which player has most finals games lost in 1955-56 to 1971-72

Between the 1955-56 and 1971-72 seasons, Jerry West lost the most games in the NBA Finals, with 29 losses.

NAMELSERIESGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Jerry West
J. West
29
NBA Finals
50
44.2
31.4
5.2
5.7
11.4
24.8
46.0
8.6
10.3
83.6
53.6
2,208
1,572
261
283
145
2Elgin 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
3Bill 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
4Sam 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
5Tom 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
6Frank 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
7Rudy 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
8Bob 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
9Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
15
NBA Finals
30
47.2
19.8
25.6
3.8
8.1
14.3
56.3
3.7
9.7
37.8
53.2
1,417
594
769
115
85
10Mel Counts
M. Counts
14
NBA Finals
24
16.0
7.4
6.0
0.8
3.0
6.6
44.9
1.5
2.0
76.6
49.8
383
178
144
20
84
11Dick Barnett
D. Barnett
14
NBA Finals
22
28.4
15.1
2.5
2.6
5.7
12.4
46.0
3.8
4.8
78.3
52.3
625
333
55
57
68
12Tom Sanders
T. Sanders
14
NBA Finals
43
26.2
10.5
6.4
1.2
4.3
9.3
46.1
1.9
2.6
73.5
50.3
1,126
453
277
50
179
13K.C. Jones
K.C. Jones
14
NBA Finals
44
22.0
6.5
2.5
2.5
6.2
39.9
1.6
2.3
71.0
45.6
969
287
110
128
14Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
14
NBA Finals
25
37.0
23.0
10.8
8.0
17.9
45.0
7.0
8.4
83.3
53.4
926
576
269
109
15Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
14
NBA Finals
25
41.5
28.4
16.6
9.6
23.0
41.8
9.1
12.0
75.4
50.0
1,037
709
416
77
16Leroy Ellis
L. Ellis
13
NBA Finals
23
23.3
9.1
7.0
0.7
3.6
8.2
43.4
2.0
3.0
66.2
47.7
536
209
161
16
58
17Larry Foust
L. Foust
13
NBA Finals
16
10.9
9.6
3.7
9.7
38.1
3.5
4.1
86.2
47.4
174
154
47
18Darrall Imhoff
D. Imhoff
12
NBA Finals
18
18.8
4.0
6.3
1.7
1.4
3.6
38.5
1.2
1.9
62.9
44.8
339
72
114
31
50
19Jim King
J. King
12
NBA Finals
18
24.1
10.1
4.4
2.8
4.2
9.2
45.5
1.8
2.3
78.0
49.7
434
182
79
50
49
20Don Nelson
D. Nelson
12
NBA Finals
25
22.2
10.2
6.1
1.2
3.9
8.6
45.3
2.5
3.3
74.7
51.1
554
256
152
31
77
21Tom Hawkins
T. Hawkins
12
NBA Finals
20
19.9
5.0
4.4
1.0
2.2
5.1
42.6
0.7
1.4
46.4
43.7
397
99
88
19
61
22Jim Krebs
J. Krebs
12
NBA Finals
17
24.4
7.3
7.3
3.2
8.2
38.8
0.9
1.1
84.2
42.1
415
124
124
71
23John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
11
NBA Finals
34
38.1
21.8
7.7
4.0
8.3
19.6
42.4
5.2
6.1
85.4
49.0
1,296
742
263
135
116
24Bill Sharman
B. Sharman
11
NBA Finals
29
32.1
19.8
3.3
7.7
18.0
42.8
4.3
4.7
92.6
49.2
931
574
96
65
25Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
11
NBA Finals
17
2.5
2.4
0.7
2.3
30.8
1.1
1.9
56.3
39.6
42
40
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