most conference finals appearances by nba player with less than 6 conference finals appearances 1979-80 to 1998-99

Between the 1979-80 and 1998-99 seasons, 22 players were tied for the most appearances in Conference Finals with <6 appearances, with 5 appearances. The first three are Derrick McKey, Steve Kerr and Karl Malone.

	NAME	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Derrick McKey D. McKey	Conference Finals	34	29.3	9.0	3.8	3.1	1.2	0.5	3.2	7.3	44.2	0.3	1.1	30.6	2.2	3.1	72.4	52.0	1.4	2.4	1.5	996	307	128	107	42	18	52	111	-37
2	Steve Kerr S. Kerr	Conference Finals	22	14.0	4.2	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.0	1.4	3.3	41.1	0.8	1.9	41.5	0.7	0.9	80.0	56.8	0.4	0.7	0.3	308	93	23	29	16	1	7	25	+17
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	Conference Finals	28	42.1	26.8	11.6	4.0	1.3	0.6	9.8	20.5	47.9	0.0	0.2	20.0	7.1	9.9	71.5	53.8	2.9	8.7	2.8	1,180	749	324	113	35	18	77	83	+56
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	Conference Finals	28	35.6	14.2	3.0	9.3	1.3	0.3	5.0	11.0	45.3	0.8	2.8	28.6	3.5	4.3	82.4	55.4	0.9	2.2	2.8	997	398	85	260	37	9	78	77	+25
5	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	Conference Finals	30	40.0	20.3	6.4	5.8	1.8	0.7	7.6	17.0	44.8	1.2	3.9	29.9	3.9	5.0	79.2	53.0	2.1	4.2	2.7	1,200	609	191	173	53	20	81	95	-14
6	Will Perdue W. Perdue	Conference Finals	26	7.8	1.4	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.2	40.6	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.6	62.5	46.1	0.8	1.1	0.3	202	36	49	8	1	9	9	47	+9
7	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	Conference Finals	29	28.7	7.8	4.7	1.2	0.6	0.4	2.9	6.4	45.7	0.0	0.0		1.9	2.8	68.8	50.9	1.2	3.5	1.2	832	225	137	36	16	13	34	90
8	John Paxson J. Paxson	Conference Finals	28	23.3	6.0	1.0	2.4	0.4	0.0	2.4	5.3	45.3	0.5	1.1	40.6	0.8	0.9	88.0	53.1	0.0	1.0	0.6	651	169	27	67	11	1	18	81
9	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	Conference Finals	33	29.3	12.1	4.6	1.4	0.8	1.0	4.3	9.2	47.4	1.0	2.6	39.1	2.4	2.8	83.9	58.0	1.3	3.4	1.4	968	398	153	47	28	32	46	92	0
10	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	Conference Finals	30	36.6	15.0	2.0	4.1	0.9	0.1	5.7	12.4	46.0	0.3	1.0	29.0	3.3	4.1	80.3	52.7	0.8	1.2	2.1	1,097	449	59	123	27	3	64	73
11	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	Conference Finals	30	30.1	9.8	8.1	1.9	0.8	0.6	4.2	9.0	46.1	0.2	1.1	21.9	1.3	1.7	76.0	50.3	2.1	6.0	1.1	904	295	244	56	25	18	34	109
12	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	Conference Finals	30	38.8	20.4	5.0	8.2	2.2	0.2	7.3	17.7	41.5	0.6	2.2	27.3	5.2	6.8	76.4	49.5	1.4	3.6	3.1	1,163	613	149	245	66	7	93	92
13	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	Conference Finals	26	28.5	15.5	5.3	1.5	0.4	0.7	5.6	13.1	42.8	0.3	0.9	34.8	4.0	4.8	83.2	51.0	1.5	3.8	1.7	741	404	138	40	11	17	43	82
14	Craig Hodges C. Hodges	Conference Finals	26	21.2	7.1	1.0	1.8	0.5	0.1	2.7	6.8	39.8	1.2	3.4	36.4	0.5	0.7	72.2	50.3	0.4	0.5	1.2	552	185	25	48	12	2	32	61
15	Greg Kite G. Kite	Conference Finals	16	6.3	1.6	2.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.3	45.0	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.7	72.7	52.3	0.8	1.2	0.3	100	26	32	1	1	3	5	28
16	Mike McGee M. McGee	Conference Finals	18	11.8	7.3	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.1	3.3	6.1	53.6	0.3	0.8	33.3	0.5	0.7	69.2	57.0	0.7	0.4	0.8	213	132	21	10	4	1	15	30
17	Clint Richardson C. Richardson	Conference Finals	23	19.5	5.7	2.9	1.7		0.1	2.4	5.0	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.1	76.9	51.8				448	130	67	39		3		44
18	M.L. Carr	Conference Finals	25	16.0	5.4	2.1	1.1		0.1	2.1	6.1	34.0	0.1	0.4	30.0	1.2	1.6	72.5	39.9				400	136	53	27		2		54
19	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	Conference Finals	29	34.8	12.2	3.7	6.7		0.2	5.0	10.7	46.6	0.0	0.3	12.5	2.2	3.0	74.7	51.0				1,010	354	107	195		6		80
20	Julius Erving J. Erving	Conference Finals	29	36.4	19.3	6.4	3.7	1.6	2.0	7.3	16.4	44.2	0.1	0.2	40.0	4.7	6.0	78.3	50.6			3.3	1,055	561	186	107	47	58	96	100
21	Bobby Jones B. Jones	Conference Finals	29	26.7	11.2	4.8	1.9		1.4	4.3	8.5	50.6	0.0	0.0		2.6	3.0	85.1	56.8				773	324	138	54		41		92
22	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	Conference Finals	29	28.6	13.1	6.1	1.9		0.7	4.7	7.9	60.1	0.0	0.0		3.7	4.8	75.7	65.6				830	380	177	55		19		82
23	Antonio Davis A. Davis	Conference Finals	27	25.2	8.3	7.0	0.7	0.5	0.9	2.6	5.4	47.9	0.0	0.0		3.1	5.1	60.1	53.9	2.3	4.7	1.6	680	223	188	20	13	23	43	93	-31
24	Dale Davis D. Davis	Conference Finals	27	31.4	8.9	8.6	0.8	0.7	1.0	3.6	6.4	57.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	3.5	46.3	56.1	3.3	5.3	1.6	848	240	232	22	18	28	44	79	-22
25	Reggie Miller R. Miller	Conference Finals	27	37.1	21.2	2.5	2.0	1.0	0.1	6.7	15.3	44.1	2.3	5.5	42.3	5.4	6.1	88.5	59.0	0.5	2.0	1.7	1,002	573	68	53	26	2	46	57	-34