The NBA's most prolific fighters

[G.O.A.T]

Got a cool email from a friend this afternoon who tracked down some numbers on fights within basketball games.

Here's the list of the players who were primarily involved in the most fights since 1980 and some of the notables they fought against. The NBA's top ten most prolific pugilists if you will:


Bill Laimbeer - 17 (Kevin McHale, Michael Jordan, Robert Parish, Alonzo Mourning, Horace Grant, Charles Barkley, Charles Oakley, Doc Rivers, Larry Bird)
Rick Mahorn - 16 (Kevin McHale, Michael Jordan, Buck Williams, Scottie Pippen, Tree Rollins, Isiah Thomas)
Charles Oakley - 15 (Bill Laimbeer, Charles Barkley, Rick Mahorn, Chuck Person, Steve Smith, Shaquille O'Neal, Isiah Thomas)
Isiah Thomas - 13 (Marc Iaroni, Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn, Kevin Willis, Mark Price, Doc Rivers, Sidney Green)
Shaquille O'Neal - 12 (Greg Ostertag, Michael Olowakandi, Brad Miller, Eric Montross, Jayson Williams, Bimbo Coles, Charles Barkley
Patrick Ewing - 11 (Jalen Rose, Charles Barkley, AC Green, Detlef Schrempf, Rick Mahorn, Vlade Divac, Greg Kite)
Karl Malone - 10 (Kenyon Martin, Derrick Coleman, Juwan Howard, Buck Williams, Corliss Williamson, Kevin Willis)
Michael Jordan - 10 (Vernon Maxwell, Danny Ainge, Danny Ferry, Rick Mahorn, Bill Laimbeer, Greg Anthony, Chris Childs, Reggie Miller)
Dennis Rodman - 10 (Alonzo Mourning, Larry Johnson, Will Perdue, Stacey King, Brad Lohaus, Anthony Peeler, Charles Oakley)
Alonzo Mourning - 10 (Rick Smits, Luc Longley, Bo Outlaw, Karl Malone, Larry Johnson, Ron Harper)

Other notables: Buck Williams 9, Charles Barkley 7, John Starks 7, Kevin McHale 7, Reggie Miller 6, Larry Bird 6,

Bad Boys Run Down:
Laimbeer 17
Mahorn 16
Isiah 13
Rodman 10
James Edwards 6
John Salley 2
Vinnie Johnson 1
Mark Aguirre 1
Joe Dumars 0

[L.Kizzle]

I'd love to see a list from the 50s to the 70s.

[magnax1]

How many of those fights did Laimbeer start though? I bet most were people just pissed off at him. Probably the same with all those guys, that's basically a list of dirtiest players in the league.

[L.Kizzle]

How many of those fights did Laimbeer start though? I bet most were people just pissed off at him. Probably the same with all those guys, that's basically a list of dirtiest players in the league.

All these guys are 80s and 90s players.

Only Shaq is in the top and most of those happened in the 90s give or take a few.

WEAK ERA for fights.

[G.O.A.T]

I'd love to see a list from the 50s to the 70s.

Me too...though it'd be impossible to be as accurate. Those numbers only have a 5-10% margin of error.

Some guys who'd be up near the top

Clyde Lovellette
Calvin Murphy
Daryl Dawkins
Kermit Washington
Jim Luscutoff
Maurice Lucas
Bob Lanier
George Mikan
Dennis Awtrey
Jerry Lucas
Sweetwater Clifton
Earl Lloyd
John Brisker (ABA)
Wendal Ladner (ABA)

[L.Kizzle]

Me too...though it'd be impossible to be as accurate. Those numbers only have a 5-10% margin of error.

Some guys who'd be up near the top

Clyde Lovellette
Calvin Murphy
Daryl Dawkins
Kermit Washington
Jim Luscutoff
Maurice Lucas
Bob Lanier
George Mikan
Dennis Awtrey
Jerry Lucas
Sweetwater Clifton
Earl Lloyd
John Brisker (ABA)
Wendal Ladner (ABA)

I read Bill Sharman was a dirty player.

[ballup]

I heard Danny Ainge got into a couple fights back into the day

[L.Kizzle]

I heard Danny Ainge got into a couple fights back into the day

Biting matches.

[Mr. Jabbar]

I think KG must rank somewhere near the top, if you consider picking on small white guards anyway.

[G.O.A.T]

I heard Danny Ainge got into a couple fights back into the day

Six fights, Ranging from Jordan and Sidney Moncreif to Chris Dudley and Greg Ostertag. Not to mention countless trash talking.

I think KG must rank somewhere near the top, if you consider picking on small white guards anyway.

Kg was in five fights, three against white guys.

[PHILA]

Shaquille O'Neal - 12 (Greg Ostertag, Michael Olowakandi, Brad Miller, Eric Montross, Jayson Williams, Bimbo Coles, Charles Barkley

+ Alvin Robertson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlatS54e6_s#t=8m29s

[Mr. Jabbar]

Six fights, Ranging from Jordan and Sidney Moncreif to Chris Dudley and Greg Ostertag. Not to mention countless trash talking.



Kg was in five fights, three against white guys.

Whats the brawl count for Bruce Bowen? He was dirty as they come, did he got involved in many?

[DetroitPiston]

The funny thing about this list, is that Mahorn is a really nice guy. Very cool, very down to Earth, and very nice. The definition of a gentleman to put it simply. When I talked to him for the first time I found it hard to believe that this was a guy who would get in fights with anybody.

Laimbeer on the other hand, is a total douche.

Also, I laughed when I saw the Bad Boys rundown. It's amazing and shows Dumars' character that he never got into any fights.

[Snoop_Cat]

Isiah Thomas - 13 (Marc Iaroni, Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn, Kevin Willis, Mark Price, Doc Rivers, Sidney Green)

Gotta love how some of the guys are twice his size

[New York Knicks]

Zo's leg vs. JVG was an epic battle