NBAs greatest players No. 2 Bill Russell

 

Not the Dodgers shortstop - He has the most rings on the list - Havlicek is second.

They only had the finals MVP during his last year (68-69) but I have gone back and awarded a finals MVP during his career

1956/57 Bill Russell 13.3/22.9/3.3

1957/58 Bob Pettit 29.3/17.2/2.2

1958/59 Tommy Heinsohn 24.3/8.8/3.0

1959/60 Bill Russell 16/7/24.9/3.0

1960/61 Bill Russell 17.6/28.8/4.4

1961/62 Bill Russell 22.9/27.0/5.7

1962/63 Bill Russell 20.0/26.0/5.3

1963/64 Bill Russell 11/2/25.2/5.0

1965/65 Sam Jones 27.8/4.8/2,6

1965/66 John Havlicek 23.3/10/0/4.0

1966/67 Wilt Chamberlain 17.7/28.5/6.8

1967/68 John Havlicek 27.3/8.7/6.7

The close ones would have been 1957 (Russell vs. Heinsohn) and 1966 which I mentioned in the Havlicek Post

 

	Finals Record	Conference Finals Record	League MVP	Finals MVP	1st team All-NBA
Bill Russell	11-1	12-1	4	6*	3
Abdul Jabbar	6-4	10-3	6	2	10
Lebron James	4-6	10-2	4	4	13
Magic Johnson	5-4	9-1	3	3	9
Larry Bird	3-2	5-3	3	2	9
Wilt Chamberlain	2-4	6-6	4	2	7
Tim Duncan	5-1	5-3	2	3	10
Shaq O'Neal	4-2	6-3	1	3	8
Kobe Bryant	5-2	7-1	1	2	11
Karl Malone	0-3	3-3	2	0	11
Kevin Durant	2-2	4-3	1	2	6
Oscar Robertson	1-1	2-3	1	0	9
John Havlicek	8-0	8-4	0	3*	4
Stephen Curry	4-2	6-0	2	1	4
Hakeem Olajuwon	2-1	3-1	1	2	6
Jerry West	1-8	9-1	0	1	10
Bob Pettit	1-3	4-4	2	1*	10
Julius Erving*	3-3	6-3	4	2	9
Rick Barry*	2-2	4-2	0	1	9
Dirk Nowitzki	1-1	2-1	1	1	4
Kevin Garnett	1-1	2-2	1	0	4
Elgin Baylor	0-7	7-2	0	0	10
Charles Barkley	0-1	1-2	1	0	5
Bob Cousy	6-1	7-3	1	0	10
Moses Malone	1-1	2-2	3	1	4
James Harden	0-1	1-3	1	0	6
Giannis	1-0	1-1	2	1	5
Nikola Jokic	1-0	1-1	2	1	3
John Stockton	0-2	2-3	0	0	2
Allen Iverson	0-1	1-0	1	0	3
Isiah Thomas	2-1	3-2	0	1	3
Steve Nash	0-0	0-4	2	0	3