Top Accolades: 4x Champion, 9x All-Star, 2x All-NBA
Key Stats: 14.5 PPG, 9.1 RPG, 1.4 APG, 1.5 BPG, 53.7 FG%
Robert Parish’s longevity is inspirational. Only five other players have more than 20 seasons under their belt: Vince Carter (22 seasons), LeBron James (21), Dirk Nowitzki (21), Kevin Garnett (21) and Kevin Willis (21). Though Parish saw his minutes decline toward the end, he wasn’t really an afterthought player until his final year.
Pure counting stats were not the Boston Celtics legend’s thing. He never averaged 20 points per game, but he reliably stayed between 17 and 20 for the better part of a decade.
Playing so long also lends itself to pretty wild career totals. You can futz with the numbers to make this group more exclusive, but overall, Parish is one of eight players to clear at least 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 2,000 blocks for his career. His company: Garnett, Hakeem Olajuwon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing and Shaquille O’Neal.
Highest Top 100 Ranking: 41
Lowest Top 100 Ranking: 100