Curry's Historic Season: How does it compare statistically to the greatest individual seasons of all time?

I apologize for the messy format. I couldn't think of a better one, though.

This is essentially a comparison among the greatest individual regular seasons of the modern NBA. (I have notably excluded Kareem, Wilt, Russell, Big O, etc. I have also, surely, excluded some other seasons worth mentioning.)

I intentionally left out defensive stats because I believe them to be overused and misleading.

The bolded statistics are the highest among this set of seasons.

  • Larry Bird, 1988 (57 wins): 39.0 MPG, (per 100 poss.) 37.6-11.6-7.7 and 3.5 TOV, 27.8 PER, 60.8 TS%, .243 WS/48, 8.8 BPM, 8.1 VORP

  • Magic Johnson, 1989 (57 wins): 37.5 MPG, (per 100 poss.) 28.7-10.1-16.4 and 5.2 TOV, 26.9 PER, 62.5 TS%, .267 WS/48, 9.3 BPM, 8.2 VORP

  • Michael Jordan, 1988 (50 wins): 40.4 MPG, (per 100 poss.) 43.6-6.8-7.4 and 3.8 TOV, 31.7 PER, 60.3 TS%, .308 WS/48, 12.2 BPM, 11.8 VORP

  • Michael Jordan, 1991 (61 wins): 37.0 MPG, (per 100 poss.) 42.7-8.1-7.5 and 3.3 TOV, 31.6 PER, 60.5 TS%, .321 WS/48, 10.8 BPM, 9.8 VORP

  • Hakeem Olajuwon, 1993 (55 wins): 39.5 MPG, (per 100 poss.) 33.6-16.7-4.6 and 4.1 TOV, 27.3 PER, 57.7 TS%, .234 WS/48, 8.4 BPM, 8.5 VORP

  • Shaquille O'Neal, 2000 (67 wins): 40.0 MPG, (per 100 poss.) 38.1-17.5-4.9 and 3.6 TOV, 30.6 PER, 57.8 TS%, .283 WS/48, 9.7 BPM, 9.3 VORP

  • Tim Duncan, 2002 (58 wins): 40.6 MPG, (per 100 poss.) 33.5-16.7-4.9 and 4.2 TOV, 27.0 PER, 57.6 TS%, .257 WS/48, 7.6 BPM, 8.1 VORP

  • Kobe Bryant, 2006 (45 wins): 41.0 MPG, (per 100 poss.) 45.6-6.8-5.8 and 4.0 TOV, 28.0 PER, 55.9 TS%, .224 WS/48, 5.8 BPM, 6.5 VORP

  • LeBron James, 2009 (66 wins): 37.7 MPG, (per 100 poss.) 40.8-10.9-10.4 and 4.3 TOV, 31.7 PER, 59.1 TS%, .318 WS/48, 13.0 BPM, 11.6 VORP

  • LeBron James, 2013 (66 wins): 37.9 MPG, (per 100 poss.) 37.5-11.2-10.1 and 4.2 TOV, 31.6 PER, 64.0 TS%, .322 WS/48, 11.6 BPM, 9.8 VORP

  • Kevin Durant, 2014 (59 wins): 38.5 MPG, (per 100 poss.) 41.8-9.6-7.2 and 4.6 TOV, 29.8 PER, 63.5 TS%, .295 WS/48, 8.8 BPM, 8.5 VORP

  • Steph Curry, 2016 (73 wins): 34.2 MPG, (per 100 poss.) 42.5-7.7-9.4 and 4.7 TOV, 31.5 PER, 66.9 TS%, .318 WS/48, 12.4 BPM, 9.8 VORP

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I'm not trying to push any biased agenda. I was just curious how Steph's season held up considering the massive hype. I hope y'all enjoy this—took a bit of work.

Posted Apr 15, 2016, 2:32 AM UTC · edited

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