LeBron James has the most career points in the NBA Finals, with 282 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in game 1 of finals history

	NAME	PTS	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	282	NBA Finals	10	42.0	28.2	10.5	6.6	1.3	0.5	10.4	21.7	47.9	2.1	5.1	41.2	5.3	6.8	77.9	57.1	1.9	8.6	4.0	420	105	66	13	5	40	20	-47
2	Jerry West J. West	260	NBA Finals	9	41.9	28.9	4.0	4.3			10.0	25.2	39.6				8.9	10.3	86.0	48.5				377	36	39				30
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	216	NBA Finals	10	33.0	21.6	8.1	2.5	0.7	2.6	9.0	15.9	56.6	0.0	0.0		3.6	4.3	83.7	60.7	1.4	5.7	2.1	330	81	25	6	23	17	33
4	Sam Jones S. Jones	210	NBA Finals	10	32.9	21.0	7.1	3.7			8.6	19.1	45.0				3.8	4.3	88.4	50.0				329	71	37				20
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	207	NBA Finals	7	42.3	29.6	14.0	2.6			12.0	26.0	46.2				5.6	7.9	70.9	50.2				296	98	18				25
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	200	NBA Finals	6	43.9	33.3	14.8	4.2	0.3	1.8	13.5	20.7	65.3	0.0	0.0		6.3	13.2	48.1	63.0	4.2	10.7	4.3	263	89	25	2	11	26	20	-3
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	198	NBA Finals	6	40.8	33.0	5.3	6.7	2.0	0.8	13.2	25.5	51.6	1.5	3.0	50.0	5.2	6.5	79.5	58.2	1.3	4.0	1.5	245	32	40	12	5	9	17	+4
8	Bill Russell B. Russell	183	NBA Finals	12	42.3	15.3	26.1				5.8	13.9	41.9				3.6	6.6	54.4	45.4				508	313					43
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	175	NBA Finals	9	40.8	19.4	7.8	11.1	2.2	0.1	7.3	12.8	57.4	0.4	0.8	57.1	4.3	4.8	90.7	65.3	1.9	5.9	3.1	367	70	100	20	1	28	24
10	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	175	NBA Finals	8	33.8	21.9	6.9	3.9	0.5	0.5	9.0	16.9	53.3				3.9	4.0	96.9	58.7	0.5	6.5		270	55	31	1	1		21
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	170	NBA Finals	7	42.7	24.3	4.4	5.7	1.6	1.6	9.1	22.9	40.0	0.3	2.3	12.5	5.7	6.0	95.2	47.6	0.6	3.9	3.4	299	31	40	11	11	24	20	+22
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	162	NBA Finals	6	39.7	27.0	5.2	7.2	1.7	0.0	9.3	20.5	45.5	4.5	9.8	45.8	3.8	4.0	95.8	60.6	0.5	4.7	3.0	238	31	43	10	0	18	14	+15
13	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	159	NBA Finals	9	32.9	17.7	10.1				6.9	20.0	34.4				3.9	5.0	77.8	39.8				296	91					26
14	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	154	NBA Finals	6	39.7	25.7	15.0	3.0	1.3	3.2	10.2	17.7	57.5	0.0	0.0		5.3	7.0	76.2	61.9	3.5	11.5	2.3	238	90	18	8	19	14	14	+59
15	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	139	NBA Finals	6	40.7	23.2	8.2	4.3	2.0	1.8	8.3	17.7	47.2	1.2	4.5	25.9	5.3	7.0	76.2	55.8	2.7	5.5	3.0	244	49	26	12	11	18	16	0
16	George Mikan G. Mikan	134	NBA Finals	5		26.8					8.6						9.6	12.2	78.7											25
17	James Worthy J. Worthy	131	NBA Finals	6	39.7	21.8	5.0	3.8	1.3	0.2	9.3	19.7	47.5	0.0	0.8	0.0	3.2	4.5	70.4	50.4	1.5	3.5	2.0	238	30	23	8	1	12	9
18	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	120	NBA Finals	7	36.3	17.1	4.0	7.6			6.6	19.1	34.3				4.0	5.0	80.0	40.2				254	28	53				14
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	114	NBA Finals	5	40.6	22.8	11.2	8.4	2.4	0.0	9.2	18.2	50.5	0.4	1.0	40.0	4.0	4.6	87.0	56.4	2.8	8.4	3.6	203	56	42	12	0	18	10
20	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	114	NBA Finals	5	33.6	22.8	3.6				8.6	20.4	42.2				5.6	5.8	96.6	49.7				168	18					8
21	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	106	NBA Finals	8	22.3	13.3	3.1				4.4	10.8	40.7				4.5	5.6	80.0	50.1				178	25					23
22	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	105	NBA Finals	5	38.5	21.0	5.0	4.8	1.4	0.6	8.4	19.2	43.8	0.6	2.2	27.3	3.6	5.2	69.2	48.9	2.2	2.8	2.8	192	25	24	7	3	14	12	-30
23	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	105	NBA Finals	4	35.8	26.3	10.3				10.3	20.5	50.0				5.8	7.5	76.7	55.1				143	41					19
24	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	104	NBA Finals	4	40.8	26.0	15.0				8.3	20.3	40.7				9.5	12.0	79.2	50.9				163	60					13
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	100	NBA Finals	3	43.2	33.3	8.7	6.0	0.3	1.3	11.3	22.7	50.0	2.7	7.0	38.1	8.0	9.0	88.9	62.6	1.0	7.7	1.0	130	26	18	1	4	3	6	+48

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.7

Mitchell

RPG

7.8

Mobley

APG

6.5

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 5/13	CLE	@	DET	1:00 PM
Fri 5/15	DET	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Sun 5/17	CLE	@	DET	1:00 PM

Last Game

Pistons

2 - 2

103

Final

112

Cavaliers

2 - 2

Mon 11 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

29.2

Cunningham

28.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Tatum

10.5

Wembanyama

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.8

James

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.4

Wembanyama

2.0

Allen

2.0

Holmgren

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.2

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

129.0

126.0

115.7

114.1

113.7

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.3

105.7

107.0

107.4

108.5

109.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.3

19.3

11.3

3.6

3.0

0.8

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

510.3

Cunningham

443

Towns

427.3

Maxey

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

551.3

Cunningham

458

Towns

444

Maxey

Playoffs USG% Leaders

44.1

Lanier

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.30

Sasser

2.00

Richardson

2.00

Lanier

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

2.20

Sasser

2.00

Lanier

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

53-38

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

39-54

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
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
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0