I’ve recently gone down the rabbit hole of Jordan shit tonight and this combo of stats blew my mind.
He’s never been a point guard for an extended time. I know he played point guard at the end of a season and racked up 10 triple doubles out of 11 games. Out of his decently lengthy career he’s barely done it but… he still put up 11+ assists a game in a finals and only 2 other players in history have done this. Both point guards their whole careers(Cousey and Magic).
Then 2 finals later he sets the finals ppg record at 41 points.
Both of these have not been broken since those years 30-32 years ago.
Bonus: he set the playoff scoring total record in the playoffs in the year between those. That hasn’t been broken either
He won all 3 years to support the awesomeness even further
Dafuq was this dude on???
Yes, Jordan is effectively #1 all time in those box score aggregated advanced metrics, on a per game basis. Every single one that can be applied to his era. He is the most statistically impactful player of all time.
What’s more impressive though was the rate at which he accumulated awards and accolades. LeBron has won 63 of them in his 20 year career. That’s a lot. In 11 full seasons with the Bulls, Jordan racked up 68. He won more awards than even LeBron James, in nearly half the time. That’s just insane.