Giannis and Jokic will finish this season with an average BPM of above 10.0 over their last four seasons. The only other players to do this are Michael Jordan and LeBron James.
Statistically, we are witnessing two historically great runs. Here are their advanced metrics and how they compare to MJ and LeBron's runs:
Player|From|To|G|MP|PER|TS%|USG%|OWS|DWS|WS|WS/48|OBPM|DBPM|BPM|VORP|VORP/82 Gm :--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--: **Jordan**|1988|1991|**327**|**12797**|**31.4**|0.607|33.2|**59.3**|21.0|**80.3**|**0.301**|**8.8**|3.2|**12.0**|**45.3**|**11.4** **Lebron**|2009|2012|298|11409|30.2|0.598|32.7|47.3|**21.4**|68.7|0.289|8.3|2.7|11.0|37.5|10.3 **Giannis**|2019|2022|263|8492|31.0|**0.631**|**34.2**|31.2|17.6|48.8|0.276|6.9|**3.6**|10.5|26.9|8.4 **Jokic**|2019|2022|299|9804|28.9|0.627|28.9|37.3|15.4|52.6|0.258|7.5|3.0|10.5|30.9|8.5 Jordan, LeBron and Giannis all achieved this from their age 24 to 27 seasons, Jokic from age 23 to 26. Numbers in **bold** are the best of the four players. Given that VORP is a cumulative stat, so it favours players who played more games, I have also normalised the metric to an 82 game season. Crazy that Jordan missed just *one* regular season game in his stretch, but those were different times. Here are the player's accolades for their respective runs...
Player|MVP|Rings|Finals MVP|DPOY|All NBA 1st|All Defense 1st|All Star :--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--: **Jordan**|2|1|1|1|4|4|4 **LeBron**|3|1|1|0|4|4|4 **Giannis**|2|1|1|1|3|3|4 **Jokic**|1|0|0|0|2|0|4
Giannis and Jokic will obviously add more by the end of the season, both likely to be named All NBA 1st Team and Giannis *may* make All Defensive 1st Team and while Jokic remains favourite to win his second MVP Giannis isn't exactly a long shot to win his third. The Nuggets have a very slim chance of winning the championship while the Bucks are among the favourites. The fact Giannis could add another MVP, ring, Finals MVP and DPOY *all in one season* would really vault him up the all time rankings, it would be among the greatest seasons of all time, if not #1, given how ridiculous his stats have been on top of that. But that's all conjecture. Still, in terms of 'stats plus accolades' *right now* only Giannis is comparable to MJ and LeBron. Jokic needs to add more to his resume, even more than what I mentioned above, but he does have an extra year in reserve and who knows, maybe he will win his first ring, a Finals MVP and another MVP in the process. In which case he will also put his name in that group.