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NBA Live Legend All-Stars Teams is a video game feature on the '' NBA Live'' video games series (since ''NBA Live 2000''). It gathers five teams, each representing a decade, starting from the 1950s. Each team consists of great (although not necessarily the greatest) players from that era. Most of the players had been inducted into
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Players

This is the list of players on the teams, with their position on the game. On each team, players above the line are starters. Players in bold are member of the NBA 50 Greatest Players.
Players with an asterisk (*) are Hall of Fame members.


'50s All-Stars

*PF Bob Pettit* *PF Dolph Schayes* *SF
Paul Arizin Paul Joseph Arizin (April 9, 1928 – December 12, 2006), nicknamed "Pitchin' Paul", was an American basketball player who spent his entire National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Philadelphia Warriors from 1950 to 1962. He reti ...
* *SG
Bill Sharman William Walton Sharman (May 25, 1926 – October 25, 2013) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is mostly known for his time with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s, partnering with Bob Cousy in what was then considered ...
* *PG Bob Cousy* ---- *C George Mikan*^^ *PF
Harry Gallatin Harry Junior "The Horse" Gallatin (April 26, 1927 – October 7, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach. Gallatin played nine seasons for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1948 to 1957 ...
* *SG
Andy Phillip Andrew Michael "Handy Andy" Phillip (March 7, 1922 – April 29, 2001) was an American professional basketball player.
*^ *SF
Richie Guerin Richard Vincent Guerin (born May 29, 1932) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) New York Knicks from 1956 to 1963 and was a player-coach of the St. Louis/Atlan ...
* *SF George Yardley* *SG
Larry Costello Lawrence Ronald Costello (July 2, 1931 – December 13, 2001) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He played for the Philadelphia Warriors, the Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers for the NBA and the Wilkes-Barre Barons. ...
^ *C Carl Braun^^^ *C Clyde Lovellette* All of the players on this team except Costello, Hagan, Braun and Lovellette were nominated to the NBA 25th Anniversary Team in 1971. ^ Phillip and Costello only appeared on earlier series.
^^ Later, Mikan becomes the starting center.
^^^ Braun was actually a Smallfoward.


'60s All-Stars

*C Wilt Chamberlain* *C Bill Russell* *SF Elgin Baylor* *PG Oscar Robertson* *PG Jerry West*^ ---- *C Willis Reed* *SG Hal Greer* *PG Lenny Wilkens* *PF Jerry Lucas* *SG Sam Jones* *PF
Tommy Heinsohn Thomas William Heinsohn (August 26, 1934 – November 9, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. He was associated with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for six decades as a player, coach and broadcast ...
* *C Walt Bellamy* ^ West only appeared on earlier series.


'70s All-Stars

*C Bob Lanier*^ *SF John Havlicek* *SF George Gervin* *SG Pete Maravich* *PG Walt Frazier* ---- *C
Dave Cowens David William Cowens ( ; born October 25, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player and NBA head coach. At , he played the center position and occasionally played power forward. Cowens spent most of his playing career with the Bo ...
* *C Wes Unseld* *SG Earl Monroe* *PG Nate Archibald* *SF Billy Cunningham* *PG
Dave Bing David Bing (born November 24, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player, businessman, and politician who served as the 74th mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 2009 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. After starring a ...
* *SG Rick Barry* ^ Lanier, the starting center of this team, was the only player on this team not to be named NBA 50 Greatest Players in 1996 (although he was on the selection panel for that list).


'80s All-Stars

*C Kareem Abdul-Jabbar*^ *PF Kevin McHale* *SF Larry Bird* *SG
Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. His biography on the official NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the g ...
* *PG
Magic Johnson Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player. He is often regarded as the greatest point guard of all-time and has been compared with Stephen Curry. Johnson played 13 seasons in the ...
* ---- *SF Julius Erving*^ *SG
Clyde Drexler Clyde Austin Drexler (born June 22, 1962) is an American former professional basketball player and the commissioner of the Big3 3-on-3 basketball league. Nicknamed "Clyde the Glide", he played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association ...
* *PG
Isiah Thomas Isiah Lord Thomas III (born April 30, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player and coach who is an analyst for ''NBA TV''. The 12-time NBA All-Star was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History as well as the 75 Grea ...
* *C Moses Malone* *PF Charles Barkley*^^ *C
Hakeem Olajuwon Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (; ; born January 21, 1963), nicknamed "the Dream", is a Nigerian Americans, Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played Center (basketball), center in the National Basketball Ass ...
*^^ *C
Robert Parish Robert Lee Parish (born August 30, 1953) is an American former professional basketball player who played 21 seasons as a center in the National Basketball Association (NBA), tied for second most in league history. He played an NBA-record 1,61 ...
* *SF James Worthy* *SF Dominique Wilkins* *C Patrick Ewing*^^^ ^ Abdul-Jabbar and Drexler only appear on later series.
^^ Barkley and Olajuwon only appeared on earlier series.
^^^ Ewing first appeared on 1990s All-Stars Team, then shifted into 1980s All-Stars Team, then disappears on later series.


'90s All-Stars

*C
Hakeem Olajuwon Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (; ; born January 21, 1963), nicknamed "the Dream", is a Nigerian Americans, Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played Center (basketball), center in the National Basketball Ass ...
*PF Karl Malone* *SF Scottie Pippen* *SG
Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. His biography on the official NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the g ...
*^ *PG John Stockton*^ ---- *C David Robinson*^ *SF
Grant Hill Grant Henry Hill (born October 5, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player who is a co-owner and executive of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended Duke University and is widely considere ...
*SG Reggie Miller* *PF
Shawn Kemp Shawn may refer to: *Shawn (given name) *Shawn (surname) See also * Sean * Shaun Shaun is an anglicized spelling of the Irish name Seán. Alternative spellings include Shawn, Sean and Shawne. Notable persons with the given name include: Peop ...
^ *SG Mitch Richmond*^ *SG
Penny Hardaway Anfernee Deon "Penny" Hardaway (born July 18, 1971) is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Memphis Tigers men's basketball team in the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Hardaway pla ...
^^ *C
Alonzo Mourning Alonzo Harding Mourning Jr. (born February 8, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who has served as vice president of player programs and development for the Miami Heat since June 2009. Mourning played most of his 15-year ...
*^^ *PF Charles Barkley^^ *PG
Gary Payton Gary Dwayne Payton Sr. (born July 23, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who played the point guard position. Widely considered one of the greatest point guards of all time, he is best known for his 13-year tenure with t ...
*PG Jason Kidd^^ C. Shaquille O'Neal ^Jordan, Pippen, Stockton, Robinson, Kemp, Barkley and Richmond only appear on earlier series.
^^Hardaway, Mourning, Kidd, and Webber only appear on later series. National Basketball Association video games