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NBA Players Who Were All-Stars the Same Year They Won the Championship



Hey Everyone,

Sometimes I have some time on my hands and like to deep dive on basketball stats and this past month I decided to see which players were an All-Star and won the championship in the same season. I have a working list of players in my personal Hall of Fame and seeing as the championship is the goal, I was wondering if there were any forgotten players who were all-stars on championship teams that have been forgotten to time. I'm pretty sure this is accurate, but I may have made a few mistakes, especially before 1955 as 1955-Current is my interest (when the shot clock was introduced).

You can find the link here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12FNEDnRyF561BpIfXqG2LOBypLY4NDDQHE7kFcAw2hI/edit?usp=sharing

Key Takeaways:
1) There have been 177 different players to be an all-star and win a championship at some point in their career
2) There have been 81 players to be an all-star the same year that they won a championship
3) 38 have done it twice, 22 three times, 13 four times, 9 five times, 5 six times, and 1 ten times
4) Of players to do it at least twice, only 3 are not in my personal hall of fame (Mark Aguirre, Slater Martin, and Jim Pollard)

Most Interesting One-Timers (1955-current and not yet in my personal Hall of Fame)
1) Andrew Wiggins (2022 – 17/5/2 on 47% and 39%3)
2) Manu Ginobili (2005 – 16/4/4 on 47% and 38%3)
3) Andrew Toney (1983 – 20/3/4.5 on 50% and 29%3)
4) Mo Cheeks (1983 – 12.5/3/7 on 54%)
5) Norm Nixon (1985 – 17/3/9 on 46.5% and 33%3)
6) Maurice Lucas (1977 – 20/11/3 on 47%)
7) Bill Bradley (1973 – 16/4/4.5 on 46%)
8) Chet Walker (1967 – 19/8/2 on 49%)
9) Jack George (1956 – 14/4/6 on 37%)
10) Neil Johnston (1956 – 22/12.5/3 on 46%)
11) Paul Seymour (1955 – 14.5/4/7 on 36%)

Notable players who did not meet the criteria
1-2) Horace Grant, Andre Iguodala (4 championships, 1 all-star appearance)
3) David Robinson (2 championships, 10 all-stars)
4-5) Clyde Drexler, Jason Kidd (1 championship, 10 all-stars)
6-7) Dwight Howard, Kyrie Irving (1 championship, 8 all-stars)
8-10) Ed Macauley, Jerry Lucas, Alonzo Mourning (1 championship, 7 all-stars)
11) Bob McAdoo (1xMVP 2x Champ, 5x All-Star)
12) Gary Payton (1x champ, 9x All-Star)

Obviously the Celtics have the most championships and they're my favorite team so here are the key Celtics All-Stars who meet the criteria (Dennis Johnson and Bill Walton qualified, but not during their Boston tenure)
1) Bill Russell 10x
2) Bob Cousy 6x
3) Tommy Heinsohn 6x
4-5) Sam Jones, John Havlicek 5x
6-8) Robert Parish, Larry Bird, Bill Sharman 3x
9-11) Dave Cowens, Kevin McHale, JoJo White 2x
12-17) Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Tiny Archibald, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown

Celtics who won in Boston, but not when they were All-Stars
1) Bailey Howell x2
2) Wayne Embry
3) Charlie Scott
4) Paul Westphal
5) Al Horford
6) Jrue Holiday
7) Kristaps Porzingis
8) Willie Nauls x3
9) Clyde Lovelette x2
10) Rajon Rondo
11) Paul Silas x2
12) Sam Cassell
13) Danny Ainge x2
14) Woody Sauldsberry

Note: All data taken as of the 2024 season.
I did notice some errors as I was editing the post so please let me know if anything here is incorrect.

by zaravak

3 Comments

  1. ashleyj1

    You’re insane to not have manu in any hall of fame talk

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