which player has most finals games lost before a win

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

	NAME	L	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	LeBron James L. James	33	22	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	22	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	16	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	29	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	24	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	45	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	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	42	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	16	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	24	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	16	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	16	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	19	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	11	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	34	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	19	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	21	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	30	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	6	NBA Finals	23		12.4					4.2						4.0	4.9	80.5						285						73
20	JR Smith	16	9	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	18	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	9	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	31	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	9	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	26	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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RPG

9.3

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7.1

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	76ers	16	13	.552	7.0
6	Magic	17	14	.548	7.0
7	Cavaliers	17	15	.531	7.5
8	Heat	16	15	.516	8.0
9	Bulls	15	15	.500	8.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 12/27	CLE	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Mon 12/29	CLE	@	SAS	8:00 PM
Wed 12/31	PHX	@	CLE	3:30 PM
Fri 1/2	DEN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Sun 1/4	DET	@	CLE	2:00 PM

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PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

32.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

30.8

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.1

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.1

Zubac

APG Leaders

11.0

Jokić

9.6

Cunningham

9.2

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.2

Wallace

2.0

Daniels

1.7

Murphy

BPG Leaders

2.4

Huff

2.0

Stewart

1.8

Kalkbrenner

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

4.0

Mitchell

3.7

Porter

TS% Leaders

71.8

Jokić

71.3

Ayton

71.2

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

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125.5

122.6

122.0

121.9

120.0

DRtg Rankings

106.2

111.3

112.2

112.4

112.9

113.0

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8.5

7.1

6.7

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6-23

7-23

8-24

9-21

9-19

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1,922.1

Jokić

1,572.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,473.9

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

2,044.3

Jokić

1,579

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,558.5

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USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

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Brown

33.2

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MPG Leaders

39.8

Maxey

36.8

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36.5

Dončić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

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1.62

Dončić

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DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

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Jokić

1.72

Dončić

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17-11-1

18-12

16-12

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11-18

12-19

13-19

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1	Pistons	24	7	.774
2	Knicks	21	9	.700	2.5
3	Celtics	19	11	.633	4.5
4	Raptors	18	14	.563	6.5
5	76ers	16	13	.552	7.0
6	Magic	17	14	.548	7.0
7	Cavaliers	17	15	.531	7.5
8	Heat	16	15	.516	8.0
9	Bulls	15	15	.500	8.5
10	Hawks	15	17	.469	9.5
11	Bucks	12	19	.387	12.0
12	Hornets	11	20	.355	13.0
13	Nets	9	19	.321	13.5
14	Wizards	6	23	.207	17.0
15	Pacers	6	25	.194	18.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	26	5	.839
2	Spurs	23	7	.767	2.5
3	Nuggets	22	8	.733	3.5
4	Lakers	19	10	.655	6.0
5	Timberwolves	20	11	.645	6.0
6	Rockets	18	10	.643	6.5
7	Suns	17	13	.567	8.5
8	Warriors	16	15	.516	10.0
9	Grizzlies	15	16	.484	11.0
10	Trail Blazers	12	19	.387	14.0
11	Mavericks	12	20	.375	14.5
12	Jazz	11	19	.367	14.5
13	Clippers	9	21	.300	16.5
14	Pelicans	8	24	.250	18.5
15	Kings	7	23	.233	18.5