What Player Has the Most NBA Titles?

The answer may surprise you.
We take a look at the player with the most NBA titles in history.

Bill Russell

Bill Russell is an American retired professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). During his career, Russell played on 11 championship teams, which is the most for any player in NBA history.

Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of the league’s original eight teams, the team play their home games at TD Garden, which they share with the National Hockey League (NHL)’s Boston Bruins. The Celtics are one of the most successful teams in NBA history; they have won the most championships of any NBA franchise with 17 titles, accounting for 24.6 percent of all NBA championships since the league’s founding.

11 NBA titles

In his 13-year career, Bill Russell won 11 NBA titles with the Boston Celtics. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest players in basketball history.

Sam Jones

Sam Jones was a shooting guard for the Boston Celtics from 1957 to 1969. He was known for his quickness and his ability to shoot from anywhere on the court. Sam Jones won 10 NBA titles with the Celtics, which is the most by any player in NBA history.

10 NBA titles

The most successful NBA player of all time is undoubtedly Robert Horry, who has won a staggering 7 championships in his career. However, Sam Jones is not too far behind, with an impressive 10 NBA titles to his name.

Jones was a key player for the Boston Celtics during their dominant period in the 1960s, winning an incredible 10 championships in just 12 seasons. He was a gifted scorer and an excellent defender, and was selected as an All-Star on six occasions.

Although he never won MVP honors, Jones is considered one of the greatest players in NBA history, and his 10 championship rings are a testament to his greatness.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a retired American professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two more as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time.

Los Angeles Lakers

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played for the Los Angeles Lakers for 14 seasons, winning six NBA championships with the team. He is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, with 38,387 points scored during his career. Abdul-Jabbar was named to the NBA’s All-Time First Team in 1996.

6 NBA titles

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who played for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers, has the most NBA titles with six. He also has the most Most Valuable Player awards with six.

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan is widely considered to be the greatest basketball player of all time. He was a dominant force in the NBA for many years, winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls. He also has the most NBA Finals MVPs with six.

Chicago Bulls

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American former professional basketball player and the principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA, winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls. His biography on the official NBA website states: “By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.” Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.

Jordan played three seasons for coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina. As a freshman, he was a member of the Tar Heels’ national championship team in 1982. Jordan joined the Bulls in 1984 as the third overall draft pick. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, demonstrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in Slam Dunk Contests, earned him nicknames such as “Air Jordan” and “His Airness”. He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA Championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a “three-peat”. Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball before the beginning of what would have been his final season to pursue a career as a baseball player with Minor League Baseball’s Birmingham Barons,[8] he rejoined shortly after signing a one-year contract with Chicago to play for newly appointed head coach Phil Jackson.[9] Jackson and Jordan led Chicago to four additional championships between 1996 and 1998.

Jordan retired for a second time in January 1999 but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of Washington Wizards. He is said to have declared that he had timed his final retirement so he could play his entire professional career wearing #23.[10][11] As part of its celebration commemorating 100 years in existence during 2006–07 season,[12] then-NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that Jordan had been voted by fans as one of Top 50 Greatest Players ever to have played professional basketball.[13][14] The United States Postal Service honored him on May 7, 2009, by issuing an honorary postage stamp bearing his image.[15]

Robert Horry

Robert Horry is a former American professional basketball player who has won seven NBA championships. Horry has the most championships of any player not to have played on the winning team in an NBA Finals series. He won two championships with the Houston Rockets, three with the Los Angeles Lakers, and two with the San Antonio Spurs.

Houston Rockets

Robert Horry won two titles with the Houston Rockets in 1994 and 1995. Horry is best remembered for his clutch shooting, and he hit some of the most important shots in NBA history. He was a key member of the Rockets’ “Twin Towers” duo with Hakeem Olajuwon, and he played a major role in Houston’s back-to-back championships.

Los Angeles Lakers

Robert Horry has the most NBA titles of any player, with seven. He won two with the Houston Rockets, three with the Lakers, and two more with the San Antonio Spurs.

San Antonio Spurs

Robert Horry is a retired professional basketball player who played for several teams in the NBA, winning seven championships in his career. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest clutch players in NBA history, and he has been nicknamed “Big Shot Bob” for his ability to make important shots in crucial moments.

Horry started his career with the Houston Rockets, winning back-to-back championships with them in 1994 and 1995. He then spent time with the Los Angeles Lakers, winning three consecutive championships with them from 2000 to 2002. He also won two more championships with the Spurs in 2005 and 2007. In total, Horry has won seven NBA championships, which is the second-most of any player in history (behind only Bill Russell).

Despite never being named an All-Star, Horry was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2020. He is also a two-time Olympic gold medalist, having won medals with the United States national team at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.

7 NBA titles

Robert Horry has won 7 NBA titles, the most of any player in NBA history. Horry won two titles with the Houston Rockets, three with the Los Angeles Lakers, and two with the San Antonio Spurs. He is one of only four players to have won titles with three different teams.