In the NBA, the downside of playing at the elite level for a long time is that while you have to accumulate a lot of records, they aren’t all going to be fascinating.
For example, you will see four league MVP LeBron Jameswe think he is the NBA Goat, and is ranked No. 1 on the list for the most finals in his career. Not only James, but the Los Angeles Lakers as a franchise also fill the top five in this ranking, which is the cost of playing in so many championship series.
Below, check out the players with the most NBA Finals in league history.
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Final record: 4-6
Final game record: 22-33 (40.00%)
Average point difference: -3.51
Finals data: 28.4 ppg, 10.2 rpg, 7.8 APG, 48.4 fg%, 35.2 3p%
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Final record: 1-8
Final game record: 22-33 (40.00%)
Average point difference: -2.09
Finals data: 24.2 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 5.6 APG, 45.9 fg%
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Final record: 0-7
Final game record: 16-28 (36.40%)
Average point difference: -2.18
Finals data: 26.4 ppg, 13.5 rpg, 42.7 fg%
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Final record: 6-4
Final game record: 29-27 (51.80%)
Average point difference: 0.05
Finals data: 23.5 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 3.2 APG, 52.3 fg%
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Final record: 5-4
Final game record: 24-26 (48.00%)
Average point difference: -0.76
Finals data: 19.4 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 11.7 APG, 51.6 fg%, 23.7 3p%
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Final record: 11-1
Final game record: 45-25 (64.30%)
Average point difference: 4.91
Finals data: 16.4 PPG, 24.5 RPG, 45.6 fg%
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Final record: 5-3
Final game record: 23-23 (50.00%)
Average point difference: 0.07
Finals data: 10.3 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 3.9 APG, 44.7 FG%, 38.0 3p%
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Final record: 10-1
Final game record: 42-22 (65.60%)
Average point difference: 4.98
Finals data: 17.9 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 46.1 FG%
Final record: 2-4
Final game record: 16-21 (43.20%)
Average point difference: -1.73
Finals data: 10.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 4.1 APG, 47.0 fg%, 41.5 3p%
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Final record: 2-4
Final game record: 16-19 (45.70%)
Average point difference: 0.57
Finals data: 18.6 ppg, 24.6 rpg, 3.8 APG, 55.9 fg%
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Final record: 5-3
Final game record: 24-19 (55.80%)
Average point difference: 0.37
Finals data: 8.7 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 2.4 APG, 42.9 FG%, 41.7 3p%
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Final record: 1-5
Final game record: 11-18 (37.90%)
Average point difference: 0.38
Finals data: 6.8 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 0.8 APG, 44.6 fg%
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Final record: 3-3
Final game record: 16-18 (47.10%)
Average point difference: -0.88
Finals data: 22.2 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.3 APG, 53.3 fg%, 20.0 3p%
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Final record: 3-3
Final game record: 19-18 (51.40%)
Average point difference: -1.08
Finals data: 18.3 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 6.2 APG, 42.0 fg%
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Final record: 8-1
Final game record: 34-18 (65.40%)
Average point difference: 6.19
Finals data: 19.9 ppg, 9.1 RPG, 40.1 fg%
Final record: 0-5
Final game record: 6-17 (26.10%)
Average point difference: -6.04
Finals data: 12.4 ppg
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Final record: 4-3
Final game record: 19-17 (52.80%)
Average point difference: 0.89
Finals data: 8.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.1 APG, 49.0 fg%, 36.0 3p%
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Final record: 5-1
Final game record: 21-17 (55.30%)
Average point difference: 0.71
Finals data: 8.4 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.1 APG, 45.0 fg%
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Final record: 7-1
Final game record: 30-17 (63.80%)
Average point difference: 5.51
Finals data: 13.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 41.3 fg%
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Final record: 0-4
Final game record: 9-16 (36.00%)
Average point difference: -1.92
Finals data: 7.9 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 2.4 APG, 40.5 fg%
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Final record: 0-4
Final game record: 9-16 (36.00%)
Average point difference: -4.24
Finals data: 13.0 ppg, 7.9 RPG, 1.8 APG, 40.5 fg%
Final record: 0-4
Final game record: 10-16 (38.50%)
Average point difference: -3.23
Finals data: 11.3 ppg
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Final record: 4-2
Final game record: 18-16 (52.90%)
Average point difference: -0.09
Finals data: 5.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 0.6 APG, 53.1 fg%
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Final record: 6-1
Final game record: 26-16 (61.90%)
Average point difference: 5.69
Finals data: 17.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 9.5 APG, 33.7 fg%
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Final record: 8-0
Final game record: 31-16 (66.00%)
Average point difference: 3.72
Finals data: 21.7 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 4.1 APG, 42.1 FG%
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Final record: 1-4
Final game record: 9-16 (36.00%)
Average point difference: -4.64
Finals data: 9.7 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 1.0 APG, 37.7 FG%, 38.1 3p%
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