Top Ten Most Legendary NBA Players

The Top Ten
1 Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan, also known by his initials, MJ, is an American retired professional basketball player.

He was simply the best to ever play the game of basketball. He made the winning shot in the NCAA championship game as a freshman with several other future NBA greats on his team. He dominated the NBA from almost the beginning at 6' 6" In an era full of 7' tall dominating centers.

The most legendary NBA player. Although Lebron is catching up.

THE Greatest Of All Time

He belong in the air

2 Magic Johnson Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association for 13 seasons.
3 Larry Bird Larry Joe Bird is an American retired professional basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. Bird is a 3x champ, 1x ROTY, 1x Finals MVP, 3x 3PT Contest winner, all with the Boston Celtics. (1979-1992)

Toughest, Legendary trash talker in NBA history!

Best small forward in NBA history.

4 Wilt Chamberlain Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain was an American basketball player. He was born on August 21, 1936 in Philadelphia and died on October 12, 1999 in Los Angeles due to heart failure. ...read more.

Holds NBA record for:
Most points in a single game- 100
Most rebounds in a single game- 55
Most points in a season- over 4,000
Most rebounds in a season
Most rebounds of all time
Most games scoring 50 or more points
Most games scoring 60 or more points
Most games scoring 70 or more points
Only player to have a 60/40 game= 60 points and 40 rebounds
Nobody can touch prime Wilt.

Wilt holds the NBA record for season scoring average, with 50.4 PPG! And the NBA record for season rebounding average with 27.2 RPG!

5 Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal, nicknamed Shaq, is a retired American professional basketball player who is currently an analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. He is known for his fun, friendly personality, and is one of the most beloved athletes of all time.

He played for at least 2 teams.

6 Patrick Ewing Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player and current head coach of the Georgetown University men's basketball team.
7 David Robinson David Maurice Robinson is an American former professional basketball player, who played center for the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association for his entire career.

He was still playing when Tim Duncan just joined the NBA

8 Bill Russell William Felton "Bill" Russell was an American retired professional basketball player. Russell played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association from 1956 to 1969.

Undisputed leader of 11 NBA Champion teams with the Celtics, almost DOUBLE the number of championships MJ had.

THE LIST MAKER HAS NO IDEA ABOUT BASKETBALL.
THE NEVER MVP OF NBA EWING HIGHER THAN THE 6 TIMES JABBAR AND THE, 5 TIMES RUSSEL?

9 Hakeem Olajuwon Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, formerly known as Akeem Olajuwon, is a Nigerian-American retired professional basketball player.

Greatest Center of all time

10 LeBron James LeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. LeBron has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, and the Lakers.

He's in the top 10.

The Contenders
11 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers.

Top scorer of all times, the only one with 6 MVP titles and he's out of the top 10?

12 Jerry West Jerry Alan West is an American retired basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association.

He is the player actually depicted on the official logo of the NBA.

13 Julius Erving Julius Winfield Erving II, commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American retired basketball player who helped popularize a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and playing above the rim.
14 Charles Barkley Charles Wade Barkley is an American retired professional basketball player and current analyst on the television program Inside the NBA.
15 Elgin Baylor
16 Bob Pettit Robert Lee Pettit Jr. is an American retired professional basketball player. He played 11 seasons in the NBA.
17 Tim Duncan Timothy Theodore "Tim" Duncan is an American professional basketball player who has played his entire career for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association.
18 George Gervin George Gervin, nicknamed "The Iceman," is an American retired professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association for the Virginia Squires, San Antonio Spurs, and Chicago Bulls.
19 Steve Nash Stephen John Nash, is a Canadian retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association.
20 Rasheed Wallace Rasheed Abdul "Sheed" Wallace is an American retired professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association.
21 Dennis Rodman Dennis Keith Rodman is an American retired professional basketball player who played for the Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, and Dallas Mavericks in the National Basketball Association.
22 Kobe Bryant Kobe Bryant (1978 - 2020) was an American retired professional basketball player. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Kobe Bryant has won 5 NBA championships with the Lakers and was the all-time leading scorer in Lakers franchise history. He Retired in 2016. He died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California at age 41.
23 Oscar Robertson Oscar Palmer Robertson, nicknamed "The Big O", is an American retired National Basketball Association player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks.

Only player to average a triple-double for an entire season.

24 Karl Malone Karl Anthony Malone is an American retired professional basketball player. Nicknamed "The MailMan", Malone played the power forward position and spent his first 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association with the Utah Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate John Stockton.
25 Moses Malone Moses Eugene Malone was an American basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association and the National Basketball Association from 1974 through 1995. The center was named the NBA Most Valuable Player three times and was a 12-time NBA All-Star and an eight-time All-NBA selection. ...read more.
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