most shot attempts by player in nba game 7

Elgin Baylor has the most shot attempts in a game 7, with 40 attempts in Game 7 of the 1962 NBA Finals against the Celtics.

	NAME	FGA	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	40	4/18/1962	LAL	@	BOS	51	41	22	4			13	32.5				15	21	71.4	41.6				6
2	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	39	5/12/2019	TOR	vs	PHI	43	41	8	3	3	0	16	41.0	2	9	22.2	7	8	87.5	48.2	4	4	4	1	-2
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	38	4/30/2023	GSW	@	SAC	38	50	8	6	1	0	20	52.6	7	18	38.9	3	5	60.0	62.2	1	7	1	2	+25
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	36	6/19/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	53	48	9	6	1	1	17	47.2	4	11	36.4	10	11	90.9	58.8	1	8	3	4	-4
5	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	36	4/25/1975	BUF	@	WAS	44	36	11	1			16	44.4				4	6	66.7	46.6				3
6	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	36	4/1/1961	LAL	@	STL	48	39	12				16	44.4				7	7	100.0	49.9				2
7	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	34	4/29/1979	WAS	vs	ATL	48	39	15	0		3	17	50.0				5	10	50.0	50.8			2	3
8	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	34	4/13/1957	STL	@	BOS	56	39	19	3			14	41.2				11	13	84.6	49.1				4
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	33	6/3/2001	PHI	vs	MIL	44	44	6	7	2	0	17	51.5	4	6	66.7	6	7	85.7	61.0	1	5	2	4	+19
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	33	5/21/1994	HOU	vs	PHX	44	37	17	5	0	3	18	54.5	0	0		1	1	100.0	55.3	1	16	3	4
11	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	33	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	43	47	5	3	0	0	19	57.6	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	63.6	2	3	0	0
12	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	33	4/13/1957	BOS	vs	STL	45	37	23	2			17	51.5				3	11	27.3	48.9				6
13	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	32	5/1/2016	TOR	vs	IND	40	30	5	2	3	2	10	31.3	1	5	20.0	9	9	100.0	41.7	0	5	1	2	+5
14	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	31	5/18/1979	WAS	vs	SAS	45	37	9	5	1	0	16	51.6				5	8	62.5	53.6			3	4
15	George Gervin G. Gervin	31	5/18/1979	SAS	@	WAS	43	42	6	1	3	1	16	51.6				10	13	76.9	57.2			3	4
16	Sam Jones S. Jones	31	4/15/1965	BOS	vs	PHI	48	37	2	1			15	48.4				7	9	77.8	52.9				3
17	Sam Jones S. Jones	31	4/18/1962	BOS	vs	LAL	47	27	8	3			12	38.7				3	4	75.0	41.2				2
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	30	6/6/2021	DAL	@	LAC	45	46	7	14	0	0	17	56.7	5	11	45.5	7	11	63.6	66.0	0	7	6	3	-9
19	David Thompson D. Thompson	30	5/3/1978	DEN	vs	MIL	41	37	6	6	0	5	16	53.3				5	7	71.4	55.9	3	3	4	3
20	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	30	4/15/1965	BOS	vs	PHI	42	26	11	1			10	33.3				6	7	85.7	39.3				5
21	Jerry West J. West	30	4/18/1962	LAL	@	BOS	53	35	6	0			14	46.7				7	8	87.5	52.2				4
22	George Yardley G. Yardley	30	4/1/1959	SYR	@	BOS	45	32	10	2			12	40.0				8	10	80.0	46.5				3
23	CJ McCollum	29	5/12/2019	POR	@	DEN	45	37	9	1	1	1	17	58.6	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	61.9	1	8	0	1	+6
24	James Harden J. Harden	29	5/28/2018	HOU	vs	GSW	43	32	6	6	4	1	12	41.4	2	13	15.4	6	8	75.0	49.2	1	5	5	2	-13
25	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	29	5/15/2016	TOR	vs	MIA	35	28	8	1	0	0	12	41.4	0	1	0.0	4	7	57.1	43.6	4	4	3	3	+15

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