An actual sports topic here : Best player by decade in each sport

WorldNumberOne · Jan 31, 2010

Pick the best player of each decade

60's
70's
80's
90's
2000-2009

Each sport

MLB
NFL
NHL
NBA

Tougher than you think to name just 1

TomGshotput · Jan 31, 2010

Baseball is doable
60s: Mays barely ahead of Robinson
70s: Morgan first, Bench second
80s: Schmidt, Henderson just missing out with his MVP year in 1990
90s: Bonds definitely ahead of Griffey
00s: Rodriguez with more games played and more defensive value than Pujols

nimue77 · Jan 31, 2010

Pujols might be the best offensive player ever and he is definitely the best player in the 2000's.

TomGshotput said:
Baseball is doable
60s: Mays barely ahead of Robinson
70s: Morgan first, Bench second
80s: Schmidt, Henderson just missing out with his MVP year in 1990
90s: Bonds definitely ahead of Griffey
00s: Rodriguez with more games played and more defensive value than Pujols

TomGshotput · Jan 31, 2010

Rodriguez played in extra season and is therefore ahead in runs created by about 30. Obviously he used more outs on offense, so Pujols does have a slight edge there. But two Gold Gloves at shortstop is worth a lot more than one from a first baseman

ATP · Jan 31, 2010

60's,70's i have no idea i wasnt alive, can attempt the others

mlb:
80's really dont know, too young
90's griffey jr
00's A-rod

nba
80's larry bird
90's MJ
00's kobe

nhl
do people really watch hockey?
ill just say gretzky and hope he played most of them

nfl
80's sweetness
90's so many.... jerry rice? (had montana and young i believe)
00's peyton manning

FairWarning · Jan 31, 2010

MLB:

60's - Aaron
70's - Rose
80's - Henderson
90's - Thomas
00's - Pujols

NFL:

60's - Starr
70's - OJ
80's - Montana
90's - B Sanders
00's - P Manning

NBA -

60's - Wilt
70's - Erving
80's - Magic
90's - Jordan
00's - Duncan

NHL -

60's - Hull
70's - Orr
80's - Gretzky
90's - Lemieux
00's - Brodeur

nimue77 · Jan 31, 2010

An argument could be made for Greg Maddux in the 90's.

TomGshotput said:
Baseball is doable
60s: Mays barely ahead of Robinson
70s: Morgan first, Bench second
80s: Schmidt, Henderson just missing out with his MVP year in 1990
90s: Bonds definitely ahead of Griffey
00s: Rodriguez with more games played and more defensive value than Pujols

WorldNumberOne · Jan 31, 2010

FairWarning said:
MLB:

60's - Aaron
70's - Rose
80's - Henderson
90's - Thomas
00's - Pujols

NFL:

60's - Starr
70's - OJ
80's - Montana
90's - B Sanders
00's - P Manning

NBA -

60's - Wilt
70's - Erving
80's - Magic
90's - Jordan
00's - Duncan

NHL -

60's - Hull
70's - Orr
80's - Gretzky
90's - Lemieux
00's - Brodeur

agree with most of them.. i would have kobe instead of duncan

probably russell instead of wilt.

jim brown maybe instead of starr as far as pro football in the 60's

brady instead of manning perhaps .

seanm0520 · Jan 31, 2010

I think a case could be made for Randy Johnson of the 00's but could also be argued against, because all of his was done in the first part of the decade. But 3 straight Cy Young's and a WS MVP is hard to look away from.

tooran · Jan 31, 2010

NHL
70's - Orr
80's - Gretzky
90's - Lemieux
00's- Ovechkin

MLB
60's - Rose
70's - Reggie Jackson
80's - Schmidt
90's - Bonds
00's - Pujols

NBA
60's - Russell
70's - Dr. J
80's - Bird/Magic
90's - Michael
00's - Kobe

NFL
70's -Staubach
80's - Montana
90's - Favre
00's - Brady

festeringZit · Jan 31, 2010

tooran said:
NHL
70's - Orr
80's - Gretzky
90's - Lemieux
00's- Ovechkin

MLB
60's - Rose
70's - Reggie Jackson
80's - Schmidt
90's - Bonds
00's - Pujols

NBA
60's - Russell
70's - Dr. J
80's - Bird/Magic
90's - Michael
00's - Kobe

NFL
70's -Staubach
80's - Montana
90's - Favre
00's - Brady

I like the Bird/Magic split for the 80's. No way to choose one over the other, and Bird is my favorite athlete of all time.

fro11 · Jan 31, 2010

come on man, u are aksing like everyone here was born in the 60'2 or 70's to have witnessed.. dumb

fro11 · Jan 31, 2010

by the way 90's footbal is no fucking way favre, how about john elway... yeah its elway, NUFF SIAD. AND THERE IS NO ARGUING IT

fro11 · Jan 31, 2010

my argument, elway made it in 1990, they lost in a blowout, and won in 98 and 99.. thats enough. give me a break about favre, if he so special why did they lose as a huge fav in 98????

FairWarning · Feb 1, 2010

World Number One said:
agree with most of them.. i would have kobe instead of duncan

probably russell instead of wilt.

jim brown maybe instead of starr as far as pro football in the 60's

brady instead of manning perhaps .

I probably should have Koby there too. Whats hard about putting Brady ahead of Manning, is that Brady missed an entire season. Wilt vs Russell comes down to championships vs talent.

WorldNumberOne · Feb 1, 2010

fro11 said:
come on man, u are aksing like everyone here was born in the 60'2 or 70's to have witnessed.. dumb

guess what junior , there are more people here in their 40's and 50's than you think...

mind your fucking manners...

VIEJODINOSAUR · Feb 1, 2010

festeringZit said:
I like the Bird/Magic split for the 80's. No way to choose one over the other, and Bird is my favorite athlete of all time.

It's a shame he isn't half the father than he was as a player....Don't know the whole story but I heard he hasn't made contact with her in years....

VIEJODINOSAUR · Feb 1, 2010

fro11 said:
come on man, u are aksing like everyone here was born in the 60'2 or 70's to have witnessed.. dumb

I was born in the 50's...we knew grammar and spelling back then...

D2bets · Feb 1, 2010

nimue77 said:
An argument could be made for Greg Maddux in the 90's.

Maddux was 179-88 in the 90's. I think I'm with you. I'd vote Maddux for the 90's.

festeringZit · Feb 1, 2010

VIEJO DINOSAUR said:
It's a shame he isn't half the father than he was as a player....Don't know the whole story but I heard he hasn't made contact with her in years....

yeah, agreed - not sure what he's thinking on that one...