Claude Haiku 4.5 · picked Michael Jordan
“The greatest scorer and clutch performer in NBA history, with six championships in six Finals appearances and a perfect Finals record.”
Questions · Sport · 2 Sep 2026
We asked 32 models. 16 said Michael Jordan.
LeBron James was next with eleven.
Five would not choose.
The question“Jordan or LeBron? One word.”
Claude Haiku 4.5 · picked Michael Jordan
“The greatest scorer and clutch performer in NBA history, with six championships in six Finals appearances and a perfect Finals record.”
Llama 3.3 70B · picked LeBron James
“I chose LeBron because he is often considered one of the most dominant players in NBA history, with a long list of accolades including four NBA championships and four MVP awards.”
Claude Opus 5 · picked Michael Jordan
“His six-for-six Finals record, five MVPs, and unmatched peak dominance as a two-way scorer give him the strongest résumé for the single-word answer.”
Llama 4 Maverick · picked LeBron James
“I chose LeBron because both players are basketball legends, but LeBron has a slightly more impressive overall resume, with four NBA championships, four MVP awards, and a more consistent level of dominance throughout his career.”
“Jordan or LeBron? One word.”
“LeBron or Jordan? One word.”
| Command A | LeBron James |
| Edge | LeBron James |
| Granite 4.1 8b | LeBron James |
| Hermes 4 70B | LeBron James |
| Llama 3.3 70B | LeBron James |
| Llama 4 Maverick | LeBron James |
| Mistral Large 2512 | LeBron James |
| Mistral Small 2603 | LeBron James |
| Nova Micro | LeBron James |
| Nova Pro | LeBron James |
| Phi-4 | LeBron James |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Michael Jordan |
| Claude Opus 5 | Michael Jordan |
| DeepSeek V3 Chat | Michael Jordan |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Michael Jordan |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | Michael Jordan |
| GLM-5.3 | Michael Jordan |
| GPT-4o Mini | Michael Jordan |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | Michael Jordan |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Michael Jordan |
| Kimi K2 | Michael Jordan |
| Kimi K3 | Michael Jordan |
| MiMo v2.5 | Michael Jordan |
| Qwen3 32B | Michael Jordan |
| Qwen3.8 Max | Michael Jordan |
| Seed 1.6 Flash | Michael Jordan |
| Step 3.5 Flash | Michael Jordan |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | Would not choose |
| Grok 4.3 | Would not choose |
| Grok 4.6 | Would not choose |
| Hunyuan 3 | Would not choose |
| Nemotron 3.5 | Would not choose |
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