most finals games played by nba player before 2009

Before 2008-09, Bill Russell had the most games in the NBA Finals, with 70 games.

NAMEGPSERIESMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Bill Russell
B. Russell
70
NBA Finals
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
64
NBA Finals
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
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
56
NBA Finals
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
4Jerry West
J. West
55
NBA Finals
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
5Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
52
NBA Finals
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
6Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
50
NBA Finals
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
7John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
47
NBA Finals
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
8Frank Ramsey
F. Ramsey
47
NBA Finals
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 Cooper
M. Cooper
46
NBA Finals
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
10Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
44
NBA Finals
42.0
26.4
13.5
10.0
23.5
42.7
6.3
8.3
75.5
48.6
1,850
1,161
593
140
11K.C. Jones
K.C. Jones
44
NBA Finals
22.0
6.5
2.5
2.5
6.2
39.9
1.6
2.3
71.0
45.6
969
287
110
128
12Tom Sanders
T. Sanders
43
NBA Finals
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
13Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
42
NBA Finals
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
14Don Nelson
D. Nelson
38
NBA Finals
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
15Slater Martin
S. Martin
38
NBA Finals
9.9
3.3
3.4
4.9
68.4
378
148
16Robert Horry
R. Horry
37
NBA Finals
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
17Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
37
NBA Finals
28.3
10.4
2.6
4.1
1.2
0.1
4.2
9.0
47.0
0.7
1.8
41.5
1.2
1.6
75.9
53.6
0.7
1.9
1.5
1,048
383
95
150
46
4
56
106
18Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
37
NBA Finals
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
19Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
35
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
1,176
211
209
62
23
99
103
+45
20Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
35
NBA Finals
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
21Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
35
NBA Finals
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
22James Worthy
J. Worthy
34
NBA Finals
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
23Kurt Rambis
K. Rambis
34
NBA Finals
17.1
5.6
5.2
0.6
0.6
0.4
2.3
4.3
53.1
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.7
57.6
54.9
1.7
3.4
1.1
582
190
176
22
19
14
36
92
24Dennis Rodman
D. Rodman
33
NBA Finals
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
25Larry Bird
L. Bird
31
NBA Finals
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

More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

29.8

Brown

Jaylen Brown

RPG

8.0

Queta

Neemias Queta

APG

5.4

White

Derrick White
Team Rankings

ORTG

121.7

2nd

DRTG

114.8

13th

NETRTG

6.9

3rd

3P%

36.9

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
33
11
.750
2
Celtics Celtics
28
17
.622
5.5
3
29
19
.604
6.0
4
27
18
.600
6.5
5
27
20
.574
7.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
1/26
@
8:00 PM
Wed
1/28
@
7:30 PM
Fri
1/30
@
7:30 PM
Sun
2/1
@
3:30 PM
Tue
2/3
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
BOS Celtics

28 - 17

111

Final

114

CHI Bulls

23 - 22

Sat 24 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
33
11
.750
2
28
17
.622
5.5
3
29
19
.604
6.0
4
27
18
.600
6.5
5
27
20
.574
7.5
6
24
20
.545
9.0
7
25
22
.532
9.5
8
23
21
.523
10.0
9
23
22
.511
10.5
10
22
25
.468
12.5
11
18
26
.409
15.0
12
18
28
.391
16.0
13
12
32
.273
21.0
14
11
35
.239
23.0
15
10
34
.227
23.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
37
10
.787
2
31
15
.674
5.5
3
31
15
.674
5.5
4
27
16
.628
8.0
5
27
17
.614
8.5
6
27
19
.587
9.5
7
27
19
.587
9.5
8
26
21
.553
11.0
9
23
23
.500
13.5
10
21
24
.467
15.0
11
18
25
.419
17.0
12
19
27
.413
17.5
13
15
31
.326
21.5
14
12
35
.255
25.0
15
12
36
.250
25.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
12/29
@
139-136
Mon
12/29
@
129-119
Mon
12/29
@
128-106
Mon
12/29
@
90-131
Tue
12/30
@
132-125

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/25
@
3:30 PM
Sun
1/25
@
7:00 PM
Mon
1/26
@
1:30 PM
Mon
1/26
@
3:00 PM
Mon
1/26
@
7:00 PM