most championships nba before 2000

Before 1999-00, Bill Russell won the most championships, with 11 championships.

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most championships by a player NBA before 2000
NAMEChampsGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Bill Russell
B. Russell
11
963
42.3
15.1
22.5
4.3
5.9
13.4
44.0
3.3
5.8
56.1
47.1
40,726
14,522
21,620
4,100
2,592
2Sam Jones
S. Jones
10
871
27.9
17.7
4.9
2.5
7.2
15.8
45.6
3.3
4.1
80.3
50.3
24,285
15,411
4,305
2,209
1,735
3John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
8
1,270
36.6
20.8
6.3
4.8
1.2
0.3
8.3
18.8
43.9
4.2
5.2
81.5
49.2
1.5
3.5
2.5
46,471
26,395
8,007
6,114
476
117
204
3,281
4Tom Sanders
T. Sanders
8
916
24.2
9.6
6.3
1.1
3.7
8.7
42.8
2.1
2.8
76.7
48.2
22,164
8,766
5,798
1,026
3,044
5K.C. Jones
K.C. Jones
8
676
25.9
7.4
3.5
4.3
2.8
7.3
38.7
1.7
2.7
64.7
43.5
17,501
5,011
2,399
2,908
1,816
6Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
8
654
29.4
18.6
8.8
2.0
7.3
18.0
40.5
4.0
5.1
79.0
46.0
19,254
12,194
5,749
1,318
2,454
7Frank Ramsey
F. Ramsey
7
623
24.6
13.4
5.5
1.8
4.7
11.8
39.9
4.0
4.9
80.4
47.9
15,330
8,378
3,410
1,134
2,158
8Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
6
883
36.1
17.8
6.8
5.4
2.1
0.9
7.0
14.6
48.0
0.8
2.5
32.9
2.9
4.2
69.5
54.0
2.0
4.8
2.9
31,868
15,713
5,981
4,737
1,869
802
2,531
2,614
+1193
9Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
6
930
38.6
31.5
6.3
5.4
2.5
0.9
11.8
23.3
50.5
0.6
1.8
33.2
7.3
8.7
83.8
58.0
1.7
4.6
2.8
35,887
29,277
5,836
5,012
2,306
828
2,589
2,493
+1416
10Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
6
1,560
36.8
24.6
11.2
3.6
0.9
2.6
10.2
18.1
55.9
0.0
0.0
5.6
4.3
6.0
72.1
59.2
2.4
7.6
2.7
57,446
38,387
17,440
5,660
1,160
3,189
2,527
4,657
11Jim Loscutoff
J. Loscutoff
6
511
18.5
6.2
5.6
0.7
2.6
7.6
34.5
1.0
1.5
65.3
37.6
9,431
3,156
2,848
353
1,497
12Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
6
924
35.3
18.4
5.2
7.5
6.7
17.8
37.5
5.0
6.2
80.3
44.6
30,165
16,960
4,786
6,955
2,242
13Dennis Rodman
D. Rodman
5
899
31.6
7.4
13.1
1.8
0.7
0.6
3.1
5.9
52.2
0.1
0.4
23.2
1.2
2.0
58.3
54.7
4.8
8.3
1.6
28,450
6,649
11,783
1,586
609
530
1,465
2,802
+903
14Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
5
906
36.7
19.5
7.2
11.2
1.9
0.4
6.9
13.2
52.0
0.4
1.2
30.3
5.5
6.5
84.8
61.0
1.8
5.5
3.9
33,245
17,707
6,559
10,141
1,724
374
3,506
2,050
15Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
5
873
27.1
8.9
3.2
4.2
1.2
0.6
3.5
7.4
46.9
0.5
1.4
34.0
1.5
1.8
83.3
54.4
0.8
2.3
1.6
23,635
7,729
2,769
3,666
1,033
523
1,429
2,329
16Larry Siegfried
L. Siegfried
5
550
24.8
10.8
2.8
3.5
3.9
9.5
40.9
3.0
3.5
85.4
48.8
13,632
5,960
1,567
1,950
1,307
17Don Nelson
D. Nelson
5
1,053
20.6
10.3
4.9
1.4
0.3
0.1
3.8
8.0
48.0
2.7
3.6
76.5
54.4
1.2
3.1
21,685
10,898
5,192
1,526
65
35
2,451
18Slater Martin
S. Martin
5
745
35.9
9.8
3.4
4.2
3.5
9.7
36.4
2.8
3.7
76.2
43.6
21,889
7,337
2,302
3,160
2,238
19George Mikan
G. Mikan
5
439
34.4
23.1
13.4
2.8
8.1
20.0
40.4
7.0
8.9
78.2
48.3
8,350
10,156
4,167
1,245
1,862
20Jim Pollard
J. Pollard
5
438
35.4
13.2
7.8
3.2
5.2
14.6
36.0
2.7
3.5
75.0
40.8
9,391
5,762
2,487
1,417
1,145
21Steve Kerr
S. Kerr
4
683
19.9
6.7
1.3
2.1
0.6
0.1
2.5
5.2
48.7
0.9
1.9
46.3
0.8
0.9
85.5
60.0
0.2
1.1
0.6
13,562
4,599
886
1,456
416
41
417
705
+588
22Will Perdue
W. Perdue
4
712
15.9
5.0
5.1
0.7
0.3
0.7
2.0
3.9
52.5
0.0
0.0
6.7
0.9
1.6
58.7
54.6
1.9
3.2
1.0
11,290
3,558
3,638
528
209
483
735
1,455
-6
23Kurt Rambis
K. Rambis
4
880
18.5
5.2
5.6
1.1
0.9
0.5
2.0
3.8
53.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.6
68.9
57.3
1.9
3.8
1.2
16,299
4,603
4,961
931
761
456
1,033
2,036
24Robert Parish
R. Parish
4
1,611
28.4
14.5
9.1
1.4
0.8
1.5
6.0
11.1
53.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.5
72.1
57.1
2.9
6.3
2.1
45,704
23,334
14,715
2,180
1,219
2,361
3,183
4,443
+105
25Bill Sharman
B. Sharman
4
711
32.0
17.8
3.9
3.0
6.7
15.7
42.6
4.4
5.0
88.3
49.7
21,793
12,665
2,793
2,101
1,925

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