A countdown of the Top 10 Most Athletic NBA Players of All Time. Relive highlights from some of the best athletes to ever play.
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HOW I JUDGED THE LIST:
Athleticism obviously cannot be measured in stats like some other areas of the game. Instead, it is more of an aesthetic thing like dunking or ball handling. An athletic player doesn’t necessarily have to have great skills to be on the list. Just to be athletic.
To measure out the list, I created a chart with about 50 of the the most athletic players that I could think of. I judged them all on the key areas of athleticism which are (in order of importance) vertical, quickness, speed agility, strength, body explosiveness, body coordination, endurance, and durability. I then used this formula to calculate a players pure athleticism rating:
(vert*0.9)+(quickness*0.85)+(speed*0.8)+(Agility*0.75)+(strength*0.7)+(bodyexp*0.625)+(bodcoord*0.625)+(endur*0.5)+(durab*0.4) = Players PURE athleticism.
As you can see, I value a players vertical ability more than their agility and their quickness more than their strength, because in my mind, those things are more important in the sport of basketball.
There is a problem though. Guards on the chart frequently had higher Pure Athleticism ratings than big men. This is because naturally the smaller the player, the quicker, more explosive, and overall more athletic they will be. To combat this, I went in and made a new formula which to into account a player’s height and weight also along with their pre determined pure athleticism rating. The results are as followed in this list.
Here is part of the chart to show you I actually did the work 
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Honorable Mention
11) Gerald Green
12) Vince Carter
13) Steve Francis
14) Zach LaVine
15) JaMario Moon
16) Andre Iguodala
17) Darrell Griffith
18) Julius Erving
19) Spud Webb
20) Baron Davis
21) Nate Robinson
22) Bernard King
23) Muggsy Bougues
24) Dwight Howard
25) Darryl Dawkins
26) John Wall
27) Bill Russell
28) Shaquille O’neal
29) Larry Nance
30) Rudy Gay
31) J.R Smith
32) Tracy McGrady
33) Kobe Bryant
34) DeAndre Jordan
35) Stromile Swift
36) Serge Ibaka
37) Eric Bledsoe
38) Kenny Walker
39) Amare Stoudemire
40) Isiah Rider
41) Terrence Ross
42) Andrew Wiggins
43) Josh Smith
44) James White
45) DeMar DeRozan
46) Harold Miner
47) Dee Brown
48) Dwyane Wade
49) JaVale McGee
50) Gerald Wallace
51) Rick Davis
52) Paul George
53) Kenyon Martin
54) Jason Richardson
55) Desmond Mason
56) Jeff Green
57) Kenneth Faried
58) Charles Barkley
59) David Robinson
60) Allen Iverson
61) Kirk Snyder
62) Will Bynum
63) Scottie Pippen
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Song: Kanye West – Amazing (instrumental)
Top 10 Most Athletic NBA Players of All time
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