which nba coach has the most nba finals game wins

Phil Jackson has the most wins by a coach in the NBA Finals, with 47 wins.

	COACH	W	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	Phil Jackson	47	NBA Finals	73	243.8	96.6	40.5	21.5	7.8	5.2	36.2	79.1	45.8	5.4	15.7	34.5	18.7	26.3	71.1	53.3	11.9	28.6	13.1	17,795	7,049	2,954	1,569	569	378	953	1,747
2	Red Auerbach	40	NBA Finals	65	242.3	111.5	65.1				42.1						27.3	37.0	73.8					15,750	7,249	3,841					1,846
3	Pat Riley	26	NBA Finals	53	241.4	104.7	42.1	25.4	8.1	5.2	40.5	84.6	47.9	2.4	7.5	31.3	21.4	30.0	71.3	53.5	13.2	28.9	14.8	12,795	5,549	2,231	1,346	429	274	783	1,338
4	Gregg Popovich	23	NBA Finals	34	241.5	91.3	42.0	19.1	6.6	5.6	33.2	73.4	45.3	7.1	18.0	39.4	17.8	24.6	72.1	54.2	10.5	31.4	15.1	8,210	3,103	1,427	648	224	189	513	654
5	Steve Kerr	21	NBA Finals	34	242.2	107.0	41.9	25.4	7.7	5.3	38.5	84.8	45.4	13.3	35.6	37.2	16.8	21.6	77.6	56.7	9.9	32.1	13.7	8,235	3,639	1,425	864	261	180	467	771
6	John Kundla	20	NBA Finals	35	241.4	83.9					30.6						22.7	31.8	71.5					8,450	2,938						988
7	Erik Spoelstra	14	NBA Finals	34	240.7	97.4	37.8	20.4	7.1	3.9	35.6	78.7	45.2	9.5	25.0	38.1	16.7	21.3	78.6	55.3	8.7	29.0	12.8	8,185	3,310	1,284	692	243	133	436	704
8	K.C. Jones	12	NBA Finals	29	241.7	109.7	44.1	26.2	8.7	5.3	42.0	89.1	47.1	1.9	5.4	35.8	24.1	31.0	77.7	53.4	14.1	30.0	16.1	7,010	3,182	1,279	759	251	154	466	680
9	Alex Hannum	12	NBA Finals	24	245.2	110.8	62.9				39.5	98.2	40.3				31.8	46.9	67.7	46.6				5,885	2,660	1,509					691
10	Chuck Daly	11	NBA Finals	16	241.6	105.0	42.6	22.1	5.8	5.0	39.6	82.4	48.1	2.4	6.7	36.4	23.3	30.6	76.1	54.8	13.3	29.4	12.6	3,865	1,680	682	354	92	80	202	441
11	Red Holzman	9	NBA Finals	17	244.4	106.0	47.6	25.7			44.9	97.1	46.2				16.2	21.9	74.0	49.7			16.2	4,155	1,802	810	437			162	435
12	Fred Schaus	9	NBA Finals	25	242.0	113.2	56.0	19.5			41.5	96.2	43.1				30.2	39.2	77.1	49.9				6,050	2,830	1,400	487				648
13	Al Cervi	9	NBA Finals	20	240.0	80.6					27.0						26.7	38.5	69.4					4,800	1,612						519
14	Larry Brown	8	NBA Finals	17	244.4	90.0	42.9	18.3	8.3	5.7	34.2	79.6	43.0	3.3	11.8	28.0	18.2	25.5	71.4	49.5	13.8	29.1	11.9	4,155	1,530	729	311	141	97	203	377
15	Rudy Tomjanovich	8	NBA Finals	11	242.3	96.3	41.2	22.8	8.2	5.1	35.0	78.7	44.5	6.7	19.4	34.7	19.5	25.6	76.2	53.5	10.7	30.5	14.5	2,665	1,059	453	251	90	56	159	232
16	Billy Cunningham	8	NBA Finals	16	240.0	108.9	41.6	28.9	9.6	8.9	44.2	89.9	49.1	0.3	2.1	15.2	20.2	28.1	71.9	53.2	13.7	27.9	16.3	3,840	1,742	665	462	153	143	260	383
17	Tom Heinsohn	8	NBA Finals	13	251.5	100.0	48.8	24.5	7.6	1.2	39.3	91.0	43.2				21.4	26.7	80.1	48.7	14.3	34.5	19.3	3,270	1,300	634	319	99	15	251	327
18	Bill Russell	8	NBA Finals	13	241.9	110.5	55.5	20.6			42.5	97.4	43.7				25.5	33.5	76.1	49.3				3,145	1,437	721	268				365
19	Rick Carlisle	7	NBA Finals	13	240.0	101.1	40.5	20.6	8.3	4.9	35.1	77.6	45.2	10.8	28.2	38.3	20.2	26.2	76.8	56.7	10.0	30.5	16.0	3,120	1,314	527	268	108	64	208	282
20	Doc Rivers	7	NBA Finals	13	240.0	94.1	39.8	21.2	7.8	4.2	33.6	76.7	43.8	6.5	17.5	37.3	20.3	26.2	77.6	53.3	10.5	29.4	13.5	3,120	1,223	518	276	101	54	175	322
21	Lenny Wilkens	7	NBA Finals	12	244.2	99.8	48.2	19.9	6.5	7.3	39.8	90.7	43.8				20.3	28.6	70.8	48.3	16.1	32.1	16.8	2,930	1,197	578	239	78	88	202	313
22	Larry Costello	7	NBA Finals	11	246.8	97.2	47.6	23.0	3.0	3.7	40.3	84.0	47.9				16.6	22.3	74.7	51.8	12.3	31.4	21.3	2,715	1,069	524	253	21	26	234	238
23	Bill Sharman	7	NBA Finals	16	243.1	107.9	61.1	20.4			42.4	103.9	40.8				23.1	32.8	70.6	45.6			18.2	3,890	1,726	978	327			182	403
24	Joe Lapchick	7	NBA Finals	19	242.6	78.8					26.8	73.9	36.3				25.1	34.9	71.8	44.1				4,610	1,497						515
25	Bill Fitch	6	NBA Finals	12	240.0	99.3	46.4	25.0	7.8	6.0	41.0	89.1	46.0	0.7	2.8	23.5	16.6	23.1	71.8	50.0	17.6	28.8	15.6	2,880	1,191	557	300	94	72	187	272

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