Number of NBA Champions by College

A friend of mine from college (forever immortalized in this post) proposed a solid question: which colleges have turned out the most NBA champions? It's easy to find lists of how many draft picks schools have turned out, but what about titles?

There have been 919 players to win the title (this includes duplicates; in other words, Michael Jordan counts 6 times, for example). Of those 919, 49 have been internationals or were drafted straight from high school, which leaves 870 players across 193 distinct colleges/universities. For starters, here are the top 10:

Rank	College	Count
1	University of North Carolina	33
2	University of California, Los Angeles	30
3	University of San Francisco	27
4	Ohio State University	26
5	University of Kentucky	23
6	University of Kansas	18
7	College of the Holy Cross	17
8	University of Florida	14
8	University of Arizona	14
8	University of Minnesota	14

UNC tops the list, and its dominance is relatively recent: since 1975, 23 of the last 40 NBA championship teams have had at least 1 Tar Heel on them.


All data was gathered from Basketball-Reference. The full list follows:

Rank	College	Count
1	University of North Carolina	33
2	University of California, Los Angeles	30
3	University of San Francisco	27
4	Ohio State University	26
5	University of Kentucky	23
6	University of Kansas	18
7	College of the Holy Cross	17
8	University of Florida	14
8	University of Arizona	14
8	University of Minnesota	14
11	Michigan State University	13
11	University of Iowa	13
11	New York University	13
14	Oregon State University	12
15	University of Michigan	11
15	Providence College	11
15	North Carolina Central University	11
18	University of Texas at Austin	10
18	University of Alabama	10
18	University of Houston	10
18	University of Louisville	10
22	University of Cincinnati	9
22	DePaul University	9
22	University of Oregon	9
25	Arizona State University	8
25	Wake Forest University	8
25	Marquette University	8
25	University of California	8
25	St. John's University	8
25	University of Southern California	8
25	Villanova University	8
25	University of New Mexico	8
25	Indiana University	8
25	Hamline University	8
35	University of Washington	7
35	University of Connecticut	7
35	Georgia Institute of Technology	7
35	North Carolina State University	7
35	Louisiana State University	7
35	Seton Hall University	7
35	University of Detroit Mercy	7
35	University of Notre Dame	7
43	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	6
43	Purdue University	6
43	Florida State University	6
43	Duquesne University	6
43	Stanford University	6
43	Kansas State University	6
43	Miami University	6
43	University of Central Arkansas	6
51	Washington State University	5
51	Vanderbilt University	5
51	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	5
51	Clemson University	5
51	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	5
51	Centenary College of Louisiana	5
51	La Salle University	5
51	University of Virginia	5
51	Santa Clara University	5
51	Bradley University	5
51	Washington State University	5
62	University of Utah	4
62	Gonzaga University	4
62	Duke University	4
62	Oklahoma State University	4
62	Xavier University	4
62	University of Memphis	4
62	University of Arkansas	4
62	University of California, Santa Barbara	4
62	University of Wyoming	4
62	University of Oklahoma	4
62	California State University, Long Beach	4
62	Wichita State University	4
62	Canisius College	4
62	Brigham Young University	4
62	Creighton University	4
62	Grambling State University	4
62	George Washington University	4
79	Davidson College	3
79	Cleveland State University	3
79	University of Miami	3
79	Mississippi State University	3
79	California State University, Fullerton	3
79	Augsburg College	3
79	Drexel University	3
79	New Mexico State University	3
79	American International College	3
79	Baylor University	3
79	University of Maryland	3
79	Pennsylvania State University	3
79	University of Wisconsin	3
79	University of Rhode Island	3
79	University of Colorado	3
79	Indiana State University	3
79	Virginia Commonwealth University	3
79	Pepperdine University	3
79	Saint Louis University	3
79	University of Pennsylvania	3
79	University of South Carolina	3
79	Tennessee State University	3
79	University of Dayton	3
79	University of Texas at El Paso	3
79	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	3
104	San Diego State University	2
104	Northeastern University	2
104	University of South Florida	2
104	California State University, Fresno	2
104	Georgetown University	2
104	University of Texas at San Antonio	2
104	United States Naval Academy	2
104	Jackson State University	2
104	Master's College	2
104	University of Nebraska	2
104	Bowling Green State University	2
104	University of California, Irvine	2
104	McNeese State University	2
104	University of Tulsa	2
104	Guilford College	2
104	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	2
104	University of Tennessee	2
104	Seattle University	2
104	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	2
104	University of Missouri	2
104	Rutgers University	2
104	Drake University	2
104	Syracuse University	2
104	Norfolk State University	2
104	Furman University	2
104	West Virginia University	2
104	Princeton University	2
104	Southern Illinois University	2
104	Niagara University	2
104	Texas Southern University	2
104	Texas A&M University	2
135	Robert Morris University (IL)	1
135	Saint Mary's College of California	1
135	Blinn College	1
135	Alabama A&M University	1
135	Louisiana Tech University	1
135	University of Georgia	1
135	Tulane University	1
135	Rice University	1
135	Texas Tech University	1
135	Virginia Union University	1
135	Hofstra University	1
135	Butler County Community College	1
135	Southern University and A&M College	1
135	Longwood University	1
135	Nicholls State University	1
135	Lamar University	1
135	Albany State University	1
135	University of Southern Mississippi	1
135	Hampton University	1
135	University of the District of Columbia	1
135	Howard University	1
135	University of Mississippi	1
135	West Texas A&M University	1
135	University of Massachusetts Amherst	1
135	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	1
135	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	1
135	Idaho State University	1
135	East Carolina University	1
135	Illinois Wesleyan University	1
135	University of Hawaii	1
135	Coppin State University	1
135	Millersville University of Pennsylvania	1
135	Old Dominion University	1
135	Dillard University	1
135	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	1
135	University of the Pacific	1
135	University of North Dakota	1
135	Winston-Salem State University	1
135	Friendship Junior College	1
135	Columbia University	1
135	Murray State University	1
135	Western Kentucky University	1
135	California State University, Los Angeles	1
135	Marshall University	1
135	Saint Joseph's University	1
135	University of Texas-Pan American	1
135	Boston College	1
135	Morehead State University	1
135	Colgate University	1
135	University of Idaho	1
135	King's College	1
135	St. Bonaventure University	1
135	University of Charleston	1
135	West Virginia State University	1
135	University of Toledo	1
135	City College of San Francisco	1
135	City College of New York	1
135	Bemidji State University	1
135	Loyola Marymount University	1