Well, Here We Go - The Top 36 Players of All-Time, April 2021 Edition - Gathering Data -- 77 Candidates

OK, first, these are not the 77 greatest players of all-time.  

But I am not going to re-do all of my work from 2018, so we have to start from somewhere closer to the end of my analysis.  

I will use my Top 56 guys from 2018 and add some guys ESPN always has on their lists that I never do, then add the top 12 players of the last 6 seasons (that's why KAT gets on) to see if they belong at all.

So, 77 guys to boil down to 36:

1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

2 Add - Giannis Antetokounmpo
3 Ray Allen
4 Charles Barkley
5 Rick Barry
6 Elgin Baylor
7 Larry Bird
8 Kobe Bryant

9 Add Jimmy Butler
10 Wilt Chamberlain
11 Bob Cousy

12 Add Dave Cowens
13 Billy Cunningham
14  Steph Curry
15 Mel Daniels
16 Anthony Davis
17 Clyde Drexler

18 Tim Duncan
19 Kevin Durant
20 Julius Erving

21 Patrick Ewing
22 Walt Frazier
23 Kevin Garnett
24 Add Pau Gasol
25 George Gervin
26 Artis Gilmore

27 Add Rudy Gobert
28 James Harden
29 John Havlicek
30 Elvin Hayes
31 Dwight Howard
32 Allen Iverson
33 LeBron James
34 Magic Johnson
35 Neil Johnston

36 Add Nikola Jokic
37 Michael Jordan
38 Jason Kidd

39 Add Bernard King

40 Add Kawhi Leonard

41  Add Damian Lillard
42 Jerry Lucas
43 Ed Macauley
44 Karl Malone
45 Moses Malone

46 Add Bob McAdoo

47 Add Kevin McHale 
48 George Mikan
49 Reggie Miller
50 Add Alonzo Mourning
51 Steve Nash
52 Dirk Nowitzki
53 Hakeem Olajuwon
54 Shaquille O'Neal

55 Add Robert Parish
56 Chris Paul

57 Gary Payton
58 Bob Pettit

59 Add Paul Pierce
60 Scottie Pippen
61 Willis Reed
62 Oscar Robertson

63 David Robinson

64  Add Dennis Rodman
65 Bill Russell
66 Dolph Schayes

67 John Stockton

68 Isiah Thomas

69 Add Karl-Anthony Towns

70 Add Wes Unseld

71 Add Bill Walton
72 Dwayne Wade
73 Jerry West
74 Russell Westbrook

75 Add Dominique Wilkins

76  Add James Worthy

And you know what?  To make it 77, I will add Paul George, whether he deserves it or not.