LeBron James has missed the most career field goals in the playoffs, with 2,968 misses.

nba most shots missed in playoff history

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NBA most shots missed by a player in playoff history

NAME	FG MISS	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
LeBron James	2,968	287	41.3	28.4	9.0	7.2	1.7	1.0	3.6	10.2	20.5	49.7	1.6	4.9	33.2	6.4	8.6	74.1	11,858	8,162	2,583	2,067	483	275	1,034	655	+1311
Kobe Bryant	2,485	220	39.3	25.6	5.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	2.9	9.2	20.5	44.8	1.3	4.0	33.1	6.0	7.4	81.6	8,641	5,640	1,119	1,040	310	144	647	660	+555
Michael Jordan	2,309	179	41.8	33.4	6.4	5.7	2.1	0.9	3.1	12.2	25.1	48.7	0.8	2.5	33.2	8.2	9.9	82.8	7,474	5,987	1,152	1,022	376	158	546	541	+294
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	2,066	237	37.3	24.3	10.5	3.2	1.0	2.4	2.6	9.9	18.7	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	6.0	74.0	8,851	5,762	2,481	767	189	476	447	797
Karl Malone	2,025	193	41.0	24.7	10.7	3.2	1.3	0.7	2.8	9.0	19.5	46.3	0.0	0.2	16.2	6.6	8.9	73.6	7,907	4,761	2,062	610	258	135	550	662	+123
Tim Duncan	1,964	251	37.3	20.6	11.4	3.0	0.7	2.3	2.5	7.9	15.7	50.1	0.0	0.1	14.3	4.8	7.0	68.9	9,370	5,172	2,859	764	168	568	633	701	+1090
Tony Parker	1,888	226	34.3	17.9	2.9	5.1	0.9	0.1	2.6	7.1	15.5	46.1	0.5	1.7	30.9	3.1	4.2	73.1	7,758	4,045	666	1,143	198	19	594	429	+581
John Havlicek	1,878	172	39.9	22.0	6.9	4.8	1.1	0.3		8.4	19.4	43.6				5.1	6.1	83.6	6,860	3,776	1,186	825	60	16		527
Kevin Durant	1,844	170	40.5	29.3	7.8	4.2	1.0	1.2	3.2	9.9	20.8	47.7	2.2	6.1	35.6	7.4	8.5	86.8	6,893	4,985	1,327	709	172	204	550	427	+643
Jerry West	1,838	153	41.3	29.1	5.6	6.3	0.0	0.0		10.6	22.6	46.9				7.9	9.8	80.5	6,321	4,457	855	970	0	0		451
Elgin Baylor	1,773	134	41.1	27.0	12.9	4.0				10.4	23.6	43.9				6.3	8.2	77.1	5,510	3,623	1,724	541				435
Scottie Pippen	1,674	208	39.0	17.5	7.6	5.0	1.9	0.9	2.9	6.4	14.5	44.4	1.0	3.2	30.3	3.7	5.1	72.4	8,105	3,642	1,583	1,048	395	185	602	686	+232
Larry Bird	1,632	164	42.0	23.8	10.3	6.5	1.8	0.9	3.1	8.9	18.8	47.2	0.5	1.5	32.1	5.5	6.2	89.0	6,886	3,897	1,683	1,062	296	145	506	466
Dwyane Wade	1,612	177	37.8	22.3	5.2	4.9	1.5	1.0	3.3	8.2	17.3	47.4	0.6	1.7	33.8	5.4	6.9	78.0	6,697	3,954	928	870	273	175	583	467	+432
Stephen Curry	1,600	147	37.4	27.0	5.3	6.2	1.5	0.3	3.3	9.0	19.9	45.3	4.2	10.6	39.7	4.7	5.3	88.9	5,492	3,966	786	912	223	44	489	375	+945
Shaquille O'Neal	1,586	216	37.5	24.3	11.6	2.7	0.5	2.1	3.0	9.4	16.8	56.3	0.0	0.0		5.4	10.7	50.4	8,098	5,250	2,508	582	117	459	649	769	+638
James Harden	1,530	166	36.1	22.7	5.5	6.4	1.6	0.5	3.4	6.8	16.0	42.5	2.5	7.4	34.0	6.6	7.5	87.0	5,992	3,764	910	1,061	273	91	569	496	+269
Dennis Johnson	1,494	180	38.9	17.3	4.3	5.6	1.4	0.6	2.7	6.5	14.8	43.9	0.2	0.8	23.6	4.2	5.2	80.2	6,994	3,116	781	1,006	247	113	480	575
Russell Westbrook	1,472	122	36.7	23.6	7.0	7.5	1.7	0.3	3.9	8.2	20.3	40.5	1.4	4.6	29.7	5.8	7.0	82.5	4,474	2,883	857	921	211	41	471	350	+112
Klay Thompson	1,459	158	36.9	19.2	4.0	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.7	7.1	16.4	43.6	3.2	7.8	40.5	1.8	2.1	84.5	5,830	3,032	626	351	150	85	274	411	+615
Dirk Nowitzki	1,422	145	40.7	25.3	10.0	2.5	1.0	0.9	2.3	8.4	18.2	46.2	1.0	2.8	36.5	7.4	8.3	89.2	5,895	3,663	1,446	360	149	129	328	407	+48
Sam Jones	1,422	154	30.2	18.9	4.7	2.3				7.5	16.7	44.7				4.0	4.9	81.1	4,654	2,909	718	358				391
Paul Pierce	1,393	170	36.6	18.7	5.8	3.4	1.2	0.6	2.8	6.0	14.2	42.3	1.6	4.6	35.5	5.1	6.1	83.0	6,229	3,180	985	579	204	105	476	547	+160
Hakeem Olajuwon	1,343	145	39.6	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.7	3.3	2.9	10.4	19.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	22.2	5.1	7.1	71.9	5,749	3,755	1,621	458	245	472	424	562	-29
Clyde Drexler	1,332	145	38.4	20.4	6.9	6.1	1.9	0.7	2.7	7.4	16.6	44.7	1.0	3.4	28.8	4.6	5.9	78.7	5,572	2,963	1,002	891	278	108	397	486	+52