Bill Russell has won the most career MVP awards in the NBA Finals, with 5.

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most finals mvps by a player in NBA

	NAME	MVP	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	Bill Russell B. Russell	5	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
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4	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
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	3	NBA Finals	31	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
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3	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
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	NBA Finals	34	39.0	27.3	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
6	LeBron James L. James	2	NBA Finals	55	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	1,562	561	430	93	46	217	130	-86
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	2	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
8	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
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1	NBA Finals	5	47.4	35.6	5.6	3.8	1.8	0.2	13.2	32.4	40.7	2.2	7.8	28.2	7.0	9.6	72.9	48.6	1.0	4.6	2.4	237	178	28	19	9	1	12	12	-25
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	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
11	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1	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
12	Karl Malone K. Malone	1	NBA Finals	16	38.1	19.6	9.6	3.3	1.1	0.6	7.6	16.6	46.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.3	6.4	67.6	50.5	3.0	6.6	2.6	610	313	154	53	17	10	41	46	-31
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1	NBA Finals	30	42.3	28.8	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
14	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1	NBA Finals	6	46.2	27.3	13.0	5.5	1.2	0.5	10.0	21.0	47.6	0.3	1.3	25.0	7.0	9.3	75.0	54.4	3.7	9.3	1.7	277	164	78	33	7	3	10	20
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1	NBA Finals	17	42.5	27.5	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
16	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
17	Willis Reed W. Reed	1	NBA Finals	11	34.2	20.0	9.9	2.7			8.7	17.9	48.7				2.5	3.9	65.1	50.9				376	220	109	30				37
18	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	1	NBA Finals	35	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
19	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	1	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