Tim Duncan's Dominance Solidified in Eye-Popping NBA Stat

Duncan was the rare superstar who spent the entirety of his career with one team. During his 19 seasons, he amassed 106.34 defensive win shares, which measures how many wins a player contributed on the defensive side of the ball.

His mark is only eclipsed by Bill Russell's 133.64 defensive win shares but since the NBA/ABA merger, Duncan has contributed more defensive win shares to a single team than anyone else.

In fact, he is the only player to record more than 100 win shares with a single team. Hakeem Olajuwon and Karl Malone are a distant second and third place with the Houston Rockets and Utah Jazz.

Interstingly, Kobe Bryant, who spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers and made 12 All-Defensive Teams, second only to Duncan, failed to record even half the win shares that Duncan did.

While The Big Fundamental was one of the league's most unassuming superstars, his defensive impact goes beyond anyone else's in the modern era, and it's hard to argue that he's one of the top five NBA players ever, alongside Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Magic Johnson.