most finals appearances by a player with 20 ppg

LeBron James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are tied for the most career appearances in the NBA Finals when putting up 20.0+ points per game, with 10 appearances.

Interpreted as:
most finals appearances by a player with 20 or higher ppg
NAMEPPGSERIESGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
28.4
NBA Finals
55
42.5
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
23.5
NBA Finals
56
37.2
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
3Jerry West
J. West
30.5
NBA Finals
55
43.3
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
4John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
21.7
NBA Finals
47
39.8
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
5Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
25.3
NBA Finals
37
42.7
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
6Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
26.4
NBA Finals
44
42.0
13.5
10.0
23.5
42.7
6.3
8.3
75.5
48.6
1,850
1,161
593
140
7Stephen Curry
S. Curry
27.3
NBA Finals
34
39.0
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
8Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
20.8
NBA Finals
34
39.6
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
9Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
28.8
NBA Finals
30
42.3
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
10Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
33.6
NBA Finals
35
43.0
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
11James Worthy
J. Worthy
22.2
NBA Finals
34
39.6
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
12Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
23.9
NBA Finals
29
38.8
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
13Larry Bird
L. Bird
23.1
NBA Finals
31
42.8
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
14George Mikan
G. Mikan
23.9
NBA Finals
31
7.8
8.4
10.5
79.4
741
145
15Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
25.5
NBA Finals
18
39.6
3.8
4.4
1.5
0.4
10.1
22.1
45.5
2.1
5.8
36.2
3.3
3.5
93.7
53.9
1.1
2.7
2.4
713
459
69
80
27
8
44
51
-2
16Kevin Durant
K. Durant
30.3
NBA Finals
15
39.3
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
17Julius Erving
J. Erving
25.5
NBA Finals
22
39.8
7.5
4.5
2.0
1.8
9.8
18.7
52.6
0.1
0.4
14.3
5.8
7.6
76.6
57.9
2.2
5.3
2.8
875
561
166
100
44
40
45
56
18Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
23.0
NBA Finals
25
37.0
10.8
8.0
17.9
45.0
7.0
8.4
83.3
53.4
926
576
269
109
19Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
28.4
NBA Finals
25
41.5
16.6
9.6
23.0
41.8
9.1
12.0
75.4
50.0
1,037
709
416
77
20Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
20.1
NBA Finals
18
37.0
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
21Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
24.5
NBA Finals
15
40.3
8.3
6.0
1.4
0.5
8.4
18.1
46.3
0.5
3.0
15.6
7.2
8.7
82.4
55.7
2.9
5.3
2.7
604
367
124
90
21
8
41
61
22Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
22.6
NBA Finals
16
37.2
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
27.5
NBA Finals
17
42.5
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
24Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
20.5
NBA Finals
16
40.5
11.6
1.4
1.2
2.2
8.1
18.4
43.7
4.4
6.7
65.4
47.9
4.2
7.4
2.5
648
328
185
23
19
35
30
71
25Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
22.3
NBA Finals
11
38.7
6.5
4.3
1.2
0.5
7.9
18.2
43.5
2.2
7.4
29.6
4.3
5.5
77.0
54.0
1.4
5.1
3.1
426
245
71
47
13
6
34
31
+15

More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.5

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

8.7

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

5.8

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell
Team Rankings

ORTG

118.3

6th

DRTG

114.1

13th

NETRTG

4.2

9th

3P%

36.0

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
41
21
.661
4.5
3
40
23
.635
6.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
39
24
.619
7.0
5
35
27
.565
10.5
6
34
28
.548
11.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
3/8
@
1:00 PM
Mon
3/9
@
7:00 PM
Wed
3/11
@
7:30 PM
Fri
3/13
@
7:30 PM
Sun
3/15
@
3:30 PM
Last Game
DET Pistons

45 - 15

109

Final

113

CLE Cavaliers

39 - 24

Tue 3 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
45
16
.738
2
41
21
.661
4.5
3
40
23
.635
6.0
4
39
24
.619
7.0
5
35
27
.565
10.5
6
34
28
.548
11.5
7
33
28
.541
12.0
8
34
29
.540
12.0
9
32
31
.508
14.0
10
32
31
.508
14.0
11
26
35
.426
19.0
12
26
37
.413
20.0
13
16
46
.258
29.5
14
15
47
.242
30.5
15
15
47
.242
30.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
49
15
.766
2
45
17
.726
3.0
3
40
23
.635
8.5
4
38
23
.623
9.5
5
39
24
.619
9.5
6
37
25
.597
11.0
7
35
27
.565
13.0
8
32
30
.516
16.0
9
30
31
.492
17.5
10
30
33
.476
18.5
11
23
38
.377
24.5
12
21
41
.339
27.0
13
20
44
.313
29.0
14
19
44
.302
29.5
15
14
50
.219
35.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
1/31
@
100-112
Sat
1/31
@
117-93
Sat
1/31
@
130-111
Sat
1/31
@
121-111
Sun
2/1
@
95-102

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
3/6
@
7:00 PM
Fri
3/6
@
7:00 PM
Fri
3/6
@
8:00 PM
Fri
3/6
@
9:00 PM
Fri
3/6
@
9:00 PM