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This is a community-based project with the goal of rating the best players in NBA history. In the matchup below, choose the player who you believe was the better player. It is up to you to determine how much weight to give to offense versus defense, peak value versus career value, regular season versus playoffs, etc.

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3. Kevin Garnett (2107)
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  Tale of the Tape
  Kevin McHale James Worthy
Pos F-C F
Height 6-10 6-9
Weight 210 225
Draft 1980 (3rd) 1982 (1st)
Debut Oct 10, 1980 Oct 29, 1982
Years 13 12
All-Star 7 7
All-NBA 1 (1/0/0) 2 (0/0/2)
All-Def 6 (3/3) 0
MVP 0 0
Champ 3 3
HoF Yes Yes
Adjusted Win Shares*
(Best → Worst)
Rk Kevin McHale James Worthy
1 14.8 10.6
2 11.1 9.7
3 11.0 9.5
4 11.0 9.3
5 10.5 9.0
6 10.2 7.9
7 10.1 7.5
8 7.9 6.5
9 7.5 5.1
10 7.5 3.1
11 4.7 3.0
12 4.0 0.1
13 2.8
Wt Sum** 86.7 65.2

* Adjusted for schedule length
** 1 × best + 0.95 × 2nd-best + …

  Regular Season
  Kevin McHale James Worthy
G 971 926
MP 30118 30001
PTS 17335 16320
TRB 7122 4708
AST 1670 2791
STL 344 1041
BLK 1690 624
TOV 1893 1859
 Per Game
MP 31.0 32.4
PTS 17.9 17.6
TRB 7.3 5.1
AST 1.7 3.0
STL 0.4 1.1
BLK 1.7 0.7
TOV 1.9 2.0
 Shooting
FG% .554 .521
3P% .261 .241
eFG% .555 .525
FT% .798 .769
TS% .605 .559
 Advanced
PER 20.0 17.7
TRB% 13.2 8.9
AST% 8.1 14.0
STL% 0.6 1.7
BLK% 3.2 1.2
TOV% 11.7 11.3
USG% 22.4 22.9
ORtg 118 112
DRtg 106 108
OWS 76.0 51.5
DWS 37.1 29.7
WS 113.0 81.2
WS/48 .180 .130

123 ≡ incomplete data
  Playoffs
  Kevin McHale James Worthy
G 169 143
MP 5716 5297
PTS 3182 3022
TRB 1253 747
AST 274 463
STL 65 177
BLK 281 96
TOV 326 298
 Per Game
MP 33.8 37.0
PTS 18.8 21.1
TRB 7.4 5.2
AST 1.6 3.2
STL 0.4 1.2
BLK 1.7 0.7
TOV 1.9 2.1
 Shooting
FG% .561 .544
3P% .381 .209
eFG% .563 .547
FT% .788 .727
TS% .618 .578
 Advanced
PER 19.4 18.3
TRB% 12.6 8.1
AST% 7.4 13.5
STL% 0.6 1.6
BLK% 2.9 1.0
TOV% 11.2 10.2
USG% 21.6 23.5
ORtg 122 116
DRtg 109 111
OWS 14.5 9.6
DWS 6.2 5.2
WS 20.7 14.8
WS/48 .174 .135

123 ≡ incomplete data