US media commented on the strongest player every year in the 21st century: James dominated in 8 years, O Pang Kobe Jokic dominated in three consecutive games

On July 28, US media selected the strongest player every year in the 21st century to the first 26 years. James ranked first in the list for 8 years and once dominated the list for five consecutive years, but all happened in the Cavaliers and the Heat career, but not in the Lakers career. O'Neal, Kobe and Jokic have all dominated the list for three consecutive years.

2000 O'Neal

2001 O'Neal

2002 O'Neal

2003 Garnett

2004 Duncan

2005 Duncan

2006 Kobe

2007 Kobe

2008 Kobe

2009 James

2010 James

2011 James

2012 James

2013 James

2014 Durant

2015 James

2016 Curry

2017 James

2018 James

2019 Leonard

2020 Antetokounmpo

2021 Antetokounmpo

2022 Jokic

2023 Jokic

2024 Jokic

2025 Alexander

James is naturally the most dominant player in the 21st century. He was named the strongest player for five consecutive years from 2009 to 2013. Then James was also named the strongest player of the year three times in 2015, 2017 and 2018, and he dominated the list in a total of 8 times.

In addition, during the three consecutive championships of the Lakers, O'Neal dominated the list for three consecutive years in 2000-02, Kobe dominated the list for three consecutive years in 2006-08, and Jokic dominated the list for three consecutive years in 2022-24. The remaining players Duncan and Antetokounmpo both have two, Garnett, Durant, Curry, Leonard, and Alexander all have one.