I have not read a lot of this thread, but can see the old KC comparison rose up. I am in the camp that the "greatest player" argument should be kept to generation constraints in almost all sports. I think saying, "I'll believe someone is greater than KC when they've done what he's done." is ridiculous given how young the sport is and just how much it's changed. The depth of talent, along with the level of talent is enough to trump that argument and I have yet to be convinced otherwise. You could probably coin KC as the best BH thrower/shot shaper of all time. He was doing it with more limited technology and in his day (or first half of his career) finesse was the name of the game. The game has changed, and finesse is important, but it's a much smaller piece.
I think saying that someone has to go 13X to be coined the best ever is ignoring to many factors.
Basically, that argument would say that if Ken Climo came on the scene today as a young up and comer like he did in the 90s he would still find his way to 12 world titles. NOPE. If you doubt that just go watch some early disc golf videos. Today's players are better in almost all aspects and there are much more of them. Better and more athletic form. Overall better putters (depth wise). More well rounded (BH/FH). Ken dominated and he is without a doubt the best player of his generation, but comparisons need to be kept generational, especially in sport that has underwent as much change as disc golf has. You can argue that form change is relative to the amount of torque today's disc can handle, but I urge you to go look. Outside of Ken, Barry and a few more guys there were very few who measure up to a whole host of players today form wise.
Ricky and Paul are a cut above the rest, but you can see young guys coming up and I have 0 doubt that the bar will continue to raise. It will keep raising until the very distant future when kids with very natural athletic ability begin to choose disc golf as a path over the classic American sports like football, basketball, baseball, and hockey. We are far away from that, but when the world champ of disc golf is a national hero among the youth of the world for the first time we will see the depth of talent reach a level far beyond what we are witnessing today. As a member of the cult, I have high hopes that day will come.
Also, KC may indeed be my favorite player of all time so far, so this is no knock on him.