nba players with most finals mvps 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Magic Johnson won the most Finals MVP awards in the NBA Finals, with 3.

NAMEFMVPSERIESGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
3
NBA Finals
45
40.4
19.5
7.9
11.6
2.1
0.4
7.0
13.3
52.4
0.1
0.5
20.8
5.4
6.3
86.3
60.6
1.8
6.1
3.7
1,816
878
357
522
96
16
168
137
2Larry Bird
L. Bird
2
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
3Joe Dumars
J. Dumars
1
NBA Finals
11
34.5
18.5
2.1
5.1
0.5
0.1
7.1
13.1
54.2
0.1
0.4
25.0
4.2
4.7
88.5
60.8
0.6
1.5
1.4
380
203
23
56
6
1
15
19
4James Worthy
J. Worthy
1
NBA Finals
30
39.4
22.6
5.3
3.5
1.0
0.7
9.3
17.2
54.1
0.1
0.3
22.2
3.9
5.7
68.4
57.3
2.1
3.2
2.0
1,182
677
159
104
30
20
61
82
5Moses Malone
M. Malone
1
NBA Finals
10
42.6
23.7
16.6
1.6
1.1
1.9
8.4
19.0
44.2
0.0
0.0
6.9
10.2
67.6
50.5
7.3
9.3
2.3
426
237
166
16
11
19
23
26
6Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
1
NBA Finals
18
29.1
11.7
5.6
2.3
0.6
0.4
3.7
7.1
52.3
0.0
0.0
4.2
5.2
80.9
62.0
2.9
2.7
1.9
523
210
101
41
11
8
34
49
7Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1
NBA Finals
45
34.9
21.8
7.7
2.9
0.9
2.2
8.9
17.3
51.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.0
5.7
69.6
55.0
2.3
5.5
2.7
1,569
981
348
132
41
101
121
165

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