Doncic

Rick Barry