We Are Witnessing The Mount Rushmore of Sports, Playing Right Now, This Generation

This isn’t nostalgia—it’s the prime of sports history, and we’re lucky to watch it.

Have you ever noticed how blessed this generation of sports fans are? Who are the goats in each respective sport? We really are witnessing something extraordinary right now—arguably the greatest generation in basketball, hockey, baseball and football history all at once. It’s not hyperbole: LeBron James, Connor McDavid, Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, and Tom Brady each redefine excellence in their own arena.

LeBron James, at age 40 during the 2024‑25 NBA season, averaged an astonishing 24.4 pts, 7.8 rebs, and 8.2 ast in 70 games  . That puts him top‑22 across all three categories—an unprecedented level for a player entering his 23rd season. He’s also the NBA’s all‑time leading scorer with over 42,184 career points. Fun fact: he’s the first player ever to play as a teenager and in his 40s.

Connor McDavid, the Edmonton Oilers’ center, piled up 26 goals, 74 assists, and 100 points in just 67 games—plus a +20 plus/minus. He also led all skaters in playoff points (42) last spring, a total only greater than Gretzky and Lemieux in a single postseason. Add in back‑to‑back Conn Smythe Trophy favorites and two‑game, 8‑point flashes in the Stanley Cup Final, and you’ve got a speed‑demon playmaker who skis on skates and hits like lightning.

Aaron Judge is having a historic 2025: .390/.485/.780 slash, 26 HR, 60 RBI, and a jaw‑dropping 1.265 OPS over 68 games . That OPS leads the Majors, with Judge outpacing even Ohtani. Fun tidbit: he’s on pace to smash his RBI total—last year he had 144, and projections hint at repeat feats.

Shohei Ohtani is strutting his vintage dual‑threat brilliance: .290/.383/.625 with 23 homers and 39 RBI in 67 games , and he’s inching closer to a July return as a pitcher post‑Tommy John . A .378 wOBA and National League MVP frontrunner—because he simply refuses to be one‑dimensional.

While the courts, rinks, and diamonds are stacked with active legends, the quarterback spot has already been settled. Tom Brady isn’t just the best QB ever—he’s the benchmark of winning itself. Seven Super Bowl titles, five Super Bowl MVPs, and more than 89,000 passing yards later, his résumé reads like fantasy. Brady wasn’t just clutch—he was inevitability. Even in retirement, he’s the final boss every quarterback is still chasing. Greatness wears No. 12.

In short: LeBron’s defying time, McDavid’s rethinking physics, Judge’s rewriting baseball canon, Ohtani’s playing both sides of the ball again, and Brady has set the bar high — all in the same lifetime. We are blessed to witness it. History books will have their pages rushed—because these five are writing them live.