most points in playoffs scored by an nba finals mvp

Jerry West has scored the most points by a Finals MVP in an NBA Finals, with 265 points.

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most points in playoffs scored by an NBA finals mvp in a season by a player

	NAME	PTS	FMVP	SEASON	SERIES	TM	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	Jerry West J. West	265	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				307	33	52				20
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	246	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	274	51	38	10	4	16	20
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	228	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	273	100	14	6	16	13	20	+8
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	215	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	254	29	39	10	2	24	21
5	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	212	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	267	32	39	13	11	24	22	+8
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	211	1	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	6	39.8	35.2	13.2	5.0	1.2	1.8	12.7	20.5	61.8	0.5	2.5	20.0	9.3	14.2	65.9	65.8	4.0	9.2	2.3	239	79	30	7	11	14	18	+30
7	LeBron James L. James	208	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	292	79	62	18	16	31	16	+26
8	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	208	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	261	47	23	16	6	22	22	+22
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	201	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	250	24	14	11	4	10	13	+39
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	200	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	288	56	27	15	5	27	27	+8
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	194	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	256	42	36	7	5	13	14	+6
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	192	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	305	98	25	15	8	25	24
13	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	188	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	302	64	25	11	27	25	26
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	187	1	2021-22	NBA Finals	GSW	6	37.5	31.2	6.0	5.0	2.0	0.2	11.0	22.8	48.2	5.2	11.8	43.7	4.0	4.7	85.7	62.6	0.3	5.7	2.5	225	36	30	12	1	15	18	+35
15	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	185	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		330	54	33	13	0		22
16	LeBron James L. James	179	1	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.4	29.8	11.8	8.5	1.2	0.5	11.3	19.2	59.1	2.5	6.0	41.7	4.7	7.0	66.7	67.1	2.0	9.8	3.5	236	71	51	7	3	21	13	+36
17	LeBron James L. James	177	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	301	76	49	16	6	18	10	0
18	Kevin Durant K. Durant	176	1	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	39.7	35.2	8.2	5.4	1.0	1.6	12.0	21.6	55.6	3.6	7.6	47.4	7.6	8.2	92.7	69.8	1.4	6.8	2.2	199	41	27	5	8	11	13	+33
19	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	171	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	243	59	25	12	7	18	15	+15
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	165	1	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	5	45.0	33.0	15.8	4.8	0.4	3.4	12.6	22.0	57.3	0.0	0.0		7.8	15.2	51.3	57.5	6.2	9.6	4.0	225	79	24	2	17	20	20	+40
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	164	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	252	32	25	10	1	18	17
22	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	163	1	2025-26	NBA Finals	NYK	5	39.2	32.6	4.2	4.6	2.0	0.0	11.2	26.6	42.1	2.8	7.2	38.9	7.4	8.6	86.0	53.6	1.2	3.0	3.8	196	21	23	10	0	19	11	+8
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	162	1	2008-09	NBA Finals	LAL	5	43.8	32.4	5.6	7.4	1.4	1.4	11.6	27.0	43.0	1.8	5.0	36.0	7.4	8.8	84.1	52.5	0.6	5.0	3.2	219	28	37	7	7	16	13	+49
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	157	1	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.3	26.2	8.0	13.0	2.3	0.3	11.0	20.3	54.1	0.2	0.3	50.0	4.0	4.2	96.0	59.0	2.0	6.0	2.2	236	48	78	14	2	13	10
25	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	156	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	242	58	12	4	4	17	15	+40

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