Total of 140 Eligible Contestants -- I need to Cut Down to 36

I am not going to tell you that these are 100% exactly the top 140 players of all-time, but the top 36 guys are in this list somewhere.  We will use these 140 guys as a group to cull down from.


Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
LaMarcus Aldridge
Ray Allen
Carmelo Anthony
Paul Arizin
Nate Archibald
Charles Barkley

Rick Barry
Elgin Baylor
Chauncey Billups


Dave Bing
Larry Bird
Chris Bosh
Roger Brown
Kobe Bryant
Vince Carter
Wilt Chamberlain
Tyson Chandler


Bob Cousy
Dave Cowens
Billy Cunningham
Steph Curry
Mel Daniels
Adrian Dantley
Bob Davies
Anthony Davis

Dave DeBusschere

Clyde Drexler

Tim Duncan
Kevin Durant


Alex English
Julius Erving

Patrick Ewing
Bob Feerick
Walt Frazier
Joe Fulks
Harry Gallatin
Kevin Garnett
Pau Gasol
George Gervin


Artis Gilmore.
Manu Ginobili
Tom Gola
Hal Greer
Blake Griffin
Richie Guerin
Anfernee Hardaway
Tim Hardaway
James Harden
John Havlicek


Connie Hawkins
Elvin Hayes
Spencer Hayward
Tom Heinsohn
Grant Hill
Al Horford
Dwight Howard
Dan Issel
Allen Iverson

LeBron James


Dennis Johnson
Gus Johnson
Kevin Johnson
Magic Johnson
Marques Johnson
Neil Johnston

Bobby Jones

Sam Jones
DeAndre Jordan

Michael Jordan


Shawn Kemp
Jason Kidd
Bernard King
Bob Lanier
Kawhi Leonard
Kyle Lowry
Kevin Love
Jerry Lucas
Ed Macauley

Karl Malone


Moses Malone
Pete Maravich
Shawn Marion
Slater Martin
Bob McAdoo
Tracy McGrady
Dick McGuire
Kevin McHale
George Mikan

Reggie Miller


Paul Millsap
Vern Mikkelson
Yao Ming
Sidney Moncrief
Earl Monroe
Alonzo Mourning
Chris Mullin
Dikembe Mutombo
Steve Nash
Dirk Nowizki

Hakeem Olajuwon
Shaquille O'Neal

Robert Parish

Tony Parker

Chris Paul

Gary Payton
Bob Pettit
Paul Pierce
Scottie Pippen
Jim Pollard


Mark Price
Willis Reed
Mitch Richmond

Oscar Robertson
David Robinson
Dennis Rodman
Bill Russell
Dolph Schayes
Bill Sharman
Jack Sikma

John Stockton
Maurice Stokes
Amare Stoudemire
Isiah Thomas
David Thompson
Nate Thurmond
Wes Unseld
Dwayne Wade

Ben Wallace

Bill Walton


Bobby Wanzer
Chris Webber
Jerry West
Paul Westphal
Russell Westbrook
Dominique Wilkins
Buck Williams
James Worthy

George Yardley

Max Zaslofsky