I’ve been playing around with an update to Hall Rating and thought I’d try to turn it into a Top 100 list, since I’ve been following the RealGM Top 100 Project debates.

I’m using Win Shares as my basis here (so I can get all of NBA history), with all of the caveats that implies.

Methodology:

I am only counting seasons where the player was above average (0.10 for WS/48). The Hall Rating of that season is then calculated using a triangular series weighting (it’s a continuous function). It’s easier to show than describe:

0.10 => 0.0

0.20 => 0.1

0.30 => 0.3

0.40 => 0.6

This is effectively the logical extension of the previous, stepwise weighting function.

(Nobody’s ever really reached 0.40 WS/48 anyway.)

That translated rating is then multiplied by Minutes played and divided by 48 to get Hall Rating, which is therefore on sort of a WS equivalent scale.

The postseason rating was modified a little further.

Average was set at 0.07 instead of 0.10, to account for the more difficult competition.

All Hall Ratings were multiplied by 2 because of the greater importance

The sum of each player’s stats was multiplied by a factor adjusting for the length of the playoffs, since this is a counting stat–effectively, this was (Length of Path in Modern Playoffs/Shortest Length of Path in Playoffs in Given Year).

Results:

Here are the top 100 careers by this rating system. No, I do not think that Wilt Chamberlain is the GOAT–though I think you could say that Win Shares does.

Rank Player Reg. Season Rank Playoff Rank Hall Rating Reg. Season Rating Playoff Rating Tier 1 Wilt Chamberlain 2 2 281 191 90 1 2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1 4 280 200 80 1 3 Michael Jordan 3 1 274 182 92 1 4 LeBron James 6 6 208 137 71 2 5 Jerry West 14 5 171 98 73 3 6 Tim Duncan 10 8 169 110 59 3 7 Karl Malone 4 28 168 141 27 3 8 David Robinson 5 27 167 138 29 3 9 Bill Russell 18 3 163 79 83 3 10 Magic Johnson 13 7 161 101 60 3 11 Shaquille O'Neal 9 9 160 110 50 3 12 Dirk Nowitzki 8 13 149 110 38 4 13 John Stockton 7 29 144 117 27 4 14 Oscar Robertson 11 20 141 108 33 4 15 Charles Barkley 12 24 138 108 30 4 16 Larry Bird 17 12 119 80 38 5 17 Kobe Bryant 20 16 113 77 36 5 18 Kevin Garnett 15 45 113 95 18 5 19 Bob Pettit 19 26 107 78 29 6 20 Hakeem Olajuwon 23 11 107 68 39 6 21 Chris Paul 16 57 104 89 15 6 22 Dolph Schayes 25 10 104 64 39 6 23 Reggie Miller 22 25 99 70 29 7 24 Moses Malone 21 38 93 70 22 7 25 Chauncey Billups 28 22 90 59 32 7 26 Dwyane Wade 29 30 82 56 27 8 27 Walt Frazier 34 21 82 50 32 8 28 Kevin Durant 27 44 81 62 18 8 29 Kevin McHale 35 23 81 50 31 8 30 Manu Ginobili 31 34 78 53 25 8 31 Sam Jones 53 14 77 40 37 8 32 Adrian Dantley 26 73 75 63 13 8 33 Neil Johnston 24 130 74 67 7 8 34 Julius Erving 40 36 71 47 24 9 35 Clyde Drexler 30 54 71 55 16 9 36 George Mikan 67 15 71 34 36 9 37 Elgin Baylor 64 18 69 34 35 9 38 Paul Arizin 45 37 68 45 23 9 39 Scottie Pippen 50 32 67 41 26 9 40 Pau Gasol 44 42 64 45 19 10 41 Chet Walker 37 56 64 48 16 10 42 Paul Pierce 38 55 64 48 16 10 43 Bob Lanier 39 53 64 48 16 10 44 Cliff Hagan 78 19 63 30 33 10 45 Bailey Howell 32 79 62 51 12 10 46 Dwight Howard 42 50 62 46 17 10 47 Robert Parish 36 71 61 48 13 10 48 Ray Allen 49 41 61 41 19 10 49 Steve Nash 33 86 60 50 11 10 50 Horace Grant 66 35 58 34 24 10 51 Bill Sharman 69 33 58 33 25 10 52 Patrick Ewing 48 66 55 42 13 11 53 Gary Payton 41 107 55 46 8 11 54 John Havlicek 91 31 54 28 26 11 55 Walt Bellamy 43 131 53 46 7 11 56 Jeff Hornacek 61 52 52 35 16 11 57 Sidney Moncrief 47 118 51 43 8 11 58 Frank Ramsey 166 17 51 16 35 11 59 Kevin Johnson 55 78 51 39 12 11 60 Larry Nance 51 110 49 41 8 12 61 Amar'e Stoudemire 56 82 49 38 11 12 62 Terry Porter 65 65 48 34 14 12 63 Don Nelson 88 40 48 28 20 12 64 Ed Macauley 52 129 48 40 7 12 65 Artis Gilmore 46 270 48 44 3 12 66 Dikembe Mutombo 63 75 47 35 13 12 67 Shawn Marion 54 140 46 39 7 12 68 Bobby Jones 80 60 45 30 15 13 69 Shawn Kemp 73 69 45 31 13 13 70 Marques Johnson 72 77 44 32 12 13 71 Vern Mikkelsen 82 61 44 29 15 13 72 Willis Reed 81 62 44 29 15 13 73 Rick Barry 77 76 43 31 12 13 74 Wes Unseld 84 63 43 28 15 13 75 Elton Brand 57 170 43 37 6 13 76 Cedric Maxwell 96 51 42 26 16 13 77 Larry Foust 76 81 42 31 11 13 78 George Yardley 107 43 42 23 19 13 79 Ben Wallace 106 47 42 24 18 13 80 Alonzo Mourning 71 95 42 33 9 13 81 George Gervin 75 87 42 31 10 13 82 Bob McAdoo 58 188 41 36 5 13 83 Jason Kidd 79 80 41 30 11 13 84 Detlef Schrempf 59 180 41 36 5 13 85 Clyde Lovellette 86 74 41 28 13 13 86 Chris Bosh 74 99 40 31 9 13 87 Tracy McGrady 60 229 40 36 4 13 88 Bob Cousy 142 39 39 18 21 13 89 Bill Laimbeer 87 84 39 28 11 13 90 Dan Issel 70 167 38 33 6 14 91 Jack Sikma 83 100 38 29 9 14 92 Maurice Cheeks 103 68 38 24 13 14 93 Yao Ming 68 242 37 33 4 14 94 Rasheed Wallace 105 70 37 24 13 14 95 James Worthy 131 49 37 20 17 14 96 Dominique Wilkins 62 446 36 35 1 14 97 Vince Carter 85 127 36 28 7 14 98 Tyson Chandler 89 121 35 28 8 14 99 Tony Parker 90 147 34 28 7 14 100 Tom Heinsohn 168 46 34 16 18 14

My initial thoughts: