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I would put Bill Russell #1 - most successful player in any by DBCSMITH
sport ever if evaluating by team success. He was in the NBA 13 seasons including one as player coach and he won 11 championships. Think about that. He also won 2 NCAA titles at University of San Francisco when freshmen could not play and, until UCLA, had the longest win streak ever. So in 15 seasons of NBA and college he was 13 for 16, better than 80%. He was the best defensive player ever and the way he blocked shots and controlled the ball versus whacking them out of bounds was uncanny. Most half court sets went through Russell. He had far more touches of the ball than any big man today has. He was the glue to the team.