Hey Everyone,
I posted this in the Celtics sub yesterday and a friend suggested I repost here. I had some downtime at work the last few weeks and decided to put together a spreadsheet of players who won championships and were also all-stars. I have a working list of players in my personal NBA hall of fame and since many of the guys on my list got there by winning championships I was curious as to whether there were any forgotten all-star seasons that led to championships we don’t talk about.
You can find the link here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12FNEDnRyF561BpIfXqG2LOBypLY4NDDQHE7kFcAw2hI/edit?usp=sharing
Key Takeaways:
- There have been 177 different players to be an all-star and win a championship at some point in their career. This is ~39% of the total unique all-stars in history which is 454 (does not include ABA)
- There have been 81 players to be an all-star the same year that they won a championship
- 38 have done it twice, 22 three times, 13 four times, 9 five times, 5 six times, and 1 ten times
- 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)
- Andrew Wiggins (2022 - 17/5/2 on 47% and 39%3)
- Manu Ginobili (2005 - 16/4/4 on 47% and 38%3)
- Andrew Toney (1983 - 20/3/4.5 on 50% and 29%3)
- Mo Cheeks (1983 - 12.5/3/7 on 54%)
- Norm Nixon (1985 - 17/3/9 on 46.5% and 33%3)
- Maurice Lucas (1977 - 20/11/3 on 47%)
- Bill Bradley (1973 - 16/4/4.5 on 46%)
- Chet Walker (1967 - 19/8/2 on 49%)
- Jack George (1956 - 14/4/6 on 37%)
- Neil Johnston (1956 - 22/12.5/3 on 46%)
- 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)
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.
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Mo Cheeks should be in your hof
Andrew wiggins revived his career on the warriors
He did? He had an outlier and regressed to the mean
Tim Duncan needs to be updated for 1999, he was only not an All-Star because the game was cancelled due to the lockout. He was first team all-nba, same thing for 1949 & 1950 George Mikan (there just wasn’t an All-Star game, but he was first team)
That is a good point I had forgotten about that. It’s hard to speculate who would have been on the team so I won’t include Robinson since he wasn’t All-NBA, but I think Duncan being on the first team is enough to give him an extra one. Good catch!
Ray Allen won a title in 2013, not 2014.
Good catch, thank you!
Kyle Lowry was an all star in 2019 when he won a championship with the raptors
interesting but I imagine most championship winners / leaders on the team would be an all star. like Tatum, etc. pretty much no matter who won the team would have an all star. it’s linked with team success.
the more interesting question might be, championship teams without an all star or the least all stars (at the time of them winning the ring)
interesting but I imagine most championship winners / leaders on the team would be an all star. like Tatum, etc. pretty much no matter who won the team would have an all star. it’s linked with team success.
the more interesting question might be, championship teams without an all star or the least all stars (at the time of them winning the ring)
You might want to check out the r/VintageNBA sub too (maybe you already know about it), but I really dig going there with questions or facts about guys like Slater Martin and Jim Pollard
Wasn’t Kawhi an all star the year he won with Toronto?