most nba finals games played before age 28 in the last 30 years

Between September 14, 1996 and September 14, 2026, Tristan Thompson has the most games by a player younger than 28 in the NBA Finals, with 22 games.

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most NBA finals games played by a player before age 28 in the last 30 years

	NAME	GP	SERIES	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	22	NBA Finals	31.7	8.5	9.0	0.9	0.4	0.8	3.5	6.3	55.4	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.7	55.9	56.7	3.7	5.4	0.7	698	187	199	20	9	18	16	54	-101
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	19	NBA Finals	42.9	22.2	5.2	4.9	1.4	1.1	8.2	19.9	41.2	0.8	2.8	28.3	4.9	5.8	85.5	49.3	0.8	4.4	3.0	816	421	99	93	27	20	57	59	+18
3	Iman Shumpert I. Shumpert	18	NBA Finals	22.7	4.3	2.4	0.5	0.8	0.3	1.2	4.6	26.5	0.8	2.7	28.6	1.1	1.5	74.1	41.1	0.6	1.9	0.9	409	78	44	9	15	6	16	39	-95
4	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	18	NBA Finals	36.5	17.4	3.9	1.9	0.7	0.6	6.3	14.9	42.2	2.8	7.8	35.7	2.1	2.6	80.9	54.4	0.6	3.4	1.3	657	314	71	34	12	11	24	49	+10
5	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	18	NBA Finals	37.0	20.1	9.4	2.3	1.9	0.9	6.7	13.4	49.6	1.9	4.7	40.5	4.9	5.8	84.6	62.9	2.5	6.9	1.9	665	362	169	41	34	16	34	53	+89
6	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	18	NBA Finals	32.1	10.9	2.7	3.1	1.3	0.1	3.6	8.7	41.4	1.9	5.0	38.9	1.8	2.4	74.4	56.0	0.2	2.4	2.1	578	197	48	56	24	2	38	45	+68
7	Jordan Farmar J. Farmar	18	NBA Finals	14.5	4.4	1.4	0.9	0.7	0.2	1.7	4.3	39.7	0.7	1.9	34.3	0.3	0.4	75.0	49.1	0.2	1.2	0.9	260	80	25	16	12	3	16	16	-61
8	Sasha Vujacic S. Vujacic	18	NBA Finals	11.4	3.9	1.2	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.3	3.8	35.3	0.7	2.0	33.3	0.6	0.7	84.6	48.2	0.3	0.8	0.4	206	71	21	12	5	1	7	22	-31
9	Draymond Green D. Green	17	NBA Finals	37.6	13.6	9.6	5.4	1.8	0.9	4.5	11.1	41.0	1.5	4.5	32.9	3.1	4.2	73.6	52.8	1.4	8.2	2.2	639	232	163	92	31	16	37	69	+98
10	Tony Parker T. Parker	17	NBA Finals	37.1	16.4	3.3	3.6	0.4	0.1	6.9	14.9	46.6	0.7	2.1	34.3	1.8	3.4	53.4	50.1	0.4	2.9	2.6	630	279	56	62	7	2	45	38	+3
11	Kendrick Perkins K. Perkins	16	NBA Finals	21.8	4.9	5.4	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.8	3.5	51.8	0.0	0.0		1.3	1.9	67.7	56.7	2.1	3.3	1.3	348	79	87	8	5	8	20	50	-30
12	Kevon Looney K. Looney	15	NBA Finals	18.2	4.6	4.5	1.5	0.5	0.4	2.2	3.5	62.3	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.7	30.0	60.1	2.1	2.3	1.0	273	69	67	23	7	6	15	35	+32
13	LeBron James L. James	15	NBA Finals	43.5	22.5	8.1	7.0	1.5	0.5	8.4	19.2	43.8	1.1	4.3	25.0	4.7	6.3	73.7	51.2	1.7	6.5	4.4	653	338	122	105	22	7	66	38	-9
14	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	15	NBA Finals	26.8	9.1	1.7	3.2	0.9	0.1	3.1	6.7	46.0	1.7	2.9	58.1	1.3	1.7	73.1	61.0	0.3	1.4	1.1	402	136	26	48	14	1	16	43	+29
15	Norris Cole N. Cole	14	NBA Finals	14.9	3.1	1.1	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.2	4.0	30.4	0.4	1.4	30.0	0.3	0.4	66.7	37.5	0.1	1.0	0.9	209	44	15	21	6	1	12	25	-61
16	Patrick McCaw P. McCaw	13	NBA Finals	4.4	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.0	30.8	0.2	0.5	33.3	0.5	0.5	100.0	51.2	0.4	0.5	0.1	57	16	11	4	2	0	1	2	-19
17	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	13	NBA Finals	32.3	9.1	5.1	1.2	0.8	0.5	3.4	9.4	36.1	1.3	3.7	35.4	1.0	1.5	68.4	45.3	1.8	3.2	0.6	420	118	66	15	10	6	8	28	-15
18	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	13	NBA Finals	39.8	27.7	4.2	4.2	1.8	0.6	10.8	23.0	46.8	2.3	5.8	39.5	3.8	4.2	92.6	55.8	1.4	2.8	2.7	518	360	54	55	24	8	35	39	+6
19	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	13	NBA Finals	33.4	11.6	5.2	7.2	1.5	0.4	4.9	11.5	42.7	0.2	0.7	22.2	1.6	3.5	45.7	44.3	1.8	3.4	2.2	434	151	67	93	20	5	28	25	-23
20	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	13	NBA Finals	32.6	14.1	5.2	3.1	1.7	0.3	4.5	10.1	44.3	1.2	3.5	33.3	4.0	4.8	83.9	57.8	1.3	3.9	2.5	424	183	68	40	22	4	33	41	+80
21	Aaron Nesmith A. Nesmith	12	NBA Finals	17.1	6.1	3.8	0.8	0.6	0.4	2.0	5.3	38.1	1.4	3.3	43.6	0.7	0.9	72.7	53.8	0.8	2.9	0.8	205	73	45	9	7	5	10	33	+32
22	Festus Ezeli F. Ezeli	12	NBA Finals	9.2	3.0	2.5	0.4	0.1	0.3	1.1	2.9	37.1	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.3	66.7	43.3	1.2	1.3	0.5	110	36	30	5	1	4	6	19	-40
23	Matthew Dellavedova M. Dellavedova	12	NBA Finals	19.7	5.1	1.6	1.8	0.6	0.0	1.7	6.0	27.8	0.6	2.7	21.9	1.2	1.4	82.4	38.4	0.5	1.1	1.5	237	61	19	22	7	0	18	26	-76
24	Danny Green D. Green	12	NBA Finals	29.5	12.0	3.3	0.9	1.4	1.1	4.1	8.7	47.1	3.0	5.8	52.2	0.8	1.0	83.3	65.9	0.7	2.6	1.2	354	144	39	11	17	13	14	38	+11
25	Andrew Bynum A. Bynum	12	NBA Finals	22.4	6.8	4.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.6	6.3	41.3	0.0	0.0		1.7	2.4	69.0	46.7	2.2	2.6	0.8	269	82	57	3	3	12	9	38	+6

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Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	MIN	@	CLE	7:00 PM
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