In the US, the National Basketball Association (NBA) is no joking matter.
Also, fans of the Golden State Warriors from San Francisco are presently celebrating, as the group has recently brought home the 2022 NBA Championships, beating the Boston Celtics in the last.
As well as the magnificence of triumph, the ball stars, mentors and leaders in the triumphant group each get a title ring - an enormous, costly looking piece of gems.
Maybe a piece simpler to haul around and grant than different monster prizes, eh? In addition: you get to wear it.
In any case, which team and individual basketball player, has the most NBA rings?
Who has the most NBA rings?
Except if you're a NBA superfan, you might not have known about the player with the most rings.
Bill Russell, who played for the Boston Celtics, has a fantastic 11 NBA title rings all won somewhere in the range of 1956 and 1969 across 13 times of the game.
The legend, presently 88, is as yet the record holder, an apparently distant record at that and is going to turn into the subject of another Netflix narrative, Variety reports.
To be sure, numerous Boston Celtics players from this period aren't a long ways behind Bill, with Sam Jones procuring 10 rings, and Tom Havlicek, K.C. Jones, Tom Sanders and Tom Heinsohn each acquiring eight.
Many could think about what number of title rings amazing NBA star Michael Jordan won? Indeed, the response is six for the Chicago Bulls somewhere in the range of 1990 and 1998.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Scottie Pippen, both notorious players, likewise have six each, while Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson won five altogether from 1979 to 1988.
The late Kobe Bryant, whose death aged 41 in 2020 stunned the world, came out on top for five title rings all through his praised vocation for the Lakers somewhere in the range of 1999 and 2010.
Concerning team, it's s a shot in the dark between the Celtics and the Lakers for most rings. The two groups have, throughout the long term, brought home 11 NBA titles each meaning they have 11 rings.
NBA Championships: Players With Most Championship Rings.
Ring | Players | Championships |
|---|---|---|
11 | Bill Russell | Boston Celtics 1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69 |
10 | Sam Jones | Boston Celtics 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69 |
8 | John Havlicek | Boston Celtics 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1973-74, 1975-76 |
8 | Tom Heinsohn | Boston Celtics 1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65 |
8 | K.C. Jones | Boston Celtics 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66 |
8 | Tom Sanders | Boston Celtics 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69 |
7 | Robert Horry | Houston Rockets 1993-94, 1994-95 Los Angeles Lakers 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02 San Antonio Spurs 2004-05, 2006-07 |
7 | Jim Loscutoff | Boston Celtics 1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64 |
7 | Frank Ramsey | Boston Celtics 1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64 |
6 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Los Angeles Lakers 1979-80, 1981-82, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88 Milwaukee Bucks 1970-71 |
6 | Bob Cousy | Boston Celtics 1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63 |
6 | Michael Jordan | Chicago Bulls 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98 |
6 | Scottie Pippen | Chicago Bulls 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98 |
5 | Kobe Bryant | Los Angeles Lakers 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2008-09, 2009-10 |
5 | Michael Cooper | Los Angeles Lakers 1979-80, 1981-82, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88 |
5 | Tim Duncan | San Antonio Spurs 1998-99, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2013-14 |
5 | Derek Fisher | Los Angeles Lakers 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2008-09, 2009-10 |
5 | Ron Harper | Chicago Bulls 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98 Los Angeles Lakers 1999-00, 2000-01 |
5 | Magic Johnson | Los Angeles Lakers 1979-80, 1981-82, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88 |
5 | Steve Kerr | Chicago Bulls 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98 San Antonio Spurs 1998-99, 2002-03 |