25 NBA players who won championships with multiple teams

Back when he was known as Lew Alcindor, Kareem led the 1971 Bucks to a title alongside Oscar Robertson. As Abdul-Jabbar, he made his way to the Lakers and became one of the franchise's defining players of the '80s alongside teammates like Magic Johnson and James Worthy. He did a lot of winning in LA, picking up championships in 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1988.

Teaming up with Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to form the "Big 3" on the Celtics, he helped bring Boston its first NBA title since the 1980s. Later, he made his way over to one of the Celtics' bigger rivals of the era, the Miami Heat. There, he hit one of the biggest shots in franchise history, a Game 6 corner three that kept Miami alive so they could win the series in 7.

KCP has proven himself to be a reliable role player who can contribute to big-time winning. He first did so with the 2020 Lakers, helping the squad led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis to its "bubble" title. He was again a key supporting piece for the title-winning Nuggets in 2023.

Cassell's career started about as well as he could have asked for. As a key bench player on the Hakeem Olajuwon-led Rockets, Cassell won two titles in his first two seasons. Then he had a championship drought that lasted until the very end of his career, when he was traded to the Celtics in the middle of the 2007-2008 season and was part of that trophy-winning team.

The Celtics were nearly impossible to beat in the '60s, but Wilt Chamberlain did it with the 76ers one year, in 1967. Despite his astounding personal success, Wilt ended his career with just two titles. The second came with the Lakers in 1972, following a season that included an astounding 33-game winning streak.

Dandridge was a key piece of that aforementioned 1971 Bucks championship team alongside Kareem and Oscar. It took a while for him to get his second title, but he did it: He and Elvin Hayes formed a one-two scoring punch on the 1978 Bullets team that won it all.

The "Bad Boys" Pistons were a force in the '80s and '90s, and Edwards was part of the squads that won titles in 1989 and 1990. Years later, he found himself on another legendary franchise: the '90s Bulls. As a veteran bench presence, he ended his career by picking up a title in 1996.

Back to those '90s Bulls: Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen led that charge, but Grant was an essential big man. He was the starting power forward on three consecutive title-winning teams, from 1991 to 1993. The next decade, he found himself with the Lakers for a one-season stint, where he again supported a title run as a key starter.

Green spent nearly a decade in San Antonio, where he managed to win one title in 2014. Beyond his time with the Spurs, Green bounced around the league a bit, bringing value to various teams with his 3-and-D game. He went on to win back-to-back titles with a pair of teams, with Toronto in 2019 and the Lakers in 2020.

Holiday has spent much of his lengthy career being one of the most underrated players in the NBA. In recent years, though, he has been the missing piece for a couple of teams that needed an extra push to get over the hump. He helped Giannis Antetokounmpo's Bucks hoist a trophy in 2021, then Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown's Celtics in 2024.

You don't earn the nickname "Big Shot Bob" without having a few championships under your belt. Horry actually achieved the rare feat of securing titles with three different franchises. He won a couple with the Rockets in the '90s, three with the Lakers a few years later, and a pair with the Spurs in the 2000s.

It took LeBron until his ninth season to win his first title, and he had to relocate from Cleveland to Miami to do it. After winning two there, though, he returned to his hometown team and brought a championship to the Cavaliers. His fourth title came with the Lakers, in 2020.

Johnson is remembered for his role on those Larry Bird-led Celtics teams of the '80s, but he had a full NBA life before that. That includes stints with the Sonics and Suns, winning a title with the former team in 1979. He added two more trophies to his case in Boston, emerging victorious in 1984 and 1986.

If you want to win championships, being on LeBron's team isn't a bad strategy. Jones was a key supporting piece for two Miami titles in 2012 and 2013. Then, when LeBron returned to Cleveland, Jones found his way there, too, and picked up another championship in 2016.

Kerr did something only a handful of players can ever say they did: He won four championships in a row. From 1996 to 1998, he won rings with the Bulls, then was again a champion with the Spurs in 1999. If you want to count his coaching career, he of course claimed some titles with the Warriors, too.

Kupchak wasn't a star, but his toughness and rebounding were an asset to some title-winning teams. He had a major role on the Bullets team that won it all in 1978, contributing 16 points and 7 rebounds a game in the regular season. Years later, he was also a key contributor on the championship Lakers team of 1985.

In just his third season in the league, Leonard managed to win Finals MVP when his Spurs claimed the title in 2014. Then, in his lone season in Toronto, he won his second championship. He was the MVP of that series, too, making him a rare example of a player winning Finals MVP with two different teams.

McCaw never put up star-level numbers, but he did seem to find himself in the right place at the right time. He spent his first two full seasons with the Warriors, where he got rings in 2017 and 2018. During the next season, he was traded to Toronto, who won the title in 2019.

McGee is another player who was in the Warriors' orbit when he served as a valuable rim protector off the bench for the 2017 and 2018 title teams. A couple of seasons later, he again contributed to a championship when the Lakers won it all in 2020. He continued to show value and staying power around the league over the course of his 15-plus seasons.

As part of one of the league's most iconic duos of all time alongside Kobe Bryant, Shaq won titles three years straight from 2000 to 2002. The questions lingered, though, if he could win without Kobe. Well, he did a few years later, in 2006, alongside LeBron James in Miami.

It's hard to picture Parish wearing anything other than a Celtics jersey. His time in Boston was fruitful, winning three titles in the '80s. For his swan song, though, he found himself in Chicago, securing a championship in 1997 alongside Michael Jordan and company.

Speaking of MJ's teammates, Rodman's interior presence helped Jordan and Pippen win three straight titles, from 1996 to 1998. While his Bulls years might be the most memorable, he actually spent the most seasons with his first team, the Pistons. There, he won back-to-back titles in 1989 and 1990.

Rondo made a quick and drastic impact on the Boston Celtics. In just his second season, he was the team's playmaking floor general, supplementing the "Big 3" and getting a title in 2008. His second championship came with his first team's biggest rival, the Lakers, in 2020.

Salley is another rare example of a player who won championships with three different teams. He started by winning a pair as a key contributor to the Pistons in 1989 and 1990. He then went out with a bang, getting titles with the Bulls and Lakers in his final two seasons, in 1996 and his comeback year in 2000.

Walton's pro career was tragically plagued by injuries, but despite an NBA career that perhaps didn't measure up to expectations, he still managed to contribute to winning in significant ways. In his third season, he led the Blazers to a title in 1977. Then, as a veteran big off the bench for the Celtics, he got another ring in 1986.