nba players with most nba finals games lost

LeBron James and Jerry West are tied for losing the most career games in the NBA Finals, with 33 losses.

	NAME	L	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	33	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
2	Jerry West J. West	33	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
3	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	28	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
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27	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
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26	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
6	Bill Russell B. Russell	25	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
7	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	23	NBA Finals	46	30.6	10.3	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.9	8.7	44.7	0.8	2.0	38.0	1.8	2.2	80.6	53.5	0.8	2.2	1.3	1,406	474	135	178	59	20	60	159
8	Sam Jones S. Jones	22	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
9	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	21	NBA Finals	37	28.3	10.4	2.6	4.1	1.2	0.1	4.2	9.0	47.0	0.7	1.8	41.5	1.2	1.6	75.9	53.6	0.7	1.9	1.5	1,048	383	95	150	46	4	56	106
10	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	19	NBA Finals	43	28.2	8.7	2.2	2.4	1.0	0.0	3.0	6.9	42.9	1.1	2.7	41.7	1.7	2.1	81.3	55.9	0.4	1.7	1.0	1,212	376	94	103	45	1	41	127	+110
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	19	NBA Finals	35	47.3	18.6	24.6	3.8			7.5	13.5	55.9				3.5	9.4	37.7	52.9				1,657	652	862	134				101
12	James Worthy J. Worthy	18	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
13	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	18	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
14	Mel Counts M. Counts	18	NBA Finals	29	15.3	6.8	5.8	0.8			2.7	6.1	44.6				1.3	1.7	78.0	49.5				445	197	168	24				95
15	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	18	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
16	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	17	NBA Finals	36	27.0	8.5	4.0	3.1	0.9	0.7	3.4	6.9	49.0	1.1	3.2	36.0	0.6	1.5	37.0	55.9	1.0	3.0	0.9	973	305	143	112	31	25	33	75	+70
17	Don Nelson D. Nelson	17	NBA Finals	38	19.9	8.4	5.2	1.1	0.2	0.0	3.2	7.1	45.0				2.0	2.7	74.0	50.7	0.5	3.1		757	319	199	43	2	0		103
18	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	17	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
19	Larry Foust L. Foust	17	NBA Finals	23		12.4					4.2						4.0	4.9	80.5						285						73
20	JR Smith	16	NBA Finals	25	30.0	9.7	2.7	1.0	0.9	0.4	3.4	8.9	37.7	2.4	6.2	38.1	0.6	1.1	59.3	51.7	0.4	2.3	0.6	749	243	67	24	22	9	16	71	-112
21	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	16	NBA Finals	34	17.1	5.6	5.2	0.6	0.6	0.4	2.3	4.3	53.1	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.7	57.6	54.9	1.7	3.4	1.1	582	190	176	22	19	14	36	92
22	Keith Erickson K. Erickson	16	NBA Finals	25	27.5	7.9	4.4	2.4	0.7	0.2	3.4	8.4	40.5				1.1	1.6	69.2	43.4	0.3	2.2		688	197	111	59	4	1		83
23	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	16	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
24	Rudy LaRusso R. LaRusso	16	NBA Finals	25	32.3	13.0	7.9	1.8			4.2	10.4	40.5				4.6	6.3	72.8	49.5				808	325	198	44				97
25	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	16	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

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More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

25.9

Mitchell

RPG

8.3

Mobley

APG

5.8

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 5/23	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Mon 5/25	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Wed 5/27	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Fri 5/29	NYK	@	CLE	8:00 PM
Sun 5/31	CLE	@	NYK	8:00 PM

Last Game

Cavaliers

0 - 2

Final

109

Knicks

2 - 0

Thu 21 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

12.3

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Mobley

1.8

Allen

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

113.6

Proctor

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

125.0

124.0

117.5

113.7

112.7

111.7

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.8

105.4

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

19.2

14.0

12.1

3.0

1.7

-0.3

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

629.4

Mobley

627.9

Cunningham

626.1

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

679

Cunningham

639.5

Mitchell

621

Mobley

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.67

Wembanyama

1.66

Beringer

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.65

Wembanyama

1.58

Beringer

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

56-39

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

45-37

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-57

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0