50 Greatest Players in NBA History explained

The 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, also referred to as NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team, were chosen in 1996 to honor the 50th anniversary of the founding of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was the third anniversary team in the league.^[1] Fifty players were selected through a vote by a panel of media members, former players and coaches, and current and former general managers. In addition, the top ten head coaches and top ten single-season teams in NBA history were selected by media members as part of the celebration.^[2] The 50 players had to have played at least a portion of their careers in the NBA and were selected irrespective of position played.

The list was announced by NBA commissioner David Stern on October 29, 1996, at the hotel Grand Hyatt New York, the site of the Commodore Hotel, where the original NBA charter was signed in 1946. The announcement marked the beginning of a season-long celebration of the league's anniversary.^[2] Forty-seven of the fifty players were later assembled in Cleveland, during the halftime ceremony of the 1997 All-Star Game.^[2] At the time of the announcement, 11 players were active; all have subsequently retired.

Players selected

List

Eleven players (Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler, Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Shaquille O'Neal, Hakeem Olajuwon, Robert Parish, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, and John Stockton) were active in the, during which the list was announced.^[3] All have since retired. O'Neal was the last to be active in the NBA, retiring at the end of the . All of the selected players have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. At the time of the list, only Pete Maravich was deceased.^[4]

All 11 members from the 35th anniversary team were selected.^[4] Eight of the 10 players from the 25th anniversary team were chosen, with Bob Davies and Joe Fulks—who both last played in the 1950s—being omitted.^[5]

Key

Italics	Denotes player who was active in the NBA at the time of induction
All Star		Denotes number of All-Star appearances
HOF Year		Denotes year of Basketball Hall of Fame induction
G	Guard		F	Forward	C	Center
Pos	Position		Pts	Points	Reb	Rebounds
Ast	Assists		MVP	Most Valuable Player

Name	Team(s) played for (years)	Pos	Pts	Reb	Ast	Championships won	MVP won	Finals MVP won	All Star	HOF Year	Ref.
	Milwaukee Bucks (–) Los Angeles Lakers (–)	C	38,387	17,440	5,660	6 (1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)	6	2 (1971, 1985)	19	1995	^[6]
	Cincinnati Royals / Kansas City-Omaha / Kansas City Kings (–) New York Nets Boston Celtics (–) Milwaukee Bucks	G	16,481	2,046	6,476	1 (1981)	None	None	6	1991	^[7]
	Philadelphia Warriors (–, –)	F	16,266	6,129	1,665	1 (1956)	None	None	10	1978	^[8]
	Philadelphia 76ers (–) Phoenix Suns (–) Houston Rockets (–)	F	23,757	12,546	4,215	None	1	None	11	2006	^[9]
	San Francisco / Golden State Warriors (–, –) Houston Rockets (–)	F	18,395	5,168	4,017	1 (1975)	None	1 (1975)	8	1987	^[10]
	Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers (–)	F	23,149	11,463	3,650	None	None	None	11	1977	^[11]
	Detroit Pistons (–) Washington Bullets (–) Boston Celtics	G	18,327	3,420	5,397	None	None	None	7	1990	^[12]
	Boston Celtics (–)	F	21,791	8,974	5,695	3 (1981, 1984, 1986)	3	2 (1984, 1986)	12	1998	^[13]
	Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors (–) Philadelphia 76ers (–) Los Angeles Lakers (–)	C	31,419	23,924	4,643	2 (1967, 1972)	4	1 (1972)	13	1979	^[14]
	Boston Celtics (–) Cincinnati Royals	G	16,960	4,786	6,955	6 (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963)	1	None	13	1971	^[15]
	Boston Celtics (–) Milwaukee Bucks	C	13,516	10,444	2,910	2 (1974, 1976)	1	None	7	1991	^[16]
	Philadelphia 76ers (–, –)	F	13,626	6,638	2,625	1 (1967)	None	None	4	1986	^[17]
	Detroit Pistons (–) New York Knicks (–)	F	14,053	9,618	2,497	2 (1970, 1973)	None	None	8	1983	^[18]
	Portland Trail Blazers (–) Houston Rockets (–)	G	22,195	6,677	6,125	1 (1995)	None	None	10	2004	^[19]
	Philadelphia 76ers (–)	F	18,364	5,601	3,224	1 (1983)	1	None	11	1993	^[20]
	New York Knicks (–) Seattle SuperSonics Orlando Magic	C	24,815	11,607	2,215	None	None	None	11	2008	^[21]
	New York Knicks (–) Cleveland Cavaliers (–)	G	15,581	4,830	5,040	2 (1970, 1973)	None	None	7	1987	^[22]
	San Antonio Spurs (–) Chicago Bulls	G	20,708	3,607	2,214	None	None	None	9	1996	^[23]
	Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers (–)	G	21,586	5,665	4,540	1 (1967)	None	None	10	1982	^[24]
	Boston Celtics (–)	F/G	26,395	8,007	6,114	8 (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976)	None	1 (1974)	13	1984	^[25]
	San Diego / Houston Rockets (–, –) Baltimore / Capital / Washington Bullets (–)	F/C	27,313	16,279	2,398	1 (1978)	None	None	12	1990	^[26]
	Los Angeles Lakers (–,)	G	17,707	6,559	10,141	5 (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)	3	3 (1980, 1982, 1987)	12	2002	^[27]
	Boston Celtics (–)	G	15,411	4,305	2,209	10 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969)	None	None	5	1984	^[28]
	Chicago Bulls (–, –) Washington Wizards (–)	G	32,292	6,672	5,633	6 (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)	5	6 (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)	14	2009	^[29]
	Cincinnati Royals (–) San Francisco Warriors (–) New York Knicks (–)	F	14,053	12,942	2,732	1 (1973)	None	None	7	1980	^[30]
	Utah Jazz (–) Los Angeles Lakers	F	36,928	14,968	5,248	None	2	None	14	2010	^[31]
	Buffalo Braves Houston Rockets (–) Philadelphia 76ers (–,) Washington Bullets (–) Atlanta Hawks (–) Milwaukee Bucks (–) San Antonio Spurs	C	27,409	16,212	1,796	1 (1983)	3	1 (1983)	12	2001	^[32]
	Atlanta Hawks (–) New Orleans / Utah Jazz (–) Boston Celtics	G	15,948	2,747	3,563	None	None	None	5	1987	^[33]
	Boston Celtics (–)	F	17,335	7,122	1,670	3 (1981, 1984, 1986)	None	None	7	1999	^[34]
	Minneapolis Lakers (–,)	C	10,156	4,167	1,245	5 (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954)	None	None	4	1959	^[35]
	Baltimore Bullets (–) New York Knicks (–)	G	17,454	2,796	3,594	1 (1973)	None	None	4	1990	^[36]
	Houston Rockets (–) Toronto Raptors	C	26,946	13,748	3,058	2 (1994, 1995)	1	2 (1994, 1995)	12	2008	^[37]
	Orlando Magic (–) Los Angeles Lakers (–) Miami Heat (–) Phoenix Suns (–) Cleveland Cavaliers Boston Celtics	C	28,596	13,099	3,026	4 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006)	1 (2000)	3 (2000, 2001, 2002)	15	2016	^[38]
	Golden State Warriors (–) Boston Celtics (–) Charlotte Hornets (–) Chicago Bulls	C	23,334	14,715	2,180	4 (1981, 1984, 1986, 1997)	None	None	9	2003	^[39]
	Milwaukee / St. Louis Hawks (–)	F	20,880	12,849	2,369	1 (1958)	2	None	11	1971	^[40]
	Chicago Bulls (–,) Houston Rockets Portland Trail Blazers (–)	F	18,940	7,494	6,135	6 (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)	None	None	7	2010	^[41]
	New York Knicks (–)	C/F	12,183	8,414	1,186	2 (1970, 1973)	1	2 (1970, 1973)	7	1982	^[42]
	Cincinnati Royals (–) Milwaukee Bucks (–)	G	26,710	7,804	9,887	1 (1971)	1	None	12	1980	^[43]
	San Antonio Spurs (–)	C	20,790	10,497	2,441	2 (1999, 2003)	1	None	10	2009	^[44]
	Boston Celtics (–)	C	14,522	21,620	4,100	11 (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969)	5	None	12	1975	^[45]
	Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers (–)	F	18,438	11,256	3,072	1 (1955)	None	None	12	1973	^[46]
	Washington Capitols Boston Celtics (–)	G	12,665	2,779	2,101	4 (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961)	None	None	8	1976	^[47]
	Utah Jazz (–)	G	19,711	4,051	15,806	None	None	None	10	2009	^[48]
	Detroit Pistons (–)	G	18,822	3,478	9,061	2 (1989, 1990)	None	1 (1990)	12	2000	^[49]
	San Francisco / Golden State Warriors (–) Chicago Bulls (–) Cleveland Cavaliers (–)	C	14,437	14,464	2,575	None	None	None	7	1985	^[50]
	Baltimore / Capital / Washington Bullets (–)	C	10,624	13,769	3,822	1 (1978)	1	1 (1978)	5	1988	^[51]
	Portland Trail Blazers (–) San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers (–) Boston Celtics (–)	C	6,215	4,923	1,590	2 (1977, 1986)	1	1 (1977)	2	1993	^[52]
	Los Angeles Lakers (–)	G	25,192	5,366	6,238	1 (1972)	None	1 (1969)	14	1980	^[53]
	St. Louis Hawks (−) Seattle SuperSonics (–) Cleveland Cavaliers (–) Portland Trail Blazers	G	17,772	5,030	7,211	None	None	None	9	1989	^[54]
	Los Angeles Lakers (–)	F	16,320	4,708	2,791	3 (1985, 1987, 1988)	None	1 (1988)	7	2003	^[55]

Selection process

The list was made through unranked voting completed by 50 selected panelists. Sixteen of the panelists were former players voting in their roles as players, 13 were members of the print and broadcast news media, and 21 were team representatives: contemporary and former general managers, head coaches, and executives. Of the last group, 13 were former NBA players. Players were prohibited from voting for themselves. Only three voting former players (Bill Bradley, Johnny Kerr, and Bob Lanier) were not selected to the team.

Voters

	Denotes voter who was selected to the 50 Greatest Players list
Voter category	As categorized by the NBA

Name	Voter category
	Player
	Media member
	Team
	Team
	Team
	Player
	Team
	Team
	Media member
	Player
	Team
	Player
	Media member
	Player
	Team
	Team
	Media member
	Team
	Player
	Media member
	Media member
	Team
	Team
	Player
	Media member
	Team
	Media member
	Player
	Player
	Media member
	Player
	Team
	Media member
	Media member
	Team
	Player
	Player
	Team
	Team
	Team
	Player
	Player
	Media member
	Player
	Player
	Team
	Team
	Team
	Media member
	Team

Top 10 Coaches in NBA History

Alongside the selection of the 50 greatest players was the selection of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA History. The list was compiled based upon unranked selection undertaken exclusively by members of the print and broadcast media who regularly cover the NBA. All 10 coaches named were alive at the time of the list's announcement, and five of them—Bill Fitch, Phil Jackson, Don Nelson, Pat Riley, and Lenny Wilkens—were then active. Six have since died: Red Holzman in 1998, Red Auerbach in 2006, Chuck Daly in 2009, Jack Ramsay in 2014, John Kundla in 2017, and Bill Fitch in 2022. Jackson was the last of the ten to coach in the NBA; he announced his retirement after the 2010–11 season. Nelson was the only member to have never won a championship as a coach, even though he won five as a player. Wilkens was the only member of the coaches list to have been selected as a member of the players list. All ten coaches are also members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, with Fitch the last member inducted in 2019.

Key

Italics

Denotes coach who was active in the NBA at the time of induction

Coach	Team(s) coached (years)	Coaching record	Championships won as coach	Coach of the Year award(s) won	Year of Basketball Hall of Fame induction	Ref.
	Washington Capitols (–) Tri-Cities Blackhawks (1949–1950) Boston Celtics (–)	938–479 (.662)	9 (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)	1	1969	^[56]
	Cleveland Cavaliers Detroit Pistons (–) New Jersey Nets (–) Orlando Magic (–)	638–437 (.593)	2 (1989, 1990)	None	1994	^[57]
	Cleveland Cavaliers (–) Boston Celtics (–) Houston Rockets (–) New Jersey Nets (–) Los Angeles Clippers (–)	944–1106 (.460)	1 (1981)	2	2019	^[58]
	Milwaukee / St. Louis Hawks (–) New York Knicks (–)	696–604 (.535)	2 (1970, 1973)	1	1986	^[59]
	Chicago Bulls (–) Los Angeles Lakers (–, –)	1155–485 (.704)	11 (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010)	1	2007	^[60]
	Minneapolis Lakers (1948–)	423–302 (.583)	5 (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954)	None	1995	^[61]
	Milwaukee Bucks (–) Golden State Warriors (–, –) New York Knicks (1995–1996) Dallas Mavericks (–)	1335–1063 (.557)	None	3	2012	^[62] ^[63]
	Philadelphia 76ers (–) Buffalo Braves (–) Portland Trail Blazers (–) Indiana Pacers (–)	864–783 (.525)	1 (1977)	None	1992	^[64]
	Los Angeles Lakers (–) New York Knicks (–) Miami Heat (–, –)	1210–694 (.636)	5 (1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2006)	3	2008	^[65]
	Seattle SuperSonics (–, –) Portland Trail Blazers (–) Cleveland Cavaliers (–) Atlanta Hawks (–) Toronto Raptors (–) New York Knicks (–)	1332–1155 (.536)	1 (1979)	1	1998	^[66]

Top 10 Teams in NBA History

Also included in the NBA's 50th-anniversary celebration was the selection of the Top 10 Teams in NBA History. The list was compiled based upon unranked selection undertaken exclusively by members of the print and broadcast media who regularly cover the NBA. Teams were chosen from among all single-season individual teams. Each team won the NBA championship, and they combined to average 66 wins per season. The 1995–96 Chicago Bulls had, at the moment, the best single-season record in NBA history with 72 wins.

Six out of the 30 NBA franchises (29 franchises at the time of announcement) had a team named to the list; the Boston Celtics, the Chicago Bulls, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Philadelphia 76ers had two teams selected.

Six players were on the roster of two teams on the list—Wilt Chamberlain with the 1966–67 Sixers and 1971–72 Lakers; James Edwards, Dennis Rodman, and John Salley with the 1988–89 Pistons and 1995–96 Bulls; and Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen with the Bulls in both 1991–92 and 1995–96. Three other individuals both played for and coached honored teams, all of whom completed this "double" with a single franchise—K. C. Jones with the Celtics as a player in 1964–65 and coach in 1985–86, Billy Cunningham with the Sixers as a player in 1966–67 and coach in 1982–83, and Pat Riley with the Lakers as a player in 1971–72 and coach in 1986–87. Phil Jackson, head coach of the Bulls from 1989 to 1998, was the only man to coach two teams that made the list. Although Jackson was under contract to the Knicks as a player in their 1969–70 championship season, he did not play that season as he was recovering from spinal fusion surgery.^[67]

The Hall of Famers listed for each individual team are solely those inducted as players, and do not include those inducted in other roles. Players whose names are italicized were inducted after the announcement of the ten best teams.

Season	Team	Record	Roster and head coach	Players in the Hall of Fame	Players on the 50 Greatest Players list	Ref.
1964–65	Boston Celtics	62–18 (.775)	Ron Bonham, Mel Counts, John Havlicek, Tom Heinsohn, K. C. Jones, Sam Jones, Willie Naulls, Bevo Nordmann, Bill Russell, Tom Sanders, Larry Siegfried, John Thompson, Gerry Ward, coach Red Auerbach	5 (K. Jones, S. Jones, Heinsohn, Russell, Havlicek)	3 (S. Jones, Russell, Havlicek)	^[68]
1966–67	Philadelphia 76ers	68–13 (.840)	Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Costello, Billy Cunningham, Dave Gambee, Hal Greer, Matt Guokas, Luke Jackson, Wali Jones, Bill Melchionni, Chet Walker, Bob Weiss, coach Alex Hannum	4 (Greer, Chamberlain, Cunningham, Walker)	3 (Greer, Chamberlain, Cunningham)	^[69]
1969–70	New York Knicks	60–22 (.732)	Dick Barnett, Nate Bowman, Bill Bradley, Dave DeBusschere, Walt Frazier, Bill Hosket, Don May, Willis Reed, Mike Riordan, Cazzie Russell, Dave Stallworth, John Warren, coach Red Holzman	5 (Reed, Bradley, DeBusschere, Frazier, Barnett)	3 (Frazier, DeBusschere, Reed)	^[70]
1971–72	Los Angeles Lakers	69–13 (.841)	Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Jim Cleamons, LeRoy Ellis, Keith Erickson, Gail Goodrich, Happy Hairston, Jim McMillian, Pat Riley, Flynn Robinson, John Trapp, Jerry West, coach Bill Sharman	4 (Goodrich, West, Chamberlain, Baylor)	3 (West, Chamberlain, Baylor)	^[71]
1982–83	Philadelphia 76ers	65–17 (.793)	J. J. Anderson, Maurice Cheeks, Earl Cureton, Franklin Edwards, Julius Erving, Marc Iavaroni, Clemon Johnson, Reggie Johnson, Bobby Jones, Moses Malone, Mark McNamara, Clint Richardson, Russ Schoene, Andrew Toney, coach Billy Cunningham	4 (Erving, Malone, Cheeks, Jones)	2 (Erving, Malone)	^[72]
1985–86	Boston Celtics	67–15 (.817)	Danny Ainge, Larry Bird, Rick Carlisle, Dennis Johnson, Greg Kite, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, Jerry Sichting, David Thirdkill, Sam Vincent, Bill Walton, Scott Wedman, Sly Williams, coach K. C. Jones	5 (McHale, Bird, Parish, Walton, Johnson)	4 (McHale, Bird, Parish, Walton)	^[73]
1986–87	Los Angeles Lakers	65–17 (.793)	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Adrian Branch, Frank Brickowski, Michael Cooper, A.C. Green, Magic Johnson, Wes Matthews, Kurt Rambis, Mike Smrek, Byron Scott, Billy Thompson, Mychal Thompson, James Worthy, coach Pat Riley	4 (Cooper, Johnson, Worthy, Abdul-Jabbar)	3 (Johnson, Worthy, Abdul-Jabbar)	^[74]
1988–89	Detroit Pistons	63–19 (.768)	Mark Aguirre, Adrian Dantley, Darryl Dawkins, Fennis Dembo, Joe Dumars, James Edwards, Steve Harris, Vinnie Johnson, Bill Laimbeer, John Long, Rick Mahorn, Pace Mannion, Dennis Rodman, Jim Rowinski, John Salley, Isiah Thomas, Micheal Williams, coach Chuck Daly	4 (Thomas, Dumars, Dantley, Rodman)	1 (Thomas)	^[75]
1991–92	Chicago Bulls	67–15 (.817)	B. J. Armstrong, Bill Cartwright, Horace Grant, Bob Hansen, Craig Hodges, Dennis Hopson, Michael Jordan, Stacey King, Cliff Levingston, Chuck Nevitt, John Paxson, Will Perdue, Scottie Pippen, Mark Randall, Rory Sparrow, Scott Williams, coach Phil Jackson	2 (Jordan, Pippen)	2 (Jordan, Pippen)	^[76]
1995–96	Chicago Bulls	72–10 (.878)	Randy Brown, Jud Buechler, Jason Caffey, James Edwards, Jack Haley, Ron Harper, Michael Jordan, Steve Kerr, Luc Longley, Toni Kukoč, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, John Salley, Dickey Simpkins, Bill Wennington, coach Phil Jackson	4 (Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Kukoč)	2 (Jordan, Pippen)	^[77]

Notes

• American Basketball Association (ABA) teams other than those admitted into the NBA in 1976 are not included; each year is linked to an article about that particular NBA season.
• Each year is linked to an article about the NBA Finals in that year.
• Inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as coach; Bill Sharman was inducted as both a player and a coach
• A sixth player on this team, Sanders, was inducted into the Hall as a contributor in August 2011.^[78]
• Having been injured in the second game, Baylor missed the remainder of the . He retired at the beginning of the next season.^[79]

See also

• ABA All-Time Team
• NBA anniversary teams

References

General

• Web site: The NBA's 50 Greatest Players . NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc . August 30, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20100405004357/http://www.nba.com/history/50greatest.html. April 5, 2010. dead.
• Web site: Top 10 Coaches in NBA History . NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc . September 13, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20100119011709/http://www.nba.com/history/top_10_coaches.html. January 19, 2010. dead.
• Web site: Top 10 Teams in NBA History . NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc . September 13, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20130502092015/http://www.nba.com/history/toptenteams_index.html. May 2, 2013. dead.

Specific

External links

• NBA.com: The 50 Greatest Players page
• NBA.com: Top 10 Coaches page
• NBA.com: Top 10 Teams page

Notes and References

1. News: James. Jackson. James Harden, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony among greats celebrating place on NBA's Top 75 list. October 22, 2021. ESPN.com. October 26, 2021. October 25, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211025200021/https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32448931/james-harden-lebron-james-carmelo-anthony-greats-celebrating-place-nba-top-75-list. live.
2. Web site: The NBA's 50 Greatest Players . NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc . August 30, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20100405004357/http://www.nba.com/history/50greatest.html. April 5, 2010. dead.
3. News: Jerry. Bembry. Unseld gets NBA top 50 tip Former Bullets great takes honor in stride. October 29, 1996. The Baltimore Sun. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624071433/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-10-29-1996303001-story.html. June 24, 2021.
4. News: Steve. Aschburner. How I voted players to NBA's 75th Anniversary Team. October 23, 2021. Sporting News. October 25, 2021. October 25, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160519/https://www.sportingnews.com/au/nba/news/how-i-voted-players-to-nbas-75th-anniversary-team-steve-aschburner/1a5o2t5wrueoe15qoknwq96pz9. live.
5. News: Agustín. Aboy. NBA 75: Taking a trip down memory lane to revisit the NBA 50 years ago. September 3, 2021. NBA.com. October 26, 2021. October 26, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211026073630/https://ca.nba.com/news/nba-75-take-a-trip-down-memory-lane-to-revisit-the-nba-50-years-ago/13l4k8sdrklht1fjd7o89rzjqr. live.
6. a/abdulka01. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. June 16, 2009.
7. a/architi01. Nate Archibald. June 16, 2009.
8. a/arizipa01. Paul Arizin. June 16, 2009.
9. b/barklch01. Charles Barkley. June 16, 2009.
10. b/barryri01. Rick Barry. June 16, 2009.
11. b/bayloel01. Elgin Baylor. June 16, 2009.
12. b/bingda01. Dave Bing. August 7, 2009.
13. b/birdla01. Larry Bird. August 7, 2009.
14. c/chambwi01. Wilt Chamberlain. August 7, 2009.
15. c/cousybo01. Bob Cousy. August 7, 2009.
16. c/cowenda01. Dave Cowens. August 7, 2009.
17. c/cunnibi01. Billy Cunningham. August 7, 2009.
18. d/debusda01. Dave DeBusschere. August 7, 2009.
19. d/drexlcl01. Clyde Drexler. August 7, 2009.
20. e/ervinju01. Julius Erving. August 7, 2009.
21. e/ewingpa01. Patrick Ewing. August 7, 2009.
22. f/fraziwa01. Walt Frazier. August 7, 2009.
23. g/gervige01. George Gervin. August 7, 2009.
24. g/greerha01. Hal Greer. August 7, 2009.
25. h/havlijo01. John Havlicek. August 7, 2009.
26. h/hayesel01. Elvin Hayes. August 7, 2009.
27. j/johnsma02. Magic Johnson. August 28, 2009.
28. j/jonessa01. Sam Jones. August 28, 2009.
29. j/jordami01. Michael Jordan. August 11, 2009.
30. l/lucasje01. Jerry Lucas. August 28, 2009.
31. m/malonka01. Karl Malone. August 28, 2009.
32. m/malonmo01. Moses Malone. August 28, 2009.
33. m/maravpe01. Pete Maravich. August 28, 2009.
34. m/mchalke01. Kevin McHale. August 28, 2009.
35. m/mikange01. George Mikan. August 28, 2009.
36. m/monroea01. Earl Monroe. August 28, 2009.
37. o/olajuha01. Hakeem Olajuwon. August 28, 2009.
38. o/onealsh01. Shaquille O'Neal. basketball-reference.com. January 9, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20101224142109/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/o/onealsh01.html. December 24, 2010 . live.
39. p/parisro01. Robert Parish. August 28, 2009.
40. p/pettibo01. Bob Pettit. August 28, 2009.
41. p/pippesc01. Scottie Pippen. August 28, 2009.
42. r/reedwi01. Willis Reed. August 28, 2009.
43. r/roberos01. Oscar Robertson. August 28, 2009.
44. r/robinda01. David Robinson. August 28, 2009.
45. r/russebi01. Bill Russell. August 28, 2009.
46. s/schaydo01. Dolph Schayes. August 28, 2009.
47. s/sharmbi01. Bill Sharman. August 28, 2009.
48. s/stockjo01. John Stockton. August 28, 2009.
49. t/thomais01. Isiah Thomas. August 28, 2009.
50. t/thurmna01. Nate Thurmond. August 28, 2009.
51. u/unselwe01. Wes Unseld. August 28, 2009.
52. w/waltobi01. Bill Walton. August 28, 2009.
53. w/westje01. Jerry West. August 28, 2009.
54. w/wilkele01. Lenny Wilkens. August 28, 2009.
55. w/worthja01. James Worthy. August 28, 2009.
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