The 2024 NBA Finals feature plenty of star talent between the Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving as well as the Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, among other big names. Given the stakes, the finals have always been a setting where elite performances become iconic, and this year’s stars have their work cut out for them if they are to match the achievements of legends past.
Read on to learn more about the players who have left the greatest mark on the NBA’s biggest stage – the greatest winners, performers and record-holders in the league’s history.
Which player has the most titles in NBA history?
Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell boasts the most NBA championships of any player in the league’s history with a staggering 11 titles. He racked up so many rings that two had to go on the same finger.
Bill Russell…
Russell was the leader of the Celtics’ dynasty in the 1950s and 1960s, which saw Boston win 11 of 13 titles between 1957 and 1969. Naturally, his teammates make up much of the top of the list for most NBA titles; Sam Jones ranks second all-time with 10, and then four more Celtics – John Havlicek, Tom Heinsohn, K.C. Jones and Tom Sanders – are tied at eight.
The first non-Celtic on the list is Robert Horry, who won seven titles during his years with the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs in the 1990s and 2000s. Naturally, he is tied with another member of Boston’s golden era in Frank Ramsey.
Which players have been to the NBA Finals the most times?
The story for NBA Finals appearances is similar, at least at the very top. Russell leads the way with 12, with Sam Jones right behind at 11.
This is where the influx of Los Angeles Lakers comes in. LeBron James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – not so coincidentally, the league’s two all-time leading scorers – have both made 10 finals appearances. Magic Johnson and Jerry West, along with Heinsohn, are up next with nine.
What’s the most points ever scored in an NBA Finals game?
Lakers great Elgin Baylor holds the record for highest-scoring finals game after he scored 61 in Game 5 of the 1962 NBA Finals…
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Publish date : 2024-06-05 16:32:12
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