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Listing the only 4 NBA players to win multiple MVPs, championships, and scoring titles

By Kunal Sethi
Modified Nov 08, 2022 11:35 GMT
Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors wins his 2nd career scoring title [Source: Sports Illustrated]
Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors wins his 2nd career scoring title [Source: Sports Illustrated]

There are a few achievements that truly highlight a player's dominance in the NBA. Every great player takes pride in leading the league in any per-game stat as it shows they were the best that season.

Surprisingly, Tim Duncan never led the NBA in any per-game stat (except games played) but is still universally considered the best power forward of all time.

Russell Westbrook led the league in assists last season, while Clint Capela led the league in rebounds. But the most coveted stat is the scoring title that is arguably the hardest to achieve. Several great scorers try to carry their team to the playoffs by putting up big numbers every season, so to stand out and be the best scorer in the NBA is a huge achievement.

Who are the players with multiple MVPs, championships and scoring titles in NBA history?

There are many all-time great NBA players with multiple MVPs, multiple championships and scoring titles. However, only a handful of players have been able to achieve more than one in all three categories. LeBron James has four MVPs and four championships but led the league in scoring just once, whereas Kobe Bryant has five championships and two scoring titles but only one MVP.

You'd be shocked to see that in the NBA's 75-year history with multiple champions, scorers and MVPs, only four players have been able to get all three accolades more than once. So let's take a look at those players.

#1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with the LA Lakers [Source: InsideHook]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with the LA Lakers [Source: InsideHook]

MVPs - 6 | NBA Championships - 6 | Scoring Titles - 2

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is arguably the most accomplished player in the NBA. He holds the record for the most MVPs in NBA history with six. He won his first MVP award in 1970-71 as a 23-year-old sophomore after averaging 31.7 points and 16 rebounds on 51.8% shooting from the field.

He was still known as Lew Alcindor back then and his 31.7 points per game average also earned him first scoring title. He also led the Milwaukee Bucks to their first-ever NBA championship that year and earned Finals MVP for the same.

He changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar next year and won his second straight MVP and scoring title. He averaged a career-high 34.8 points and 16.6 rebounds per game on 57% shooting.

He never won another scoring title despite averaging over 20 points per game for 17 straight years. Abdul-Jabbar was badly robbed of the 1973 MVP award as he led in almost every stat over Dave Cowens (the winner) but people felt he didn't win because of voter fatigue.

Abdul Jabbar went on to win four more MVPs in his career in 1974, 1976, 1977 and 1980. Three of his MVPs were for Milwaukee while the other three were with the LA Lakers. He went on to win five more championships alongside Magic Johnson in Los Angeles in 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988.

#2 Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain with the Philadelphia 76ers
Wilt Chamberlain with the Philadelphia 76ers

MVPs - 4 | Championships - 2 | Scoring Titles - 7

Wilt Chamberlain has become a sort of a myth in the NBA. The legendary center has records that one can seemingly only replicate in video games. He averaged 50.4 points per game for a season and also dropped 100 points in a game. Chamberlain averaged 23 rebounds in his career, which is practically unheard of as he led the league in rebounding for 11 seasons.

Chamberlain led the league in scoring for his first six years in the NBA posting averages of 37.6, 38.4, 50.4, 44.8, 36.9 and 34.7 points per game. He dominated the league in such a way that now whenever we discuss any record or stat, it is followed by "Any player not named Wilt Chamberlain".

Chamberlain won his first NBA title with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1967 beating Rick Barry's San Francisco Warriors. He then joined forces with Jerry West and Elgin Baylor at the LA Lakers and won his second championship in 1972 in which he was named Finals MVP.

As you can see from his scoring averages, his first few years in the league were extremely dominant. The Big Dipper won four league MVPs, one in 1960 and then three straight from 1966 to 1968. His first MVP came with the Warriors and the next three with the 76ers.

#3 Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan with the Chicago Bulls [Source: Fox News]
Michael Jordan with the Chicago Bulls [Source: Fox News]

MVPs - 5 | NBA Championships - 6 | Scoring Titles - 10

Regarded as the greatest player of all time, Michael Jordan dominated the league for years. He won an NBA record ten total scoring titles and won seven straight at one point before he retired for the first time. From 1987 to 1993, he led the league in scoring every season, posting averages of 37.1, 35.0, 32.5, 33.6, 31.5, 30.1, and 32.6 points per game. He then came back from retirement in 1995 and led the league in scoring for another three years from 1996 to 1998 with averages of 30.4, 29.6, 28.7 points per game. His Airness is the oldest scoring champion in the NBA, having won his last at the age of 35.

Michael Jordan won his first NBA championship in 1991 after beating the Magic Johnson-led LA Lakers in the Finals 4-1. That kicked off a three-peat as the Chicago Bulls won two more in 1992 and 1993 beating Clyde Drexler's Portland Trail Blazers and Charles Barkley's Phoenix Suns, respectively. After MJ came back from retirement, the Bulls enjoyed another three-peat from 1996 to 1998. He was the Finals MVP during all six title wins.

Michael Jordan is a five-time recipient of the MVP award. He won the award in 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996 and 1998.

#4 Stephen Curry

Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors
Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors

MVPs - 2 | NBA Championships - 3 | Scoring Titles - 2

The greatest shooter this game has ever seen, Stephen Curry changed the landscape of professional basketball this century. His long-distance marksmanship wowed, bamboozled the league and revolutionized the way NBA looks at offense and defense forever.

Curry led the Golden State Warriors to the 2015 NBA title after winning his first league MVP. They defeated the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers in 6 games but many speculated that they only won because Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love were injured.

Curry and the Warriors were so motivated to prove everyone wrong that they started the 2016 season all guns blazing. They won 25 straight to begin the season and set an NBA record of 73 wins and 9 losses. Stephen Curry then won his second straight MVP and was named the only unanimous MVP in NBA history. He also led the league in scoring with 30 points per game at an absurd 50-40-90 shooting split.

Four-time scoring champion Kevin Durant joined the 73-9 Warriors in the offseason and they dominated the league for three straight years. Curry won his second and third championships in 2017 and 2018.

Curry led the league in scoring for the second time in 2021 when he averaged 32 points per game. He broke records en route to being an MVP finalist and finished third behind Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid.

Curry was unreal last season. He took the throne of "Mr. Warrior" after becoming the franchise's all-time leading scorer and assist leader. He dropped 96 threes in the calendar month of April which broke the previous NBA record by a whopping 14. At 33 years old, Curry is the oldest scoring champion since Jordan.

Also Read: 4 Stephen Curry records that are unlikely to be broken

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