most playoff games played before winning a nba title

5 players are tied for the most games with more than 0 championships in a single NBA playoff run, with 26 games in 2007-08. The first three are Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce.

Interpreted as:
most playoff games played before winning a NBA title in a season by a player
NAMEGPChampsSEASONTMMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Ray Allen
R. Allen
26
1
2007-08
38.0
15.6
3.8
2.7
0.9
0.3
5.1
12.0
42.8
2.1
5.3
39.6
3.2
3.5
91.3
57.6
1.0
2.8
1.5
987
405
98
71
24
8
38
63
+152
2Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
26
1
2007-08
37.9
20.4
10.5
3.3
1.3
1.1
8.3
16.8
49.5
0.1
0.3
25.0
3.6
4.5
81.0
54.2
2.8
7.8
2.1
987
530
274
87
35
29
55
74
+186
3Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
26
1
2007-08
38.1
19.7
5.0
4.6
1.1
0.3
6.3
14.2
44.1
1.7
4.6
36.1
5.5
6.8
80.2
57.0
0.8
4.2
3.2
990
511
129
119
28
8
82
90
+135
4James Posey
J. Posey
26
1
2007-08
22.1
6.7
3.6
1.1
1.0
0.3
2.0
4.6
43.7
1.3
3.4
39.8
1.3
1.5
87.5
63.7
0.5
3.1
0.5
573
174
93
28
26
8
14
61
+11
5Rajon Rondo
R. Rondo
26
1
2007-08
31.9
10.2
4.1
6.6
1.7
0.3
4.1
10.1
40.7
0.2
0.8
25.0
1.8
2.6
69.1
45.4
1.5
2.6
1.8
831
266
107
172
45
8
47
74
+62
6P.J. Brown
P.J. Brown
25
1
2007-08
13.6
2.9
2.4
0.5
0.2
0.4
1.0
2.2
46.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
1.0
84.0
54.5
0.7
1.6
0.5
341
73
59
12
5
10
12
58
-52
7Kendrick Perkins
K. Perkins
25
1
2007-08
25.2
6.6
6.1
0.5
0.6
1.3
2.5
4.2
58.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.6
2.4
67.8
62.1
2.1
4.0
1.2
631
164
153
13
15
32
31
91
+122
8Marc Gasol
M. Gasol
24
1
2018-19
30.6
9.4
6.4
3.0
0.9
1.1
3.2
7.5
42.2
1.4
3.7
38.2
1.7
1.9
87.0
56.4
0.7
5.8
0.9
735
226
154
73
21
26
21
84
+77
9Danny Green
D. Green
24
1
2018-19
28.5
6.9
3.6
1.1
1.3
0.5
2.2
6.5
34.2
1.6
5.0
32.8
0.9
1.0
91.3
50.3
0.7
2.9
1.1
684
166
87
26
32
11
26
60
+109
10Serge Ibaka
S. Ibaka
24
1
2018-19
20.8
9.4
6.0
0.9
0.5
1.0
3.8
8.0
47.7
0.4
1.6
23.7
1.3
1.8
76.2
53.2
1.5
4.5
1.0
500
225
143
22
11
23
25
79
+81
11Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
24
1
2018-19
39.1
30.5
9.1
3.9
1.7
0.7
10.1
20.7
49.0
2.3
6.0
37.9
8.0
9.0
88.4
61.9
2.3
6.8
3.1
939
732
218
94
40
17
74
56
+156
12Kyle Lowry
K. Lowry
24
1
2018-19
37.5
15.0
4.9
6.6
1.3
0.3
5.1
11.5
44.0
2.2
6.0
35.9
2.7
3.4
80.2
57.7
0.9
4.0
2.3
900
361
117
159
31
7
54
96
+161
13Pascal Siakam
P. Siakam
24
1
2018-19
37.1
19.0
7.1
2.8
1.0
0.7
7.5
16.0
47.0
1.2
4.3
27.9
2.8
3.6
75.9
54.0
1.7
5.5
1.4
891
455
171
66
24
17
33
67
+97
14Fred VanVleet
F. VanVleet
24
1
2018-19
24.7
8.0
1.7
2.6
0.8
0.3
2.7
6.9
39.2
1.6
4.1
38.8
1.0
1.3
77.4
53.4
0.3
1.4
0.9
592
192
40
62
18
6
21
49
+33
15Bruce Bowen
B. Bowen
24
1
2002-03
31.3
6.9
2.9
1.6
0.8
0.7
2.3
6.0
37.2
1.5
3.3
43.8
1.0
1.8
54.8
50.8
0.6
2.3
0.6
750
166
69
39
20
17
15
52
+6
16Speedy Claxton
S. Claxton
24
1
2002-03
13.6
5.2
1.9
1.9
0.7
0.2
1.9
4.4
43.8
0.0
0.0
1.4
1.8
75.0
50.3
0.3
1.6
1.0
326
125
45
45
16
5
24
38
+100
17Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
24
1
2002-03
42.5
24.7
15.4
5.3
0.6
3.3
9.1
17.2
52.9
0.0
0.3
0.0
6.5
9.7
67.7
57.7
4.0
11.4
3.2
1,021
593
369
127
15
79
76
78
+181
18Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
24
1
2002-03
27.5
9.4
3.8
2.9
1.7
0.4
3.0
7.7
38.6
1.2
3.0
38.4
2.3
3.1
75.7
52.2
1.2
2.6
1.5
660
226
92
70
41
9
36
62
+191
19Stephen Jackson
S. Jackson
24
1
2002-03
33.8
12.8
4.1
2.7
1.4
0.4
4.5
10.9
41.4
1.6
4.7
33.6
2.2
2.8
80.3
52.9
0.8
3.3
2.8
811
307
98
65
33
9
68
53
+47
20Tony Parker
T. Parker
24
1
2002-03
33.9
14.7
2.8
3.5
0.9
0.1
5.6
14.0
40.3
0.6
2.3
26.8
2.8
3.9
71.3
46.8
0.3
2.4
2.0
814
352
66
85
22
3
47
51
+19
21Malik Rose
M. Rose
24
1
2002-03
23.3
9.3
5.8
1.0
0.7
0.5
3.1
7.5
41.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.0
3.9
76.6
50.4
2.0
3.7
1.8
560
222
138
24
16
11
43
72
+41
22Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
24
1
1987-88
29.9
14.1
5.5
1.5
0.6
1.5
5.9
12.7
46.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.3
3.0
78.9
50.4
2.0
3.4
1.9
718
338
131
36
15
37
46
81
23Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
24
1
1987-88
24.5
6.4
2.4
2.8
0.8
0.4
2.3
5.5
41.2
1.0
2.6
40.3
0.8
1.1
74.1
53.5
0.6
1.8
0.9
588
153
58
66
19
9
21
57
24A.C. Green
A.C. Green
24
1
1987-88
30.3
10.0
7.3
0.8
0.5
0.5
3.8
7.0
54.4
0.0
0.0
2.3
3.0
75.3
59.4
2.4
4.9
1.1
726
239
175
20
11
12
26
61
25Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
24
1
1987-88
40.2
19.9
5.4
12.6
1.4
0.2
7.0
13.7
51.4
0.3
0.6
50.0
5.5
6.5
85.2
60.0
1.3
4.1
3.5
965
477
130
303
34
4
83
61

More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

29.1

Brown

Jaylen Brown

RPG

8.3

Queta

Neemias Queta

APG

5.7

White

Derrick White
Team Rankings

ORTG

120.2

2nd

DRTG

112.9

7th

NETRTG

7.3

3rd

3P%

36.1

12th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
43
14
.754
2
Celtics Celtics
38
20
.655
5.5
3
37
22
.627
7.0
4
37
23
.617
7.5
5
34
25
.576
10.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
2/27
@
7:30 PM
Sun
3/1
@
8:00 PM
Mon
3/2
@
7:30 PM
Wed
3/4
@
7:30 PM
Fri
3/6
@
7:00 PM
Last Game
BOS Celtics

38 - 20

84

Final

103

DEN Nuggets

37 - 22

Wed 25 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
43
14
.754
2
38
20
.655
5.5
3
37
22
.627
7.0
4
37
23
.617
7.5
5
34
25
.576
10.0
6
32
26
.552
11.5
7
31
26
.544
12.0
8
31
28
.525
13.0
9
29
31
.483
15.5
10
28
31
.475
16.0
11
26
31
.456
17.0
12
24
35
.407
20.0
13
16
41
.281
27.0
14
15
42
.263
28.0
15
15
44
.254
29.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
45
15
.750
2
42
16
.724
2.0
3
36
21
.632
7.5
4
37
22
.627
7.5
5
36
23
.610
8.5
6
34
23
.596
9.5
7
33
26
.559
11.5
8
31
28
.525
13.5
9
28
31
.475
16.5
10
27
30
.474
16.5
11
21
36
.368
22.5
12
21
36
.368
22.5
13
18
40
.310
26.0
14
17
42
.288
27.5
15
13
47
.217
32.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
1/23
@
116-110
Fri
1/23
@
147-116
Sat
1/24
@
116-139
Sat
1/24
@
111-85
Sat
1/24
@
104-95

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
2/26
@
7:00 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:00 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:30 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:30 PM
Thu
2/26
@
7:30 PM