All-Time 76ers Team

The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the NBA’s most storied franchises and have been in existence since the league’s creation in the 1940s. They started out as the Syracuse Nationals before heading south to Philadelphia in 1963 and rebranding themselves as the 76ers, or Sixers, for short.

Outside of the Celtics and Lakers, no team has been more successful in terms of wins than the Sixers, who rank third in both regular-season victories and postseason wins. Some of the all-time greats have suited up for the franchise and are recognizable by just one name: Wilt, Barkley, Julius and Iverson, to name a few.

Some of the greatest quotes in NBA history have come from Sixer players, including “Fo’, fo’, fo’,” “Trust the Process” and “You talkin’ about practice?” Well, we’re talking about the best of the best to suit up for the franchise. Here is the all-time lineup for the three-time NBA champion Philadelphia 76ers.

Maurice Cheeks, Point Guard

Philadelphia 76ers point guard Maurice Cheeks during a playoff game against the Boston Celtics in 1981. Rusty Kennedy / AP Photo

Experience: 15 years (1978-93)

Years with 76ers: 11 years (1978-89)

Career stats: 11.1 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 6.7 APG

76ers stats: 12.2 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 7.3 APG

Championships (titles with 76ers in bold): 1 (1983)

All-time 76ers team role: Starter

Maurice Cheeks, Point Guard

Philadelphia 76ers guard Maurice Cheeks puts up a shot against the Milwaukee Bucks during a playoff game in 1982. SJP / AP Photo

Bottom line: Often overshadowed by other point guards such as Magic Johnson and John Stockton, Mo Cheeks was the perfect two-way point guard for the Sixers of the 1980s.

He was a pass-first point guard who knew that getting the ball to Dr. J, Moses Malone, Andrew Toney or Charles Barkley was a better option than him taking a shot.

On the other end of the floor, Cheeks was a five-time All-Defensive selection and became the NBA’s all-time leader in steals by the time he left the Sixers in 1989.

Allen Iverson, Shooting Guard

Allen Iverson looks to drive on Los Angeles Lakers point guard Derek Fisher in 1996. Michael Caulfield / AP Photo

Experience: 14 years (1996-2010)

Years with 76ers: 12 years (1996-2006, 2009-10)

Career stats: 26.7 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 6.2 APG

76ers stats: 27.6 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 6.1 APG

Championships: 0

All-time 76ers team role: Starter

Allen Iverson, Shooting Guard

Allen Iverson dunks on a breakaway against the Orlando Magic during a playoff game in 1999. Miles Kennedy / AP Photo

Bottom line: Maybe the most polarizing NBA player over the last 30 years, Allen Iverson embodied the city of Philadelphia with his toughness and swagger. He gave everything he had in every game (but not every practice) and won four scoring titles in Philly.

Iverson willed an undermanned team to the 2001 NBA Finals while averaging nearly 48 minutes played per game during that playoff run.

Both his first and second departures from the 76ers didn’t go as planned, but he remains as beloved as any player in franchise history.

Julius Erving, Small Forward

Julius Erving signed a six-year, $3.5 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1976. AP Photo

Experience: 11 years, all with 76ers (1976-87)

Career stats: 22.0 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 3.9 APG

Championships: 1 (1983)

All-time 76ers team role: Starter

Julius Erving, Small Forward

Julius Erving is one of the greatest dunkers in basketball history. AP Photo

Bottom line: A three-time ABA MVP, Julius Erving joined the NBA and the 76ers at the age of 26 in 1976. His numbers didn’t match what he did in the ABA, but Dr. J still won an NBA MVP and led the team to four Finals appearances.

His graceful play on the court and his dignified manner off the court made him one of the faces of the NBA before the arrivals of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.

Erving’s teams never had a losing record and made the postseason in every year of his career. He also set a record that can be tied but never beaten as he made an All-Star team, either with the NBA or ABA, in 100 percent of the 16 seasons he played in.

Dolph Schayes, Power Forward

Syracuse Nationals power forward Dolph Schayes makes a plunge past Boston Celtics center Bill Russell in 1958. AP Photo

Experience: 15 years, all with Nationals/76ers (1949-64)

Career stats: 18.5 PPG, 12.1 RPG, 3.1 APG

Championships: 1 (1955)

All-time 76ers team role: Starter

Dolph Schayes, Power Forward

Dolph Schayes, in 1969, was the first NBA player to hit the 15,000-point mark. AP Photo

Bottom line: While George Mikan was the NBA’s first dominant player, Dolph Schayes was in the running for the No. 2 player in the league behind “Mr. Basketball.”

Schayes was a power forward with guard skills. He finished in the top 10 in assists multiple times in his career and led the NBA in free-throw percentage three times.

A native New Yorker, he played his first 15 seasons for the franchise when it was known as the Syracuse Nationals and then played his final season after the team moved to Philly and rebranded as the 76ers.

When he retired in 1964, Schayes ranked second in NBA history in points, third in rebounds and eighth in assists.

Wilt Chamberlain, Center

Wilt Chamberlain battles for a rebound against the New York Knicks in 1966. AP Photo

Experience: 14 years (1959-73)

Years with 76ers: 4 years (1965-68)

Career stats: 30.1 PPG, 22.9 RPG, 4.4 APG

76ers stats: 41.5 PPG, 25.1 RPG, 3.0 APG

Championships (titles with 76ers in bold): 2 (1967, 1972)

All-time 76ers team role: Starter

Wilt Chamberlain, Center

Wilt Chamberlain shoots in a game against the Boston Celtics in 1967. AP Photo

Bottom line: A native of Philadelphia, Wilt Chamberlain rewrote the records books while at Overbrook High School and set the national high school scoring mark. Once he reached the NBA, Chamberlain played for both NBA teams in Philadelphia — first the Warriors, who then relocated to San Francisco. And then the 76ers, who Chamberlain joined in his sixth NBA season.

In his three full seasons with the 76ers, Chamberlain won the MVP award each year, led the league in rebounds and field-goal percentage each year, and won his seventh and final scoring title.

He also helped bring the first NBA championship to the Sixers in 1967 as the team set an NBA record by winning 68 games. That team was the only one of Chamberlain’s legendary career in which he defeated Bill Russell’s Celtics in the NBA playoffs.

Charles Barkley, Power Forward

Charles Barkley grabs a rebound against the Washington Bullets in a 1986 playoff game. Amy Sancetta / AP Photo

Experience: 16 years (1984-2000)

Years with 76ers: 8 years (1984-92)

Career stats: 22.1 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 3.9 APG

76ers stats: 23.3 PPG, 11.6 RPG, 3.7 APG

Championships: 0

All-time 76ers team role: Reserve

Charles Barkley, Power Forward

Charles Barkley jams home a basket against the Milwaukee Bucks in 1988. Casey Lake / AP Photo

Bottom line: Charles Barkley spent the first half of his NBA career with the Sixers and joined an aging team that was transitioning away from the likes of Dr. J and Moses Malone.

Barkley had the talent to take the baton from those former MVPs, but his supporting cast wasn’t quite the same, which led to many productive yet unsuccessful years in Philly for Sir Charles.

Still, though, the Sixers fans got to see the best of Barkley, who finished in the top six in MVP voting for six straight years with the team.

Barkley still has the second-highest player efficiency rating (PER) in franchise history, trailing only Wilt Chamberlain.

Hal Greer, Shooting Guard

Hal Greer goes to the basket against the Boston Celtics in 1968. AP Photo

Experience: 15 years, all with Nationals/76ers (1958-73)

Career stats: 19.2 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 4.0 APG

Championships: 1 (1967)

All-time 76ers team role: Reserve

Hal Greer, Shooting Guard

Hal Greer accepts the ball from Sixers owner Irv Kosloff in 1971 after becoming the sixth player in NBA history to score 20,000 points in a career. AP Photo

Bottom line: From Wilt Chamberlain to Dr. J to Allen Iverson to Dolph Schayes, the Sixers’ franchise has had some of the greatest players in NBA history. But it’s Hal Greer who is the franchise’s all-time leader in points.

Greer was Mr. Reliable during his career, literally, as he finished his career first in NBA history in games played. He made 10 straight All-Star games and played every role imaginable for the team — from starting shooting guard, to starting point guard, to sixth man off the bench.

Because of his accomplishments to the franchise, Greer was the first player in team history to have his jersey retired, and it appropriately came in 1976.

Billy Cunningham, Small Forward

Billy Cunningham in 1965. Warren M. Winterbottom / AP Photo

Experience: 9 years, all with 76ers (1965-72, 1974-75)

Career stats: 20.8 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 4.0 APG

Championships: 1 (1967)

All-time 76ers team role: Reserve

Billy Cunningham, Small Forward

Billy Cunningham charges after a rebound against the San Francisco in the 1967 NBA Finals. Bill Ingraham / AP Photo

Bottom line: Billy Cunningham was a great player. A combo forward, “The Kangaroo Kid” played much bigger than his size and averaged over 10 rebounds for his career despite being just 6 feet, 6 inches.

Cunningham is just one of four players in NBA history with career averages of 20 points, 10 rebounds and four assists. The others are Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird and Elgin Baylor.

Larry Costello, Point Guard

Larry Costello chats in 76ers coach Dolph Schayes in 1965. Marty Lederhandler / AP Photo

Experience: 12 years (1954, 1956-65, 1966-67)

Years with 76ers: 10 years (1957-65, 1966-67)

Career stats: 12.2 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 4.6 APG

76ers stats: 12.9 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 4.7 APG

Championships (titles with 76ers in bold): 1 (1967)

All-time 76ers team role: Reserve

Larry Costello, Point Guard

Larry Costello helps on defense against the St. Louis Hawks in 1967.

Bottom line: Much like Tommy McDonald was the last NFL player to not wear a facemask, Larry Costello was the last NBA player to shoot a two-handed set shot.

Costello stood only 6-foot-1, but no one had a problem with his shot attempts since he was accurate from everywhere on the court and finished in the top 10 in field-goal percentage three times.

With Costello at point guard and Hal Greer at shooting guard, the 76ers had arguably the best backcourt in the NBA during their era, and the two combined to make 15 All-Star teams.

Andre Iguodala, Small forward

Andre Igoudala goes up for a shot against the Phoenix Suns in 2008. H. Rumph Jr. / AP Photo

Experience: 15 years (2004-present)

Years with 76ers: 8 years (2004-12)

Career stats: 12.1 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 4.4 APG

76ers stats: 15.3 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 4.9 APG

Championships (title with 76ers in bold): 3 (2015, 2017-18)

All-time 76ers team role: Reserve

Andre Iguodala, Small Forward

Andre Igoudala dunks against the Chicago Bulls in 2009. Michael Perez / AP Photo

Bottom line: Andre Iguodala will never get the credit he deserves because most casual NBA fans only know him as the jack-of-all-trades sixth man that helped the Warriors become a dynasty. But in his prime, “Iggy” was a two-way force between the Allen Iverson era and “The Process” era.

He was a point-forward who could drop 20 points in a game while also locking down the other team’s best offensive player. On this mythical all-time Sixers team, Iggy would be perfect in the role he had with the Warriors, where he would be called upon to do whatever is necessary, from running the offense or defending a top scorer.

Moses Malone, Center

Moses Malone battles for position with New York Knicks center Bill Cartwright during a playoff game in 1983. Rusty Kennedy / AP Photo

Experience: 19 years (1976-94)

Years with 76ers: 5 years (1982-86, 1993-94)

Career stats: 20.6 PPG, 12.2 RPG, 1.4 APG

76ers stats: 21.0 PPG, 12.0 RPG, 1.3 APG

Championships (titles with 76ers in bold): 1 (1983)

All-time 76ers team role: Reserve

Moses Malone, Center

Moses Malone dunks against the Los Angeles Lakers in 1983 NBA Finals. AP Photo

Bottom line: Moses Malone played just five seasons with the 76ers, but boy, were they impactful. He made four All-Star teams, won three rebounding titles, was a two-time All-NBA player and won both the 1983 MVP and 1983 Finals MVP.

He also gave the infamous quote of “fo, fo, fo,” in regards to his prediction of the Sixers sweeping each of their playoff rounds in 1983.

The Sixers actually went “fo, fi, fo,” as it took them five games to win their second-round matchup, but Malone cemented his place in 76ers legend and lore.

Doug Collins, Shooting Guard

Doug Collins dribbles against the Milwaukee Bucks in 1975. RBK / AP Photo

Experience: 8 years, all with 76ers (1973-81)

Career stats: 17.9 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 3.3 APG

Championships: 0

All-time 76ers team role: Reserve

Doug Collins, Shooting Guard

Doug Collins plays defense against the Porland Trail Blazers Game 1 of the 1977 NBA Finals. AP Photo

Bottom line: Before Ben Simmons (2016) and Allen Iverson (1996) were No. 1 overall pick for Philadelphia, Doug Collins was the first No. 1 overall pick in Sixers history (1973).

He had a star-crossed career and played the equivalent of five NBA seasons due to a rash of foot injuries, but he still managed to make four straight All-Star teams in the 1970s.

Collins ceded his starting two-guard position to Andrew Toney, who had a similar injury-ravaged career, but Collins eventually returned to the organization as a head coach in 2010.

Billy Cunningham, Head coach

Philadelphia 76ers coach Billy Cunningham disputes a call during a game in 1978. Rusty Kennedy / AP Photo

Experience: 8 years, all with 76ers (1977-85)

Career record: 454 wins, 196 losses, .698 winning percentage

Championships: 1 (1983)

All-time 76ers team role: Head coach

Billy Cunningham, Head Coach

Philadelphia 76ers coach Billy Cunningham in 1981. Clem Murray / AP Photo

Bottom line: After a Hall of Fame career as a player, Billy Cunningham became the Sixers’ coach at the age of 34. By 39, he had led the team to three NBA Finals appearances and won the championship in the 1982-83 season.

That was the memorable “Fo, Fo, Fo” team led by Moses Malone and Dr. J, which produced the second championship in Sixers franchise history.

Cunningham coached for just eight seasons but was extremely successful and holds a .698 all-time winning percentage to rank third in NBA history behind Steve Kerr (.771) and Phil Jackson (.704).