Editing Tim Duncan (section)

===Honors===
During his basketball career, Duncan received a number of individual and team honors, including being a two-time MVP (2002, 2003), five-time NBA champion (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014), and three-time NBA Finals MVP (1999, 2003, 2005). As a college player, he was honored by the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r105:H26FE7-199:|title=Tribute to Tim Duncan of the Virgin Islands|location=thomas.loc.gov|access-date=December 8, 2008|archive-date=July 16, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716144231/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r105:H26FE7-199:|url-status=dead}}</ref> named the ACC Male Athlete of the Year, won the [[John R. Wooden Award]] and [[Adolph Rupp Trophy]], and was selected as the [[Naismith College Player of the Year]] in addition to player of the year honors from the [[Oscar Robertson Trophy|United States Basketball Writers Association]] (USBWA), [[NABC Player of the Year|National Association of Basketball Coaches]] (NABC) and [[Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year|''Sporting News'']] (all 1997).<ref name="usabio"/> In 2002, Duncan was named to the [[ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team]] honoring the 50 greatest players in ACC history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/092602aaa.html|title=ACC 50th Anniversary Men's Basketball Team|website=TheACC.com|publisher=[[Atlantic Coast Conference]]|date=September 26, 2002|access-date=December 28, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102805/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/092602aaa.html|archive-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref> In his debut year in the NBA (1998), he was voted Rookie of the Year and elected into the [[NBA All-Rookie Team|All-Rookie Team]]. He has been named to 15 NBA All-Star teams (1997–98; 1999–2000 to 2010–11; 2012–13 and 2014–15), 15 All-NBA Teams (1997–98 to 2009–10, 2012–13, 2014–15; ten First Team nominations), and 15 All-Defensive Teams (1997–98 to 2009–10; 2012–13, 2014–15; eight First Team nominations).<ref name="stats"/> With these impressive performances, Duncan is one of only four players to receive All-NBA First Team honors in each of his first eight seasons (1998–2005), along with Hall-of-Famers [[Bob Pettit]] (ten seasons), [[Larry Bird]] (nine seasons), and [[Oscar Robertson]] (nine seasons), and is the only player in NBA history to receive All-NBA and All-Defensive honors in his first 13 seasons (1997–98 to 2009–10).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/awards_allnba.html|title=All-NBA Teams|work=NBA.com|access-date=June 17, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109062543/http://www.nba.com/history/awards_allnba.html|archive-date=January 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Duncan was also named by the Association for Professional Basketball Research as one of the "100 Greatest Professional Basketball Players of the 20th Century", and is the youngest player on that list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apbr.org/apbr100.html|title=The Association for Professional Basketball Research's 100 Greatest Professional Basketball Players of the 20th Century|work=Sporting News|access-date=May 4, 2007|archive-date=February 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210034932/http://www.apbr.org/apbr100.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2001–02 season, he won the [[IBM]] Player Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/almanac/nba/ibmaward.html |title=IBM Award |work=Sporting News |access-date=May 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930224645/http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/almanac/nba/ibmaward.html |archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref> and the ''[[Sporting News]]'' (TSN) MVP Award,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/almanac/nba/tsnmvp.html |title=The Sporting News NBA Most Valuable Player |work=Sporting News |access-date=May 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002140047/http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/almanac/nba/tsnmvp.html |archive-date=October 2, 2007}}</ref> becoming the third player to ever win the NBA MVP, IBM Player and TSN Player Awards in the same season. On February 18, 2006, he was named one of the ''Next 10 Greatest Players'' on the tenth anniversary of the release of the [[NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team]] by the [[Turner Network Television|TNT]] broadcasting crew.<ref name="next10">{{cite web|last=Martindale|first=David|url=http://www.tnt.tv/dramalounge/article/?oid=7461|title=Legends in the Making|work=TNT|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System|access-date=January 13, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230112838/http://www.tnt.tv/dramalounge/article/?oid=7461|archive-date=December 30, 2007}}</ref> In 2009, Duncan was ranked 8th by ''[[Slam (magazine)|Slam]]'' magazine in their list of the top 50 NBA players of all time,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slamonline.com/online/the-magazine/features/2009/06/the-new-top-50/ |title=The New Top 50 |work=Slam Magazine |access-date=December 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622072004/http://www.slamonline.com/online/the-magazine/features/2009/06/the-new-top-50/ |archive-date=June 22, 2009}}</ref> while ''Sports Illustrated'' named him its [[List of 2009 all-decade Sports Illustrated awards and honors#National Basketball Association|NBA Player of the Decade]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Thomsen|first=Ian|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/magazine/specials/2000s/12/03/nba.highlights.lowlights/index.html|title=2000s: The Decade in Sports; NBA: Highlights and lowlights|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=December 15, 2009|access-date=October 7, 2010|archive-date=January 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119014813/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/magazine/specials/2000s/12/03/nba.highlights.lowlights/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2022, to commemorate the NBA's 75th Anniversary ''[[The Athletic]]'' ranked their top 75 players of all time, and named Duncan as the ninth greatest player in NBA history, the highest ranked power forward on the list.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vorkunov |first1=Mike |title=NBA 75: At No. 9, Tim Duncan was an inexplicably subtle, dominant force and the heart of Spurs' title teams |url=https://theathletic.com/3104331/2022/02/08/nba-75-at-no-9-tim-duncan-was-an-inexplicably-subtle-dominant-force-and-the-heart-of-spurs-title-teams/ |website=The Athletic |access-date=March 12, 2023 |date=February 8, 2022 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311003546/https://theathletic.com/3104331/2022/02/08/nba-75-at-no-9-tim-duncan-was-an-inexplicably-subtle-dominant-force-and-the-heart-of-spurs-title-teams/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On April 4, 2020, it was announced that Duncan would be inducted into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] on August 29.<ref>{{cite web |title=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Announcement presented by Fifty-Five South Ventures |url=http://www.hoophall.com/news/naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-class-of-2020-announcement/ |website=hoophall.com |access-date=April 4, 2020 |date=April 4, 2020 |archive-date=April 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404124049/http://www.hoophall.com/news/naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-class-of-2020-announcement/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bontemps |first1=Tim |title=Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett lead star-studded Basketball Hall of Fame class |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28994934 |website=ESPN.com |access-date=June 30, 2020 |date=April 4, 2020 |archive-date=June 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630071302/https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28994934 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was named to the [[NBA 75th Anniversary Team]] in 2021.<ref name="75th NBA">{{cite web |title=NBA 75th Anniversary Team announced |url=https://www.nba.com/news/nba-75th-anniversary-team-announced |website=NBA.com |access-date=October 26, 2021 |date=October 21, 2021 |archive-date=October 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025195243/https://www.nba.com/news/nba-75th-anniversary-team-announced |url-status=live }}</ref>