List of NBA champions by all stars

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In the NBA draft and others a recurring topic has been how much help someone won a ring with. So I decided to compile a complete list as a reference for these arguments. I sorted this by teams with the most all stars being at the top and least at the bottom. If people are interested I could add NBA finalists but I think what people argue about the most are the champions.


This list probably has a few mistakes namely players who were traded mid season or injured for the playoffs who are listed on rosters that its hard to keep track of. But i tried to fix those where I saw them and its mostly accurate.Took these from rosters so if theres a mistake its that players were counted who shouldn't opposed to missing someone.

For the years before the All Star Game I counted all NBA. I did not count ABA all star appearences. If you want to add Bogut to the Golden State titles I think hes the only All NBA who never made the All Star team. At least hes the only one to win a title.

7)73 NYK
DeBusschere,Frazier, Jerry Lucas, Reed,Monroe, Barnett, Bradley

7)79 SEA
Sikma, Dennis Johnson, Gus Williams, John Johnson, Silas, Fred Brown, Lonnie Shelton

7)86 BOS
Bird, Parish, McHale, Dennis Johnson, Wedman, Walton, Ainge

6)50 MNL
Slater Martin, Pollard, Mikkelsen, Mikan, Bob Harrison, Walther

6)57 BOS
Cousy, Russell,Sharman, Heinohn, Andy Philip, Risen


6)63 BOS
Cousy, Havlicek, Russell, Heinsohn, Sam Jones, Lovelette

6)64 BOS
Havlicek, Russell, Heinsohn, Sam Jones, Naulls, Lovelette

6)67 PHI
Chamberlain, Greer, Chet Walker, Costello, Cunningham, Luke Jackson

6)70 NYK
DeBusschere, Frazier,Reed, Barnett, Bradley, Cazzie Russell

6)75 GSW
Rick Barry, Jeff Mullins, Wilkes, Bridges, Phil Smith, Beard

6)84 BOS
Bird, Parish, McHale, Dennis Johnson, Wedman, Ainge

6)03 SAS
Duncan, David Robinson, Tony Parker, Ginobli, Steve Smith, Kevin Willis

6)13 MIA
LeBron James,Wade,Bosh,Ray Allen,Rashard Lewis,Juwan Howard

6)17 GSW
Durant, Curry, Klay Thompson,Draymond Green, Iggy, David West

6)18 GSW
Durant, Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Iggy, David West

5)52 MNL
Slater Martin, Pollard, Mikkelsen, Mikan, Bob Harrison

5)53 MNL
Slater Martin, Pollard, Mikkelsen, Mikan, Bob Harrison

5)54 MNL
Slater Martin, Pollard, Mikkelsen, Mikan, Lovelette

5)55 SYR
Schayes,Seymour, Red Kerr, Rocha, Gabor

5)58 STL
Pettit, Slater Martin, Macauley, Hagan, Coleman

5)59 BOS
Cousy, Russell,Sharman, Heinsohn, Sam Jones

5)60 BOS
Cousy, Russell, Sharman, Heinsohn, Sam Jones

5)61 BOS
Cousy, Russell, Sharman, Heinsohn, Sam Jones

5)62 BOS
Cousy, Russell, Heinsohn, Sam Jones, Braun

5)65 BOS
Havlicek, Russell, Heinsohn,Sam Jones, Naulls

5)66 BOS
Havlicek, Russell, Sam Jones, Naulls, Sauldsberry

5)68 BOS
Havlicek, Russell, Howell,Sam Jones, Embry

5)71 MIL
Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, Dandridge, McGlocklin, Bob Boozer

5)74 BOS
Havlicek, Cowens,White, Westphal, Silas

5)76 BOS
Havlicek, Cowens, White, Charlie Scott, Silas

5)80 LAL
Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Haywood, Wilkes, Nixon

5)82 LAL
Jabbar, Magic Johnson, McAdoo, Wilkes, Nixon

5)83 PHI
Moses Malone, Erving, Cheeks,Bobby Jones, Toney

5)89 DET
Isiah Thomas, Dumars, Laimbeer, Aguirre, Rodman

5)90 DET
Isiah Thomas, Dumars, Laimbeer, Aguirre, Rodman

5)91 CHI
Jordan, Pippen, Horace Grant, Cartwright, Armstrong

5)92 CHI
Jordan, Pippen, Horace Grant, Cartwright, Armstrong

5)93 CHI
Jordan, Pippen, Horace Grant, Cartwright, Armstrong

5)04 DET
Billups, Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace, Richard Hamilton, Okur

5)06 MIA
O Neal, Wade, Gary Payton, Mourning, Antoine Walker

5)08 BOS
Garnett, Ray Allen, Pierce, Rondo, Cassell

5)11 DAL
Dirk,Kidd, Shawn Marion, Stojakovic, Tyson Chandler

5)15 GSW
Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, David Lee, Iggy

5)19 TOR
Kawhi,Lowry,Marc Gasol, Siakam, VanVleet

5)21 MIL
Giannis,Middleton, Holiday, Brook Lopez, Teague

5)22 GSW
Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Iggy

4)51 ROC
Bob Davies, Wanzer, Risen, Coleman

4)56 PHW
Arizin,Neil Johnston, Gola, Jack George

4)69 BOS
Havlicek,Russell,Howell,Sam Jones

4)72 LAL
West, Chamberlain, Goodrich, Flynn Robinson

4)78 WSB
Elvin Hayes, Unseld, Dandridge,Chenier

4)81 BOS
Bird, Parish,McHale, Archibald

4)85 LAL
Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Worthy, McAdoo

4)87 LAL
Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Worthy, AC Green

4)88 LAL
Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Worthy, AC Green

4))97 CHI
Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Parish

4)00 LAL
Kobe Bryant, O Neal, Glen Rice, AC Green

4)05 SAS
Duncan, Tony Parker, Ginobli, Glenn Robinson

4)07 SAS
Duncan, Tony Parker, Ginobli, Finley

4)10 LAL
Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Ron Artest, Bynum

4)12 MIA
LeBron,Wade,Bosh, Juwan Howard

4)14 SAS
Duncan, Tony Parker, Kawhi, Ginobli

4)16 MIA
LeBron, Irving, Love, Mo Williams

4)20 LAL
LeBron, AD, Dwight Howard, Rondo

3)77 POR
Maurice Lucas, Walton, Hollins

3)94 HOU
Hakeem, Otis Thorpe, Cassell

3)95 HOU
Hakeem, Drexler, Cassell

3)96 CHI
Jordan, Pippen, Rodman

3)98 CHI
Jordan, Pippen, Rodman

3)99 SAS
Duncan, David Robinson, Sean Elliot

3)01 LAL
Kobe Bryant, O Neal, Horace Grant

3)02 LAL
Kobe Bryant, O Neal, Mitch Richmond

3)09 LAL
Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Bynum

2)47 PHW
Fulks, Dallmar

2)48 BLB
Jeanette, Seymour

2)49 MNL
Mikan, Pollard

2)23 DEN
Jokic, DeAndre Jordan
 
What a waste of time.
 
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MM808 said:
Why does past all stars count?
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Because making the all star team in a given year is too circumstantial. A player gets hurt and misses any amount of time they probably aren't making it. Also 6th men and bench players won't make the all star team.

Case in point Bill Russell missed the all star game his first championship.
 
It would have been more relevant to compile All-NBA selections since All-Star selections are tainted by the fan vote. Most infamously, Yao Ming received more votes than anyone one year when he hadn't played a single game before the All-Star break. Thanks, China.
 
ferrisjso said:
Because making the all star team in a given year is too circumstantial. A player gets hurt and misses any amount of time they probably aren't making it. Also 6th men and bench players won't make the all star team.

Case in point Bill Russell missed the all star game his first championship.
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No im just wondering why they are counted in comparing teams or is this just for a fun fact kind of thing? A guy who was an all star 8 years ago and not contributing to the team anymore could be on the list…
 
MM808 said:
No im just wondering why they are counted in comparing teams or is this just for a fun fact kind of thing? A guy who was an all star 8 years ago and not contributing to the team anymore could be on the list…
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This is not a ranking of the best teams. Its a reference.

I listed the players so people can decide for themselves whether a team is stacked or not. Obviously not all star players or ex all stars are equal.
 
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Madmick said:
It would have been more relevant to compile All-NBA selections since All-Star selections are tainted by the fan vote. Most infamously, Yao Ming received more votes than anyone one year when he hadn't played a single game before the All-Star break. Thanks, China.
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Maybe if they had 15 ALL NBA players the whole time instead of from 1990. Also its easier to get locked out of All NBA because of your position.

In any case Ming did not play on a champion, or conference champion or conference runner up.
 
Here's another reason why this isn't a good measure of "stacked," which I pointed out in the other thread.

Sam Cassell was an all-star in 04. He won a title in his first two seasons (Houston 94,95) and in his last season (Boston,08). It's difficult to claim those teams were stacked because he was on them, especially in 08.

It's easy to this from his actual numbers. He played 17 games in the 08 regular season and averaged 7.6, 1.8, 2.1. In the playoffs, he played 12.6 mpg and averaged 4.5, 0.7, 1.2. He had the worst VORP on the entire team (-0.2) in the playoffs. To claim he was a reason why Boston (and to a lesser extent Houston) was stacked is fairly ridiculous.

You have to use actual context in the year the chip was won. The thread is a lot of work but ultimately not very useful or informative for what you're trying to measure.
 
I forgot to mention that if you want a more useful measure, I would suggest using something like PER, WS, VORP, BPM etc. None are perfect but they at least loosely correlate with the eye test and the consensus best players in the league always rank highly. I'm sure some of the advanced stat people will claim to have a better measure but it won't really matter too much for what you want.

You could see how many people on the championship team were in the top 50 or 100 for one of those metrics that year.
 
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Dang.....those old Celtics teams were just beyond stacked. I think Havlicek came off the bench for crying out loud!!
 
TheNinja said:
Dang.....those old Celtics teams were just beyond stacked. I think Havlicek came off the bench for crying out loud!!
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As has already been pointed out in this thread, the counts here aren't tabulating the players on the roster who made the All-Star game in the same year they won the NBA championship, but those who had made the All-Star game at any point in their careers. It would have been far more telling to do the former. It would be most telling of all to use All-NBA selections, but as the OP said, those don't go as far back, even if they're better indicators of the best players in a respective year (I don't acknowledge the critique they are more restrictive by position, he doesn't seem to realize they had the same positional restrictions for All-Star berths until recently).

By this measurement, the most stacked team in NBA history was the 2020-21 Brooklyn Nets. Because as a tiebreaker, against the three teams in the OP that also had 7 All-Stars, the total number of career All-Star selections won't match the below.
  1. Kevin Durant (14x)
  2. James Harden (10x)
  3. Kyrie Irving (8x)
  4. LaMarcus Aldridge (7x)
  5. Blake Griffin (6x)
  6. DeAndre Jordan (1x)
  7. Jarrett Allen (1x)

With Caris Levert (20.7ppg career high) and Spencer Dinwiddie (17.7ppg career high) also appearing on the roster that year who never made an All-Star team. Only the three highlighted made the All-Star game that year.
 
Madmick said:
As has already been pointed out in this thread, the counts here aren't tabulating the players on the roster who made the All-Star game in the same year they won the NBA championship, but those who had made the All-Star game at any point in their careers. It would have been far more telling to do the former. It would be most telling of all to use All-NBA selections, but as the OP said, those don't go as far back, even if they're better indicators of the best players in a respective year (I don't acknowledge the critique they are more restrictive by position, he doesn't seem to realize they had the same positional restrictions for All-Star berths until recently).

By this measurement, the most stacked team in NBA history was the 2020-21 Brooklyn Nets. Because as a tiebreaker, against the three teams in the OP that also had 7 All-Stars, the total number of career All-Star selections won't match the below.
  1. Kevin Durant (14x)
  2. James Harden (10x)
  3. Kyrie Irving (8x)
  4. LaMarcus Aldridge (7x)
  5. Blake Griffin (6x)
  6. DeAndre Jordan (1x)
  7. Jarrett Allen (1x)

With Caris Levert (20.7ppg career high) and Spencer Dinwiddie (17.7ppg career high) also appearing on the roster that year who never made an All-Star team. Only the three highlighted made the All-Star game that year.
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They would have run away with a title if Kyrie and Harden dont get hurt lol
 
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