For his feats, Johnson was voted as one of the 50 Greatest Players of All Time by the NBA in 1996,[151] and selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.[2] The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inducted him in 2002.[153] ESPN's SportsCentury ranked Johnson #17 in their "50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century"[154] In 2006, ESPN.com rated Johnson the greatest point guard of all time, stating, "It could be argued that he's the one player in NBA history who was better than Michael Jordan."[2] Bleacher Report also listed Johnson first in its all-time NBA point guard rankings.[3] Several of his achievements in individual games have also been named among the top moments in the NBA.[7][155][156] At the 2019 NBA Awards, Johnson received the NBA Lifetime Achievement Award (shared with Larry Bird).[157]