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 2024-25 regular season.
Note: Basketball lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics, and post-season accolades.
Bob Boozer had a long list of accomplishments before he ever donned a Chicago Bulls uniform.
Ben Gordon led the University of Connecticut to an NCAA Championship in 2004, raising his draft stock to where he was taken number three by the Chicago Bulls.
On every best-of list for a team, there is one player who seems impossible to rank. For the Chicago Bulls, that is Dennis Rodman, whom we have rated lower than most other publications, though statistically we can justify placing him five spots lower.
B.J. Armstrong left the University of Iowa as their all-time Assists leader, and who was he going to pass to as a pro? Michael Jordan. Taken Eighteenth Overall in 1989, Armstrong came off the bench in his first three seasons with the Bulls, but he saw increasing minutes each year. Armstrong was part of the Bulls' first three-peat (1991-93), and he was no longer coming off the pine in the last championship year. Now the starting Point Guard,…
Taj Gibson was the Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year in 2009 at USC, and the Chicago Bulls took him with the Twenty-Sixth Pick of that year's Draft. The Power Forward started most of his games as a rookie, but he was best served coming off the bench. Gibson still logged significant minutes and had two straight years with at least 10 Points and 6 Rebounds per Game (2013-14 & 2014-15). He was an above-average defensive player…
Orlando Woolridge was taken no. 6 overall in 1981 by the Chicago Bulls, and the Small Forward played his first five seasons there. Woolridge only averaged 15.8 Minutes per Game as a rookie but started more than half as a sophomore and was a full blown starter in his third year, where he closed in on 20 Points per Game. He reached that mark in his fourth and fifth year in Chicago, where he inched over…
Normally a pro basketball player works up to their best pro season, but Dave Greenwood did it backward as his rookie year was his most productive.
John Paxson was a two-time Second Team All-American at Notre Dame, and after two years with the San Antonio Spurs, he joined the Chicago Bulls as a Veteran Free Agent. The Point Guard was the consummate team player, who was content to defer to the team's stars (namely Michael Jordan) for the team's greater good. It made him a background player in Phil Jackson's Triangle Offense, but he was a good shooter when called upon, and…
Carlos Boozer was a two-time All-Star with the Utah Jazz, and while he was not able to gain a third with Chicago, he was still able to provide a solid two-way game in the four years he was a Bull.
Clifford Ray was taken with the 40th pick in the 1971 Draft, but despite that late selection, the Oklahoma Sooner made the Chicago Bulls roster.
When people think of Pau Gasol, they will always think of the Los Angeles Lakers first. They should, but don't sleep on his two years with the Chicago Bulls, where he played the most complete basketball of his career. A two-time NBA Champion with the Lakers, Gasol was 34 when he signed with the Bulls as a Free Agent in 2014. The Spaniard was an All-Star in both seasons, earning a Second Team All-Star in 2014-15. Gasol's scoring…
Ron Harper knew that his stats would plummet when he signed with the Chicago Bulls in 1994. Before he signed that Free Agent deal with the Bulls, Harper had four 20-plus PPG seasons in the NBA, including the year before he joined Chicago. Harper was expected to score in droves for the Los Angeles Clippers (his previous team), but on the star-laden Bulls, he didn't have to.
The Chicago Bulls were Dave Corzine's third team, after two years apiece with the Washington Bullets and the San Antonio Spurs, before he was traded to his hometown.
An NBA Champion with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1966, Weiss was traded from his third NBA team, Milwaukee, to the Chicago Bulls during the 1968-69 Season.
Tyson Chandler was the Second Overall Pick in 2001 by the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers traded Chandler to Chicago for Elton Brand, and there was hope that the Bulls could build their team around the Center.
The Chicago Bulls had the first overall pick in the NBA Draft, and they took Elton Brand, the Duke sophomore who was named the ACC Player of the Year and National College Player of the Year.
Nikola Mirotic was taken 23rd Overall by Houston in 2011, but he was traded twice that day to become a Chicago Bull, although that would not happen for years.
Andres Nocioni played in the Spanish League for years, and his performance in Argentina's 2004 Olympic Gold Medal win landed him a contract with the Chicago Bulls.
A former North Carolina Mr. Basketball (2018), Coby White played a year in college for UNC before he was taken with the seventh overall pick in 2019. A combo Guard, White was a Second Team All-Rookie and became a starter as a sophomore, but he regressed in the two years that followed. White broke out in 2023-24 with 19.1 PPG, and increased that last year with 20.4. With the ability to explode and make it…