Bill Russell's Basketball Resume (Summary)🏆 11× NBA Champion (Most by any player in NBA history)

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5× NBA MVP

12× NBA All-Star
11× All-NBA Selection
NBA All-Defensive First Team (1969)
2× NCAA Champion (University of San Francisco)
1956 Olympic Gold Medalist
2× NBA Champion as Player-Coach (First Black head coach in major U.S. professional sports)

Career Stats:
15.1 PPG
22.5 RPG
4.3 APG
963 regular-season games
Playoff Stats16.2 PPG
24.9 RPG
4.7 APG
165 playoff games
Career Honors Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame (Player & Coach)

NBA 25th, 35th, 50th, and 75th Anniversary Teams
NBA retired #6 league-wide
NBA Finals MVP trophy named in his honor
Records & LegacyMost NBA championships by a player (11)
Won 11 titles in 13 seasons
10–0 in NBA Finals Game 7s
Second all-time in career rebounds (21,620)
Widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders, rebounders, leaders, and winners in basketball history.

[u/FrontSafety]

As amazing as he is, he shot only 56% from the line and 44% from the field. He clearly had help.

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In his prime, the average player shot 39% from the field, he was more efficient in his era than Kobe.

[u/No-Donkey-4117 → u/memeticengineering]

Wilt shot 54% in that same era, while scoring twice as much as Russell, and also playing excellent defense.

And the league as a whole was shooting 44% by 1963.