John Wooden: You want to see ridiculous? This is insane. At one point in the 1970s, Wooden and the team he coached, UCLA, was college basketball. He won 10 championships in a 12-year period, including seven titles in a row. But the mark that everyone remembers is winning 88 games in a row. Of course, it helps to have Lu Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Bill Walton in your lineup during his dominance.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (left, with Dr. J): Born as Ferdinand Lewis “Lew” Alcindor Jr., the stoic and moody skyscraper of a man shook off the temporary ban on dunking back in his younger years to create the most unstoppable shot of all time: the skyhook. From there, Abdul-Jabbar rode his shot to 38,387 points, the most in NBA history, as well as five championships and six regular-season MVPs. Without question one of the 10 greatest NBA players ever.
