Here’s a list of the greatest NBA
players based on the MVP awards they achieved including other statistical data. Most of the players included on the list are very tall players. Height is truly a might in the game of Basketball.
players based on the MVP awards they achieved including other statistical data. Most of the players included on the list are very tall players. Height is truly a might in the game of Basketball.1.) Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Profile
“One of the greatest players in the history of the NBA”
Height: 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
Position played: Center
Original name: Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.,
Born: April 16, 1947
Place of birth: New York City 
Other Occupation: coach, actor, and author.
College: UCLA
NBA Team(s): Milwaukee Bucks (1969-75), Los Angeles Lakers (1975-1989)
Nickname: “Cap or Captain”
NBA Accomplishments:
- 6 NBA Championships – 1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988
- 6 regular season MVP awards – 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980
- NBA's all-time leader in points scored - 38,387
- NBA's all-time leader in defensive rebounds - 17,440
- NBA's all-time leader in minutes played - 57,446
- NBA's all-time leader in field goals made - 15,837
- NBA's all-time leader in field goal attempts - 28,307
- NBA Most All-Star selections -19
- NBA Most All-Star games played - 18
- NBA Rookie of the Year – 1970
- NBA Finals
MVP – 1971 & 1985
- NBA all-time Games played – 1560 (2nd most in NBA history)
- NBA's all-time leader in blocked shots - 3,189 (3rd most in NBA history)
- Named one of the 50 Greatest Players of All Time
2.) Bill Russell
William Felton Russell’s Profiles
“One of the greatest players in the history of the NBA”
Height: 6'10" (2.08 m)
Position played: Center
Original name: William Felton Russell
Born: February 12, 1934
Place of birth: Monroe, Louisiana, USA
Other Occupation: Coach
College: University of San Francisco
NBA Team(s): Boston Celtics
Nickname: "Bill"
NBA Accomplishments:
- 5 Time NBA Most Valuable Player
- 12 Time All-Star
- 11 NBA Championships
- Holds the record for the most championships won by an athlete in a North American sports league
- First African American player to achieve superstar status in the NBA
- First African American
NBA coach
- Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
3.) Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan’s Profiles
“The greatest players in the history of the NBA”
Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Position played: Shooting guard/Small forward
Born: February 17, 1963
Place of birth: Brooklyn
, New York
, New YorkOther Occupation: Baseball player, Businessman, Actor
College: University of North Carolina
NBA Team(s): Chicago Bulls
, Washington Wizards
, Washington WizardsNickname: Air Jordan, His Airness
NBA Accomplishments:
- Considered as the greatest basketball player of all time
- One of the best defensive players in basketball
- Holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game)
- Holds highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game
- Named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN
- Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame
on April 6, 2009 and was inducted on September 11, 2009.
- 5 NBA Most valuable Player Awards
- 6 NBA Championships – 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998
- NBA-record of 72 regular season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season
- 10 ALL-NBA First Team designation
- 9 All-Defensive First Team honors
- 14 NBA All-Star Game appearances
- 3 All-Star Game MVP awards – 1988, 1996, 1998
- 6 NBA Finals MVP awards
- 10 Scoring titles
- 2 NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion 1987, 1988
4.) Wilt Chamberlain
Wilton Norman Chamberlain’s Profile
“One of the greatest and most dominant players in the history of the NBA”
Height: 7 ft 1 in
Position played: Center
Born: August 21, 1936
Died: October 12, 1999
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, USA
, USAOther Occupation: Volleyball player, Businessman, Actor, Author
College: University of Kansas
NBA Team(s): Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers
Nickname: "Wilt", The Big Dipper
, Dipper or Dippy, Chairman of the Boards (He hated Goliath and Wilt the Stilt)
, Dipper or Dippy, Chairman of the Boards (He hated Goliath and Wilt the Stilt)NBA Accomplishments:
- He is the only player in NBA history to average more than 40 and 50 points in a season He is the only player in NBA history to score 100 points in a single NBA game
- 4 NBA Most Valuable Player awards – 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968
- 7 NBA Scoring Champion
- 9 NBA field goal percentage
- 11 NBA rebounding titles
- 2 NBA Championships
- 4 regular season Most Valuable Player awards
- NBA Rookie of the Year award
- 13 NBA All-Star Games
- 10 All-NBA First and Second teams
- Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
- (Have had sex with over 20,000 women)
5.) Moses Malone
Moses Eugene Malone’s Profile
“One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History”
Height: 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Born: March 23, 1955
Place of birth: Petersburg, Virginia
, USA
, USANBA Team(s): Philadelphia 76ers, LA Clippers, Houston Rockets, Washington Bullets, Atlanta Hawks, Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs
NBA Accomplishments:
- 3 NBA Most Valuable Player awards – 1979, 1982, 1983
- 1 NBA Championship – 1983
- 13 NBA All-Star
- 4 All-NBA First Team
- 4 All-NBA Second Team
- NBA All-Defensive First Team
- NBA All-Defensive Second Team
- One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
- Member of American Hall of Fame basketball player
6.) Larry Bird
Larry Joe Bird’s Profile
“One of the Greatest Players in NBA History”
Height: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Position played: Small Forward/Power Forward
Born: December 7, 1956
Place of birth: West Baden, Indiana
, USA
, USAOther Occupation: Coach
College: Indiana State University
NBA Team(s): Boston Celtics
NBA Accomplishments:
- 3 NBA Championships – 1981, 1984, 1986
- 3 NBA Most Valuable Player awards – 1984, 1985, 1986
- 12 NBA All-Star
- 2 NBA Finals MVP
- 9 All-NBA First Team
- NBA Rookie of the Year – 1980
- NBA All-Star Game MVP - 1982
- NBA Coach of the Year
- 1998
- 3 Three-point Shootout Champion – 1986, 1987, 1988One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
- Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
7.) Earvin Magic
Johnson
Johnson
Earvin Johnson Jr.’s Profile
“Greatest Point Guard of All-Time”
Height: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Position played: Point Guard/Forward
Born: August 14, 1959
Place of birth: Lansing, Michigan
Other Occupation: Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Motivational Speaker
College: Michigan State University
NBA Team(s):
Los Angeles Lakers 
Nickname: "Magic"
NBA Accomplishments:
- 3 NBA MVP Awards
- 5 NBA Championships
- NBA Finals MVP award – rookie year
- All-Star MVP award – 1992
- 12 All-Star Games
- 10 All-NBA First and Second Team
- 4 Regular-season assist leader
- NBA’s all-time leader in assist per game – average 11.2
- NBA’s greatest point guard of all-time by ESPN
- One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
- Member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
8.) Robert E. Lee "Bob" Pettit Jr.
Robert E. Lee Pettit Jr.’s Profile
“First Recipient of the NBA’s Most Valuable Player Award”
Height: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Position played: Forward
Born: December 12, 1932
Place of birth: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
College: Louisiana State University
NBA Team(s): Milwaukee St. Louis Hawks
Nickname: "Bob", “Dutch”
NBA Accomplishments:
- He was the first recipient of the NBA’s Most Valuable Player Award
- 4 NBA All-Star MVP award
- 11 NBA All-Star games
- 10 All-NBA First Team ten times
- NBA Rookie of the Year
- Member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Holds the top two NBA All-Star Game rebounding performances with 26 in 1958 and 27 in 1962
- Second highest All-Star Game points per game average with 20.4
- No other retired player in NBA history other than Pettit and Alex Groza has averaged more than 20 points per game in every season they've played (note: Michael Jordan averaged exactly 20 points per game in his final season).
9.) Karl Malone
Karl Anthony Malone’s Profile
“One of the Greatest Power
Forwards in NBA History”
Forwards in NBA History”Height: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Position played: Power Forward
Born: July 24, 1963
Place of birth: Summerfield, Louisiana, USA
Other Occupation: Businessman
College: Louisiana Tech
NBA Team(s): Utah Jazz
, Los Angeles Lakers
, Los Angeles LakersNickname: “The Mailman”
NBA Accomplishments:
- 2 NBA Most Valuable Player awards – 1997, 1999
- 2 NBA All-Star Games MVP – 1989, 1993
- 11 All-NBA First Team
- 2 All NBA Second Team
- 3 All-Defensive First Team
- All-Defensive Second Team
- Considered one the greatest power forwards in NBA history
- Scored the second most points (36,928) in NBA history
10.) Tim Duncan
Timothy Theodore Duncan
“One of the Greatest Power Forwards in NBA History”
Height: 6-foot 11-inch (2.11 m)
Position played: Power Forward, Center
Born: April 25, 1976
Place of birth: US Virgin Island
Other Occupation: Philanthropist
College: Wake Forest University Demon Deacons
NBA Team(s): San Antonio Spurs
Nickname: "Tim"
NBA Accomplishments:
- 4 NBA Championships
– 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007
- 2 NBA Most Valuable Player awards
- 3 NBA Finals MVP
- NBA Rookie of the Year
- 13 NBA All-Star
- The only player in NBA history to be selected both All-NBA and All-Defensive Teams during each of his first 13 seasons.
11.) Steve Nash
Stephen John Nash’s Profile
“One of the Greatest Point Guard
of All Time”
of All Time”Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position played: Point Guard
Born: February 7, 1974
Place of birth: Johannesburg, South Africa 
Other Occupation: Philanthropist
College: Santa Clara University
NBA Team(s): Phoenix Suns,
Dallas Mavericks
Nickname: "Steve"
NBA Accomplishments:
- 2 NBA Most Valuable Player awards – 2005, 2006
- 7 NBA All-Star
- 3 All-NBA First Team
- 2 All-NBA Second Team
- 2 Skills Challenge Champion
- Named as the 9th greatest point guard of all time by ESPN
- Ranked as one of the top players in NBA league history for 3-point shooting, free-throw shooting, total assists and assists per game
- Named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world
12.) LeBron James
LeBron Raymone James’ Profile
“One of the Greatest Players in NBA History”
Height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Position played: Small Forward
Born: December 30, 1984
Place of birth: Akron, Ohio, USA
NBA Team(s): Miami Heat (2010 – present), Cleveland Cavaliers (2003 -2010)
Nickname: “King James
”
”NBA Accomplishments:
- NBA Rookie of the Year – 2004
- 2 NBA Most Valuable Player awards – 2009, 2010
- 5 All-NBA First Team
- 2 All-NBA Second Team
- 3 All-Defensive First Team
- 2 All-Star Games
MVP – 2006, 2008
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