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How many Finals MVP awards and Championship Rings have Bill Russell won?

The NBA Hall-of-famerclinched many awards and records during his 13-season NBA career. Check out how many times he won the NBA Championship and was awarded NBA Finals MVP.

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Basketball Hall of Fame member Bill Russell
© Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesBasketball Hall of Fame member Bill Russell

Bill Russellmarked an era in the NBA during his 13-season run with the Boston Celtics. His best contributions were off the court, however Russell was the first Black superstar of theleague. In fact, one of his on-court nicknames is “The Secretary of Defense”for his outstanding defensive skills.

His legacy has been unquestionable that the league took onlysix years after his retirement to inducthimto the NBA Hall of Fame. If that wasn’t enough, the five-time NBA Most Valuable Player award winner had his number six Celtics’ jersey retired three years after his retirement.

However, the question still remains. Bill Russell have won many individual awards with the Boston Celtics. But this main purpose of this article is to clarify how many NBA Finals MVP awardsand how many NBA Championship rings have the Celtics’ legend won.

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How many NBA Championship Rings have Bill Russell won?

Bill Russell played for 13straight seasons in the NBA. During that time, Russell was a Boston Celtics player who made it to the NBA Finals 12times. In fact, Russell clinched 11 NBA Championship Rings with the Boston Celtics. Therefore, he is the NBA player with most NBA Championship Rings ever. A record that hasn’t been near close to be broken.

Year NBA Champion Rivals
1957 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks
1959 Boston Celtics Minneapolis Lakers
1960 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks
1961 Boston Celtics St. Louis Hawks
1962 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers
1963 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers
1964 Boston Celtics San Francisco Warriors
1965 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers
1966 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers
1968 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers
1969 Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers
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How many NBA Finals MVP awards have Bill Rusell won?

As said before, Bill Russell played 12 NBA Finals in his 13 NBA-season career. However, there wasn’t any award to name the most outstanding player for that particular game series. Therefore, the NBA decided to introduce this award for the 1969 NBA Finals when Russell alongside the Celtics won the NBA Championship. But the award winner was Los Angeles Lakers’ player Jerry West.

Therefore, years later in 2009, the NBA decided to change the name of this award to Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP award to honor Russell’s11-time NBA Championship legacy. Also, in the llast 2022 NBA Finals when Stephen Curry finally was awarded with it, Rusell himself congratulate him.

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