MJ DATA Spoiler MJ Playoff teams 90-91: 856 '90-91 New York Knicks 1521 1471 1478 1490 675 '90-91 Philadelphia 76ers 1562 1517 1502 1527 337 '90-91 Detroit Pistons 1668 1590 1535 1598 93:'90-91 Los Angeles Lakers 1705 1660 1662 1676 MJ Playoff teams 91-92: 1107 '91-92 Miami Heat 1442 1420 1427 1430 310 '91-92 New York Knicks 1626 1569 1618 1605 (took them to 7 games) 155 '91-92 Cleveland Cavaliers 1681 1611 1663 1651 79:'91-92 Portland Trail Blazers 1708 1667 1682 1686 MJ playoff teams 92-93: 730 '92-93 Atlanta Hawks 1554 1476 1521 1517 162 '92-93 Cleveland Cavaliers 1678 1641 1629 1649 88 '92-93 New York Knicks 1709 1651 1680 1680 92:'92-93 Phoenix Suns 1715 1667 1649 1677 MJ playoff teams 95-96: 725 '95-96 Miami Heat 1559 1476 1520 1518 371 '95-96 New York Knicks 1647 1551 1568 1589 165 '95-96 Orlando Magic 1675 1629 1642 1649 41:'95-96 Seattle SuperSonics 1731 1687 1704 1707 MJ playoff teams 96-97: 561 '96-97 Washington Bullets 1567 1514 1560 1547 207 '96-97 Atlanta Hawks 1658 1624 1619 1633 148 '96-97 Miami Heat 1687 1642 1633 1654 15:'96-97 Utah Jazz 1764 1693 1748 1735 MJ playoff teams 97-98: 663 '97-98 New Jersey Nets 1569 1514 1506 1530 367 '97-98 Charlotte Hornets 1627 1568 1576 1591 109 '97-98 Indiana Pacers 1683 1648 1677 1669 17:'97-98 Utah Jazz 1766 1695 1737 1733 W LeBron DATA Spoiler LeBron playoff teams 11-12: 585 '11-12 New York Knicks 1572 1517 1538 1542 373 '11-12 Indiana Pacers 1619 1566 1581 1589 264 '11-12 Boston Celtics 1649 1582 1621 1617 36:'11-12 Oklahoma City Thunder 1743 1686 1711 1713 LeBron playoff teams 12-13: 913 '12-13 Milwaukee Bucks 1524 1473 1426 1475 522 '12-13 Chicago Bulls 1597 1542 1525 1555 267 '12-13 Indiana Pacers 1651 1588 1610 1616 32:'12-13 San Antonio Spurs 1751 1688 1712 1717 Obviously I cannot include the Championship from 2015-16 against the 73 Win warriors, however I am sure it would rank in favor of Lebron ( atleast the GSWs, not so much maybe his competition in the East). Without the 15-16 championship: MJ Average rank of team played against during his championships: 336.375 LeBron average rank of team played against during his championships (sans 15-16): 374 I do not believe this approximate 40 rank difference is a huge difference, especially considering ELO ranking differential between rank 663 and and 367 are 61 ELO points (Composite). So to say that MJ played better/tougher competition for his championships is arguable, I can agree with it but not the the extent that people make it out to be. Also this data set does not include his last championship in 15-16 where he defeated the arguably GOAT team in the 73-9 Warriors (which would jump team rank significantly imo, even if it were a top 15 team). Anyway, just did a bunch of data crunching for nothing but fun. Hope this all made sense.
If I were putting together my all time all star GOAT team, I'd probably make LeBron my point guard. Guess that makes him closer to magic to me
