most minutes in nba finals since 1977

Since 1976-77, LeBron James has played the most minutes in the NBA Finals, with 2,337 minutes on the court.

Interpreted as:
most minutes by a player in NBA finals since 1977
NAMEMINSERIESGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
2,337
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
1,562
561
430
93
46
217
130
-86
2Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
2,044
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
971
397
584
102
16
190
147
3Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1,581
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
937
211
187
65
33
123
118
+36
4Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1,569
NBA Finals
45
34.9
21.8
7.7
2.9
0.9
2.2
8.9
17.3
51.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.0
5.7
69.6
55.0
2.3
5.5
2.7
981
348
132
41
101
121
165
5Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1,506
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
1,176
211
209
62
23
99
103
+45
6Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
1,483
NBA Finals
37
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
676
175
228
48
39
100
106
7Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
1,470
NBA Finals
35
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
664
292
207
67
39
117
118
+38
8Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
1,406
NBA Finals
46
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
474
135
178
59
20
60
159
9James Worthy
J. Worthy
1,346
NBA Finals
34
39.6
22.2
5.0
3.3
1.0
0.6
9.2
17.3
53.3
0.1
0.4
20.0
3.6
5.3
68.3
56.4
1.9
3.1
2.0
754
171
112
34
20
68
88
10Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
1,346
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
708
452
94
27
81
96
85
+157
11Stephen Curry
S. Curry
1,327
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
928
196
204
55
11
120
96
+138
12Larry Bird
L. Bird
1,326
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
716
361
187
63
24
91
80
13Draymond Green
D. Green
1,269
NBA Finals
33
38.5
11.5
9.1
6.6
1.8
1.0
4.0
9.7
41.4
1.1
3.8
28.0
2.5
3.3
74.5
51.9
1.5
7.6
2.6
381
300
219
59
32
87
138
+140
14Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
1,268
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
865
393
103
16
62
101
109
+34
15Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
1,223
NBA Finals
33
37.1
18.5
3.9
1.9
0.8
0.5
6.6
15.3
43.5
3.2
8.1
39.8
2.0
2.4
84.6
56.7
0.5
3.4
1.3
610
128
62
26
15
42
89
+59
16Derek Fisher
D. Fisher
1,212
NBA Finals
43
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
376
94
103
45
1
41
127
+110
17Robert Horry
R. Horry
1,208
NBA Finals
37
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
358
220
109
49
43
45
113
+116
18Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
1,125
NBA Finals
29
38.8
23.9
5.7
4.3
1.8
1.0
8.7
18.2
47.6
0.5
1.6
31.1
6.0
8.1
74.8
54.8
1.6
4.2
2.9
693
166
125
53
30
85
75
-51
19Tony Parker
T. Parker
1,053
NBA Finals
29
36.3
16.5
2.4
4.5
0.6
0.1
6.7
14.8
45.6
0.7
1.9
35.2
2.4
3.8
63.1
50.2
0.3
2.1
2.4
479
71
130
18
3
70
54
+50
20Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
1,048
NBA Finals
37
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
383
95
150
46
4
56
106
21Robert Parish
R. Parish
1,020
NBA Finals
31
32.9
15.4
8.4
1.3
1.0
1.7
6.3
13.1
48.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.7
4.4
63.0
51.2
2.8
5.6
2.1
477
260
40
32
54
65
108
22Kevin McHale
K. McHale
1,009
NBA Finals
31
32.5
17.9
7.4
1.4
0.3
1.4
6.8
12.5
54.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.4
5.7
76.8
59.9
2.7
4.7
2.3
556
230
43
10
44
70
95
23Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
973
NBA Finals
36
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
305
143
112
31
25
33
75
+70
24Horace Grant
H. Grant
949
NBA Finals
26
36.5
10.6
8.6
2.1
1.0
1.3
4.5
8.7
52.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
2.3
63.9
54.4
3.0
5.7
1.0
275
224
55
26
35
27
75
+14
25Dennis Rodman
D. Rodman
918
NBA Finals
33
27.8
4.9
8.9
1.3
0.8
0.4
1.8
3.8
48.0
0.0
0.2
14.3
1.2
2.2
56.3
51.5
3.2
5.7
1.3
163
294
42
26
14
42
129
+4
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Sun
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.754
2
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.667
5.0
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.627
7.0
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.617
7.5
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WesternWLPCTGB
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.750
2
42
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.724
2.0
3
36
21
.632
7.5
4
36
22
.621
8.0
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36
23
.610
8.5
6
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.596
9.5
7
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26
.559
11.5
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31
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13.5
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.475
16.5
10
27
30
.474
16.5
11
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36
.368
22.5
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