Greatest NBA players

We asked 10 models: The greatest NBA players of all time. Each named its own top 10.

Agreement between models
96%
Same model, run twice
98%
Different picks
10

When agreement between models is well below a model's agreement with itself, the split reflects real differences in taste rather than randomness.

The consensus

Each cell is the position that model gave the pick; blank means it left the pick off. Click a row for each model's reasoning.

#PickScoreListed byClaude Haiku 5.5GPT-6 LunaGemini 4 ArgonQwen 3.8 FlashDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.3Kimi K3MiniMax M3Mistral Large 4Nemotron 3 Ultra

Most divisive

Picks most models listed, at very different positions

Hot takes

Picks that appear on only one ballot

No pick appeared on just one ballot.

Every ballot

Hover a pick to find it on the other ballots. Marked picks appear on no other ballot.

Claude Haiku 5.5

  1. Michael Jordan
  2. LeBron James
  3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  4. Bill Russell
  5. Magic Johnson
  6. Wilt Chamberlain
  7. Larry Bird
  8. Shaquille O'Neal
  9. Kobe Bryant
  10. Tim Duncan

98% with consensus · 99% self-consistent

GPT-6 Luna

  1. Michael Jordan
  2. LeBron James
  3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  4. Bill Russell
  5. Magic Johnson
  6. Wilt Chamberlain
  7. Larry Bird
  8. Tim Duncan
  9. Shaquille O'Neal
  10. Kobe Bryant

100% with consensus · 97% self-consistent

Gemini 4 Argon

  1. Michael Jordan
  2. LeBron James
  3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  4. Magic Johnson
  5. Bill Russell
  6. Wilt Chamberlain
  7. Larry Bird
  8. Tim Duncan
  9. Shaquille O'Neal
  10. Kobe Bryant

97% with consensus · 99% self-consistent

Qwen 3.8 Flash

  1. Michael Jordan
  2. LeBron James
  3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  4. Bill Russell
  5. Magic Johnson
  6. Wilt Chamberlain
  7. Tim Duncan
  8. Shaquille O'Neal
  9. Kobe Bryant
  10. Larry Bird

97% with consensus · 98% self-consistent

DeepSeek V4 Pro

  1. Michael Jordan
  2. LeBron James
  3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  4. Magic Johnson
  5. Bill Russell
  6. Larry Bird
  7. Wilt Chamberlain
  8. Tim Duncan
  9. Shaquille O'Neal
  10. Kobe Bryant

96% with consensus · 97% self-consistent

GLM-5.3

  1. Michael Jordan
  2. LeBron James
  3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  4. Bill Russell
  5. Magic Johnson
  6. Wilt Chamberlain
  7. Larry Bird
  8. Tim Duncan
  9. Kobe Bryant
  10. Shaquille O'Neal

99% with consensus · 100% self-consistent

Kimi K3

  1. Michael Jordan
  2. LeBron James
  3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  4. Magic Johnson
  5. Bill Russell
  6. Larry Bird
  7. Wilt Chamberlain
  8. Tim Duncan
  9. Shaquille O'Neal
  10. Kobe Bryant

96% with consensus · 95% self-consistent

MiniMax M3

  1. Michael Jordan
  2. LeBron James
  3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  4. Bill Russell
  5. Magic Johnson
  6. Wilt Chamberlain
  7. Larry Bird
  8. Tim Duncan
  9. Shaquille O'Neal
  10. Kobe Bryant

100% with consensus · 99% self-consistent

Mistral Large 4

  1. Michael Jordan
  2. LeBron James
  3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  4. Magic Johnson
  5. Bill Russell
  6. Wilt Chamberlain
  7. Larry Bird
  8. Tim Duncan
  9. Shaquille O'Neal
  10. Kobe Bryant

97% with consensus · 100% self-consistent

Nemotron 3 Ultra

  1. Michael Jordan
  2. LeBron James
  3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  4. Bill Russell
  5. Magic Johnson
  6. Larry Bird
  7. Wilt Chamberlain
  8. Kobe Bryant
  9. Tim Duncan
  10. Shaquille O'Neal

97% with consensus · 95% self-consistent

Who agrees with whom

Overlap between two models' lists, weighted toward the top · 100 means identical · Color runs from 93 (lightest) to 100 (darkest)

Claude Haiku 5.5GPT-6 LunaGemini 4 ArgonQwen 3.8 FlashDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.3Kimi K3MiniMax M3Mistral Large 4Nemotron 3 Ultra
Claude Haiku 5.5989697949894989697
GPT-6 Luna9897979699961009797
Gemini 4 Argon9697949997999710094
Qwen 3.8 Flash979794939793979495
DeepSeek V4 Pro9496999395100969996
GLM-5.3989997979595999798
Kimi K39496999310095969996
MiniMax M39810097979699969797
Mistral Large 49697100949997999794
Nemotron 3 Ultra979794959698969794