🏀🐐 NBA CENTER GOATS 🐐🏀
The giants who ruled the paint:
Bill Russell – 11× Champ • 5× MVP • 12× All-Star • 4× Rebounding Champ • Finals MVP award named after him
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – 6× Champ • 6× MVP (most ever) • 19× All-Star • 15× All-NBA • 2× Finals MVP • All-time FG leader • Skyhook legend
Wilt Chamberlain – 2× Champ • 4× MVP • 13× All-Star • 7× Scoring Champ • 11× Rebounding Champ • Only 100-point game • Averaged 50 PPG in ’62
Shaquille O’Neal – 4× Champ • 3× Finals MVP • 15× All-Star • 14× All-NBA • 2000 MVP • 2× Scoring Champ • Pure playoff dominance
Hakeem Olajuwon – 2× Champ • 2× Finals MVP • 1994 MVP • 12× All-Star • 12× All-Def/All-NBA • 2× DPOY • All-time blocks leader • Dream Shake creator
Moses Malone – 1× Champ (’83 Finals MVP) • 3× MVP • 12× All-Star • 9× Rebounding Champ • First HS-to-NBA superstar
Nikola Jokić – 1× Champ (’23 Finals MVP) • 3× MVP (’21, ’22, ’24) • 6× All-Star • 6× All-NBA • Most playoff triple-doubles ever by a center • Best passing big ever
🐐 Combined Legacy: 27 Rings • 24 MVPs • Countless records
The paint was their kingdom. 👑🏀
But here’s the question for YOU 👉
Which all-time great center did we miss?
*George Mikan – 5× Champ, first dominant center, “Mr. Basketball”
*David Robinson – 2× Champ, MVP, DPOY, “The Admiral”
*Patrick Ewing – 11× All-Star, Knicks franchise icon
*Dwight Howard – 3× DPOY, 8× All-Star, 2020 Champ
*Alonzo Mourning – 2× DPOY, 2006 Champ
*Wes Unseld – MVP, Finals MVP, 1978 NBA Champion
*Artis Gilmore – ABA/NBA star, 11× All-Star, 1972 ABA Champ
*Robert Parish – 4× NBA Champion with the Celtics, longevity king