which player has most finals games lost in 1965-66 to 1985-86

Between the 1965-66 and 1985-86 seasons, Jerry West lost the most games in the NBA Finals, with 21 losses.

	NAME	L	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	Jerry West J. West	21	NBA Finals	37	43.0	30.1	4.7	6.6			10.9	23.8	46.0				8.3	10.1	82.1	53.4				1,591	1,115	173	243				110
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	18	NBA Finals	39	40.2	26.8	10.6	4.2	1.0	2.6	11.2	20.7	54.1	0.0	0.0		4.3	6.2	69.8	57.1	2.7	7.0	3.2	1,568	1,045	414	162	36	90	89	144
3	Mel Counts M. Counts	17	NBA Finals	26	16.1	7.3	6.1	0.9			2.9	6.3	46.1				1.5	1.9	77.6	50.9				418	190	159	24				85
4	Keith Erickson K. Erickson	16	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
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	16	NBA Finals	27	40.2	21.6	12.3	3.8			8.6	19.8	43.3				4.5	6.4	70.3	47.8				1,086	583	331	102				79
6	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	15	NBA Finals	20	41.3	11.4	14.1	4.1	0.9	0.5	4.7	10.0	47.2				2.0	3.3	59.1	49.8	3.7	9.2	1.3	825	227	282	82	14	8	15	68
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	15	NBA Finals	30	47.6	16.9	24.1	4.1			6.7	11.7	57.4				3.4	9.2	37.0	53.4				1,427	506	724	122				89
8	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	14	NBA Finals	29	30.6	11.3	3.6	3.7	1.2	0.5	4.3	8.9	48.3	0.3	0.8	40.9	2.4	2.9	81.2	55.3	1.0	2.6	1.4	888	328	104	108	36	14	41	107
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	NBA Finals	29	41.9	18.6	8.9	11.3	2.2	0.4	6.6	12.8	51.8	0.0	0.4	9.1	5.3	6.2	84.5	59.7	2.1	6.8	4.5	1,215	538	258	329	65	13	131	100
10	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	14	NBA Finals	31	40.0	17.7	4.8	5.5	1.5	1.2	6.5	16.0	40.7	0.2	0.9	17.6	4.6	5.8	79.9	47.8	1.7	3.1	3.0	1,239	550	149	172	45	36	92	91
11	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	13	NBA Finals	33	45.6	24.3	8.7	4.8	1.2	0.2	9.2	21.5	42.8				5.9	6.9	85.9	49.5	1.7	5.0		1,505	803	286	159	15	3		120
12	Don Nelson D. Nelson	13	NBA Finals	33	19.8	8.6	5.2	1.1	0.2	0.0	3.2	7.2	45.1				2.1	2.8	75.0	51.0	0.5	3.1		654	283	172	36	2	0		88
13	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	12	NBA Finals	23	21.4	7.5	6.7	0.8	0.8	0.6	3.2	6.0	53.3	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.1	56.3	54.7	2.3	4.3	1.4	493	173	153	19	18	14	33	72
14	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	12	NBA Finals	18	24.2	13.1	5.4	1.1	0.8	1.9	5.3	10.1	52.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.4	4.1	60.3	55.1	1.3	4.1	2.7	436	236	97	19	14	35	32	69
15	Julius Erving J. Erving	12	NBA Finals	22	39.8	25.5	7.5	4.5	2.0	1.8	9.8	18.7	52.6	0.1	0.4	14.3	5.8	7.6	76.6	57.9	2.2	5.3	2.8	875	561	166	100	44	40	45	56
16	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	12	NBA Finals	18	30.0	6.9	8.4	1.1	0.5	2.3	2.7	6.0	45.4	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.2	69.2	49.9	1.9	6.5	1.0	540	125	151	20	9	42	12	76
17	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	12	NBA Finals	27	31.4	14.7	5.8	1.9	1.1	0.3	6.4	14.7	43.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.9	2.5	76.5	46.5	2.7	3.0	2.0	849	398	156	50	31	9	45	82
18	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	12	NBA Finals	22	30.8	16.3	3.7	3.0			6.0	12.8	46.6				4.4	5.6	77.4	53.3				677	358	82	65				69
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	11	NBA Finals	25	42.9	22.8	12.0	6.2	2.2	0.7	8.3	18.0	46.1	0.6	1.5	40.5	5.7	6.6	86.1	54.7	2.7	9.3	2.9	1,072	571	301	154	56	17	73	71
20	Kevin McHale K. McHale	11	NBA Finals	25	31.1	17.3	7.0	1.2	0.4	1.5	6.5	12.2	53.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	5.8	75.7	58.9	2.8	4.2	2.2	778	433	176	31	9	38	55	77
21	Robert Parish R. Parish	11	NBA Finals	25	33.5	15.1	8.8	1.3	1.1	1.9	6.2	13.4	46.0	0.0	0.0		2.8	4.3	63.9	49.3	3.0	5.8	2.2	837	377	221	33	27	47	56	84
22	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	11	NBA Finals	18	31.4	8.8	2.2	4.9	1.2	0.2	3.2	8.1	39.7	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.4	70.5	46.0	0.9	1.2	1.8	565	159	39	89	21	4	33	42
23	Steve Mix S. Mix	11	NBA Finals	15	13.6	5.7	1.8	1.5	0.8	0.2	2.3	4.6	49.3	0.1	0.1	100.0	1.1	1.2	88.9	55.3	0.7	1.1	0.6	204	85	27	22	12	3	5	21
24	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	11	NBA Finals	16	40.5	20.5	11.6	1.4	1.2	2.2	8.1	18.4	43.7				4.4	6.7	65.4	47.9	4.2	7.4	2.5	648	328	185	23	19	35	30	71
25	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	11	NBA Finals	23	41.9	19.6	7.5	3.5	1.0	1.1	8.2	18.1	45.1				3.2	4.4	73.3	48.8	2.1	4.9	3.4	964	450	173	80	19	20	41	95

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