Which NBA Player Has the Most Wins?
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We take a look at which NBA player has the most wins under their belt.
LeBron James
LeBron James has the most regular season and post-season wins of any player in NBA history. James has appeared in ten NBA Finals, including eight consecutive appearances from 2011 through 2018. He has also been a member of the USA Olympic Basketball team, winning a gold medal in Beijing in 2008 and another gold medal in London in 2012.
Regular season
LeBron James has the most Regular season wins by any player in NBA history. He has played a total of 1,215 games and has won 865 of them, for a win percentage of 71.3%. He is closely followed by Karl Malone, who has won 854 games out of a total of 1,429 (59.9%). In third place is Kobe Bryant with 83.7% (1,346 Wins out of 1,060 Games).
Playoffs
LeBron James has been to the playoffs a record 13 times in his NBA career. He’s also won a record 10 division titles, and his teams have made it to the NBA Finals six times.
Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is a retired professional basketball player who is considered by many to be the greatest of all time. He was a dominant player in both college and the NBA, winning 6 NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls. Jordan also has the most individual awards in NBA history, including 5 MVP awards.
Regular season
Michael Jordan played 15 seasons in the NBA, winning 6 championships with the Chicago Bulls. He is widely considered to be the greatest basketball player of all time.
In the regular season, Jordan amassed 5 MVP awards, 10 All-NBA First Team selections, 9 All-Defensive First Team selections, 14 NBA All-Star Game appearances, 3 All-Star MVP Awards, 10 scoring titles, 3 steals titles, 6 NBA Finals MVP Awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. Jordan was one of only two players in NBA history to achieve both 3000 career points and 4000 career assists (the other being LeBron James).
Playoffs
In the playoffs, Jordan was even more dominant, averaging 33.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.7 assists, and 2.8 steals per game. He led the Bulls to six NBA Finals appearances, winning all of them. He was named NBA Finals MVP a record six times. He also holds the record for most points in a playoff game (63) and most career playoff points (5,987).
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant has the most wins of any NBA player. He has played in 1,346 games and has won 1,133 of them. That is an 83.7% winning percentage. Kobe has also won five NBA championships.
Regular season
Kobe Bryant, who spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, is the NBA player with the most regular-season wins. He played in 1,346 games and had a record of 1,025-321. That’s a winning percentage of 75.8%.
Bryant is followed by Karl Malone, who played for the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers. Malone played in 1,476 games and had a record of 1,061-435. That’s a winning percentage of 70.6%.
LeBron James, who has played for the Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers, is third on the list. He’s played in 1,257 games and has a record of 916-341. That’s a winning percentage of 73.1%.
Playoffs
Kobe has the most playoff wins in NBA history.
Tim Duncan
Duncan has the most regular season wins of any player in NBA history. His 1,072 victories are 96 more than the next-closest player, Kobe Bryant. When including the playoffs, Duncan’s record increases to 1,254 wins, which is 131 more than Bryant.
Regular season
In the regular season, Duncan has the most wins of any NBA player. He has played in 1,392 games and has 1,254 wins. That’s an average of 0.90 wins per game.
Duncan has also played in the playoffs for his entire career. In the playoffs, he has played in 175 games and has 157 wins. That’s an average of 0.90 wins per game.
Playoffs
In the playoffs, Duncan has a career record of 157-103 (.602), which is the best winning percentage in NBA history for players with at least 150 playoff games played. He has also helped the Spurs to 17 straight playoff berths, which is the second-longest active streak in the NBA (behind only the San Antonio Spurs’ 20 straight).
Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Nowitzki is a German professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). An alumnus of the University of Texas at Austin, Nowitzki was selected as the ninth pick in the 1998 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and traded to the Mavericks the same day. He is the sixth player in NBA history to play at least 21 seasons.
Regular season
In the National Basketball Association (NBA), wins are used to determine which team qualifies for the playoffs, which teams will play each other in the first and second rounds of the playoffs, seeding in each round of the playoffs, and awards such as Most Valuable Player (MVP), Rookie of the Year, and Defensive Player of the Year.
Dirk Nowitzki is a German former professional basketball player who played 21 seasons in the NBA, most notably with the Dallas Mavericks. He is widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation and is considered one of the greatest power forwards of all time. He is also one of only seven players in history to have won an NBA Championship and an Olympic gold medal.
Playoffs
Dirk Nowitzki has played in 158 playoff games and has won 111 of them. That is good for a win percentage of 70.3%.