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Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is currently an American business executive and former professional basketball player, who is currently a minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. Widely considered to be one of the greatest players of all time.he was picked them the 1st round, 3rd overall pick from
North Carolina in 1984 with this career achievement.
6× NBA champion (1991–1993, 1996–1998)
6× NBA Finals MVP (1991–1993, 1996–1998)
5× NBA Most Valuable Player (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998)
14× NBA All-Star (1985–1993, 1996–1998, 2002, 2003)
3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)
10× All-NBA First Team (1987–1993, 1996–1998)
All-NBA Second Team (1985)
NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1988)
9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1988–1993, 1996–1998)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1985)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1985)
10× NBA scoring champion (1987–1993, 1996–1998)
3× NBA steals leader (1988, 1990, 1993)
2× NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1987, 1988)
No. 23 retired by Chicago Bulls
No. 23 retired by Miami Heat
3× AP Athlete of the Year (1991–1993)
Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (1991)
NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th)
NCAA champion (1982)
Consensus National college player of the year (1984)
2× Sporting News National Player of the Year (1983, 1984)
2× Consensus first-team All-American (1983, 1984)
ACC Player of the Year (1984)
ACC Athlete of the Year (1984)
2× First-team All-ACC (1983, 1984)
ACC Rookie of the Year (1982)
No. 23 retired by North Carolina Tar Heels
3× USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1983, 1984, 1992[c])
McDonald’s All-American (1981)
First-team Parade All-American (1981)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016)
Record hold
He holds the NBA records for career regular-season scoring average (30.1 points per game) and career playoff scoring average (33.4 points per game). He is one of only eight players to achieve the basketball Triple Crown.

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Kobe Bean Bryant(August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard who played for 20 years for the Los Angeles Lakers.

5× NBA champion (2000–2002, 2009, 2010)
2× NBA Finals MVP (2009, 2010)
NBA Most Valuable Player (2008)
18× NBA All-Star (1998, 2000–2016)
4× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2002, 2007, 2009[b], 2011)
11× All-NBA First Team (2002–2004, 2006–2013)
2× All-NBA Second Team (2000, 2001)
2× All-NBA Third Team (1999, 2005)
9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2000, 2003, 2004, 2006–2011)
3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2001, 2002, 2012)
2× NBA scoring champion (2006, 2007)
NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1997)
NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1997)
NBA 75th Anniversary Team
Nos. 8 & 24 retired by Los Angeles Lakers
Naismith Prep Player of the Year (1996)
Gatorade National Player of the Year (1996)
McDonald’s All-American (1996)
First-team Parade All-American (1996)
Fourth-team Parade All-American (1995)
Record set NBA
Second in the highest points in a single game with 81 points and second among players who have above 61 points in a single game by doing this 6 times.

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LeBron Raymone James Sr. born December 30, 1984, is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed “King James”, he is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, and played as a
Small forward / power forward and was drafted from
St. Vincent–St. Mary (Akron, Ohio) an
NBA Draft
2003: 1st round, 1st overall pick.

4× NBA champion (2012, 2013, 2016, 2020)
4× NBA Finals MVP (2012, 2013, 2016, 2020)
4× NBA Most Valuable Player (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)
21× NBA All-Star (2005–2025)
3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2006, 2008, 2018)
13× All-NBA First Team (2006, 2008–2018, 2020)
4× All-NBA Second Team (2005, 2007, 2021, 2025)
4× All-NBA Third Team (2019, 2022–2024)
5× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2009–2013)
NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2014)
NBA Rookie of the Year (2004)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (2004)
NBA scoring champion (2008)
NBA assists leader (2020)
NBA Cup champion (2023)
NBA Cup MVP (2023)
NBA 75th Anniversary Team
Olympics MVP (2024)
AP Male Athlete of the Decade (2010s)
4× AP Male Athlete of the Year (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020)
3× Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (2012, 2016, 2020)
USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2012)
2× National high school player of the year (2002, 2003)
McDonald’s All-American Game MVP (2003)
2× First-team Parade All-American (2002, 2003)
Second-team Parade All-American (2001)
3× Ohio Mr. Basketball (2001–2003)
Record set in NBA
First player to pass 39,000, 40,000, 41,000, and 42,000 regular-season points in the NBA. First man to pass 6,000, 7,000, and 8,000 NBA playoff points.

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Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr. born August 14, 1959, is now an American business executive and former professional basketball player who played for the Los Angeles Lakers throughout his whole career. Often regarded as the greatest point guard of all time, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers.

5× NBA champion (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)
3× NBA Finals MVP (1980, 1982, 1987)
3× NBA Most Valuable Player (1987, 1989, 1990)
12× NBA All-Star (1980, 1982–1992)
2× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1990, 1992)
9× All-NBA First Team (1983–1991)
All-NBA Second Team (1982)
NBA All-Rookie Team (1980)
4× NBA assists leader (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987)
2× NBA steals leader (1981, 1982)
NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th)
No. 32 retired by Los Angeles Lakers
NCAA champion (1979)
NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1979)
Consensus first-team All-American (1979)
Second-team All-American – NABC (1978)
Third-team All-American – AP, UPI (1978)
2× first-team All-Big Ten (1978, 1979)[2]
No. 33 retired by Michigan State Spartans
First-team Parade All-American (1977)
McDonald’s All-American (1977)
Mr. Basketball of Michigan (1977)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2025)
Record set in NBA
Holds the all-time record for highest career assists-per-game average—11.2.
Holds the all-time record for most assists in Playoffs—2,346. …
Holds the all-time record for highest assists-per-game average in Playoffs—12.4.
Holds the all-time record for most triple-doubles in Playoffs—30.

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William Felton Russell was an American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 years, born February 12, 1934. Russell was drafted in 1956: 1st round, 2nd overall pick from San Francisco.

11× NBA champion (1957, 1959–1966, 1968, 1969)[a]
5× NBA Most Valuable Player (1958, 1961–1963, 1965)
12× NBA All-Star (1958–1969)
NBA All-Star Game MVP (1963)
3× All-NBA First Team (1959, 1963, 1965)
8× All-NBA Second Team (1958, 1960–1962, 1964, 1966–1968)
NBA All-Defensive First Team (1969)
4× NBA rebounding champion (1958, 1959, 1964, 1965)
NBA anniversary team (25th, 35th, 50th, 75th)
No. 6 retired by Boston Celtics
No. 6 retired by NBA leaguewide
SI Athlete of the Year (1968)
2× NCAA champion (1955, 1956)
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (1955)
UPI College Player of the Year (1956)
2× Helms Player of the Year (1955, 1956)
2× Consensus first-team All-American (1955, 1956)
WCC Player of the Year (1956)
3× First-team All-WCC (1954–1956)
No. 6 retired by San Francisco Dons
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2011)
Record set in NBA
Bill Russell holds the record for the most NBA championships won with 11 titles during his 13-year playing career.

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Wilton Norman Chamberlain, born August 21, 1936, and died October 12, 1999, at age 63 years, was an American professional basketball player and drafted in 1959 as a territorial pick from Overbrook (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
player. As a center for 21 years.

2× NBA champion (1967, 1972)
NBA Finals MVP (1972)
4× NBA Most Valuable Player (1960, 1966–1968)
13× NBA All-Star (1960–1969, 1971–1973)
NBA All-Star Game MVP (1960)
7× All-NBA First Team (1960–1962, 1964, 1966–1968)
3× All-NBA Second Team (1963, 1965, 1972)
2× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1972, 1973)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1960)
7× NBA scoring champion (1960–1966)
11× NBA rebounding champion (1960–1963, 1966–1969, 1971–1973)
NBA assist leader (1968)
NBA anniversary team (35th, 50th, 75th)
No. 13 retired by the Harlem Globetrotters
No. 13 retired by Golden State Warriors
No. 13 retired by Philadelphia 76ers
No. 13 retired by Los Angeles Lakers
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (1957)
2× Consensus first-team All-American (1957, 1958)
2× First-team All-Big 8 (1957, 1958)
No. 13 jersey retired by Kansas Jayhawks
Mr. Basketball USA (1955).
Record set in NBA
Wilt Chamberlain set the NBA’s single-game scoring record by dropping 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169-147 win against the New York Knicks and is the highest player to score above 61 points in a single game by doing this 3 times.

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Larry Joe Bird, born 7 December 1956, is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an NBA 1st round, 6th overall pick in 1978 from Springs Valley (French Lick, Indiana) by
Boston Celtics as a small forward / power forward for 13years.

Career achievement as a player

3× NBA champion (1981, 1984, 1986)
2× NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986)
3× NBA Most Valuable Player (1984–1986)
12× NBA All-Star (1980–1988, 1990–1992)
NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982)
9× All-NBA First Team (1980–1988)
All-NBA Second Team (1990)
3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982–1984)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1980)
NBA All-Rookie Team (1980)
3× NBA Three-Point Contest champion (1986–1988)
AP Athlete of the Year (1986)
NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th)
No. 33 retired by Boston Celtics
Consensus National College Player of the Year (1979)
2× Consensus first-team All-American (1978, 1979)
Third-team All-American – NABC, UPI (1977)
2× MVC Player of the Year (1978, 1979)
2× First-team All-MVC (1978, 1979)
No. 33 retired by Indiana State Sycamores
As coach
NBA Coach of the Year (1998)
NBA All-Star Game head coach (1998)
As executive
NBA Executive of the Year (2012)
On March 12, 1985, he scored a career-high 60 points on 22-for-36 shooting as the Celtics earned a 126-115 victory and became the first player in NBA history to shoot 50% or better on field goals, 40% on three-pointers, and 90% on free-throws in a single NBA season.

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Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon ‘’the Dream”, is a Nigerian and American former professional basketball player born January 21, 1963, who played between 1984 and 2002, as a center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets and draft.
1984 as 1st round, 1st overall pick College From Houston (1981–1984)

Career achievement as a player

2× NBA champion (1994, 1995)
2× NBA Finals MVP (1994, 1995)
NBA Most Valuable Player (1994)
12× NBA All-Star (1985–1990, 1992–1997)
6× All-NBA First Team (1987–1989, 1993, 1994, 1997)
3× All-NBA Second Team (1986, 1990, 1996)
3× All-NBA Third Team (1991, 1995, 1999)
2× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1993, 1994)
5× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994)
4× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1985, 1991, 1996, 1997)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1985)
2× NBA rebounding leader (1989, 1990)
3× NBA blocks leader (1990, 1991, 1993)
No. 34 retired by Houston Rockets
NBA anniversary team (50th, 75th)
NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1983)
Helms Foundation Player of the Year (1983)
Consensus first-team All-American (1984)
NCAA rebounding leader (1984)
SWC Player of the Year (1984)
First-team All-SWC (1984)
Second-team All-SWC (1983)
No. 34 was retired by the Houston Cougars.

Record set in NBA
Olajuwon is the only player in NBA history to record more than 200 blocks and 200 steals in the same season. He averaged 3.09 blocks and 1.75 steals per game for his career, and he is the Houston Rockets’ all-time leader in points (26,511), rebounds (13,382), blocked shots (3,740), steals (2,088) and games (1,177).

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Timothy Theodore Duncan, born April 25, 1976, is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He spent his entire 19-year career with the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs.
As a 1st round, 1st overall pick in 1997 from Wake Forest.

Career achievement as a player
5× NBA champion (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014)
3× NBA Finals MVP (1999, 2003, 2005)
2× NBA Most Valuable Player (2002, 2003)
15× NBA All-Star (1998, 2000–2011, 2013, 2015)
NBA All-Star Game co-MVP[a] (2000)
10× All-NBA First Team (1998–2005, 2007, 2013)
3× All-NBA Second Team (2006, 2008, 2009)
2× All-NBA Third Team (2010, 2015)
8× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1999–2003, 2005, 2007, 2008)
7× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1998, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1998)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1998)
NBA 75th Anniversary Team
No. 21 retired by San Antonio Spurs
USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2003)
Sports Illustrated Athlete of the Year (2003)
National college player of the year (1997)
2× Consensus first-team All-American (1996, 1997)
Chip Hilton, Player of the Year (1997)
3× NABC Defensive Player of the Year (1995–1997)
NCAA rebounding leader (1997)
ACC Athlete of the Year (1997)
2× ACC Player of the Year (1996, 1997)
3× First-team All-ACC (1995–1997)
No. 21 retired by Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
Record set in NBA
Tim Duncan set an all-time record for NBA wins with one team after recording his 954th victory with the San Antonio Spurs, who beat the New York Knicks 94-84, and he is one of two players in NBA history to record at least 26,000 points, 15,000 rebounds and 3,000 blocks in his career to follow Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who is the first in the history.

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Julius Winfield Erving Second was born February 22, 1950, commonly known by the nickname Dr. J is an American former professional basketball player drafted in 1972 as
1st round, 12th overall pick from
UMass by the Milwaukee Bucks, who played as a small forward for 16years.

Career achievement as a player

NBA champion (1983)
2× ABA champion (1974, 1976)
2× ABA Playoffs MVP (1974, 1976)
NBA Most Valuable Player (1981)
3× ABA Most Valuable Player (1974–1976)
11× NBA All-Star (1977–1987)
5× ABA All-Star (1972–1976)
2× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1977, 1983)
5× All-NBA First Team (1978, 1980–1983)
2× All-NBA Second Team (1977, 1984)
4× All-ABA First Team (1973–1976)
All-ABA Second Team (1972)
ABA All-Defensive First Team (1976)
ABA All-Rookie First Team (1972)
3× ABA scoring champion (1973, 1974, 1976)
ABA Slam Dunk champion (1976)
ABA All-Time Team
ABA All-time MVP
NBA anniversary team (35th, 50th, 75th)
No. 32 retired by Brooklyn Nets
No. 6 retired by Philadelphia 76ers
Third-team All-American – NABC, UPI (1971)
No. 32 was retired by UMass Minutemen.
Record set in NBA
He scored 30,026 points in his combined ABA and NBA career.