In his legendary 14-year career, he averaged an amazing 27 points, 6.7 assists, and six rebounds along with a great 47.4 percent and 81.4 percent from the free-throw line. He also averaged 2.6 steals and 0.7 blocks, and his defensive stats were only recorded in his last season.

He was selected to an amazing 13 All-Star teams and to the All-NBA 12 times, with all of them except for one being as a first team selection. He was also one of the best defensive guards ever as he was selected to the All-NBA Defensive team five times, with four of them being first team selections. (All-NBA defensive teams started in the last five seasons of his career.)

He won only one championship even though he made the NBA Finals over 10 times, with nine of the losses to the legendary Boston Celtics team and one to the 1970 Knicks team.

He is also the only player of all time to win a Finals MVP award on a losing team. He accomplished this in the 1969 Finals against the Celtics, when he averaged over 40 points in the seven-game series.

He is a true basketball legend.

12. 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 14 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 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 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.

11. Moses Malone

Moses was one of the most dominant big men of all time. In his 20-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 11 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.

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