What is the best Big Three in NBA history?

Title counts favor some of these trios, star power favors others, and several never won a ring together at all.

1. 1
   Jordan, Pippen, Rodman

   Chicago Bulls trio that won three straight titles from 1996 to 1998, including a 72-10 season in 1995-96.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Curry, Thompson, Durant

   Golden State Warriors trio that won back-to-back NBA titles in 2017 and 2018, with Durant named Finals MVP both years.
   636pts
3. 3
   Durant, Westbrook, Harden

   Oklahoma City Thunder trio of future MVPs that reached the 2012 Finals before Harden was traded.
   568pts
4. 4
   Curry, Thompson, Green

   Golden State Warriors homegrown core that won titles in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022.
   515pts
5. 5
   LeBron, Wade, Bosh

   Miami Heat trio assembled in 2010 that reached four straight Finals and won the 2012 and 2013 titles.
   515pts
6. 6
   Erving, Malone, Cheeks

   Philadelphia 76ers core that swept the Lakers to win the 1983 title in Moses Malone's first season with the team.
   515pts
7. 7
   Nash, Stoudemire, Marion

   Phoenix Suns seven-seconds-or-less trio that reached the 2005 Western Conference Finals while Nash won back-to-back MVP awards in 2005 and 2006.
   515pts
8. 8
   Bird, McHale, Parish

   Boston Celtics frontcourt that won NBA titles together in 1981, 1984 and 1986.
   454pts
9. 9
   Frazier, Reed, DeBusschere

   New York Knicks trio that won the franchise's first two NBA titles, in 1970 and 1973.
   384pts
10. 10
    Garnett, Pierce, Allen

    Boston Celtics trio formed in 2007 that won the 2008 title in its first season together.
    384pts
11. 11
    Abdul-Jabbar, Robertson, Dandridge

    Milwaukee Bucks trio that won the 1971 title, the franchise's first, with a 66-16 regular season.
    303pts
12. 12
    Duncan, Parker, Ginóbili

    San Antonio Spurs core that won four titles together, in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014.
    206pts
13. 13
    Stockton, Malone, Hornacek

    Utah Jazz trio that reached back-to-back NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998.
    206pts
14. 14
    Russell, Cousy, Heinsohn

    Boston Celtics trio that won six NBA titles together from 1957 to 1963, the first half of Boston's 11 championships in 13 seasons through 1969.
    206pts
15. 15
    Magic, Kareem, Worthy

    Showtime Los Angeles Lakers trio that won titles in 1985, 1987 and 1988.
    0pts
16. 16
    Chamberlain, West, Baylor

    Los Angeles Lakers trio of the late 1960s that reached the 1969 and 1970 Finals but lost both to Boston and New York.
    0pts

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