Los Angeles Lakers with the most All-NBA First-Team selections

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Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James
LeBron James #6 of the Los Angeles Lakers (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /

9. LeBron James (1)

Of course, LeBron is on this list, what hasn’t he accomplished? LeBron has only played for the Lakers for four seasons and he is already passing LA greats on the franchise leaderboard.

In his second season with the Lakers, he led the team to a championship title. He was Los Angeles’, leading scorer during the 2020 playoffs, averaging 27.6 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 8.8 assists.

In Game 5 of the NBA Finals series versus the Miami Heat, LeBron scored 40 points, had 13 rebounds, and 7 assists. This was the eighth NBA Finals game in his career that which he scored 40 points.

However, despite his efforts, the Lakers lost Game 5. But in Game 6  LeBron had a triple-double. He scored 28 points, grabbed 14 rebounds, and had 10 assists and the Lakers closed out the series 4-2.

Lebron won his fourth ring and was awarded his fourth Finals MVP.

On top of winning the championship, LeBron was also selected to his 13 All-NBA First-team for his performance during the 2019-20 season.

During the 2021-22 season James averaged 30.3 points 8.2 rebounds, and 6.2 assists per game. His performance earned him a selection to the All-NBA Second-Team. Giving him a total of 17 selections, the most out of any player in the history of the NBA.