most minutes by a center in a finals game since 2000

Since 1999-00, Shaquille O'Neal has played the most minutes by a center in an NBA Finals game, with 52 minutes on the court versus the 76ers on June 6, 2001.

	NAME	MIN	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	52	6/6/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	44	20	5	1	0	17	28	60.7	0	0		10	22	45.5	58.4	6	14	4	3	-6
2	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	49	6/11/2009	2008-09	NBA Finals	LAL	@	ORL	16	10	1	1	0	7	14	50.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	50.8	2	8	1	4	+9
3	Dwight Howard D. Howard	49	6/11/2009	2008-09	NBA Finals	ORL	vs	LAL	16	21	2	0	9	5	12	41.7	0	0		6	14	42.9	44.1	6	15	7	4	-11
4	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	48	6/19/2005	2004-05	NBA Finals	DET	vs	SAS	13	12	1	0	4	4	9	44.4	0	0		5	6	83.3	55.8	5	7	2	1	+8
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	48	6/8/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	29	7	3	0	1	10	20	50.0	0	0		9	14	64.3	55.4	3	4	3	5	+16
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	47	6/18/2006	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	DAL	18	12	1	2	0	8	12	66.7	0	0		2	12	16.7	52.1	2	10	3	5	-7
7	Dwight Howard D. Howard	47	6/7/2009	2008-09	NBA Finals	ORL	@	LAL	17	16	4	4	4	5	10	50.0	0	0		7	9	77.8	60.9	3	13	7	4	+1
8	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	47	6/4/2015	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	@	GSW	2	15	1	1	1	1	4	25.0	0	0		0	0		25.0	6	9	2	3	-6
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	47	6/13/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	@	DET	36	20	2	0	1	16	21	76.2	0	0		4	11	36.4	69.7	3	17	2	4	-8
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	47	6/19/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	IND	41	12	1	0	4	19	32	59.4	0	0		3	12	25.0	55.0	5	7	0	2	+6
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	47	6/14/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	@	IND	36	21	1	2	2	13	25	52.0	0	0		10	17	58.8	55.4	7	14	3	6	+3
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	47	6/11/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	@	IND	33	13	1	2	2	15	24	62.5	0	0		3	13	23.1	55.5	4	9	3	3	-9
13	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	47	6/3/2010	2009-10	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	23	14	3	1	3	8	14	57.1	0	0		7	10	70.0	62.5	8	6	3	4	+13
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	46	6/9/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	IND	40	24	4	0	3	11	18	61.1	0	0		18	39	46.2	56.9	5	19	2	5	+14
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	45	6/6/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	34	11	1	0	1	13	16	81.3	0	0		8	12	66.7	79.9	5	6	6	4	-8
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	45	6/15/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	@	PHI	29	13	2	0	5	10	18	55.6	0	0		9	19	47.4	55.0	6	7	5	2	+12
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	45	6/8/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	28	20	9	1	8	12	19	63.2	0	0		4	10	40.0	59.8	8	12	5	5	+14
18	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	45	7/17/2021	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	MIL	20	10	1	1	2	7	12	58.3	0	0		6	6	100.0	68.3	3	7	2	4	+6
19	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	44	6/18/2013	2012-13	NBA Finals	SAS	@	MIA	30	17	0	1	0	13	21	61.9	0	0		4	5	80.0	64.7	5	12	2	2	+16
20	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	44	6/9/2015	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	vs	GSW	10	13	1	0	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		2	4	50.0	64.4	4	9	1	1	+10
21	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	44	6/10/2010	2009-10	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	21	6	3	0	2	6	13	46.2	0	1	0.0	9	10	90.0	60.3	1	5	4	4	-9
22	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	44	6/12/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	@	DEN	20	12	1	1	0	9	20	45.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	47.9	5	7	1	2	-3
23	Ben Wallace B. Wallace	44	6/21/2005	2004-05	NBA Finals	DET	@	SAS	8	9	0	2	3	4	6	66.7	0	0		0	2	0.0	58.1	3	6	0	2	+12
24	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	44	6/13/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	LAL	19	9	0	0	1	9	11	81.8	0	0		1	3	33.3	77.1	3	6	1	5	-14
25	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	44	6/6/2001	2000-01	NBA Finals	PHI	@	LAL	13	16	0	0	5	4	7	57.1	0	0		5	7	71.4	64.5	5	11	0	5	+14