Awards & Honors

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- 1 x NBA Champion : 1958​​

 

- 4 x NBA Western Conference Champion : 1957, 1958​​, 1960, 1961

 

- 5 x NBA Western Conference N°1 Regular Season : 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961

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- 2 x NBA MVP : 1956, 1959​​

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- 11 x NBA All-Star : 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965​​

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- 4 x NBA All-Star Game MVP : 1956, 1958, 1959, 1962​​

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- 10 x All-NBA 1st Team : 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964​​

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​- 1 x All-NBA 2nd Team : 1965​​

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- NBA Rookie of the Year : 1955​​

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- 2 x NBA Scoring Leader : 1956, 1959​​

 

- 1 x NBA Rebounding Leader : 1956

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- Atlanta Hawks All-time Rebounds Leader

 

- # 9 retired by Atlanta Hawks

 

- # 50 retired by LSU Tigers

 

- NBA 25th Anniversary Team

 

- NBA 35th Anniversary Team

 

- NBA 50th Anniversary Team

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- NBA 75th Anniversary Team

 

​- College Basketball Hall of Fame

 

​- Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame