most points in a finals elimination game y a center

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has put up the most career points by a center in the NBA Finals, with 172 points.

	NAME	PTS	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	172	NBA Finals	8	39.9	21.5	7.0	3.5	0.4	1.4	8.6	17.4	49.6	0.0	0.0	4.3	6.1	69.4	53.6	2.0	5.0	3.0	319	56	28	3	11	18	31
2	Bill Russell B. Russell	138	NBA Finals	8	46.3	17.3	26.4				5.6	13.1	42.9			6.0	8.0	75.0	51.8				370	211					30
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	137	NBA Finals	5	46.6	27.4	25.2	3.0			11.6	19.0	61.1			4.2	13.0	32.3	55.4				233	126	15				17
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	106	NBA Finals	4	43.3	26.5	11.8	3.0	2.0	3.8	10.0	21.3	47.1	0.0	0.0	6.5	8.5	76.5	53.0	3.3	8.5	3.3	173	47	12	8	15	13	18
5	Connie Simmons C. Simmons	93	NBA Finals	7		13.3	6.7	1.3			5.0	12.6	39.8			3.3	5.7	57.5	44.0					47	9				30
6	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	71	NBA Finals	7	33.6	10.1	9.9	1.6	0.3	1.0	4.0	5.7	70.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.7	57.7	69.0	2.7	7.1	1.3	235	69	11	2	7	9	16	+5
7	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	66	NBA Finals	4	39.5	16.5	13.0	5.3	0.5	1.8	5.5	11.8	46.8	0.0	0.0	5.5	8.3	66.7	53.6	4.3	8.8	2.0	158	52	21	2	7	8	10	+12
8	Clyde Lovellette C. Lovellette	65	NBA Finals	4	33.0	16.3	7.3	3.0			7.0	16.3	43.1			2.3	3.5	64.3	45.7				132	29	12				16
9	Robert Parish R. Parish	61	NBA Finals	4	33.8	15.3	9.8	2.0	0.8	1.0	5.8	12.5	46.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	5.8	65.2	50.7	3.5	6.3	1.3	135	39	8	3	4	5	18
10	Nathaniel Clifton N. Clifton	60	NBA Finals	7		8.6	8.7	3.9			3.0	10.3	29.2			2.6	4.6	56.3	34.9					61	27				34
11	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	58	NBA Finals	3	41.4	19.3	8.7	3.3	0.3	1.0	8.0	15.7	51.1	0.0	0.0	3.3	5.0	66.7	54.1	2.3	6.3	2.0	124	26	10	1	3	6	7	-22
12	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	57	NBA Finals	5	41.0	11.4	13.0	5.2	1.0	0.3	4.4	9.0	48.9			2.6	4.2	61.9	52.5	3.3	7.3	1.7	205	65	26	4	1	5	19
13	Arnie Risen A. Risen	52	NBA Finals	3	23.5	17.3	12.0				5.7	14.0	40.5			6.0	9.0	66.7	48.3				47	36					13
14	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	48	NBA Finals	4	22.5	12.0	3.3	0.5	0.3	2.0	5.3	8.0	65.6	0.0	0.0	1.5	3.5	42.9	62.9	1.0	2.3	2.7	90	13	2	1	8	8	16
15	Jack Nichols J. Nichols	47	NBA Finals	3		15.7					6.0					3.7	5.7	64.7											11
16	Larry Foust L. Foust	46	NBA Finals	4		11.5	8.3				3.5	10.3	34.1			4.5	5.3	85.7	45.8					33					16
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	45	NBA Finals	2	40.5	22.5	10.0	2.0	0.5	2.0	9.0	16.0	56.3	0.0	0.0	4.5	12.0	37.5	52.9	2.5	7.5	3.5	81	20	4	1	4	7	9	-12
18	Kleggie Hermsen K. Hermsen	42	NBA Finals	3		14.0					4.0					6.0	9.7	62.1											12
19	Chick Halbert C. Halbert	40	NBA Finals	4		10.0		0.8			3.0	15.8	19.0			4.0	6.8	59.3	26.7						3				13
20	Johnny Kerr J. Kerr	33	NBA Finals	2		16.5					6.5					3.5	5.5	63.6											9
21	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	33	NBA Finals	2		16.5					5.5	12.5	44.0			5.5	8.0	68.8	51.5										11
22	George Mikan G. Mikan	33	NBA Finals	2	41.5	16.5	10.5	3.0			4.5	12.5	36.0			7.5	10.0	75.0	48.8				83	21	6				8
23	Mitch Kupchak M. Kupchak	32	NBA Finals	2	19.5	16.0	5.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	6.0	8.5	70.6			4.0	5.5	72.7	73.3	4.0	1.0	2.5	39	10	1	0	1	5	5
24	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	30	NBA Finals	3	23.7	10.0	4.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	4.0	8.7	46.2	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	50.1	2.0	2.3	0.7	71	13	2	0	0	2	8
25	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	29	NBA Finals	2	48.0	14.5	25.0	3.0			5.5	17.0	32.4			3.5	7.5	46.7	35.7				96	50	6				10