All-Time Chicago Bulls Starting Five

Six championships in eight years. The Bulls' all-time five is the 1996 starting lineup plus the one engine they never had after Jordan retired.

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The Starting Five

  • PGDerrick Rose

    2010s

    Youngest MVP in NBA history at 22, gave the post-Jordan Bulls a real offensive identity.

  • SGMichael Jordan

    1980s–90s

    Six rings, six Finals MVPs, the consensus GOAT in any era debate.

  • SFScottie Pippen

    1990s

    Best perimeter defender of the 90s, secondary creator on six title teams.

  • PFDennis Rodman

    1990s

    Seven straight rebounding titles, the engine of the 72-win team's defense.

  • CArtis Gilmore

    1970s–80s

    Six-time All-Star in Chicago, the franchise's most accurate volume center ever.

Honorable mentions

Jimmy Butler · Horace Grant · Bob Love · Jerry Sloan. Any of these could swap in depending on which positional gap you want to plug.

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