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Six finals, six titles, six Finals MVP awards.

Shooting guard · 1984–2003

The NBA's all-time leading scorer, over two decades.

Forward · 2003–present

The skyhook — a shot nobody blocked in twenty seasons.

Centre · 1969–1989

Eleven championships in thirteen seasons.

Centre · 1956–1969

A 2.06 m point guard who started a Finals game at centre — and won it.

Point guard · 1979–1996

Slow, unathletic, and almost impossible to beat.

Small forward · 1979–1992

Scored 100 points in a single game. Nobody else has passed 81.

Centre · 1959–1973

Eighty-one points in one night, sixty in his last game.

Shooting guard · 1996–2016

Changed which shots the entire sport takes.

Point guard · 2009–present

The most effective player nobody ever described as exciting.

Power forward · 1997–2016

The WNBA's all-time leading scorer, over twenty seasons.

Guard · 2004–2024

First woman to dunk in a professional game.

Centre · 1997–2009