most minutes played in a finals game 7

Bob Cousy has played the most minutes in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, with 58 minutes on the court versus the St. Louis Hawks on April 13, 1957.

Interpreted as:
most minutes played by a player in a finals game 7
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1Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
58
4/13/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
vs
12
3
11
2
20
10.0
8
10
80.0
24.6
4
2Slater Martin
S. Martin
56
4/13/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
@
23
8
7
6
16
37.5
11
12
91.7
54.0
3
3Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
56
4/13/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
@
39
19
3
14
34
41.2
11
13
84.6
49.1
4
4Bill Russell
B. Russell
54
4/13/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
vs
19
32
2
7
17
41.2
5
10
50.0
44.4
5
5Bill Russell
B. Russell
53
4/18/1962
1961-62
NBA Finals
vs
30
40
4
8
18
44.4
14
17
82.4
58.9
2
6Jerry West
J. West
53
4/18/1962
1961-62
NBA Finals
@
35
6
0
14
30
46.7
7
8
87.5
52.2
4
7Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
51
4/18/1962
1961-62
NBA Finals
@
41
22
4
13
40
32.5
15
21
71.4
41.6
6
8Frank Selvy
F. Selvy
49
4/18/1962
1961-62
NBA Finals
@
10
8
4
2
10
20.0
6
8
75.0
37.0
3
9Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
48
5/8/1970
1969-70
NBA Finals
@
21
24
4
10
16
62.5
1
11
9.1
50.4
1
10Jerry West
J. West
48
5/8/1970
1969-70
NBA Finals
@
28
6
5
9
19
47.4
10
12
83.3
57.7
4
11John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
48
5/5/1969
1968-69
NBA Finals
@
26
9
5
11
19
57.9
4
7
57.1
58.9
5
12Bill Russell
B. Russell
48
5/5/1969
1968-69
NBA Finals
@
6
21
6
2
7
28.6
2
4
50.0
34.2
5
13Jerry West
J. West
48
5/5/1969
1968-69
NBA Finals
vs
42
13
12
14
29
48.3
14
18
77.8
56.9
2
14John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
48
4/28/1966
1965-66
NBA Finals
vs
16
16
2
6
21
28.6
4
6
66.7
33.8
3
15Bill Russell
B. Russell
48
4/28/1966
1965-66
NBA Finals
vs
25
32
1
10
22
45.5
5
5
100.0
51.7
5
16Jerry West
J. West
48
4/28/1966
1965-66
NBA Finals
@
36
10
3
12
27
44.4
12
16
75.0
52.9
3
17Bill Sharman
B. Sharman
48
4/13/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
vs
9
1
3
3
20
15.0
3
3
100.0
21.1
3
18Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
47
5/12/1974
1973-74
NBA Finals
@
28
14
4
2
1
13
25
52.0
2
2
100.0
54.1
5
9
5
19Sam Jones
S. Jones
47
4/18/1962
1961-62
NBA Finals
vs
27
8
3
12
31
38.7
3
4
75.0
41.2
2
20Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
47
4/9/1960
1959-60
NBA Finals
vs
19
6
14
8
25
32.0
3
4
75.0
35.5
1
21Bill Russell
B. Russell
47
4/9/1960
1959-60
NBA Finals
vs
22
35
4
7
15
46.7
8
10
80.0
56.7
2
22Pep Saul
P. Saul
47
4/25/1952
1951-52
NBA Finals
vs
14
6
4
5
8
62.5
4
4
100.0
71.7
5
23Draymond Green
D. Green
47
6/19/2016
2015-16
NBA Finals
vs
32
15
9
2
0
11
15
73.3
6
8
75.0
4
4
100.0
95.5
1
14
2
3
-1
24LeBron James
L. James
47
6/19/2016
2015-16
NBA Finals
@
27
11
11
2
3
9
24
37.5
1
5
20.0
8
10
80.0
47.5
1
10
5
1
+4
25Metta Sandiford-Artest
M. Sandiford-Artest
46
6/17/2010
2009-10
NBA Finals
vs
20
5
1
5
0
7
18
38.9
2
7
28.6
4
5
80.0
49.5
3
2
4
3
-1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1957 Finals.

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