Rick Barry leads the All-Time All-NBA First Team honors for the Warriors.
The Warriors could very well be considered the most recent dynasty in the NBA. They are the most recent organization to repeat as champions and won three titles among a four-year stretch between 2015 and 2018. However, the organization has been more successful than that stretch, though. And they have had several players who enjoyed individual accolades, from MVP awards to First Team All-NBA nods.
Here, we take a look at all the players who were named to the first-team All-NBA while playing for the Warriors organization.
Rick Barry – 5 times (1966, 1967, 1974, 1975, 1976)
Barry leads the Warriors organization in First Team All-NBA nods with five. One of the most prolific scoring forwards of his generation, Barry earned back-to-back nods in 1966 and 1967, his first two years in the league and he averaged a career-high 35.6 points per game in his second year in The Association. He played four years in the ABA before returning to the NBA in 1972-73, and he’d add three more First Team All-NBA honors in back-to-back-to-back campaigns between 1974 and 1976. Barry was also a 12-time All-Star and finished in the top five for MVP voting three times.
Wilt Chamberlain – 4 times (1960, 1961, 1962, 1964)
Chamberlain was an absolute star during his tenure with the Warriors. Thus, it’s not surprising to see he earned four First Team All-NBA nods over a five-season stretch between 1960 and 1964. Chamberlain was so dominant in that span that he won the MVP as a rookie in the 1959-60 campaign. During that five-season stretch, Chamberlain averaged 41.7 points and 25.3 rebounds per game. Chamberlain later played for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers. Throughout his 14-year career, Chamberlain won four MVP awards and seven First Team All-NBA nods.
Stephen Curry – 4 times (2015, 2016, 2019, 2021)
There’s no doubt that Curry is one of the best shooters to ever play the game. Curry is an 11-time All-Star, four-time NBA champion, two-time MVP winner and two-time scoring champion. He’s also earned 11 All-NBA nods, including four as First Team member. Curry has averaged 24.7 points per game over his 16-year career and has played his entire tenure with the Warriors.
Neil Johnston – 4 times (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956)
Johnston played eight years in the NBA and spent each of his seasons in The Association as a member of the Warriors organization. Aside from winning the title in 1955-56, Johnston was also a six-time All-Star, a five-time All-NBA and a three-time scoring champion. He won his four First Team All-NBA nods on consecutive seasons between the 1952-53 and 1955-56 seasons while also being named to the All-Star Game in each of those campaigns. His best season came on the 1954-55 campaign, averaging 22.7 points and 15.1 rebounds per contest.
Paul Arizin – 3 times (1952, 1956, 1957)
Arizin was a 10-time All-Star who also earned four All-NBA nods throughout his career, and three of those came as part of the First Team All-NBA. A two-time scoring champion and part of the Warriors team that lifted the Larry O’Brien in the 1955-56 season, Arizin had the best season of his career in the 1951-52 season, where he averaged 25.4 points and a career-high 11.3 rebounds per game.
Joe Fulks – 3 times (1947, 1948, 1949)
Fulks played his eight years in the NBA as part of the Philadelphia Warriors and was part of the First Team All-NBA in three consecutive years between the 1946-47 and 1948-49 seasons. Fulks averaged over 22.0 points per game in his first three years in the league and was part of the First Team All-NBA in each of those campaigns. He also earned one All-Star nod in his career — it came in the 1950-51 season, when he also earned a 2nd-Team All-NBA nod.
Latrell Sprewell – 1 time (1994)
Sprewell played the first six seasons of his career with the Warriors, but he had arguably the best season of his career in the 1993-94 campaign. That was his second year in the NBA, and it was a campaign where Sprewell also made the All-Star Game, the First Team All-NBA, the 2nd-Team All-Defense and finished 11th in the MVP voting. That year, Sprewell averaged 21.0 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game. Sprewell, who later played for the Knicks and Timberwolves, earned four All-Star nods throughout his career.
Kevin Durant – 1 time (2018)
Durant is not only considered one of the best scorers of the current generation, but he’ll probably finish his career as one of the best pure scoring weapons to ever step on an NBA court. Durant has accolades for days, as he has been named to an All-NBA Team 11 times throughout his career and has made the All-Star Game 15 times. He also won the Kia NBA MVP award in the 2013-14 campaign. He played three seasons with the Warriors, between the 2016-17 and 2018-19 campaigns, and he was named to the First Team All-NBA in 2017-18. He averaged 26.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game across 68 regular-season outings in that campaign.
Chris Mullin – 1 time (1992)
Mullin played 13 of his 16 seasons in the NBA with the Warriors organization but had his most prolific stretch in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During that stretch, he was one of the best shooters in the NBA and was part of the Team USA that won the gold medal in the 1992 Olympics. He was named to the First Team All-NBA in the 1991-92 season after averaging 25.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.1 steals per contest while shooting 36.6 percent from 3-point range.
