most final appearances by a player with 1 mvp

LeBron James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are tied for the most career appearances in the NBA Finals when winning the Finals MVP award 1+ time, with 10 appearances.

Interpreted as:
most final appearances by a player with 1 or more mvp
NAMEFMVPSERIESGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
4
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
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
2
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
3Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
3
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
4Jerry West
J. West
1
NBA Finals
55
43.3
30.5
5.0
5.6
11.1
24.2
45.9
8.3
10.0
82.6
53.3
2,380
1,679
277
306
159
5John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
1
NBA Finals
47
39.8
21.7
7.4
4.1
1.2
0.2
8.3
19.7
42.1
5.1
6.0
84.8
48.5
1.7
5.0
1,872
1,020
350
195
15
3
154
6Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
1
NBA Finals
36
27.0
8.5
4.0
3.1
0.9
0.7
3.4
6.9
49.0
1.1
3.2
36.0
0.6
1.5
37.0
55.9
1.0
3.0
0.9
973
305
143
112
31
25
33
75
+70
7Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
2
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
8Stephen Curry
S. Curry
1
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
3
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
10Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
3
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
11Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
6
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
12James Worthy
J. Worthy
1
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
13Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
1
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
14Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
1
NBA Finals
35
47.3
18.6
24.6
3.8
7.5
13.5
55.9
3.5
9.4
37.7
52.9
1,657
652
862
134
101
15Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
1
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
16Tony Parker
T. Parker
1
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
17Larry Bird
L. Bird
2
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
18Kevin Durant
K. Durant
2
NBA Finals
15
39.3
30.3
7.7
4.5
1.0
1.5
10.7
19.5
54.6
2.9
6.4
44.8
6.1
6.7
91.1
67.4
1.0
6.7
2.7
589
455
116
68
15
23
40
47
+105
19Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
1
NBA Finals
20
41.3
11.4
14.1
4.1
0.9
0.5
4.7
10.0
47.2
2.0
3.3
59.1
49.8
3.7
9.2
1.3
825
227
282
82
14
8
15
68
20Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
2
NBA Finals
18
37.0
20.1
9.4
2.3
1.9
0.9
6.7
13.4
49.6
1.9
4.7
40.5
4.9
5.8
84.6
62.9
2.5
6.9
1.9
665
362
169
41
34
16
34
53
+89
21Joe Dumars
J. Dumars
1
NBA Finals
16
36.9
19.1
2.3
5.3
0.6
0.1
7.0
14.1
49.6
0.2
0.7
27.3
4.9
5.6
88.8
57.7
0.8
1.6
2.1
590
306
37
84
10
1
33
30
22Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
1
NBA Finals
16
37.2
22.6
4.2
7.9
2.1
0.3
8.3
17.3
48.0
1.1
2.4
46.2
4.8
6.1
78.6
56.4
0.9
3.3
3.8
595
361
67
127
34
5
61
55
23Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
2
NBA Finals
17
42.5
27.5
10.6
3.4
1.9
3.2
11.0
22.5
48.8
0.1
0.1
100.0
5.4
7.2
74.0
53.4
3.0
7.6
3.1
722
467
181
58
33
54
52
70
24Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
1
NBA Finals
18
29.1
11.7
5.6
2.3
0.6
0.4
3.7
7.1
52.3
0.0
0.0
4.2
5.2
80.9
62.0
2.9
2.7
1.9
523
210
101
41
11
8
34
49
25Bill Walton
B. Walton
1
NBA Finals
17
21.6
9.7
9.4
2.5
0.5
1.6
4.4
7.6
56.9
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.4
73.9
58.9
2.2
7.2
1.0
367
165
159
42
9
27
11
48

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Team Leaders

PPG

30.7

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

9.3

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

5.5

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell
Team Rankings

ORTG

116.3

11th

DRTG

114.2

13th

NETRTG

2.1

12th

3P%

33.8

27th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
6
15
12
.556
6.0
7
15
12
.556
6.0
8
Cavaliers Cavaliers
15
13
.536
6.5
9
15
13
.536
6.5
10
11
15
.423
9.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/19
@
7:30 PM
Mon
12/22
@
7:00 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:30 PM
Thu
12/25
@
12:00 PM
Sat
12/27
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
CLE Cavaliers

15 - 13

111

Final

127

CHI Bulls

11 - 15

Wed 17 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
21
6
.778
2
19
7
.731
1.5
3
17
11
.607
4.5
4
15
11
.577
5.5
5
14
11
.560
6.0
6
15
12
.556
6.0
7
15
12
.556
6.0
8
15
13
.536
6.5
9
15
13
.536
6.5
10
11
15
.423
9.5
11
11
17
.393
10.5
12
9
18
.333
12.0
13
7
19
.269
13.5
14
6
21
.222
15.0
15
4
21
.160
16.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
25
2
.926
2
20
6
.769
4.5
3
19
7
.731
5.5
4
19
7
.731
5.5
5
16
8
.667
7.5
6
17
10
.630
8.0
7
15
12
.556
10.0
8
13
14
.481
12.0
9
13
15
.464
12.5
10
11
16
.407
14.0
11
11
17
.393
14.5
12
10
16
.385
14.5
13
6
21
.222
19.0
14
6
21
.222
19.0
15
6
22
.214
19.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
11/16
@
113-115
Sun
11/16
@
108-110
Sun
11/16
@
96-120
Sun
11/16
@
126-109
Sun
11/16
@
130-127

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/19
@
7:00 PM
Fri
12/19
@
7:00 PM
Fri
12/19
@
7:30 PM
Fri
12/19
@
7:30 PM
Fri
12/19
@
9:30 PM