most finals games scoring 35 or more points

Bill Russell had 1,151 points in the NBA Finals when scoring 35+ points.

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most finals games scoring by a player 35 or more points

	NAME	PTS	GP	SERIES	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	1,151	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	1,718					225
2	Sam Jones S. Jones	1,143	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	312					151
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,317	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	507	181	45	116	121	196
4	LeBron James L. James	1,562	55	NBA Finals	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	561	430	93	46	217	130	-86
5	Jerry West J. West	1,679	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	277	306				159
6	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	1,035	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	473					209
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	971	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	397	584	102	16	190	147
8	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	1,020	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	350	195	15	3		154
9	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	634	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	224					178
10	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	474	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	135	178	59	20	60	159
11	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	1,161	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	593					140
12	K.C. Jones	287	44	NBA Finals	22.0	6.5	2.5				2.5	6.2	39.9				1.6	2.3	71.0	45.6				969	110					128
13	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	376	43	NBA Finals	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	94	103	45	1	41	127	+110
14	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	453	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	277	50				179
15	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	713	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	210	397				114
16	Don Nelson D. Nelson	319	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	199	43	2	0		103
17	Slater Martin S. Martin	378	38	NBA Finals		9.9					3.3						3.4	4.9	68.4											148
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	937	37	NBA Finals	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	211	187	65	33	123	118	+36
19	Robert Horry R. Horry	358	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	220	109	49	43	45	113	+116
20	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	383	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	95	150	46	4	56	106
21	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	676	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	175	228	48	39	100	106
22	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	305	36	NBA Finals	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	143	112	31	25	33	75	+70
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1,176	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	211	209	62	23	99	103	+45
24	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	664	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	292	207	67	39	117	118	+38
25	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	652	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	862	134				101

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