Bill Russell Bill Russell is the player with more championships won in NBA history. He won 11 titles in 13 years, two of them as a player/coach.

Full Name: William Felton Russell

Nicknames: Bill

Position: Center

Jersey Number: 6

Birth date: February 12, 1934

Place of Birth: Monroe, Louisiana, USA

Teams: Boston Celtics (1956-57 to 1968-69)

NBA Seasons: 13

Team Titles won:

NBA Championships: 11 - 1956-57, 1958-59 to 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69
Olympic Medals: 1 - Melbourne 1956

Personal Titles and Awards:

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1975
NBA Season MVP: 5 - 1957-58, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1964-65
NBA All-Star Game MVP: 1 - 1963
All-NBA First Team: 3 - 1958-59, 1962-63, 1964-65
All-NBA Second Team: 8 - 1957-58, 1959-60 to 1961-62, 1963-64, 1965-66 to 1967-68
NBA All-Defensive First Team: 1 - 1968-69
Led the League in total rebounds: 4 - 1957-58, 1958-59, 1963-64, 1964-65
Selected for the All-Star Game: 12 - 1958 to 1969
One of 35 Greatest Players in NBA History (1980).
One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996).

Career highlights:
- Bill Russell is the player with more championships won in NBA history. He won 11 titles in 13 years, two of them as a player/coach.

- Bill Russell and his Celtics dominated an era and were the nightmare of the Lakers, defeating them in 7 NBA Finals.
- Despite his 11 championships, he never won a Finals MVP, but the reason is simple: this award was first established in 1968-69, the season of Russell's last title. The Celtics defeated the Lakers in the finals but it was the only time that the award was given to a player on the losing team (Jerry West).

Career Stats:

Year	Team	G	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	PF	PPG
1956-57	Boston	48	35.3	.427	.492	19.6	1.8	3.00	14.7
1957-58	Boston	69	38.3	.442	.519	22.7	2.9	2.60	16.6
1958-59	Boston	70	42.6	.457	.598	23.0	3.2	2.30	16.7
1959-60	Boston	74	42.5	.467	.612	24.0	3.7	2.80	18.2
1960-61	Boston	78	44.3	.426	.550	23.9	3.4	2.00	16.9
1961-62	Boston	76	45.2	.457	.595	23.6	4.5	2.70	18.9
1962-63	Boston	78	44.9	.432	.555	23.6	4.5	2.40	16.8
1963-64	Boston	78	44.6	.433	.550	24.7	4.7	2.40	15.0
1964-65	Boston	78	44.4	.438	.573	24.1	5.3	2.60	14.1
1965-66	Boston	78	43.4	.415	.551	22.8	4.8	2.80	12.9
1966-67	Boston	81	40.7	.454	.610	21.0	5.8	3.20	13.3
1967-68	Boston	78	37.9	.425	.537	18.6	4.6	3.10	12.5
1968-69	Boston	77	42.7	.433	.526	19.3	4.9	3.00	9.9
Career		963	42.3	.440	.561	22.5	4.3	2.70	15.1
All-Star		12	28.6	.459	.529	11.6	3.3	3.10	10.0

Best Websites: Bill Russell Profile and his official website is www.nba.com/history/players/russell

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