Greatest NBA players

We asked 12 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
11

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 Opus 5.5GPT-6.1 SolGemini 4 ArgonQwen 3.8 MaxDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.3Grok 4.7Muse WonderKimi 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 Opus 5.5

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

98% with consensus · 99% self-consistent

GPT-6.1 Sol

  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. Stephen Curry

99% with consensus · 99% 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. Stephen Curry

97% with consensus · 98% self-consistent

Qwen 3.8 Max

  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. Tim Duncan
  10. Kobe Bryant

99% with consensus · 98% self-consistent

DeepSeek V4 Pro

  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

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

Grok 4.7

  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 · 97% self-consistent

Muse Wonder

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

95% with consensus · 95% self-consistent

Kimi K3

  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 · 97% self-consistent

MiniMax M3

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

96% with consensus · 98% 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 · 98% 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. Kobe Bryant
  8. Wilt Chamberlain
  9. Tim Duncan
  10. Shaquille O'Neal

96% with consensus · 95% self-consistent

Who agrees with whom

Overlap between two models' lists, weighted toward the top · 100 means identical

Claude Opus 5.5GPT-6.1 SolGemini 4 ArgonQwen 3.8 MaxDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.3Grok 4.7Muse WonderKimi K3MiniMax M3Mistral Large 4Nemotron 3 Ultra
Claude Opus 5.59996979898989395959594
GPT-6.1 Sol9997999999999497959795
Gemini 4 Argon9697969796969799929992
Qwen 3.8 Max9799969998989696959696
DeepSeek V4 Pro9899979999999597969796
GLM-5.398999698991009497969796
Grok 4.798999698991009497969796
Muse Wonder9394979695949498949894
Kimi K395979996979797989310093
MiniMax M39595929596969694939398
Mistral Large 495979996979797981009393
Nemotron 3 Ultra9495929696969694939893