most 18 or more points games by a player in finals nba

Jerry West had the most games in the NBA Finals with 18+ points, with 51 games.

	NAME	GP	PTS	SERIES	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jerry West J. West	51	1,624	NBA Finals	43.9	31.8	5.2	5.5			11.6	24.8	46.8				8.6	10.4	82.5	54.1				2,238	264	278				154
2	LeBron James L. James	49	1,474	NBA Finals	42.4	30.1	10.5	7.9	1.7	0.8	11.3	22.8	49.5	2.0	5.3	36.6	5.6	7.6	72.7	57.5	2.0	8.4	4.0	2,077	513	388	83	41	195	117	-62
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42	1,161	NBA Finals	40.2	27.6	10.5	3.8	1.0	2.6	11.5	21.2	54.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	6.5	70.7	57.5	2.9	6.8	2.9	1,690	443	161	38	97	91	153
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	1,176	NBA Finals	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	211	209	62	23	99	103	+45
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	35	1,063	NBA Finals	43.2	30.4	14.2				11.6	25.7	45.2				7.2	9.2	78.2	51.1				1,513	498					107
6	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	35	840	NBA Finals	32.5	24.0	9.9				9.5	21.5	44.1				5.0	6.7	74.6	49.0				1,138	348					141
7	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	34	873	NBA Finals	43.1	25.7	8.2	4.6	1.3	0.0	9.8	22.0	44.6				6.1	7.0	86.6	51.2	1.8	5.5		1,466	280	157	10	0		122
8	Sam Jones S. Jones	34	847	NBA Finals	37.1	24.9	5.9	3.1			10.0	20.9	47.8				4.9	5.9	83.9	53.0				1,262	199	106				97
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31	870	NBA Finals	43.8	28.1	6.2	5.0	1.8	0.8	9.8	23.2	42.5	1.5	4.6	33.6	6.8	8.1	84.5	52.5	1.2	5.0	3.5	1,357	192	155	56	26	109	97	+75
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	30	704	NBA Finals	41.5	23.5	7.6	11.2	1.9	0.2	8.2	14.5	56.6	0.2	0.8	26.1	6.9	7.6	90.7	65.8	1.6	6.0	3.3	1,246	228	336	58	6	99	90
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	29	859	NBA Finals	39.2	29.6	5.9	5.9	1.7	0.3	9.5	21.0	45.3	4.9	11.6	42.4	5.7	6.2	92.2	62.4	1.1	4.8	3.6	1,138	172	172	49	10	104	83	+152
12	Bill Russell B. Russell	28	655	NBA Finals	47.7	23.4	26.8				8.4	15.8	53.1				6.7	9.7	69.0	58.5				1,336	750					85
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	26	655	NBA Finals	43.0	25.2	11.8	5.9	2.1	0.7	9.1	19.3	47.3	0.7	1.6	43.9	6.3	7.2	87.2	56.1	2.8	9.0	3.0	1,117	308	153	54	19	77	67
14	James Worthy J. Worthy	25	634	NBA Finals	41.5	25.4	5.6	3.4	1.2	0.7	10.6	18.4	57.4	0.1	0.6	21.4	4.1	5.9	70.1	60.4	2.2	3.4	2.1	1,038	140	85	29	17	53	60
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	24	576	NBA Finals	41.8	24.0	14.2	3.0	0.8	2.7	9.1	17.8	51.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.8	7.9	72.6	56.5	3.9	10.3	3.0	1,003	340	73	19	65	73	61	+154
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	24	787	NBA Finals	44.4	32.8	14.0	3.6	0.6	2.4	12.8	21.1	60.6	0.0	0.0		7.2	14.3	50.3	59.8	4.3	9.7	3.5	1,066	336	86	14	57	83	87	+74
17	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	22	515	NBA Finals	42.9	23.4	5.4	6.4	1.4	0.9	8.6	18.4	46.9	0.3	1.2	22.2	6.0	7.0	84.5	54.4	2.1	3.3	2.6	943	119	140	30	20	57	58
18	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	22	669	NBA Finals	42.2	30.4	17.1				10.5	23.9	43.8				9.5	12.4	76.6	51.9				929	376					67
19	George Mikan G. Mikan	22	624	NBA Finals		28.4					9.2						9.9	12.2	81.0											102
20	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	21	584	NBA Finals	40.3	27.8	6.6	4.4	2.0	1.1	10.0	20.0	49.6	0.6	1.9	33.3	7.3	9.6	76.1	57.3	1.8	4.8	2.9	846	138	93	42	24	61	59	+24
21	Julius Erving J. Erving	21	547	NBA Finals	39.8	26.0	7.6	4.7	2.0	1.8	10.0	18.8	53.3	0.1	0.5	14.3	6.0	7.9	76.4	58.6	2.3	5.3	2.9	836	159	98	43	37	44	53
22	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	20	469	NBA Finals	43.1	23.5	8.4	5.2	2.0	1.3	8.3	18.1	45.9	1.2	3.4	34.3	5.7	7.3	78.1	55.0	2.9	5.5	3.5	861	167	104	39	26	70	66	-5
23	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	20	450	NBA Finals	40.9	22.5	5.9	10.9			8.2	20.6	39.8				6.1	7.7	79.7	46.9				818	117	217				49
24	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	19	476	NBA Finals	47.0	25.1	25.1	3.3			10.4	17.7	58.9				4.2	10.6	39.8	56.1				893	477	63				55
25	Kevin McHale K. McHale	18	448	NBA Finals	39.3	24.9	9.7	1.7	0.5	1.8	9.3	15.7	59.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.2	7.7	81.2	65.4	3.5	6.2	2.7	707	175	30	9	33	48	59

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