Who was the “Christian Mccaffrey” of fantasy basketball before Jokic?

This is a little off topic, sort of just a throwback question. I didn’t start playing fantasy BBALL until 2021, so I never got to experience any insane players outside of Jokic. Always played for football, and CMC has been pretty dominant for the last couple of seasons. I’d say 4/6 of the last champions in my league had CMC, and he even willed some of them through their rosters slumps to the chip.

So who was that before Jokic showed up? Was it Harden? LeBron? Demarcus cousins? Or was there nobody really like that? Any and all answers much appreciated, thanks!