How many players are there who are/were great in each facet of the game?

[FPL]

After posting in the Dirk/Barkley thread about how few all-timers there are who are very well-rounded, I figure we could break this down to a minimum of six categories:

Volume Scoring
Shooting
Ball-Handling
Passing
Defense
Rebounding

Are any players ever elite in all six? I think even with GOATs, guys are going to have a weaker category. You can grade guys today or all-time and however you want, I'm using a scale of: Poor-Below Average-Average-Above Average-Great-Elite-All-Timer

Some examples:

Bird:
Volume Scoring - Elite
Shooting - All-Timer
Ball-Handling - Average
Passing - All-Timer
Defense - Above Average
Rebounding - Great

Dirk:
Volume Scoring - Great
Shooting - All-Timer
Ball-Handling - Below Average
Passing - Below Average
Defense - Poor
Rebounding - Above Average

Magic:
Volume Scoring - Great
Shooting - Above Average
Ball-Handling - All-Timer
Passing - All-Timer
Defense - Average
Rebounding - Great

[Bush4Ever.]

I assume the scores are being scaled relative to position.

Jordan
Volume Scoring - All-Time
Shooting - Elite (mid-range)
Ball-Handling - Elite (note the low turnover percentage)
Passing - Above-average (but barely)
Defense - Elite
Rebounding - Above Average

Duncan
Volume Scoring - Great
Shooting - Above-average
Ball-Handling - Average
Passing - Average
Defense - All-Time
Rebounding - Great

Edit: Hitting the "great" mark for all those categories would be tough. The amount of people who lack a category of average or worse is probably relatively sparse as well.

[FPL]

I assume the scores are being scaled relative to position.

Jordan
Volume Scoring - All-Time
Shooting - Elite (mid-range)
Ball-Handling - Elite (note the low turnover percentage)
Passing - Above-average (but barely)
Defense - Elite
Rebounding - Above Average

Duncan
Volume Scoring - Great
Shooting - Above-average
Ball-Handling - Average
Passing - Average
Defense - All-Time
Rebounding - Great

Edit: Hitting the "great" mark for all those categories would be tough. The amount of people who lack a category of average or worse is probably relatively sparse as well.

Yeah I think I had relative to position in mind. Though then I guess maybe I should be more generous with ball-handling? idk

BTW this is the kind of distribution I had in mind I guess since those terms are a bit fuzzy:

Poor- bottom 20%
Below Average- second 20%
Average- middle 20%
Above Average-next 20%
Great-most of the top 20% in the league
Elite-league leaders
All-Timer-GOAT or in the discussion

[FPL]

I guess Oscar Robertson might come closest, but it's hard to tell without extensive data or footage.

KG and Pippen seem like decent choices but I don't think either is a 'great' scorer per se (maybe Scottie misses on rebounds too).

[Odogg]

MJ comes closest on all six.

How was Oscar on defense? Very few awards but not sure they had them in his years.

[FPL]

MJ comes closest on all six.

How was Oscar on defense? Very few awards but not sure they had them in his years.

Yeah they had the All-Defensive teams starting in 68-69 and Oscar didn't make any, though that's a bit after his prime.

[americaninfidel]

I assume the scores are being scaled relative to position.

Jordan
Volume Scoring - All-Time
Shooting - Elite (mid-range)
Ball-Handling - Elite (note the low turnover percentage)
Passing - Above-average (but barely)
Defense - Elite
Rebounding - Above Average

Duncan
Volume Scoring - Great
Shooting - Above-average
Ball-Handling - Average
Passing - Average
Defense - All-Time
Rebounding - Great

Edit: Hitting the "great" mark for all those categories would be tough. The amount of people who lack a category of average or worse is probably relatively sparse as well.

I'd say Duncan's passing was above average.

[Shill Jackson]