The world's number one YouTuber Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson has come up with his most ambitious idea yet: a one-on-one showdown between LeBron James and Michael Jordan to finally settle the longtime basketball GOAT debate.
With over 419 million subscribers, MrBeast runs the most-watched YouTube channel in the world, famous for viral videos featuring massive giveaways, offbeat challenges, and high-profile celebrity collaborations. This time, he is dreaming even bigger.
"One of my most viewed videos last year was when I had Cristiano Ronaldo 1v1 a random fan for a million dollars. People loved it," MrBeast said in an interview with his fellow creator Adin Ross.
"And I was just randomly thinking the other day, I was like, imagine if we got Lebron and Michael Jordan to 1v1. But we handicap Lebron in some way."
The idea, while fantastical, has sparked online buzz. Jordan retired in 2003 and is now 63 years old, while LeBron, still active with the Los Angeles Lakers, is 23 years younger at 40. MrBeast acknowledges the odds of this happening are slim, though not zero.
"They would never do it, but imagine if we could get that to happen. You know how crazy that would be," he said with a laugh.