nba players to win championship their third year as a starter

Danny Ainge won 1 championship as a starter in his 3rd season.

	NAME	Champs	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	1	1983-84	BOS	3	27.3	8.3	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.3	3.7	9.7	37.9	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.3	75.0	40.6	1.3	1.7	2.0	82	25	9	14	5	1	6	12
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	1	1983-84	BOS	77	38.8	24.4	10.2	6.6	1.9	0.9	9.7	19.7	49.3	0.2	0.9	23.5	4.8	5.4	88.7	55.3	2.3	7.9	3.1	2,988	1,880	787	512	144	69	236	193
3	M.L. Carr	1	1983-84	BOS	1	22.0	10.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	9.0	44.4	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.0	100.0	50.6	0.0	3.0	0.0	22	10	3	3	0	0	0	1
4	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	1	1983-84	BOS	78	26.8	11.6	1.9	3.9	1.5	0.2	4.8	9.2	52.4	0.3	0.7	35.1	1.7	2.3	76.8	57.0	0.9	1.0	2.1	2,087	908	147	301	116	14	161	209
5	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1	1983-84	BOS	78	33.5	13.2	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.7	4.8	11.0	43.4	0.1	0.4	12.9	3.6	4.2	85.0	51.2	1.1	2.4	2.2	2,616	1,027	275	329	91	56	168	246
6	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	1	1983-84	BOS	78	31.6	11.9	5.8	2.6	0.8	0.3	3.9	7.5	52.6	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.0	5.3	75.2	60.5	2.5	3.3	2.5	2,463	928	451	200	63	24	198	221
7	Kevin McHale K. McHale	1	1983-84	BOS	10	38.8	16.9	8.3	0.8	0.5	1.2	6.8	15.1	45.0	0.0	0.0		3.3	4.6	71.7	49.3	2.7	5.6	1.8	388	169	83	8	5	12	18	42
8	Robert Parish R. Parish	1	1983-84	BOS	79	35.9	19.1	10.7	1.7	0.7	1.5	7.8	14.3	54.6	0.0	0.0		3.5	4.7	74.5	58.3	3.1	7.7	2.3	2,837	1,510	849	138	52	115	184	265
9	Scott Wedman S. Wedman	1	1983-84	BOS	5	32.8	10.4	5.8	2.4	0.8	0.2	5.0	10.2	49.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.8	50.0	49.3	1.6	4.2	1.0	164	52	29	12	4	1	5	12
10	Mitch Kupchak M. Kupchak	1	1984-85	LAL	3	30.3	16.7	7.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	7.3	14.7	50.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.3	60.0	51.7	3.0	4.7	1.7	91	50	23	3	1	0	5	9
11	James Worthy J. Worthy	1	1984-85	LAL	76	33.8	17.8	6.4	2.6	1.1	0.8	7.7	13.5	57.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.3	3.0	78.7	60.3	2.2	4.3	2.5	2,566	1,353	490	195	84	62	188	185
12	Greg Kite G. Kite	1	1985-86	BOS	2	20.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.5	28.6	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		28.6	2.0	3.0	1.5	40	4	10	0	0	1	3	5
13	A.C. Green	1	1987-88	LAL	64	34.7	12.0	9.2	1.3	1.1	0.7	4.1	8.4	49.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	5.0	76.7	57.0	3.3	5.9	1.6	2,218	771	589	82	71	42	103	165
14	Mike Smrek M. Smrek	1	1987-88	LAL	2	20.5	7.0	4.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	4.5	44.4	0.0	0.0		3.0	3.0	100.0	60.1	2.0	2.0	1.5	41	14	8	2	1	3	3	6
15	Dennis Rodman D. Rodman	1	1988-89	DET	8	37.1	12.6	12.5	1.3	1.0	1.4	5.6	8.9	63.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.4	2.5	55.0	63.3	4.6	7.9	2.9	297	101	100	10	8	11	23	30
16	John Salley J. Salley	1	1988-89	DET	21	26.7	8.6	6.3	1.5	0.6	1.3	2.8	6.2	45.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	72.9	53.4	2.4	3.9	1.3	561	180	132	32	13	27	28	62
17	Will Perdue W. Perdue	1	1990-91	CHI	3	26.0	7.7	11.3	1.3	0.7	0.7	3.3	9.0	37.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.7	37.5	37.7	5.0	6.3	2.0	78	23	34	4	2	2	6	13
18	B.J. Armstrong	1	1991-92	CHI	3	40.0	16.7	1.3	7.0	0.7	0.0	7.3	13.0	56.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	60.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	120	50	4	21	2	0	5	3
19	Stacey King S. King	1	1991-92	CHI	12	28.3	13.3	3.1	1.6	0.3	0.2	5.0	8.8	57.1	0.0	0.0		3.3	4.1	81.6	63.2	1.2	1.9	1.3	340	160	37	19	4	2	16	32
20	Scott Williams S. Williams	1	1992-93	CHI	5	26.8	8.2	8.4	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.6	7.4	48.6	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	52.3	2.4	6.0	2.0	134	41	42	5	5	5	10	16
21	Robert Horry R. Horry	1	1994-95	HOU	61	32.9	10.4	5.2	3.3	1.5	1.2	3.9	8.5	45.1	1.4	3.6	37.9	1.4	1.8	77.1	56.0	1.3	3.9	1.9	2,009	637	318	203	91	75	118	157
22	Toni Kukoc T. Kukoc	1	1995-96	CHI	20	34.6	18.3	4.6	4.7	1.0	0.6	6.9	13.0	52.9	2.2	4.8	44.8	2.5	3.3	74.2	63.5	1.6	3.0	1.9	692	366	91	93	20	11	38	45
23	Tyronn Lue T. Lue	1	2000-01	LAL	1	30.0	6.0	1.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	50.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	30	6	1	6	1	0	1	1	+16
24	Devean George D. George	1	2001-02	LAL	1	35.0	12.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	5.0	14.0	35.7	2.0	6.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		42.9	3.0	2.0	0.0	35	12	5	1	2	0	0	5	+6
25	Stephen Jackson S. Jackson	1	2002-03	SAS	58	30.5	12.1	4.0	2.6	1.8	0.4	4.6	10.5	43.4	1.1	3.7	29.0	1.8	2.4	76.8	52.1	0.8	3.2	2.3	1,771	699	233	149	104	21	134	150	+186

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PPG

25.7

Brown

RPG

10.7

Tatum

APG

6.8

Tatum

Team Rankings

ORTG

120.8

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DRTG

112.7

4th

NETRTG

8.1

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3P%

36.7

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

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Final

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.4

Brunson

28.1

Cunningham

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

12.3

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Mobley

1.8

Allen

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

125.0

124.1

117.5

113.7

113.2

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.8

105.4

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

19.3

14.0

12.1

3.0

1.7

0.8

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

627.9

Cunningham

626.1

Wembanyama

598.7

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

679

Cunningham

618.5

Wembanyama

604.5

Mitchell

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.67

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.65

Wembanyama

1.58

Beringer

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Best Record ATS

50-34

56-39

50-37-1

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47-36

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Worst Record ATS

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36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0