most shots missed in nba finals

Jerry West has missed the most career field goals in the NBA Finals, with 721 misses.

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most shots missed by a player in NBA finals
NAMEFG MISSSERIESGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Jerry West
J. West
721
NBA Finals
55
43.3
30.5
5.0
5.6
11.1
24.2
45.9
8.3
10.0
82.6
53.3
2,380
1,679
277
306
159
2LeBron James
L. James
628
NBA Finals
55
42.5
28.4
10.2
7.8
1.7
0.8
10.7
22.1
48.4
1.8
5.2
35.2
5.2
7.1
73.1
56.3
1.9
8.3
3.9
2,337
1,562
561
430
93
46
217
130
-86
3Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
609
NBA Finals
52
30.8
19.9
9.1
7.8
19.5
40.1
4.3
5.7
74.2
45.1
1,602
1,035
473
209
4Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
592
NBA Finals
44
42.0
26.4
13.5
10.0
23.5
42.7
6.3
8.3
75.5
48.6
1,850
1,161
593
140
5John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
536
NBA Finals
47
39.8
21.7
7.4
4.1
1.2
0.2
8.3
19.7
42.1
5.1
6.0
84.8
48.5
1.7
5.0
1,872
1,020
350
195
15
3
154
6Sam Jones
S. Jones
536
NBA Finals
64
29.2
17.9
4.9
7.2
15.5
46.1
3.5
4.3
82.2
51.2
1,871
1,143
312
151
7Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
508
NBA Finals
42
39.0
17.0
5.0
9.5
6.1
18.2
33.7
4.7
6.1
77.0
40.6
1,639
713
210
397
114
8Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
496
NBA Finals
56
37.2
23.5
9.1
3.2
0.9
2.2
9.7
18.6
52.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.1
5.8
70.0
55.6
2.4
5.9
2.7
2,082
1,317
507
181
45
116
121
196
9Bill Russell
B. Russell
495
NBA Finals
70
45.5
16.4
24.5
5.9
13.0
45.6
4.6
7.5
61.3
50.5
3,185
1,151
1,718
225
10Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
475
NBA Finals
37
42.7
25.3
5.7
5.1
1.8
0.9
9.0
21.8
41.2
1.3
4.1
31.4
6.0
7.1
84.8
50.7
1.1
4.6
3.3
1,581
937
211
187
65
33
123
118
+36
11Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
473
NBA Finals
35
43.0
33.6
6.0
6.0
1.8
0.7
12.5
26.0
48.1
1.2
3.3
36.8
7.4
9.1
80.6
55.9
1.6
4.4
2.8
1,506
1,176
211
209
62
23
99
103
+45
12Stephen Curry
S. Curry
394
NBA Finals
34
39.0
27.3
5.8
6.0
1.6
0.3
8.8
20.4
43.2
4.5
11.3
39.5
5.2
5.6
91.7
59.6
1.0
4.7
3.5
1,327
928
196
204
55
11
120
96
+138
13Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
349
NBA Finals
37
40.1
18.3
4.7
6.2
1.3
1.1
6.8
16.3
42.0
0.2
1.0
16.0
4.5
5.5
81.0
48.8
1.8
2.9
2.7
1,483
676
175
228
48
39
100
106
14Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
335
NBA Finals
25
41.5
28.4
16.6
9.6
23.0
41.8
9.1
12.0
75.4
50.0
1,037
709
416
77
15Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
333
NBA Finals
35
42.0
19.0
8.3
5.9
1.9
1.1
7.0
16.5
42.5
0.9
3.3
25.6
4.1
5.4
74.7
50.1
2.8
5.6
3.3
1,470
664
292
207
67
39
117
118
+38
16Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
318
NBA Finals
50
40.9
19.4
7.9
11.7
2.0
0.3
6.8
13.1
51.6
0.2
0.8
23.7
5.7
6.5
87.4
60.7
1.8
6.2
3.8
2,044
971
397
584
102
16
190
147
17Frank Ramsey
F. Ramsey
313
NBA Finals
47
24.6
13.5
4.8
4.7
11.3
41.3
4.1
5.1
81.5
49.7
1,158
634
224
178
18Larry Bird
L. Bird
308
NBA Finals
31
42.8
23.1
11.6
6.0
2.0
0.8
8.4
18.3
45.8
0.6
1.5
42.2
5.7
6.5
87.2
54.5
2.5
9.1
2.9
1,326
716
361
187
63
24
91
80
19Bill Sharman
B. Sharman
299
NBA Finals
29
32.1
19.8
3.3
7.7
18.0
42.8
4.3
4.7
92.6
49.2
931
574
96
65
20Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
285
NBA Finals
33
37.1
18.5
3.9
1.9
0.8
0.5
6.6
15.3
43.5
3.2
8.1
39.8
2.0
2.4
84.6
56.7
0.5
3.4
1.3
1,223
610
128
62
26
15
42
89
+59
21Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
284
NBA Finals
34
39.6
20.8
13.3
2.8
0.8
2.4
7.9
16.2
48.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
5.1
7.1
71.6
53.8
3.7
9.6
2.8
1,346
708
452
94
27
81
96
85
+157
22Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
277
NBA Finals
29
38.8
23.9
5.7
4.3
1.8
1.0
8.7
18.2
47.6
0.5
1.6
31.1
6.0
8.1
74.8
54.8
1.6
4.2
2.9
1,125
693
166
125
53
30
85
75
-51
23James Worthy
J. Worthy
275
NBA Finals
34
39.6
22.2
5.0
3.3
1.0
0.6
9.2
17.3
53.3
0.1
0.4
20.0
3.6
5.3
68.3
56.4
1.9
3.1
2.0
1,346
754
171
112
34
20
68
88
24Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
246
NBA Finals
25
37.0
23.0
10.8
8.0
17.9
45.0
7.0
8.4
83.3
53.4
926
576
269
109
25Tony Parker
T. Parker
233
NBA Finals
29
36.3
16.5
2.4
4.5
0.6
0.1
6.7
14.8
45.6
0.7
1.9
35.2
2.4
3.8
63.1
50.2
0.3
2.1
2.4
1,053
479
71
130
18
3
70
54
+50
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