1) William "Bill" Russell
11 championships in 13 years.
12 NBA Final Apperances
8 Consecutive NBA Championships
5 Time NBA MVP
5 Time NBA Rebounding Champion
Blocks Were Not an Official Stat (Some Say He Would Be the Career Leader)
12 Time NBA All Star
3 Time NBA First Team (Played During Wilt Chamberlain's Time)
8 Time NBA Second Team
1 Time All NBA Defensive Team ( Awarded Started His Last Year in the League)
2nd All Time in Career Rebounds
2nd All Time in Career Rebounds Per Game with 22.45
NBA Finals MVP Trophy Named After Him
Never Played where Fans Adored him like Jordan. Didnt even Get adoration in His own City.
1957 Finals Run Down Block on Jack Coleman known as the "Coleman Play"
Russell was the first African American player to achieve superstar status in the NBA.
First African Amercan Coach in NBA History
Referees who officiated a lot of Chamberlain's and Russell's games said that both of them probably averaged at least six to eight blocks per game over their careers, which would put both of them ahead of the "official" all-time leaders by a comfortable margin
John Kundla After 1959 Finals:
“That’s quite a twist, isn’t it, having a defensive player mean the difference?” said Kundla. “We don’t fear the Celtics without Bill Russell. Take him out and we can beat them … He’s the guy who whipped us psychologically. Russell has our club worrying every second. Every one of the five men is thinking Russell is covering him on every play. He blocks a shot, and before you know it, Boston is getting a basket, and a play by Russell has done it.”
Bill Russell is known as the greatest winner in the history of team sports.
2) Michael "Air" Jordan
6 championships
6 Time NBA Finals MVP
6-0 in NBA Finals Appearances
Two Three Peats
1 Time NBA Defensive Player of the Year
5 Time NBA MVP
11 Time NBA Scoring Champion
3 Time NBA Steals Leader
14 Time NBA All Star
10 Time NBA First Team
1 Time NBA Second Team
9 Time All NBA Defensive Team
1st All Time in Playoff Career Scoring Average with 33.45 Points
3rd All-Time in Career Points Scored in NBA History
3rd All-Time in Career Steals in NBA History
1st All- Time in Points Per Game with 30.12
63 points versus Boston 1986 Playoffs Game Winning Shot versus Craig Ehlo in 1989 Game 5 Eastern Conference First Round
Game Winning Shot Against Utah in Game 6 1998 NBA Finals
Flu Game Against Utah in Game 7 1997 NBA Finals
35 points in a Half Versus Portland in 1992 Game 1 NBA Finals
The Most Marketable, Revered and Entertaining Athlete Ever Only Rivaled By Ali in Popularity and arguably should be #1 all-time.
3) Kareem Abdul -Jabaar aka "Cap"
6 championships
2 Time NBA Finals MVP
6 Time NBA MVP
2 Time NBA Scoring Champion
10 Time NBA All Star
10 Time NBA First Team
5 Time NBA Second Team
5 Time All NBA Defensive First Team
6 Time All NBA Defensive SecondTeam
1 Time NBA Rebounding Leader
4 Time NBA Blocks Leader
NBA All-Time in Career Points Scored in NBA History
Some Say He had the Greatest Total Basketball Career Ever With Three NCAA Championships
Author of the Most Unique and Famous Move in NBA History " The Sky Hook"
The Dunk was Outlawed in College When he was a Sophomore
In 1968, he declared his Islamic faith and joined black athletes in boycotting the Mexico City Olympics.
Kareem's crowning moment occurred in 1985, when he drove the Lakers past Boston in the NBA Finals, breaking a streak that had seen the Celtics beat the Lakers eight straight times in the Finals. Prospects were bleak after Boston won Game 1 by 34 points. But with the 38-year-old Abdul-Jabbar playing inspired ball, the Lakers stormed to a 109-102 win in Game 2, the pivotal game in the series.
Kareem was splendid, scoring 30 points and grabbing 17 rebounds. The rebound total was one less than his playoff career high, and the 30 points were 18 more than he had scored in Game 1. Kareem went on to score 36 points in a Game 5 victory and 29 in the decisive sixth game. He was awarded his second Finals MVP Award, 14 years after winning his first.
The player who created his own shot and combining his college and NBA career, he could be the best basketball player of all time.
4) Wilt Chamberlain aka "Wilt the Stilt", "The Big Dipper"
2 championships
1 Time NBA Finals MVP
4 Time NBA MVP
7 Time NBA Scoring Champion
13 Time NBA All Star
7 Time NBA First Team
3 Time NBA Second Team
2 Time All NBA Defensive First Team
11 Time NBA Rebounding Leader
Blocks Were Not an Official Stat (Some Say He Would Be the Career Leader)
3rd All-Time in Career Points Scored in NBA History
Averaged 50.4 Points and 25.4 rebounds in 1961-62 Season
All time Leader in Rebounds Per Game with 22.89
2nd All- Time in Points Per Game with 30.07
1st All Time in Career Rebounds
100 Points in a Game which is still the all time record for points scored in a game.
Chamberlain is the only player in NBA history to average at least 30 points and 20 rebounds per game in a season, a feat he accomplished nine times. He is also the only player to average at least 30 points and 20 rebounds per game over the entire course of his NBA career.
There is an Urban Legend that when he was in the NBA he picked up a Tractor Trailor and he was known as literally the strongest man in the world.
NBA Record - Most Points Per Game in a season (50.4 in the 1961-62 season)
NBA Record - Most Points Scored in a Half (59 in the 2nd half vs. the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962)
NBA Record - Most 50 Point Games in a season (45 in 1961-62)
NBA Record - Most 40 Point Games in a season (63 in 1961-62)
Chamberlain holds the next most with 52 in 1962-63. Michael Jordan is third with 37 in 1986-87.
NBA Record - Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League in Points Per Game (7)
Record shared with Michael Jordan.
I will stop there:
Wilt Chamberlain LITERALLY has too many NBA records to list in this blog. Just know he has just about every scoring and rebounding single game, season and career record there is except for a select few.
Simply put, Wilt Chamberlain is the Most Dominant Basketball Player Ever to Play the Game
5) Ervin "Magic" Johnson
5 championships
9 NBA Finals Appearances
3 Time NBA Finals MVP
3 Time NBA MVP
4 Time NBA Assist Champion
2 Time NBA Steals Champion
12 Time NBA All Star
9 Time NBA First Team
1 Time NBA Second Team
Most Triple Doubles in NBA Playoff History with 30
Career Leader in Assist Per Game with 11.19
5 All Time in Career Assists
1987 NBA Finals Baby Hook Shot
Along With Larry Bird, Revitilized the NBA
Fought Aids and Became a Sportsman For the Disease
MVP of the Greatest All-Star Game in NBA History
In what was the most-watched college basketball game ever, Michigan State defeated Indiana State 75–64, and Johnson was voted Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four
Game 6 of the 1980 Finals Johnson recorded 42 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals in a 123-107 win, while playing all five positions. Johnson became the only rookie to win the NBA Finals MVP award, and his clutch performance is still regarded as one of the best ever.
He also became 1 of 4 players to win NCAA and NBA Championships in consecutive years.
Magic is without a doubt the Most Charismatic Player to Ever Play the Game
6) Kobe "Black Mamba" Bryant
5 championships
2 Time NBA Finals MVP
Three Peat
2 Time NBA MVP
2 Time NBA Scoring Champion
3 Time NBA Steals Leader
15 Time NBA All Star
11 Time NBA First Team
2 Time NBA Second Team
9 Time All NBA First Defensive Team
2 Time All NBA Second Defensive Team
3rd All-Time in Career Points Scored in NBA History
3rd All- Time on Postseason Scoring List
81 Point Game Second Highest Total Ever in a Single Game
2006-2007, Bryant also became the first player since 1964 to score 45 points or more in four consecutive games, joining Chamberlain and Baylor as the only players ever to do so
2006-2007, Bryant scored 50 points, making him the second player in NBA history to have 4 straight 50 point games behind Wilt Chamberlain
2006-2007, Bryant finished the year with a total of ten 50-plus point games,becoming the only player beside Wilt Chamberlain in 1961–62 and 1962–63 to do so in one season.
In February of 2010, Kobe Bryant passed Jerry West to become the franchise’s leading scorer.
Love him or Hate him, Kobe Bryant is one of the most feared clutch and most polarizing players the NBA has ever seen. He is the closest thing to Michael Jordan we will ever see. EVER!!!!
7) Tim Duncan aka "The Big Fundamental"
4 championships
5 NBA Finals Appearances
3 Time NBA Finals MVP
2 Time NBA MVP
14 Time NBA All Star
10 Time NBA First Team
3 Time NBA Second Team
1 Time NBA Third Team
8 Time All NBA First Defensive Team
6 Time All NBA Second Defensive Team
22nd All Time Scoring List
13th All Time Rebounding List
8th all Time Blocks List
Duncan is one of only four players to receive All-NBA First Team honors in each of his first eight seasons (1998–2005), along with Hall of Famers Bob Pettit (ten seasons), Larry Bird (nine seasons), and Oscar Robertson (nine seasons), and is the only player in NBA history to receive All-NBA and All-Defensive honors in his first 13 seasons (1997–98 to 2009–10).
Duncan is the best power forward to ever play the game and can possibly the most underrated player of all time.
8) Shaquille "Shaq aka Diesel aka The Big Aristole" O'Neal
4 championships
6 NBA Finals Appearances
3 Time NBA Finals MVP
1 Time NBA MVP
15 Time NBA All Star
8 Time NBA First Team
2 Time NBA Second Team
4 Time NBA Third Team
3 Time All NBA Second Defensive Team
2 Time Scoring Champ
9) Bird
10) Jerry West
11) Hakeem
12) Lebron
13) Oscar Robertson
14) Dr. J
15) Havlicek
16) Bob Cousy
17) Dwayne Wade
18) George Mikan
19) Isiah Thomas
20) Moses Malone
21) Rick Barry
22) Elgin Baylor
23) Bob Petit
24) Elvin Hayes
25) Scottie Pippen
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