most finals appearances without an nba title

Bill Russell has won the most career championships in the NBA Finals, with 11 championships.

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most finals appearances without an NBA title by a player
NAMEChampsSERIESGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Bill Russell
B. Russell
11
NBA Finals
70
45.5
16.4
24.5
5.9
13.0
45.6
4.6
7.5
61.3
50.5
3,185
1,151
1,718
225
2Sam Jones
S. Jones
10
NBA Finals
64
29.2
17.9
4.9
7.2
15.5
46.1
3.5
4.3
82.2
51.2
1,871
1,143
312
151
3John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
8
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
4Tom Sanders
T. Sanders
8
NBA Finals
43
26.2
10.5
6.4
1.2
4.3
9.3
46.1
1.9
2.6
73.5
50.3
1,126
453
277
50
179
5K.C. Jones
K.C. Jones
8
NBA Finals
44
22.0
6.5
2.5
2.5
6.2
39.9
1.6
2.3
71.0
45.6
969
287
110
128
6Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
8
NBA Finals
52
30.8
19.9
9.1
7.8
19.5
40.1
4.3
5.7
74.2
45.1
1,602
1,035
473
209
7Robert Horry
R. Horry
7
NBA Finals
37
32.7
9.7
5.9
2.9
1.3
1.2
3.3
7.6
42.9
1.5
3.9
39.2
1.6
2.3
71.4
56.1
1.7
4.2
1.2
1,208
358
220
109
49
43
45
113
+116
8Frank Ramsey
F. Ramsey
7
NBA Finals
47
24.6
13.5
4.8
4.7
11.3
41.3
4.1
5.1
81.5
49.7
1,158
634
224
178
9Michael 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
10Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
6
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
11Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
6
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
12Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
6
NBA Finals
42
39.0
17.0
5.0
9.5
6.1
18.2
33.7
4.7
6.1
77.0
40.6
1,639
713
210
397
114
13Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
5
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
14Derek Fisher
D. Fisher
5
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
15Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
5
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
16Ron Harper
R. Harper
5
NBA Finals
27
24.4
6.6
3.4
2.7
1.0
0.5
2.4
6.0
41.0
0.6
1.8
31.3
1.1
1.6
72.1
49.5
0.7
2.7
0.9
659
178
92
73
28
14
24
53
+58
17Steve Kerr
S. Kerr
5
NBA Finals
27
15.5
3.6
0.7
1.1
0.3
0.0
1.2
3.4
35.9
0.6
2.0
27.8
0.6
0.7
83.3
48.0
0.3
0.4
0.4
418
96
18
30
8
1
11
33
+26
18Dennis Rodman
D. Rodman
5
NBA Finals
33
27.8
4.9
8.9
1.3
0.8
0.4
1.8
3.8
48.0
0.0
0.2
14.3
1.2
2.2
56.3
51.5
3.2
5.7
1.3
918
163
294
42
26
14
42
129
+4
19Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
5
NBA Finals
46
30.6
10.3
2.9
3.9
1.3
0.4
3.9
8.7
44.7
0.8
2.0
38.0
1.8
2.2
80.6
53.5
0.8
2.2
1.3
1,406
474
135
178
59
20
60
159
20Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
5
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
21Don Nelson
D. Nelson
5
NBA Finals
38
19.9
8.4
5.2
1.1
0.2
0.0
3.2
7.1
45.0
2.0
2.7
74.0
50.7
0.5
3.1
757
319
199
43
2
0
103
22Larry Siegfried
L. Siegfried
5
NBA Finals
28
23.2
11.7
2.2
2.8
4.2
10.5
40.1
3.3
3.9
82.7
47.8
650
327
61
77
91
23Jim Loscutoff
J. Loscutoff
5
NBA Finals
25
17.9
6.2
5.4
2.7
8.0
33.5
0.8
1.5
56.8
35.8
447
155
135
101
24Slater Martin
S. Martin
5
NBA Finals
38
9.9
3.3
3.4
4.9
68.4
378
148
25George Mikan
G. Mikan
5
NBA Finals
31
23.9
7.8
8.4
10.5
79.4
741
145
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