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Box Score Plus/Minus (BPM), a metric that estimates a player’s contribution to the team from box score stats, for current and projected NBA hall of famers.

12 BPM

10

8

LeBron

James

Active

6 All-NBA

John

Stockton

4 All-Star

Stephen

Curry

Active

Kevin

Durant

Active

2 starter

Michael

Jordan

0 avg

Players below

zero are

replacement

level

−2

Kobe

Bryant

−4

Dirk

Nowitzki

−6

−8

20

25

30

35

40

Age

12 BPM

10

8

LeBron

James

Active

6 All-NBA

John

Stockton

4 All-Star

Stephen

Curry

Active

Kevin

Durant

Active

2 starter

Michael

Jordan

0 avg

Players below zero

are replacement level

−2

Kobe

Bryant

−4

Dirk

Nowitzki

−6

−8

18

20

22

24

26

28

30

32

34

36

38

40

42

Age

12 BPM

10

8

LeBron

James

Active

6 All-NBA

John

Stockton

4 All-Star

Stephen

Curry

Active

Kevin

Durant

Active

2 starter

Michael

Jordan

0 avg

Players below zero

are replacement level

−2

Kobe

Bryant

−4

Dirk

Nowitzki

−6

−8

18

20

22

24

26

28

30

32

34

36

38

40

42

Age

12 BPM

10

8

LeBron

James

Active

6 All-NBA

John

Stockton

4 All-Star

Stephen

Curry

Active

Kevin

Durant

Active

2 starter

Michael

Jordan

0 avg

Players below zero

are replacement level

−2

Kobe

Bryant

−4

Dirk

Nowitzki

−6

−8

18

20

22

24

26

28

30

32

34

36

38

40

42

Age

12 BPM

10

8

LeBron

James

Active

6 All-NBA

John

Stockton

4 All-Star

Stephen

Curry

Active

Kevin

Durant

Active

2 starter

Michael

Jordan

0 avg

Players below zero

are replacement level

−2

Kobe

Bryant

−4

Dirk

Nowitzki

−6

−8

18

20

22

24

26

28

30

32

34

36

38

40

42

Age

12 BPM

10

8

LeBron James

Active

6 All-NBA

John

Stockton

4 All-Star

Kevin

Durant

Active

Stephen

Curry

Active

2 starter

Michael

Jordan

0 avg

Players below zero

are replacement level

−2

Kobe

Bryant

−4

Dirk

Nowitzki

−6

−8

18

20

22

24

26

28

30

32

34

36

38

40

42

Age

Guardian graphic. Source: Sports Reference. Note: BPM data only available from the 1973-74 season on. Projected hall of famers are those currently 33 or older with a Basketball Reference Hall of Fame probability over 90%.