Just as a qualifier, we’re going to exclude role players from being a part of this (like Michael Cooper, Robert Horry, etc) and condense the list to just stars who were clearly the leaders of their team
1980-89
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Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabaar (110)
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Larry Bird and Robert Parish (86)
1990-99
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Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen (104)
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Karl Malone and John Stockton (68)
2000-09
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Tim Duncan and Tony Parker (75)
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Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant (64)
2010-19
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Steph Curry and Klay Thompson/Draymond Green (77)
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LeBron James and Dwyane Wade (58)
And the current decade so far, 2020-24
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Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown (51)
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Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo (36)
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Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray (32)
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LeBron James and Anthony Davis (27)
Yes people may be shocked to know this, but if you are the healthiest duo in the league for the past half a decade in a conference that will always have half its teams get injured by the playoffs (seriously what the hell is with the east and injuries), then you are gonna win a lot together.