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US media commented on the strongest player in the NBA in the 21st century.

5:02am, 29 July 2025Basketball

Some US media selected the strongest player each year from 2000 to 2025 (a total of 26 years). This list shows that James dominated the list for 8 years (2009-2013, 2015, 2017-2018), O'Neal, Kobe and Jokic dominated the list for 3 years,

The specific distribution is: 2000-2002 O'Neal, 2003 Garnett, 2004-2005 Duncan, 2006-2008 Kobe, 2009-2009-20 2013 James, Durant in 2014, James in 2015, Curry in 2016, James in 2017-2018, Leonard in 2019, Antetokounmpo in 2020-2021, Jokic in 2022-2024, Alexander

James is not only the 21st century total scorer, but also the leader in multiple statistics. Curry is the 21st century three-pointer king, Paul is the assist king and steal king, and Duncan is the block king. The top three most influential NBA players in the 21st century are LeBron James (first), Kobe Bryant (second) and Stephen Curry (third)

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