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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the most career starts in the NBA Finals, with 56 starts.

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NAMEGSSERIESGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
56
NBA Finals
56
37.2
23.5
9.1
3.2
0.9
2.2
9.7
18.6
52.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.1
5.8
70.0
55.6
2.4
5.9
2.7
2,082
1,317
507
181
45
116
121
196
2LeBron James
L. James
55
NBA Finals
55
42.5
28.4
10.2
7.8
1.7
0.8
10.7
22.1
48.4
1.8
5.2
35.2
5.2
7.1
73.1
56.3
1.9
8.3
3.9
2,337
1,562
561
430
93
46
217
130
-86
3Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
50
NBA Finals
50
40.9
19.4
7.9
11.7
2.0
0.3
6.8
13.1
51.6
0.2
0.8
23.7
5.7
6.5
87.4
60.7
1.8
6.2
3.8
2,044
971
397
584
102
16
190
147
4Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
37
NBA Finals
37
42.7
25.3
5.7
5.1
1.8
0.9
9.0
21.8
41.2
1.3
4.1
31.4
6.0
7.1
84.8
50.7
1.1
4.6
3.3
1,581
937
211
187
65
33
123
118
+36
5Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
37
NBA Finals
37
40.1
18.3
4.7
6.2
1.3
1.1
6.8
16.3
42.0
0.2
1.0
16.0
4.5
5.5
81.0
48.8
1.8
2.9
2.7
1,483
676
175
228
48
39
100
106
6Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
35
NBA Finals
35
43.0
33.6
6.0
6.0
1.8
0.7
12.5
26.0
48.1
1.2
3.3
36.8
7.4
9.1
80.6
55.9
1.6
4.4
2.8
1,506
1,176
211
209
62
23
99
103
+45
7Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
35
NBA Finals
35
42.0
19.0
8.3
5.9
1.9
1.1
7.0
16.5
42.5
0.9
3.3
25.6
4.1
5.4
74.7
50.1
2.8
5.6
3.3
1,470
664
292
207
67
39
117
118
+38
8Stephen Curry
S. Curry
34
NBA Finals
34
39.0
27.3
5.8
6.0
1.6
0.3
8.8
20.4
43.2
4.5
11.3
39.5
5.2
5.6
91.7
59.6
1.0
4.7
3.5
1,327
928
196
204
55
11
120
96
+138
9Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
34
NBA Finals
34
39.6
20.8
13.3
2.8
0.8
2.4
7.9
16.2
48.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
5.1
7.1
71.6
53.8
3.7
9.6
2.8
1,346
708
452
94
27
81
96
85
+157
10James Worthy
J. Worthy
34
NBA Finals
34
39.6
22.2
5.0
3.3
1.0
0.6
9.2
17.3
53.3
0.1
0.4
20.0
3.6
5.3
68.3
56.4
1.9
3.1
2.0
1,346
754
171
112
34
20
68
88
11Draymond Green
D. Green
33
NBA Finals
33
38.5
11.5
9.1
6.6
1.8
1.0
4.0
9.7
41.4
1.1
3.8
28.0
2.5
3.3
74.5
51.9
1.5
7.6
2.6
1,269
381
300
219
59
32
87
138
+140
12Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
33
NBA Finals
33
37.1
18.5
3.9
1.9
0.8
0.5
6.6
15.3
43.5
3.2
8.1
39.8
2.0
2.4
84.6
56.7
0.5
3.4
1.3
1,223
610
128
62
26
15
42
89
+59
13Larry Bird
L. Bird
31
NBA Finals
31
42.8
23.1
11.6
6.0
2.0
0.8
8.4
18.3
45.8
0.6
1.5
42.2
5.7
6.5
87.2
54.5
2.5
9.1
2.9
1,326
716
361
187
63
24
91
80
14Robert Parish
R. Parish
31
NBA Finals
31
32.9
15.4
8.4
1.3
1.0
1.7
6.3
13.1
48.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.7
4.4
63.0
51.2
2.8
5.6
2.1
1,020
477
260
40
32
54
65
108
15Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
30
NBA Finals
30
42.3
28.8
13.1
3.4
0.5
2.1
11.3
18.8
60.2
0.0
0.0
6.2
12.7
48.4
59.0
4.0
9.1
3.4
1,268
865
393
103
16
62
101
109
+34
16Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
29
NBA Finals
29
38.8
23.9
5.7
4.3
1.8
1.0
8.7
18.2
47.6
0.5
1.6
31.1
6.0
8.1
74.8
54.8
1.6
4.2
2.9
1,125
693
166
125
53
30
85
75
-51
17Tony Parker
T. Parker
29
NBA Finals
29
36.3
16.5
2.4
4.5
0.6
0.1
6.7
14.8
45.6
0.7
1.9
35.2
2.4
3.8
63.1
50.2
0.3
2.1
2.4
1,053
479
71
130
18
3
70
54
+50
18Derek Fisher
D. Fisher
27
NBA Finals
43
28.2
8.7
2.2
2.4
1.0
0.0
3.0
6.9
42.9
1.1
2.7
41.7
1.7
2.1
81.3
55.9
0.4
1.7
1.0
1,212
376
94
103
45
1
41
127
+110
19Horace Grant
H. Grant
26
NBA Finals
26
36.5
10.6
8.6
2.1
1.0
1.3
4.5
8.7
52.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
2.3
63.9
54.4
3.0
5.7
1.0
949
275
224
55
26
35
27
75
+14
20Danny Green
D. Green
24
NBA Finals
24
27.3
9.7
3.2
1.0
1.3
0.9
3.4
8.1
41.8
2.5
5.8
42.1
0.5
0.6
85.7
58.2
0.8
2.4
1.1
654
233
77
25
30
21
27
64
+78
21A.C. Green
A.C. Green
24
NBA Finals
28
26.3
7.5
6.3
0.4
0.5
0.1
2.8
5.8
47.8
0.1
0.2
33.3
2.0
2.8
70.5
54.0
2.3
4.0
0.9
736
211
177
11
13
3
26
73
-27
22Byron Scott
B. Scott
23
NBA Finals
30
30.5
11.0
3.0
1.8
1.2
0.2
4.4
10.0
44.5
0.3
1.3
25.0
1.8
2.4
75.0
49.9
0.8
2.2
1.3
915
330
89
53
35
5
39
82
23Kurt Rambis
K. Rambis
23
NBA Finals
34
17.1
5.6
5.2
0.6
0.6
0.4
2.3
4.3
53.1
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.7
57.6
54.9
1.7
3.4
1.1
582
190
176
22
19
14
36
92
24Bob Dandridge
B. Dandridge
23
NBA Finals
23
41.9
19.6
7.5
3.5
1.0
1.1
8.2
18.1
45.1
3.2
4.4
73.3
48.8
2.1
4.9
3.4
964
450
173
80
19
20
41
95
25Tristan Thompson
T. Thompson
22
NBA Finals
22
31.7
8.5
9.0
0.9
0.4
0.8
3.5
6.3
55.4
0.0
0.0
1.5
2.7
55.9
56.7
3.7
5.4
0.7
698
187
199
20
9
18
16
54
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.333
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WesternWLPCTGB
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11
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.846
2
10
2
.833
0.5
3
9
3
.750
1.5
4
8
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.727
2.0
5
8
3
.727
2.0
6
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.667
2.5
7
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.667
2.5
8
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.636
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.636
3.0
10
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.600
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.400
5.5
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