boston celtics center bill russell has the most championships in the nba.
boston celtics center bill russell has the most championships in the nba.
in the nba who has the most championships?
boston celtics center bill russell
boston celtics center bill russell holds the record for the most nba championships won with 11 titles during his 13-year playing career. he won his first championship with the boston celtics in his rookie year. afterwards, he went on to win ten championships in the next 12 years, including eight consecutive championships from 1959 to 1966. he won the last two championships in 1968 and 1969 as player-coach. russell's teammate, sam jones, won ten championships from 1959 to 1969, the second most in nba history. four celtics players, tom heinsohn, k. c. jones, satch sanders and john havlicek, won eight championships each, with havlicek being the only one to win championships independently of russell. two other celtics, jim loscutoff and frank ramsey, won seven championships each. four players, bob cousy, kareem abdul-jabbar, michael jordan and scottie pippen, won six championships each. jordan and pippen are members of the chicago bulls team who won three consecutive championships twice in the 1990s. george mikan won two championships in the nbl before it merged with the baa to form the nba, and won five championships in the nba. no active player has won four or more championships, but several players have won three.
list of nba players with most championships
the 2003 draft is known for having one of the most talented draft pools in draft history. the draft contained fifteen players that combined for twenty-six championships. four of the top five picks are nba all-stars and "redeem team" olympic gold medalists: carmelo anthony, chris bosh, dwyane wade, and lebron james. many players have been in the starting line-ups of their respective teams; nine have participated in an all-star game, dwyane wade was named nba finals mvp in 2006 and won the nba all star game mvp in 2010. boris diaw won the most improved player award in 2006, jason kapono won the three point shootout back-to-back years in 2007 and 2008, james jones won the three point shootout in 2011, leandro barbosa won the sixth man award in 2007, kyle korver set the nba record for three point shooting percentage in 2010 (53.6%), and in the 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013 seasons lebron james won the nba most valuable player award, and the nba finals mvp in 2012, 2013 and 2016. carmelo anthony won the 2013 nba scoring title and is the only player in nba history to win at least three olympic gold medals. zaza pachulia and david west won nba championships with the golden state warriors in 2017 and 2018. matt bonner won nba championships with the san antonio spurs in 2007 and 2014. dahntay jones and mo williams won the nba championship in 2016 with the cleveland cavaliers. luke walton won three nba championships, two as a player with the los angeles lakers in 2009 and 2010 and one as an assistant coach with the warriors in 2015. chris bosh left toronto in 2010 as its all-time leader in points, rebounds, blocks, double doubles, free throws made and attempted, and minutes played. the 2003 draft class has drawn comparisons to the 1984 and 1996 nba draft classes, but is also known for the detroit pistons having made the selection of darko miličić with the second pick, over other prospects who went on to have much more success in the league. out of the entire draft, only nick collison has played his entire career for the team that drafted him.
2003 nba draft