Top 50 Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls were founded in 1966, bringing Basketball to the Windy City far later than it should have.
For most fans, the Bulls history really did not begin until they drafted Michael Jordan. The drafting of M.J. changed everything, and he would take them to a pair of "three-peats," which will be forever celebrated, as it should be.
Chicago has not made the Finals since Jordan’s departure.
This list is up to the end of the 2022-23 regular season.
Note: Basketball lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics, and post-season accolades.
When Chris Duhon was a rookie at Duke, he won the ACC Rookie of the Year and helped the Blue Devils win the 2001 NCAA Title. The Point Guard played four years under "Coach K," and the Chicago Bulls took him in the Second Round of the 2004 Draft.
The Division II Player of the Year from Virginia Union, Charles Oakley, was selected with the Ninth Overall Pick in the 1985 Draft by the Chicago Bulls. It was in Chicago where "Oak" became one of the most infamous players in the game.
The first Australian to make the NBA, Luc Longley played his first two years and change before he was dealt to the Chicago Bulls during the 1993-94 season, or as better known, Michael Jordan's baseball era.
Wilbur Holland had a unique basketball career, taken in the Fifth Round out of the University of New Orleans in 1975. The team that took him, Atlanta, waived him at seasons' end, and Holland received an opportunity with the Chicago Bulls.
Bill Cartwright was an All-Star as a rookie for the New York Knicks in 1980, and that would be the only time he played in the mid-season classic. The Center was with the Knicks until 1988 when he was traded to the Bulls, which would bring him his greatest team success in basketball.
Taken Third Overall by the Bulls in the 1967 Draft, Clem Haskins arrived in Chicago as an All-American and three-time OVC Player of the Year.
Only with the Chicago Bulls for the past four seasons, the Finnish Power Forward has been one of the few bright spots of an otherwise mediocre squad.
The 1988 SEC Player of the Year at Vanderbilt, Will Perdue, was Chicago 1stRound Pick (11thOverall), where the Center would become Bill Cartwright's backup for six years.
Scott May had about as good a year as you could in 1975-76 when he was a senior at Indiana. Playing at Small Forward for the Bobby Knight coached team, May took the Hoosiers to an undefeated season, an NCAA Championship, and was the consensus MVP. The nearby Chicago Bulls took May with the Second Overall Pick that year.
We are usually hesitant to rank a player who was only with a team for one season (and four Games), but we have a Hall of Famer in Guy Rodgers, whose lone year in Chicago was an All-Star one.