MVPs: 1. Finals MVPs: 0. All-NBA 1st Team: 4. 2nd Team: 3. 3rd Team: 2. All Star: 15. MVP: 1.
Defensive POY: 1. All-Defense 1st Team: 9. 2nd Team: 3.
Rebounds Champ: 4.
Career Averages: 19 PPG/ 10 RPG/ 4 APG/ 1.3 SPG/ 1.4 BPG/ .501 eFG%/ .789 FT%.
Best Season: 24/ 14/ 5/ 1.5/ 2.2/ .502/ .791 (2003-04).
Postseason Averages: 18 PPG/ 11 RPG/ 3 APG/ 1.2 SPG/ 1.3 BPG/ .481 eFG%/ .789 FT%.
Best Postseason: 24/ 15/ 5/ 1.3/ 2.3/ .458/ .776 (2004).
Championships: 1 (#1 player). Runner-ups: 1 (#2 player).
Why he's below David Robinson: Both players struggled to advance in the postseason in their primes and found success as a veteran leader later in their careers. But Garnett only made it out of the first round once with Minnesota. Robinson was also nearly as good a defender as Garnett and a much better offensive player.
Why he's above the rest: Garnett was one of the greatest defensive forwards in NBA history. He's the only non-guard to make 1st Team All-Defense 9 times and is one of only 2 players in the top 20 all-time in both steals and blocks. He filled up the stat sheet in Minnesota, leading the team in all five stat categories in 2002-03 and taking the team to their only conference finals in 2004. In Boston he was able to quickly take on a veteran leadership role, winning Defensive Player of the Year (He's one of only 5 players to win both MVP and DPOY) and a championship in his first season. Garnett proved that he's the rare player who put up big numbers on bad teams but could thrive on good teams as well.
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