Most Famous Los Angeles Lakers Players

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The most renowned players ever to play for the Los Angeles Lakers, ranked by Wikipedia reach.

Carmelo Anthony

Carmelo Anthony is a American basketball player.

Magic Johnson

Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. He is widely regarded as the greatest point guard of all time and one of the greatest basketball players in history. Johnson spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After winning a national championship with the Michigan State Spartans in 1979, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA draft by the Lakers, then led the team to five NBA championships during their "Showtime" era. Johnson retired abruptly in 1991 after announcing that he had contracted HIV, but returned to play in the 1992 All-Star Game, winning the All-Star MVP Award. He retired again after fellow players protested his return, but returned in 1996, at age 36, to play 32 games for the Lakers before retiring for the third and final time.

Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal, commonly known as Shaq, is an American former professional basketball player, and sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. Nicknamed, among others, "Diesel", he is a 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) and 325-pound (147 kg) center who played for six teams over his 19-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a four-time NBA champion, three-time NBA Finals MVP, and the 2000 NBA MVP. O'Neal is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players and one of the most dominant centers in NBA history.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a American basketball player.

Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain is a American basketball player (1936–1999).

Steve Nash

Steve Nash is a Canadian basketball player and coach.

Pau Gasol

Pau Gasol is a Spanish basketball player.

Russell Westbrook

Russell Westbrook is a American basketball player.

Luka Dončić

Luka Dončić is a Slovenian basketball player (born 1999).

Karl Malone

Karl Malone is a American basketball player.

Dennis Rodman

Dennis Rodman is a American basketball player.

Dwight Howard

Dwight Howard is a American basketball player.

Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player. He played 20 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning five NBA championships and two gold medals on the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic teams. Nicknamed "The Black Mamba," Bryant is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

Marc Gasol

Marc Gasol is a Spanish basketball player.

Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin is a Taiwanese-American basketball player.

Jerry West

Jerry Alan West was an American basketball player and executive. He played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His nicknames included "the Logo", in reference to his silhouette being the basis for the NBA logo; "Mr. Clutch", for his ability to make a big play in a key situation such as his famous buzzer-beating 60-foot shot that tied game 3 of the 1970 NBA Finals against the New York Knicks; "Mr. Outside", in reference to his perimeter play with the Lakers and "Zeke from Cabin Creek" for the creek near his birthplace of Chelyan, West Virginia.

Phil Jackson

Philip Douglas Jackson is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Jackson is a 13-time NBA champion, having won two as a player and eleven as a head coach. His eleven championships as a head coach are the most in NBA history. In 2007, Jackson was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and was named one of the ten greatest coaches in league history in 1996. He holds numerous other records as a coach, including the most postseason wins (229), and most conference titles (13).

Anthony Davis

Anthony Marshon Davis Jr., nicknamed "AD" and "the Brow", is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Davis, a power forward and center, is a ten-time NBA All-Star and has been named to five All-NBA Teams and five NBA All-Defensive Teams. In 2021, he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Davis is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time.

LeBron James

LeBron James is a American basketball player (born 1984).

Vlade Divac

Vlade Divac is a Serbian professional basketball executive and a former player who was most recently the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).