Players with the most NBA championships

3. Tom Heinsohn, K.C. Jones, Satch Sanders and John Havlicek: Eight titles

Tom Heinsohn

Tom Heinsohn played in an NBA All-Star Game in his first year and he was named the NBA Rookie of the Year over teammate Bill Russell before winning his first championship ring. He was part of the Celtics dynasty and won eight NBA titles in nine years. He also coached the Celtics after hanging up his boots and won two titles as a coach. He was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach.

K.C. Jones

K.C. Jones won eight titles with the Boston Celtics as a player and two as a head coach. He is the only African-American to win multiple NBA Finals as both a player and a head coach. He was Bill Russell’s teammate from college to the pros. He retired from playing when the Celtics lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1967 playoffs. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1989.

Satch Sanders

Satch Sanders was also a member of the Boston Celtics team that won eight straight titles. He spent his entire 13-year career with the team. After retiring as a player, he succeeded his former teammate, Tom Heinsohn, as the head coach of the Celtics. Sanders became the first African-American head coach of any sport in the Ivy League at Harvard and founded the Rookie Transition Program.

John Havlicek

John Havlicek spent his entire 16-year career with the Boston Celtics. He is one of the greatest players in the history of the game and was inducted as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1984. He is remembered for revolutionizing the sixth man role in the NBA. Havlicek is the team's all-time leader in points and games played.