most minutes played in an entire playoff run by a finals mvp

John Havlicek has played the most minutes by a Finals MVP in an NBA Finals, with 330 minutes on the court.

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most minutes played in an entire playoff run by a finals mvp by a player

	NAME	MIN	FMVP	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	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	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	330	1	1973-74	NBA Finals	BOS	7	47.1	26.4	7.7	4.7	1.9	0.0	10.3	24.0	42.9				5.9	6.7	87.2	49.0	1.6	6.1		185	54	33	13	0		22
2	Jerry West J. West	307	1	1968-69	NBA Finals	LAL	7	43.9	37.9	4.7	7.4			13.7	28.0	49.0				10.4	12.4	83.9	56.6				265	33	52				20
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	305	1	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	7	43.6	27.4	14.0	3.6	2.1	1.1	8.9	18.3	48.4	0.6	0.9	66.7	9.1	10.9	84.2	59.5	3.7	10.3	3.6	192	98	25	15	8	25	24
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	302	1	1993-94	NBA Finals	HOU	7	43.1	26.9	9.1	3.6	1.6	3.9	10.7	21.4	50.0	0.1	0.1	100.0	5.3	6.1	86.0	55.6	1.9	7.3	3.6	188	64	25	11	27	25	26
5	LeBron James L. James	301	1	2012-13	NBA Finals	MIA	7	43.0	25.3	10.9	7.0	2.3	0.9	9.6	21.4	44.7	1.7	4.9	35.3	4.4	5.6	79.5	52.9	2.4	8.4	2.6	177	76	49	16	6	18	10	0
6	LeBron James L. James	292	1	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	41.7	29.7	11.3	8.9	2.6	2.3	11.7	23.7	49.4	1.9	5.0	37.1	4.4	6.1	72.1	56.2	2.4	8.9	4.4	208	79	62	18	16	31	16	+26
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	288	1	2009-10	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.2	28.6	8.0	3.9	2.1	0.7	9.4	23.3	40.5	2.1	6.7	31.9	7.6	8.6	88.3	52.8	1.7	6.3	3.9	200	56	27	15	5	27	27	+8
8	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	285	1	2004-05	NBA Finals	SAS	7	40.7	20.6	14.1	2.1	0.4	2.1	7.7	18.4	41.9	0.0	0.0		5.1	7.7	66.7	47.1	4.7	9.4	2.4	144	99	15	3	15	17	16	-8
9	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	279	1	1975-76	NBA Finals	BOS	6	46.5	21.7	4.3	5.8	1.5	0.0	7.8	17.8	43.9				6.0	6.8	87.8	52.0	0.5	3.8		130	26	35	9	0		19
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	274	1	1992-93	NBA Finals	CHI	6	45.7	41.0	8.5	6.3	1.7	0.7	16.8	33.2	50.8	1.7	4.2	40.0	5.7	8.2	69.4	55.8	2.5	6.0	2.7	246	51	38	10	4	16	20
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	273	1	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	6	45.5	38.0	16.7	2.3	1.0	2.7	16.0	26.2	61.1	0.0	0.0		6.0	15.5	38.7	57.6	5.7	11.0	2.2	228	100	14	6	16	13	20	+8
12	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	270	1	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	7	38.6	9.0	11.7	3.9	0.6	0.1	3.7	7.1	52.0				1.6	2.9	55.0	53.6	3.6	8.1	1.0	63	82	27	4	1	7	25
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	269	1	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	44.8	24.0	9.7	9.5	2.7	0.3	8.8	18.3	48.2	1.2	3.2	36.8	5.2	5.5	93.9	57.8	1.7	8.0	2.7	144	58	57	16	2	16	17
14	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	267	1	2024-25	NBA Finals	OKC	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	212	32	39	13	11	24	22	+8
15	James Worthy J. Worthy	266	1	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	7	38.0	22.0	7.4	4.4	0.7	0.6	8.4	17.1	49.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.1	7.0	73.5	54.4	2.7	4.7	2.6	154	52	31	5	4	18	18
16	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	263	1	2002-03	NBA Finals	SAS	6	43.8	24.2	17.0	5.3	1.0	5.3	9.0	18.2	49.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	6.2	9.0	68.5	54.6	3.8	13.2	3.8	145	102	32	6	32	23	16	+42
17	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	261	1	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.5	34.7	7.8	3.8	2.7	1.0	10.8	23.2	46.8	0.5	1.8	27.3	12.5	16.2	77.3	57.2	2.0	5.8	3.7	208	47	23	16	6	22	22	+22
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	256	1	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.7	32.3	7.0	6.0	1.2	0.8	12.0	26.3	45.6	1.3	4.2	32.0	7.0	9.2	76.4	53.2	1.5	5.5	2.2	194	42	36	7	5	13	14	+6
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	256	1	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	42.7	21.5	11.2	8.7	2.7	0.3	7.8	13.7	57.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.8	6.7	87.5	64.8	2.8	8.3	5.0	129	67	52	16	2	30	17
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	254	1	1991-92	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.3	35.8	4.8	6.5	1.7	0.3	13.5	25.7	52.6	2.0	4.7	42.9	6.8	7.7	89.1	61.7	1.0	3.8	4.0	215	29	39	10	2	24	21
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	252	1	1995-96	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.0	27.3	5.3	4.2	1.7	0.2	8.5	20.5	41.5	1.0	3.2	31.6	9.3	11.2	83.6	53.8	1.7	3.7	3.0	164	32	25	10	1	18	17
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	250	1	1997-98	NBA Finals	CHI	6	41.7	33.5	4.0	2.3	1.8	0.7	11.7	27.3	42.7	0.7	2.2	30.8	9.5	11.7	81.4	51.6	1.5	2.5	1.7	201	24	14	11	4	10	13	+39
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	250	1	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	41.7	16.2	10.8	8.0	2.5	0.3	5.3	10.0	53.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	5.5	6.5	84.6	62.9	3.3	7.5	4.3	97	65	48	15	2	26	23
24	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	243	1	2018-19	NBA Finals	TOR	6	40.5	28.5	9.8	4.2	2.0	1.2	8.2	18.8	43.4	2.5	7.0	35.7	9.7	10.7	90.6	60.6	2.7	7.2	3.0	171	59	25	12	7	18	15	+15
25	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	242	1	2010-11	NBA Finals	DAL	6	40.4	26.0	9.7	2.0	0.7	0.7	8.7	20.8	41.6	1.2	3.2	36.8	7.5	7.7	97.8	53.7	0.3	9.3	2.8	156	58	12	4	4	17	15	+40

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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