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NBA: Ranking the 30 best players to win NBA Finals with 2 or more teams

By Corey Rausch

CHARLOTTE, NC - FEBRUARY 16: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (L) and Shaquille O'Neal attend the AT&T Slam Dunk during the 2019 State Farm All-Star Saturday Night at Spectrum Center on February 16, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC - FEBRUARY 16: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (L) and Shaquille O'Neal attend the AT&T Slam Dunk during the 2019 State Farm All-Star Saturday Night at Spectrum Center on February 16, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) /
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Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain Photo by: Ron Kuntz Collection/Diamond Images/Getty Images /

Best NBA players to win NBA Finals with two or more teams: 3. Wilt Chamberlain

If Wilt Chamberlain did today, in a world of social media, what he did during his time he would be bigger than anything the sports world has ever seen. Chamberlain was a statistical marvel. It is far more than the 100 point game that just celebrated its 59th anniversary this week. While Bill Russell may have won more titles, the honors that Chamberlain owned stand tall as well.

Wilt Chamberlain led the league in scoring seven times, rebounding 11 times, assists once, minutes nine times and field goal percentage nine times. He once averaged 50.2 points per game for a season. Over a nine-year span, he never averaged less than 30.1 points per game. His worst rebounding season was averaging 18.2 per game.

Chamberlain made 13 All-Star games, 10 All-NBA teams, two All-Defensive teams and grabbed four MVPs. He won a title with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1967 and with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1972. He even played for the Harlem Globetrotters before coming to the NBA and somehow put up more ridiculous numbers in games that were not staged for your entertainment.

The two biggest knocks on Chamberlain were that he was not the most team-oriented player and that he struggled to beat Bill Russell. Considering just how much Russell’s Celtics won, it is hard to criticize anyone for falling in their wake. Of course, it would be better if Chamberlain was less of a stat hunter and played more in the flow of the team. But if the present-day fans are going to celebrate Russell Westbrook for averaging a triple-double for a team that barely finished in sixth place in their conference, imagine the impact that Chamberlain would have.