Shawn Marion

Cross-checked NBA and team histories, official box scores, playoff retrospectives, career-high records, and recurring historical discussion. Marion's singular 2006 two-way playoff peak and indispensable defense on Dallas's 2011 championship team anchor the list; an early Phoenix scoring-and-rebounding landmark preserves the full arc of the career rather than reducing it to title-team role play.

1. #1. Marion played nearly 55 minutes and produced 36 points and 20 rebounds in the 2006 West semifinals' double-overtime Game 5, supplying the interior force that allowed Raja Bell's tying three to become a 125–118 Phoenix win. NBA: Marion's 36-and-20 in the 2006 double-overtime classic · NBA official Clippers–Suns Game 5 box score
2. #2. Marion matched Dirk Nowitzki with 26 points, added eight rebounds, and helped contain Kevin Durant as Dallas erased an eight-point fourth-quarter deficit to win Game 5 and return to the Finals. NBA: Mavericks oust Thunder in 2011 West finals · NBA official Thunder–Mavericks Game 5 record
3. #3. Marion scored 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting with eight rebounds and guarded LeBron James during Dallas's 15-point comeback in Miami, the Game 2 reversal that made its 2011 championship possible. NBA official Mavericks–Heat Game 2 box score · NBA: history of the Mavericks' 2011 championship
4. #4. Marion contributed 12 points and eight rebounds while sharing the defensive work against Miami's stars in the 105–95 Game 6 victory that secured the first championship of his 16-year career. Mavericks: 2011 championship run revisited · NBA official Mavericks–Heat Game 6 box score
5. #5. In his second season, Marion scored a then-career-high 38 points with 12 rebounds, three steals, and two blocks against Minnesota, an early complete-game expression of the scoring, rebounding, and defensive range that defined his Phoenix prime. NBA official Timberwolves–Suns box score · NBA official Shawn Marion career profile

Reviewed through 2026-07-18