Finally, Robinson helped lead the Spurs to two championships, and won the MVP Award in the 1994-95 season.
6. Shaquille O'Neal
O'Neal was one of the most dominant players of all time, as no one in his era was big or strong enough to guard him one-on-one down low. So far in 16 seasons, he has career averages of 25.2 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 2.4 blocks per game. He also has scored over 25,000 total points, and has shot an amazing 58.1 percent from the field along with a pathetic 52.4 percent from the free-throw line.
Shaq has also been selected to the All-Star team fourteen times, winning MVP awards in the 2000 and 2004 All Star games. He also won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1993 after a dominant season with the Orlando Magic.
He has been selected to the All-NBA team 13 times, with eight of those selections as a member of the first team, and the All NBA defensive team three times, with all of the selections on the second team.
Shaq also won an MVP award in the 1999-2000 season with the Lakers, as he also won his second scoring title, averaging 29.7 points along with 13.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and three blocks per game.
He has also won four championships in his career—three of them on the Lakers with Kobe Bryant, and the other one in Miami with Dwyane Wade. Shaq won three Finals MVP Awards with the Lakers during their three-peat.
5. Moses Malone
Moses was one of the most dominant big man of all time. In his twenty-year career, he had averages of 20.6 points, 12.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.8 steals, and 1.3 blocks. He ranks fifth all-time in total points scored with 27,409. He also won seven rebounding titles, including six straight from the 1980-1981 season through the 1984-1985 season.
He was selected to the All Star team eleven times in his career, and was selected to the All-NBA team eight times, with four of those selections as a member of the first team. He was also a solid defensive player, as he was selected to the All-NBA defensive team twice, with one of the selections of the first team.
Malone is also one of only seven players in the history of the league to have won three or more MVP awards. He won three in his career, including back-to-back awards in the 1981-82 and 1982-83 seasons.
Finally, Moses also won a championship in the 1982-83, as he led the Sixers to a dominant playoff performance. They only lost only one game in the entire playoffs.
4. Bill Russell
Russell was the greatest defensive center ever, the anchor of a great Celtic defense for over a decade and probably been the leader in career blocks per game if they had recorded defensive stats in his era.
In his thirteen-year career, Russell had averages of 15.1 points, 22.5 rebounds, and 4.3 assists along with shooting 44 percent from the field and a terrible 56.1 percent from the free-throw line.
Russell was also selected to the All-Star team twelve times, winning the All-Star game MVP in 1963. Russell was also selected to the All-NBA team eleven times, with three of the selections as a member of the first team. Russell also ranks tied for second all time in MVP awards with five in his career.
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