most finals mvp by a player before age 29

Magic Johnson has won the most career Finals MVP awards by a player younger than 29 in the NBA Finals, with 3.

	NAME	FMVP	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3	NBA Finals	42	41.5	20.1	8.2	11.9	2.2	0.4	7.2	13.6	52.7	0.1	0.5	21.1	5.6	6.5	86.1	60.8	1.9	6.4	3.9	1,741	843	346	498	93	16	163	133
2	Kawhi 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
3	LeBron James L. James	2	NBA Finals	22	43.4	23.4	9.0	7.0	1.7	0.6	8.8	19.9	44.1	1.3	4.5	28.6	4.6	6.1	75.4	51.8	1.9	7.1	3.8	954	515	198	154	38	13	84	48	-9
4	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2	NBA Finals	11	44.7	25.6	15.6	4.0	1.0	3.9	9.5	18.5	51.5	0.0	0.4	0.0	6.5	8.9	73.5	57.1	3.4	12.3	3.6	492	282	172	44	11	43	40	28	+66
5	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1	NBA Finals	7	38.2	30.3	4.6	5.6	1.9	1.6	10.0	22.6	44.3	1.1	4.7	24.2	9.1	10.0	91.4	56.1	0.3	4.3	3.4	267	212	32	39	13	11	24	22	+8
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	NBA Finals	5	41.1	30.2	14.0	7.2	0.8	1.4	11.2	19.2	58.3	1.6	3.8	42.1	6.2	7.4	83.8	67.2	1.8	12.2	3.4	205	151	70	36	4	7	17	17	+39
7	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	1	NBA Finals	11	38.7	22.3	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
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1	NBA Finals	6	39.8	35.2	13.2	5.0	1.2	1.8	12.7	20.5	61.8	0.5	2.5	20.0	9.3	14.2	65.9	65.8	4.0	9.2	2.3	239	211	79	30	7	11	14	18	+30
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1	NBA Finals	10	41.2	32.9	7.1	3.8	1.2	1.3	11.7	21.2	55.2	3.1	7.1	43.7	6.4	7.2	88.9	67.5	1.3	5.8	3.0	412	329	71	38	12	13	30	33	+13
10	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	1	NBA Finals	6	43.5	34.7	7.8	3.8	2.7	1.0	10.8	23.2	46.8	0.5	1.8	27.3	12.5	16.2	77.3	57.2	2.0	5.8	3.7	261	208	47	23	16	6	22	22	+22
11	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	1	NBA Finals	12	39.4	20.7	4.3	5.8	1.1	0.1	6.3	13.6	46.0	1.6	4.5	35.2	6.6	7.2	91.9	61.7	1.0	3.3	1.8	473	248	51	70	13	1	22	28	+60
12	Tony Parker T. Parker	1	NBA Finals	17	37.1	16.4	3.3	3.6	0.4	0.1	6.9	14.9	46.6	0.7	2.1	34.3	1.8	3.4	53.4	50.1	0.4	2.9	2.6	630	279	56	62	7	2	45	38	+3
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1	NBA Finals	10	45.3	34.0	15.0	3.9	0.7	2.6	14.0	23.1	60.6	0.0	0.0		6.0	13.5	44.4	58.5	4.5	10.5	3.4	453	340	150	39	7	26	34	38	+8
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1	NBA Finals	5	44.0	31.2	6.6	11.4	2.8	1.4	12.6	22.6	55.8	0.4	0.8	50.0	5.6	6.6	84.8	61.2	1.6	5.0	3.6	220	156	33	57	14	7	18	18
15	Joe 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
16	James Worthy J. Worthy	1	NBA Finals	30	39.4	22.6	5.3	3.5	1.0	0.7	9.3	17.2	54.1	0.1	0.3	22.2	3.9	5.7	68.4	57.3	2.1	3.2	2.0	1,182	677	159	104	30	20	61	82
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	1	NBA Finals	19	42.3	22.5	12.8	5.1	2.1	0.8	8.1	17.8	45.4	0.4	0.9	44.4	5.8	6.9	84.1	53.8	3.1	9.7	3.0	803	427	243	97	40	15	57	54
18	Moses Malone M. Malone	1	NBA Finals	10	42.6	23.7	16.6	1.6	1.1	1.9	8.4	19.0	44.2	0.0	0.0		6.9	10.2	67.6	50.5	7.3	9.3	2.3	426	237	166	16	11	19	23	26
19	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	1	NBA Finals	13	36.1	15.2	7.4	3.1	0.7	0.6	4.9	9.4	52.5	0.0	0.0		5.3	6.5	82.1	62.0	3.8	3.5	2.5	469	197	96	40	9	8	33	45
20	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1	NBA Finals	12	40.0	19.1	5.4	4.2	1.0	2.3	7.0	16.6	42.2				5.1	6.8	74.4	48.7	2.3	3.1	2.9	480	229	65	50	12	28	35	38
21	Bill Walton B. Walton	1	NBA Finals	6	37.7	18.5	19.0	5.2	1.0	3.7	8.0	14.7	54.5				2.5	3.2	78.9	57.6	3.8	15.2		226	111	114	31	6	22		23
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1	NBA Finals	11	46.6	30.5	14.5	4.5	0.6	2.1	13.0	23.7	54.8				4.5	6.4	71.4	57.6	3.1	9.0		513	336	159	49	4	15		31
23	Willis Reed W. Reed	1	NBA Finals	6	37.7	23.0	10.5	2.8			9.8	20.3	48.4				3.3	5.7	58.8	50.4				226	138	63	17				15

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Team Leaders

PPG

32.8

Dončić

RPG

8.5

Ayton

APG

8.6

Dončić

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.5

10th

DRTG

117.6

23rd

NETRTG

-0.1

16th

3P%

35.0

20th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Nuggets	35	20	.636	6.5
4	Rockets	33	20	.623	7.5
5	Lakers	33	21	.611	8.0
6	Timberwolves	34	22	.607	8.0
7	Suns	32	23	.582	9.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 2/20	LAC	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Sun 2/22	BOS	@	LAL	6:30 PM
Tue 2/24	ORL	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Thu 2/26	LAL	@	PHX	9:00 PM
Sat 2/28	LAL	@	GSW	8:30 PM

Last Game

Mavericks

19 - 35

104

Final

124

Lakers

33 - 21

Thu 12 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.8

Dončić

31.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.3

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.3

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.1

Leonard

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

BPG Leaders

2.7

Wembanyama

2.0

Sarr

2.0

Mobley

3PM Leaders

4.5

Curry

3.7

Porter

3.6

Mitchell

TS% Leaders

69.9

Jokić

69.8

Williams

68.0

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.2

120.7

120.0

119.4

118.4

118.1

DRtg Rankings

107.8

109.2

111.7

112.4

112.8

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.6

8.0

7.2

6.3

6.0

5.2

Tank Leaderboard

12-44

14-39

15-41

15-40

15-38

18-38

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,586.3

Maxey

2,516.9

Johnson

2,493.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,662.5

Johnson

2,614

Maxey

2,587.5

Jokić

USG% Leaders

37.7

Dončić

36.8

Brown

33.5

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.6

Maxey

37.3

Thompson

36.7

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.59

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.43

Leonard

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.70

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

1.49

Johnson

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

35-20

33-22

32-24

30-23-1

31-24

31-23

Worst Record ATS

21-35

21-32

22-31

23-32

23-30

23-30-1

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	40	13	.755
2	Celtics	35	19	.648	5.5
3	Knicks	35	20	.636	6.0
4	Cavaliers	34	21	.618	7.0
5	Raptors	32	23	.582	9.0
6	76ers	30	24	.556	10.5
7	Magic	28	25	.528	12.0
8	Heat	29	27	.518	12.5
9	Hornets	26	29	.473	15.0
10	Hawks	26	30	.464	15.5
11	Bulls	24	31	.436	17.0
12	Bucks	23	30	.434	17.0
13	Nets	15	38	.283	25.0
14	Pacers	15	40	.273	26.0
15	Wizards	14	39	.264	26.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	42	14	.750
2	Spurs	38	16	.704	3.0
3	Nuggets	35	20	.636	6.5
4	Rockets	33	20	.623	7.5
5	Lakers	33	21	.611	8.0
6	Timberwolves	34	22	.607	8.0
7	Suns	32	23	.582	9.5
8	Warriors	29	26	.527	12.5
9	Trail Blazers	27	29	.482	15.0
10	Clippers	26	28	.481	15.0
11	Grizzlies	20	33	.377	20.5
12	Mavericks	19	35	.352	22.0
13	Jazz	18	38	.321	24.0
14	Pelicans	15	41	.268	27.0
15	Kings	12	44	.214	30.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 1/16	PHX	@	NYK	106-99
Fri 1/16	IND	@	DET	78-121
Fri 1/16	OKC	@	MIA	120-122
Fri 1/16	MIN	@	SAS	123-126
Fri 1/16	CHA	@	GSW	116-136

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 2/19	ATL	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	BKN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	IND	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	HOU	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Thu 2/19	DET	@	NYK	7:30 PM

Magic Johnson has won the most career Finals MVP awards by a player younger than 29 in the NBA Finals, with 3.

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