most games with at least 40 minutes played in finals

Bill Russell had the most games in the NBA Finals with 40+ minutes played, with 61 games.

Interpreted as:

most games by a player with at least 40 minutes played in finals

	NAME	GP	MIN	SERIES	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	61	2,886	NBA Finals	47.3	17.2	25.1				6.2	13.2	46.7				4.9	7.8	62.1	51.6				1,048	1,534					195
2	Jerry West J. West	47	2,102	NBA Finals	44.7	32.4	5.4	5.8			11.8	25.2	46.7				8.9	10.6	83.2	54.2				1,522	252	272				140
3	LeBron James L. James	42	1,846	NBA Finals	44.0	29.4	10.5	8.2	1.6	1.0	11.0	23.3	47.2	1.8	5.4	34.2	5.5	7.5	73.2	55.1	2.1	8.4	3.8	1,233	443	343	66	40	159	100	+7
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	37	1,608	NBA Finals	43.5	20.3	8.3	11.6	2.1	0.3	7.0	13.5	51.8	0.2	0.8	23.3	6.2	7.0	88.4	61.4	2.0	6.4	4.2	751	308	431	77	12	157	107
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	35	1,657	NBA Finals	47.3	18.6	24.6	3.8			7.5	13.5	55.9				3.5	9.4	37.7	52.9				652	862	134				101
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32	1,404	NBA Finals	43.9	33.8	6.2	5.7	1.8	0.7	12.5	26.6	46.9	1.1	3.2	35.0	7.6	9.5	80.3	54.8	1.7	4.5	2.9	1,080	198	183	57	21	92	98	+21
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	32	1,431	NBA Finals	44.7	29.3	14.4				11.1	26.1	42.6				7.1	9.2	77.2	48.6				939	461					101
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30	1,347	NBA Finals	44.9	26.5	5.7	5.1	1.7	0.9	9.3	22.6	41.2	1.5	4.5	32.6	6.5	7.8	83.3	51.1	1.1	4.6	3.6	796	171	152	51	27	109	96	+3
9	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	29	1,365	NBA Finals	47.1	24.8	9.1	5.0	1.3	0.3	9.3	22.0	42.2				6.2	7.1	87.0	49.3	1.9	5.3		718	265	145	14	3		103
10	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	28	1,228	NBA Finals	43.9	19.5	8.8	6.1	2.0	1.1	7.0	17.4	40.5	1.1	3.8	28.3	4.4	5.6	78.3	49.3	3.0	5.8	3.6	547	245	172	56	32	102	99	-6
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	25	1,110	NBA Finals	44.4	23.7	12.3	6.3	2.1	0.8	8.6	18.6	46.1	0.7	1.7	40.5	5.8	6.6	87.3	54.9	2.8	9.5	3.1	592	307	158	53	20	77	70
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	23	1,031	NBA Finals	44.8	33.3	14.3	3.7	0.6	2.5	13.0	21.5	60.7	0.0	0.0		7.3	14.3	50.9	60.1	4.4	9.8	3.6	767	328	85	13	57	82	83	+86
13	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	23	1,018	NBA Finals	44.3	21.0	5.2	6.9	1.5	0.9	8.0	18.2	43.7	0.2	1.2	20.0	4.9	6.2	79.6	50.2	1.9	3.3	2.6	483	120	158	35	20	60	60
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	22	981	NBA Finals	44.6	30.4	12.6	4.5	0.7	2.8	12.9	23.8	54.0	0.0	0.0		4.6	6.5	70.8	56.9	3.2	8.4	3.3	668	277	100	14	53	40	74
15	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	21	939	NBA Finals	44.7	18.9	6.8	10.0			6.3	19.4	32.4				6.3	8.2	76.7	41.0				396	142	211				50
16	James Worthy J. Worthy	20	869	NBA Finals	43.5	25.4	5.8	3.8	1.1	0.7	10.6	18.5	57.5	0.2	0.6	25.0	4.1	6.0	68.1	60.3	2.3	3.5	2.2	508	116	76	21	14	44	47
17	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	17	752	NBA Finals	44.2	24.8	15.4	3.2	1.0	2.7	9.4	18.9	49.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.1	8.8	68.7	54.3	3.9	11.4	3.4	421	261	55	17	46	58	42	+101
18	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	17	746	NBA Finals	43.9	20.6	7.5	3.8	1.0	1.1	8.6	18.7	46.2				3.3	4.5	72.7	49.7	2.1	4.9	3.6	350	127	65	15	17	32	73
19	Draymond Green D. Green	16	676	NBA Finals	42.2	13.2	10.7	7.8	2.4	1.3	4.5	9.9	45.3	1.3	3.9	33.9	2.9	3.5	82.1	57.4	1.4	9.3	3.4	211	171	125	38	20	55	62	+48
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	16	673	NBA Finals	42.1	29.4	5.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	9.4	21.3	44.1	4.2	11.3	37.0	6.4	7.1	91.2	60.3	1.1	4.6	3.8	470	91	101	24	5	60	37	+51
21	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	15	664	NBA Finals	44.3	33.1	19.3				11.3	25.9	43.7				10.4	13.4	77.6	51.9				496	289					47
22	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	14	651	NBA Finals	46.5	19.9	7.5	8.4			8.0	15.1	53.1				3.9	5.4	72.4	57.1				279	105	118				43
23	Sam Jones S. Jones	14	589	NBA Finals	42.1	27.7	6.9	3.6			11.4	24.3	46.8				5.0	5.9	84.3	51.5				388	96	51				40
24	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	13	571	NBA Finals	43.9	28.8	10.2	4.0	1.8	3.5	11.6	23.8	48.9	0.2	0.2	100.0	5.4	6.8	78.7	53.7	2.5	7.7	3.3	374	132	52	23	46	43	52
25	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	13	597	NBA Finals	45.9	18.9	4.1	6.5	1.5	0.0	7.7	17.1	45.0				3.5	4.4	80.7	49.8	1.0	3.1		246	53	84	20	0		33