Although the championship ring is a symbol of historical status, it is not the key to measuring the success of a star. Throughout the NBA's 75-year history, there have also been many great uncrowned kings, and recently the US media have sorted them and announced the top 20 strongest, the specific list is as follows:
1st-5th place: Carl Malone, Elgin Baylor, Charles Barkley, Aaron Iverson, John Stockton;
6th-10th place: Steve Nash, James Harden, Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, Patrick Ewing;
11th-15th place: Nikolai Jokic, Dominique Wilkins, George Gervin, Cameron Anthony, Reggie Miller;
16th-20th place: Tracy McGrady, Pete Malavic, Vince Carter, DeKembe Mutombo, Chris Webb.
One player on this list actually got a championship ring, and he was Grandpa Baylor. The Lakers star has a career that can be called legendary, he was named to the All-Team 10 times, the All-Star Team 11 times, the NBA Hall of Fame in 1976, and the NBA's Top 50 Superstars in 1996.
Unfortunately, Baylor failed to lead the team to the championship throughout his career, and on November 6, 1971, he officially announced his retirement due to injury. But that same season, the Lakers successfully won the championship, and Baylor also symbolically received a championship ring because he played in 9 games.
What is more surprising is that Iverson did not enter the top three. As the 96 Golden Generation Champion, he has a dazzling but short career, and once led the team to the finals on his own, but unfortunately met the OK combination. Iverson has received numerous career honors, including 4 times of scoring champions, 3 steal kings, 2 all-Star regular game MVP, 1 regular season MVP, and 11 times of all-star teams, 7 times of the best team. Objectively speaking, Iverson may be able to squeeze out Barkley's position and enter the top three in the history of this list.
Among the active players, there are 5 names that also enter the list, they are Harden, Westbrook, Paul, Jokic and Anthony. Among these five players, the only one who has a better chance of winning the championship is Probably Jokic, as the first center in the active squad, he is only 27 years old this year, and there is still a long way to go in the future. After the comeback of Murray and Porter Jr. next season, the Nuggets still have the strength to compete for the championship, let's wait and see!