Just as a qualifier, we’re going to exclude role players from being a part of this (like Michael Cooper, Robert Horry, etc) and condense the list to just stars who were clearly the leaders of their team

1980-89

  1. Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabaar (110)

  2. Larry Bird and Robert Parish (86)

1990-99

  1. Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen (104)

  2. Karl Malone and John Stockton (68)

2000-09

  1. Tim Duncan and Tony Parker (75)

  2. Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant (64)

2010-19

  1. Steph Curry and Klay Thompson/Draymond Green (77)

  2. LeBron James and Dwyane Wade (58)

And the current decade so far, 2020-24

  1. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown (51)

  2. Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo (36)

  3. Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray (32)

  4. LeBron James and Anthony Davis (27)

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    2 months ago

    Which is pretty representative of what we would all assume. The 80’s was all about the Celtics and Lakers, 90’s all about the Bulls, 2000’s was the Spurs and Lakers and the 2010’s was the Warriors and Lebron

    2020’s is becoming the decade of the death of the dynasty but there’s still plenty of time for a team to emerge over the next 5-6 years to win multiple titles and take claim