what nba player has started the most finals games since 1985

Since 1984-85, LeBron James has the most starts in the NBA Finals, with 55 starts.

NAME GS 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
55
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 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
37
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
3 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
35
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
4 Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
35
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
5 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
34
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
6 Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
34
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
7 Draymond Green
D. Green
33
NBA Finals
33
38.5
11.5
9.1
6.6
1.8
1.0
4.0
9.7
41.4
1.1
3.8
28.0
2.5
3.3
74.5
51.9
1.5
7.6
2.6
1,269
381
300
219
59
32
87
138
+140
8 Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
33
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
9 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
30
NBA Finals
30
42.3
28.8
13.1
3.4
0.5
2.1
11.3
18.8
60.2
0.0
0.0
6.2
12.7
48.4
59.0
4.0
9.1
3.4
1,268
865
393
103
16
62
101
109
+34
10 Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
29
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
11 Tony Parker
T. Parker
29
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
12 Derek Fisher
D. Fisher
27
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
13 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
27
NBA Finals
27
39.4
20.1
6.7
12.6
1.9
0.1
7.0
13.7
50.9
0.3
1.1
31.0
5.9
6.5
90.3
60.9
1.2
5.5
2.9
1,064
543
180
339
50
3
79
63
14 James Worthy
J. Worthy
27
NBA Finals
27
39.7
22.2
5.2
3.6
0.9
0.7
9.1
17.9
51.0
0.1
0.5
21.4
3.8
5.5
68.9
54.5
1.9
3.3
1.9
1,072
599
140
96
24
18
52
63
15 Horace Grant
H. Grant
26
NBA Finals
26
36.5
10.6
8.6
2.1
1.0
1.3
4.5
8.7
52.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
2.3
63.9
54.4
3.0
5.7
1.0
949
275
224
55
26
35
27
75
+14
16 Danny Green
D. Green
24
NBA Finals
24
27.3
9.7
3.2
1.0
1.3
0.9
3.4
8.1
41.8
2.5
5.8
42.1
0.5
0.6
85.7
58.2
0.8
2.4
1.1
654
233
77
25
30
21
27
64
+78
17 A.C. Green
A.C. Green
24
NBA Finals
28
26.3
7.5
6.3
0.4
0.5
0.1
2.8
5.8
47.8
0.1
0.2
33.3
2.0
2.8
70.5
54.0
2.3
4.0
0.9
736
211
177
11
13
3
26
73
-27
18 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
23
NBA Finals
23
31.6
18.5
6.4
2.2
0.7
1.5
7.5
14.9
50.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.5
4.8
72.1
54.5
2.0
4.4
2.1
727
426
147
50
15
35
49
79
19 Byron Scott
B. Scott
23
NBA Finals
23
35.2
12.5
3.5
2.1
1.2
0.2
5.0
11.3
44.1
0.4
1.5
25.7
2.1
2.8
75.4
49.7
0.9
2.6
1.4
810
288
81
48
28
5
33
70
20 Tristan Thompson
T. Thompson
22
NBA Finals
22
31.7
8.5
9.0
0.9
0.4
0.8
3.5
6.3
55.4
0.0
0.0
1.5
2.7
55.9
56.7
3.7
5.4
0.7
698
187
199
20
9
18
16
54
-101
21 Chris Bosh
C. Bosh
22
NBA Finals
23
36.6
14.7
7.8
1.2
0.9
0.9
5.7
12.3
45.9
0.3
1.1
28.0
3.0
3.8
79.5
52.4
2.3
5.5
1.3
841
337
179
27
21
21
29
55
-79
22 Ron Harper
R. Harper
22
NBA Finals
27
24.4
6.6
3.4
2.7
1.0
0.5
2.4
6.0
41.0
0.6
1.8
31.3
1.1
1.6
72.1
49.5
0.7
2.7
0.9
659
178
92
73
28
14
24
53
+58
23 Kevin Love
K. Love
18
NBA Finals
19
27.5
12.3
8.4
1.1
1.2
0.5
4.1
10.6
38.6
1.8
5.2
34.7
2.3
2.8
81.5
51.8
2.3
6.2
1.0
523
234
160
21
22
10
19
37
-92
24 Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
18
NBA Finals
18
39.6
25.5
3.8
4.4
1.5
0.4
10.1
22.1
45.5
2.1
5.8
36.2
3.3
3.5
93.7
53.9
1.1
2.7
2.4
713
459
69
80
27
8
44
51
-2
25 Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
18
NBA Finals
18
37.0
20.1
9.4
2.3
1.9
0.9
6.7
13.4
49.6
1.9
4.7
40.5
4.9
5.8
84.6
62.9
2.5
6.9
1.9
665
362
169
41
34
16
34
53
+89
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