Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest Finals MVP in an NBA Finals. He was 37 years old.

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oldest player to win finals mvp in a season

	NAME	Age	FMVP	SEASON	SERIES	TM	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	37	1	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	35.5	25.7	9.0	5.2	1.0	1.5	11.2	18.5	60.4	0.0	0.0		3.3	4.3	76.9	62.9	2.8	6.2	2.8	213	154	54	31	6	9	17	27
2	LeBron James L. James	35	1	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.4	29.8	11.8	8.5	1.2	0.5	11.3	19.2	59.1	2.5	6.0	41.7	4.7	7.0	66.7	67.1	2.0	9.8	3.5	236	179	71	51	7	3	21	13	+36
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	35	1	1971-72	NBA Finals	LAL	5	47.2	19.4	23.2	2.6			7.8	13.0	60.0				3.8	7.0	54.3	60.3				236	97	116	13				18
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	1	1997-98	NBA Finals	CHI	6	41.7	33.5	4.0	2.3	1.8	0.7	11.7	27.3	42.7	0.7	2.2	30.8	9.5	11.7	81.4	51.6	1.5	2.5	1.7	250	201	24	14	11	4	10	13	+39
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	33	1	2021-22	NBA Finals	GSW	6	37.5	31.2	6.0	5.0	2.0	0.2	11.0	22.8	48.2	5.2	11.8	43.7	4.0	4.7	85.7	62.6	0.3	5.7	2.5	225	187	36	30	12	1	15	18	+35
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33	1	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.7	32.3	7.0	6.0	1.2	0.8	12.0	26.3	45.6	1.3	4.2	32.0	7.0	9.2	76.4	53.2	1.5	5.5	2.2	256	194	42	36	7	5	13	14	+6
7	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	33	1	1973-74	NBA Finals	BOS	7	47.1	26.4	7.7	4.7	1.9	0.0	10.3	24.0	42.9				5.9	6.7	87.2	49.0	1.6	6.1		330	185	54	33	13	0		22
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	32	1	2010-11	NBA Finals	DAL	6	40.4	26.0	9.7	2.0	0.7	0.7	8.7	20.8	41.6	1.2	3.2	36.8	7.5	7.7	97.8	53.7	0.3	9.3	2.8	242	156	58	12	4	4	17	15	+40
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32	1	1995-96	NBA Finals	CHI	6	42.0	27.3	5.3	4.2	1.7	0.2	8.5	20.5	41.5	1.0	3.2	31.6	9.3	11.2	83.6	53.8	1.7	3.7	3.0	252	164	32	25	10	1	18	17
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32	1	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	4	44.8	32.8	11.5	5.5	2.0	2.0	14.0	29.0	48.3	0.3	0.3	100.0	4.5	6.5	69.2	51.4	2.8	8.8	2.8	179	131	46	22	8	8	11	18
11	LeBron James L. James	31	1	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	41.7	29.7	11.3	8.9	2.6	2.3	11.7	23.7	49.4	1.9	5.0	37.1	4.4	6.1	72.1	56.2	2.4	8.9	4.4	292	208	79	62	18	16	31	16	+26
12	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	31	1	2014-15	NBA Finals	GSW	6	37.1	16.3	5.8	4.0	1.3	0.3	6.2	11.8	52.1	2.3	5.8	40.0	1.7	4.7	35.7	58.8	1.0	4.8	1.0	222	98	35	24	8	2	6	18	+62
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31	1	2009-10	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.2	28.6	8.0	3.9	2.1	0.7	9.4	23.3	40.5	2.1	6.7	31.9	7.6	8.6	88.3	52.8	1.7	6.3	3.9	288	200	56	27	15	5	27	27	+8
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	31	1	1993-94	NBA Finals	HOU	7	43.1	26.9	9.1	3.6	1.6	3.9	10.7	21.4	50.0	0.1	0.1	100.0	5.3	6.1	86.0	55.6	1.9	7.3	3.6	302	188	64	25	11	27	25	26
15	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	31	1	1977-78	NBA Finals	WAS	7	38.6	9.0	11.7	3.9	0.6	0.1	3.7	7.1	52.0				1.6	2.9	55.0	53.6	3.6	8.1	1.0	270	63	82	27	4	1	7	25
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30	1	2008-09	NBA Finals	LAL	5	43.8	32.4	5.6	7.4	1.4	1.4	11.6	27.0	43.0	1.8	5.0	36.0	7.4	8.8	84.1	52.5	0.6	5.0	3.2	219	162	28	37	7	7	16	13	+49
17	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	30	1	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	6	38.8	21.8	4.5	6.3	1.2	0.3	6.3	14.7	43.2	1.8	4.7	39.3	7.3	8.8	83.0	58.8	0.5	4.0	3.7	233	131	27	38	7	2	22	24	+52
18	Rick Barry R. Barry	30	1	1974-75	NBA Finals	GSW	4	43.0	29.5	4.0	5.0	3.5	0.8	11.0	24.8	44.4				7.5	8.0	93.8	52.2	1.0	3.0		172	118	16	20	14	3		12
19	Willis Reed W. Reed	30	1	1972-73	NBA Finals	NYK	5	30.0	16.4	9.2	2.6			7.4	15.0	49.3				1.6	1.8	88.9	51.9				150	82	46	13				22
20	Jerry West J. West	30	1	1968-69	NBA Finals	LAL	7	43.9	37.9	4.7	7.4			13.7	28.0	49.0				10.4	12.4	83.9	56.6				307	265	33	52				20
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	29	1	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	4	41.3	28.8	10.8	7.5	0.8	2.3	10.0	19.0	52.6	2.3	5.5	40.9	6.5	6.8	96.3	65.4	0.5	10.3	2.3	165	115	43	30	3	9	9	12	+86
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29	1	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	4	41.5	36.3	12.3	3.8	0.5	2.8	12.5	21.0	59.5	0.0	0.0		11.3	17.0	66.2	63.6	3.3	9.0	3.5	166	145	49	15	2	11	14	7	+45
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29	1	1992-93	NBA Finals	CHI	6	45.7	41.0	8.5	6.3	1.7	0.7	16.8	33.2	50.8	1.7	4.2	40.0	5.7	8.2	69.4	55.8	2.5	6.0	2.7	274	246	51	38	10	4	16	20
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	29	1	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	44.8	24.0	9.7	9.5	2.7	0.3	8.8	18.3	48.2	1.2	3.2	36.8	5.2	5.5	93.9	57.8	1.7	8.0	2.7	269	144	58	57	16	2	16	17
25	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	29	1	1975-76	NBA Finals	BOS	6	46.5	21.7	4.3	5.8	1.5	0.0	7.8	17.8	43.9				6.0	6.8	87.8	52.0	0.5	3.8		279	130	26	35	9	0		19

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118.0

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-0.4

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34.8

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Nuggets	31	15	.674	6.0
4	Rockets	27	16	.628	8.5
5	Lakers	26	17	.605	9.5
6	Suns	27	18	.600	9.5
7	Timberwolves	27	18	.600	9.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 1/24	LAL	@	DAL	8:30 PM
Mon 1/26	LAL	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Wed 1/28	LAL	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Fri 1/30	LAL	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Sun 2/1	LAL	@	NYK	7:00 PM

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20 - 24

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PPG Leaders

33.4

Dončić

32.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.1

Maxey

RPG Leaders

11.5

Towns

11.3

Gobert

11.1

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APG Leaders

9.7

Cunningham

8.9

Giddey

8.7

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SPG Leaders

2.2

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2.1

Maxey

2.1

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BPG Leaders

2.1

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4.6

Curry

3.8

Mitchell

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TS% Leaders

71.3

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Williams

68.6

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FanDuel Points Leaders

2,256.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

2,137.7

Maxey

2,120.7

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,264.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

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Worst Record ATS

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	32	11	.744
2	Celtics	28	16	.636	4.5
3	Raptors	28	19	.596	6.0
4	Knicks	26	18	.591	6.5
5	Cavaliers	26	20	.565	7.5
6	76ers	24	19	.558	8.0
7	Magic	23	20	.535	9.0
8	Heat	23	22	.511	10.0
9	Bulls	22	22	.500	10.5
10	Hawks	22	25	.468	12.0
11	Bucks	18	26	.409	14.5
12	Hornets	18	28	.391	15.5
13	Nets	12	31	.279	20.0
14	Pacers	11	35	.239	22.5
15	Wizards	10	34	.227	22.5

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1	Thunder	37	9	.804
2	Spurs	31	14	.689	5.5
3	Nuggets	31	15	.674	6.0
4	Rockets	27	16	.628	8.5
5	Lakers	26	17	.605	9.5
6	Suns	27	18	.600	9.5
7	Timberwolves	27	18	.600	9.5
8	Warriors	25	21	.543	12.0
9	Trail Blazers	23	23	.500	14.0
10	Clippers	20	24	.455	16.0
11	Mavericks	19	26	.422	17.5
12	Grizzlies	18	25	.419	17.5
13	Jazz	15	30	.333	21.5
14	Kings	12	34	.261	25.0
15	Pelicans	11	36	.234	26.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 12/28	PHX	@	WAS	115-101
Sun 12/28	MIL	@	CHA	123-113
Sun 12/28	DEN	@	MIA	123-147
Sun 12/28	GSW	@	BKN	120-107
Sun 12/28	ORL	@	TOR	106-107

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Sat 1/24	CLE	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Sat 1/24	BOS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Sat 1/24	LAL	@	DAL	8:30 PM
Sat 1/24	MIA	@	UTA	9:30 PM
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest Finals MVP in an NBA Finals. He was 37 years old.

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