Greatest NBA Duos of All Time

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Here are twelve of the best One-Two Punches we have ever seen in basketball.

All stats were found via StatMuse and are accurate as of the date of publication.

Michael Jordan & Scottie Pippen

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514–177 (.744) record
117–51 (.696) playoff record

Jordan: 31.5 PTS | 6.4 REB | 5.6 AST | 2.5 STL
Pippen: 17.1 PTS | 6.4 REB | 5.3 AST | 2.0 STL

Magic Johnson & Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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506–179 (.739) record
110–47 (.701) playoff record

Magic: 19.4 PTS | 7.4 REB | 11.2 AST
Kareem: 20.2 PTS | 7.4 REB | 2.0 BLK

Bill Russell & Bob Cousy

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341–120 (.740) record
52–28 (.650) playoff record

Russell: 17.1 PTS | 23.1 REB
Cousy: 17.5 PTS | 4.3 REB | 7.9 AST

Kobe Bryant & Shaquille O’Neal

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336–125 (.729) record
76–43 (.639) playoff record

Kobe: 21.9 PTS | 5.1 REB | 4.4 AST
Shaq: 26.8 PTS | 11.8 REB | 2.5 BLK

Larry Bird & Kevin McHale

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555–200 (.735) record
92–61 (.601) playoff record

Bird: 24.6 PTS | 9.9 REB | 6.5 AST
McHale: 18.0 PTS | 7.4 REB

Steph Curry & Klay Thompson

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395–130 (.752) record
77–34 (.694) playoff record

Curry: 25.1 PTS | 4.6 REB | 6.8 AST | 4.0 3PM
Thompson: 19.6 PTS | 3.0 3PM

LeBron James & Dwyane Wade

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200–85 (.702) record
58–28 (.674) playoff record

LeBron: 26.3 PTS | 7.7 REB | 6.8AST
Wade: 22.4 PTS | 5.3 REB | 4.7 AST

Tim Duncan & Tony Parker

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733–269 (.732) record
131–81 (.618) playoff record

Duncan: 18.3 PTS | 10.6 REB | 2.1 BLK
Parker: 16.4 PTS | 5.8 AST

John Stockton & Karl Malone

906–506 (.642) record
85–87 (.494) playoff record

Stockton: 13.5 PTS | 10.8 AST | 2.2 STL
Malone: 25.4 PTS | 10.2 REB

Isiah Thomas & Joe Dumars

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380–249 (.604) record
63–34 (.649) playoff record

Thomas: 18.5 PTS | 8.8 AST
Dumars: 16.6 PTS | 4.5 AST

Jerry West & Wilt Chamberlain

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214–74 (.743) record
43–25 (.632) playoff record

West: 25.5 PTS | 4.4 REB | 8.5 AST
Wilt: 17.3 PTS | 19.0 REB

Gary Payton & Shawn Kemp

364–178 (.672) record
37–36 (.507) playoff record

Payton: 15.6 PTS | 6.5 AST | 2.3 STL
Kemp: 17.7 PTS | 10.4 REB

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There’s so many more great duos (Hakeem & Drexler, Erving & Moses to name a couple) but we’ve limited it to duos with at least 200 wins.

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