Top Five Greatest NBA Basketball Forwards of All Time

When anybody attempts to put together a list of the Top Give Greatest NBA Forwards of All Time, they have to take a few things into consideration such as type of offence they played under, coaching strategy, rebounds and points.

Nowadays anybody talented enough to make it into the NBA can score points, or make some defensive stops, but only the greatest players are able to significantly contribute on both ends of the court.

Best Basketball Forwards in the NBA

When you look at the Forward position in the NBA, it can be broken down by small forward and power forward. Our below list of the Top 5 Forwards of All time consists of the best forwards period, regardless of any further classification.

5) Julius Erving – Played with a struggling Philadelphia 76ers his whole career but still managed to rack up 18,364 points in 11 seasons

4) Karl Malone – Was recently just inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame. In his 19 years of playing he scored a total of 36, 928 points.

3) Larry Bird – Played with the Boston Celtics his whole career 1979-1992. Bird won 3 NBA Finals and 3 MVP awards.

2) Kevin Garnett – Time in and time out Kevin Garnett has proved why he is one of the best power forwards to ever play the game. From shutting down the best scorers and scoring against the best defensive players in the NBA, Garnett has shown that he can do it all.

1) Lebron James – Despite what your feelings are towards the man, you cannot deny the fact that he is incredibly talented. Lebron’s pure skill, size, strength, speed and competitiveness on both ends of the court is unmatched by any other player.