10 Best NBA Players Who Won Two Championship Rings

NBA Championships: 2

NBA Finals Record: 2-2

Career Stats: 18.9 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 3.4 APG, 1.1 SPG, 0.2 BPG

Career Achievements: 10x All-Star, 2x All-NBA Team Selection

As one of the greatest three-point shooters in NBA history, Ray Allen had a spectacular career that lasted from 1997 through 2014. In his 18 seasons of play, Allen would go on to break the NBA’s all-time three-pointers made record, earn 10 All-Star selections, and of course, win two NBA championship rings.

Allen’s best individual play came in his early days with the Milwaukee Bucks and Seattle SuperSonics from 1997 through 2007. In those 11 seasons, Allen earned seven of his 10 career All-Star selections and averaged 21.5 points per game on 44/39/88 shooting splits. In 2007-08, Allen would head to Boston where he would make two NBA Finals appearances in 2008 and 2010. Allen would win his first NBA title with Boston in 2008 over the Lakers averaging 20.8 points per game on 50/52/86 shooting.

After the 2011-12 season, Allen would pull a shocking move and leave Boston for their heated rival, the Miami Heat. Allen would be in a minimized role off the bench for Miami but in their 2013 championship run, he turned out to be their most important player. Allen hit the game-tying and series-saving three-pointer as time ticked away in Game 6, saving Miami from elimination and allowing them to move on to Game 7 and capture the NBA championship.

9. Bill Walton

NBA Championships: 2

NBA Finals Record: 2-1

Career Stats:13.3 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 3.4 APG, 0.8 SPG, 2.2 BPG

Career Achievements: 1x Finals MVP, 1x MVP, 1x Sixth Man Of The Year, 2x All-Star, 1x All-NBA Team Selection, 2x All-Defensive Team Selection

Bill Walton is one of the biggest what-ifs in NBA history. Walton was the No. 1 overall pick by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1974 NBA draft after an extraordinary career at UCLA. Although he struggled with foot injuries somewhat, Walton proved to be one of the best two-way players in the game, leading the Trail Blazers to new heights as a franchise.

In 1977, Walton would lead Portland to their first and only championship in franchise history defeating the 76ers in six games. Walton earned Finals MVP with 18.5 points, 19.0 rebounds, 5.2 assists, and 3.7 blocks per game. After following that up with the 1978 MVP award, Walton would miss three of the next four full seasons with a foot injury.

After several seasons of insignificant play with the Clippers, Walton would spend his final two seasons in Boston with the Celtics. In 1986, Walton would win Sixth Man of the Year honors with the Celtics averaging 7.6 points and 6.8 rebounds off the bench. Later that season, Walton would lead the bench for the Celtics with 7.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game to win his second NBA championship before retiring in 1987.

8. Walt Frazier

NBA Championships: 2

NBA Finals Record: 2-1

Career Stats: 18.9 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 6.1 APG, 1.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG

Career Achievements: 7x All-Star, 1x All-Star Game MVP, 6x All-NBA Team Selection, 7x All-Defensive Team Selection

Walt Frazier is one of the greatest two-way point guards in NBA history who spent a decade of his 13-season career with the New York Knicks from 1968 through 1977. Frazier was as complete as it gets during the 1970s, leading the Knicks to three NBA Finals appearances in four seasons from 1970 through 1973.

Frazier would help the Knicks capture their first NBA title in 1970 with a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. In the seven-game series, Frazier saved his greatest game for Game 7 as he scored 36 points, dished out 19 assists, and grabbed 7 rebounds to deliver the Knicks their first title in franchise history. After a loss in the NBA Finals in 1972, Frazier and the Knicks returned to the Finals in 1973, seeking revenge for the previous season. Frazier would help the Knicks capture their second NBA title with 16.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 5.2 assists per game on 47.9% shooting.

7. Willis Reed

NBA Championships: 2

NBA Finals Record: 2-1

Career Stats: 18.7 PPG, 12.9 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.6 SPG, 1.1 BPG

Career Achievements: 2x Finals MVP, 1x MVP, 1x Rookie Of The Year, 7x All-Star, 1x All-Star Game MVP, 5x All-NBA Team Selection, 1x All-Defensive Team Selection

If it weren’t for injuries, Willis Reed would be considered one of the 0 greatest centers in NBA history instead of on the outside looking in. Reed was a physical and rugged big man who often fought for his team, literally, and never backed down from a challenge. Reed was Frazier’s teammate for both of the Knicks’ championship runs during the 1970s and is seen as the greatest player in Knicks history.

Reed would be Finals MVP for both the 1970 and 1973 championships won by the Knicks. In 1970, Reed won Finals MVP with 23.0 points and 10.5 rebounds per game on 48.4% shooting from the field. In Game 7, Reed sparked a comeback when he limped out on the court and knocked down two jump shots before having to rest once again due to a torn quadriceps. In 1973, Reed would win his second Finals MVP with 16.4 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game in a five-game series win over the Lakers.

6. David Robinson

NBA Championships: 2

NBA Finals Record: 2-0

Career Stats: 21.1 PPG, 10.6 RPG, 2.5 APG, 1.4 SPG, 3.0 BPG

Career Achievements: 1x MVP, 1x Defensive Player Of The Year, 1x Rookie Of The Year, 10x All-Star, 10x All-NBA Team Selection, 8x All-Defensive Team Selection

Until we continue to move well down the road in NBA history, David Robinson’s legacy as a top 10 center ever is solidified by his dominant 14-year career. Robinson commanded both sides of the ball in such a way that the San Antonio Spurs improved by 35 wins in his rookie season alone with no other major changes to the roster.

Robinson and the Spurs ran into trouble in the Western Conference playoffs for most of his career until the 1998 season when Tim Duncan came along. Duncan and Robinson would form one of the greatest duos in NBA history, advancing to and winning the 1999 NBA title over the Knicks in five games. Robinson contributed with 16.6 points, 11.8 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks per game in the series for his first title.

Four seasons later, the Spurs would return to the NBA Finals against the New Jersey Nets. Even at the end of his career, Robinson was highly effective with 10.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.2 steals, and 1.8 blocks per game in the six-game series win. After winning his second championship, Robinson promptly retired, going down as one of the greatest to ever play the center position in NBA history.

5. Isiah Thomas

NBA Championships: 2

NBA Finals Record: 2-1

Career Stats: 19.2 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 9.3 APG, 1.9 SPG, 0.3 BPG

Career Achievements: 1x Finals MVP, 12x All-Star, 2x All-Star Game MVP, 5x All-NBA Team Selection

Isiah Thomas was the heart and soul of one of the most hated teams in NBA history, the Bad Boy Detroit Pistons. As one of the greatest ball-handlers ever, Thomas proved that size is just a number, becoming one of the greatest point guards in NBA history while standing just 6’1’’ tall and weighing 180 lbs.

Thomas was an All-Star in every season of his career except his final one in 1993-94. In his NBA playoff career, he boasted three NBA Finals appearances and back-to-back NBA championship wins in 1989 and 1990. His 1989 run may have been his most impressive as the Pistons went through Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, and Magic Johnson to achieve championship glory. Although he didn't win Finals MVP in 1989, Thomas helped sweep the Lakers with 21.3 points, 7.5 assists, and 1.5 steals per game.

In 1990, Thomas and the Pistons would make their way right back to the NBA Finals after defeating the Pacers, Knicks, and Bulls in the playoffs. In the Finals, Detroit would take on the Portland Trail Blazers who they dismissed in five games. Thomas claimed Finals MVP honors with 27.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, 7.0 assists, and 1.6 steals per game.

4. Kawhi Leonard

NBA Championships: 2

NBA Finals Record: 2-1

Career Stats: 19.7 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 3.0 APG, 1.7 SPG, 0.6 BPG

Career Achievements: 2x Finals MVP, 2x Defensive Player Of The Year, 5x All-Star, 1x All-Star Game MVP, 5x All-NBA team Selection, 7x All-Defensive Team Selection

Kawhi Leonard has had a career worthy of being considered one of the greatest small forwards to ever play the game. At his peak, he is one of the best two-way players there has ever been and easily one of the best perimeter defenders there has been over the last 50 years.

Leonard’s legend began in the 2014 NBA Finals against the Miami Heat. After losing in seven games in 2013 to the same Heat team, Leonard would lead the Spurs back to the promised land in 2014. With his defensive play on LeBron James in the series as well as his offensive play in Games 3-5, Leonard was named Finals MVP for the series. Following his performance, Leonard would go on a run that saw him win back-to-back Defensive Player of the Year awards in 2015 and 2016.

Following injuries and a nasty breakup from the Spurs, Leonard landed with the Toronto Raptors in 2019. What followed was one of the most improbable championship runs ever. With buzzer-beaters and all-time performances in the NBA playoffs, Leonard led Toronto to their first NBA finals ever against the Warriors. After losing both Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson to injury, Leonard would dismiss them in six games, winning Finals MVP with 28.5 PPG, 9.8 RPG, 2.0 steals, and 1.2 blocks per game.

3. Kevin Durant

NBA Championships: 2

NBA Finals Record: 2-2

Career Stats: 27.3 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 4.4 APG, 1.1 SPG, 1.1 BPG

Career Achievements: 2x Finals MVP, 1x MVP, 1x Rookie Of The Year, 13x All-Star, 1x All-Star Game MVP, 10x All-NBA Team Selection

As one of the best offensive weapons in the history of the NBA, it was only a matter of time before Kevin Durant found his way to an NBA championship team. In nine seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2008 through 2016, Durant would win four scoring titles, an MVP, and lead the Thunder to an NBA Finals appearance in 2012.

In the 2016 offseason, Durant would pull one of the most traitorous moves in NBA history by spurning the Thunder and joining a Warriors team that had just won 73 games the previous season. What proceeded to happen was almost unfair as the Warriors captured back-to-back championships in 2017 and 2018, with Durant earning both Finals MVP awards.

What made the championships even sweeter was that Durant took down fellow superstar LeBron James and the Cavaliers in dominant fashion. In two series against each other in 2017 and 2018, Durant and the Warriors won eight of nine games in the NBA Finals.

2. Hakeem Olajuwon

NBA Championships: 2

NBA Finals Record: 2-1

Career Stats: 21.8 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 2.5 APG, 1.7 SPG, 3.1 BPG

Career Achievements: 2x Finals MVP, 1x MVP, 2x Defensive Player Of The Year, 12x All-Star, 12x All-NBA Team Selection, 9x All-Defensive Team Selection

Coming in at No. 2 on our list of NBA players with two championship rings is none other than the second-great two-way center ever, Hakeem Olajuwon. In an 18-year career, Olajuwon rewrote the book on what it looked like to confuse defenders with scintillating footwork and dismantle offenses with generational defense. Olajuwon would go on to set the NBA’s record in blocks and average 3.1 blocks per game for his career.

Olajuwon earned both of his NBA championships in back-to-back fashion in 1994 and 1995. His most incredible season was in 1994 when he was named Defensive Player of the Year, MVP, and Finals MVP all in the same season. Olajuwon led the Houston Rockets to their first NBA title ever and claimed Finals MVP over the Knicks with 26.9 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.6 steals, and 3.9 blocks per game.

Olajuwon would lead the Rockets back to the NBA Finals in 1995 to take on the Orlando Magic. This time around, the path to an NBA title was much easier as Olajuwon embarrassed Shaquille O’Neal in a four-game sweep. He was named Finals MVP for the second season in a row with 32.8 points, 11.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 2.0 steals, and 2.0 blocks per game.

1. Wilt Chamberlain

NBA Championships: 2

NBA Finals Record: 2-4

Career Stats: 30.1 PPG, 22.9 RPG, 4.4 APG

Career Achievements: 1x Finals MVP, 4x MVP, 1x Rookie Of The Year, 13x All-Star, 1x All-Star Game MVP, 10x All-NBA Team Selection, 2x All-Defensive Team Selection

The player we selected as the greatest two-time NBA champion in NBA history is none other than Wilt Chamberlain. Whether it is his four MVP awards, seven scoring titles, 11 rebounding titles, his scoring records, minutes played records, or otherworldly rebounding records, Wilt Chamberlain is undeniably the greatest winner of two NBA championships ever.

It took some time for Chamberlain to finally become an NBA champion. The first time Wilt would help a team earn an NBA championship would be in 1967 with the Philadelphia 76ers. That season, Chamberlain led the NBA in rebounds and total assists while also averaging over 24.0 points per game. In the NBA Finals, the 76ers would take down the Warriors in six games behind Chamberlain's 17.7 points, 28.5 rebounds, and 6.8 assists per game on 56.0% shooting.

To find Wilt’s final NBA championship, you have to fast-forward five seasons to his time with the Los Angeles Lakers. In 1972, Chamberlain would help lead the Lakers to a revenge win over the New York Knicks in the Finals. It took just five games for Chamberlain and the Lakers to defeat the Knicks with Chamberlain earning Finals MVP honors averaging 19.4 points and 23.2 rebounds per game.