NBA Finals: Which players have won the most NBA Championships?

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Bill Russell with his first and last championship banner.

The leaderboard for most NBA Championships by a player is dominated by members of the league's first and only decade-long dynasty - the Boston Celtics of the 1960s. 

Hall of Famer and Celtics legend Bill Russell is at the top of the table, winning 11 titles in his 13-year playing career. Russell's last two titles in 1968 and 1969, were in the dual role of a player and coach. 

  Players Championships Playing career Years won
#1 Bill Russell 11 13 Boston Celtics (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969)
#2 Sam Jones 10 12 Boston Celtics (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969)
#3 Tom Heinsohn 8 9 Boston Celtics (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)
#3  K.C. Jones 8 9 Boston Celtics (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)
#3 Tom Sanders 8 13 Boston Celtics (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969)
#3  John Havlicek 8 16 Boston Celtics (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976)
#7 Robert Horry 7 16 Houston Rockets (1994, 1995), Los Angeles Lakers (2000, 2001, 2002), San Antonio Spurs (2005, 2007)
#7 Frank Ramsay 7 9 Boston Celtics (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)
#9 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 6 20 Milwaukee Bucks (1971), Los Angeles Lakers (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)
#9 Bob Cousy 6 14 Boston Celtics (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963)
#9 Michael Jordan 6 15 Chicago Bulls (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)
#9 Scottie Pippen 6 17 Chicago Bulls (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)
#9 Jim Loscutoff 6 9 Boston Celtics (1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)

The only other non-Celtics members to feature on the top 10 list are Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Robert Horry. 

While Jordan and Pippen won all of their six championships together with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s via two three-peats (1991-93; 1996-98), Abdul-Jabbar finished with six champions as part of two franchises - 5 with the Los Angeles Lakers and the 1971 title with the Milwaukee Bucks. 

Horry, meanwhile, won his seven championships with three teams in a span of 13 years. 

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