which player has most finals games lost since 2002

Since 2001-02, LeBron James has lost the most games in the NBA Finals, with 33 losses.

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1LeBron James
L. James
33
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
2Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
17
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
3JR Smith
JR Smith
16
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
4Derek Fisher
D. Fisher
16
NBA Finals
32
29.4
9.1
2.6
2.2
1.0
0.0
3.1
7.2
42.8
1.0
2.6
36.9
2.0
2.5
81.0
55.2
0.5
2.1
1.0
942
291
82
70
32
0
32
94
+112
5Tristan Thompson
T. Thompson
15
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
6Richard Jefferson
R. Jefferson
15
NBA Finals
22
26.2
8.0
4.8
1.0
1.0
0.2
3.0
6.5
45.8
0.1
0.7
12.5
2.0
2.9
67.2
51.4
1.2
3.6
1.3
577
175
106
21
22
4
29
58
-41
7Kevin Love
K. Love
14
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
8Udonis Haslem
U. Haslem
14
NBA Finals
28
18.6
3.8
4.0
0.3
0.4
0.3
1.6
3.6
45.5
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.8
59.1
47.4
1.4
2.6
0.9
519
105
111
8
10
7
25
74
-85
9Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
14
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
10Stephen Curry
S. Curry
13
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
11James Jones
J. Jones
13
NBA Finals
25
8.4
2.0
0.8
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.6
1.6
38.5
0.4
1.2
37.9
0.3
0.4
72.7
55.9
0.0
0.8
0.3
209
49
20
4
5
2
7
32
-8
12Ray Allen
R. Allen
13
NBA Finals
25
34.8
13.9
3.2
1.9
0.9
0.2
4.5
10.0
44.8
2.2
5.1
43.3
2.7
3.0
90.7
61.3
0.8
2.4
1.6
869
347
80
47
22
5
40
71
-13
13Draymond Green
D. Green
12
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
14Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
12
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
15Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
12
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
16Chris Bosh
C. Bosh
12
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
17Mario Chalmers
M. Chalmers
12
NBA Finals
23
30.1
9.5
2.4
3.0
1.3
0.1
3.1
7.7
40.4
1.6
4.2
37.1
1.7
2.3
75.0
54.5
0.2
2.2
2.1
693
219
55
70
29
3
48
61
+56
18Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
12
NBA Finals
27
43.4
27.3
5.5
5.1
2.0
0.7
9.5
22.7
41.8
1.6
5.0
32.1
6.7
7.9
84.6
52.1
1.0
4.5
3.7
1,171
736
149
137
53
19
99
85
0
19Shaun Livingston
S. Livingston
11
NBA Finals
28
18.1
6.4
2.5
1.9
0.4
0.2
2.6
4.9
53.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.2
1.3
89.2
58.4
0.6
1.9
0.8
506
179
70
54
10
5
22
50
-11
20Iman Shumpert
I. Shumpert
11
NBA Finals
18
22.7
4.3
2.4
0.5
0.8
0.3
1.2
4.6
26.5
0.8
2.7
28.6
1.1
1.5
74.1
41.1
0.6
1.9
0.9
409
78
44
9
15
6
16
39
-95
21Mike Miller
M. Miller
11
NBA Finals
23
13.9
4.0
2.0
0.6
0.5
0.2
1.3
2.7
47.6
1.1
2.1
53.1
0.3
0.3
100.0
70.1
0.3
1.7
0.3
319
92
46
13
11
4
7
44
+43
22Rashard Lewis
R. Lewis
10
NBA Finals
13
26.0
10.3
3.7
1.8
0.3
0.2
3.7
8.6
42.9
2.0
4.8
41.9
0.9
1.2
80.0
56.5
0.8
2.9
1.0
339
134
48
24
4
2
13
25
-93
23Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
10
NBA Finals
29
38.5
19.7
13.2
2.8
0.8
2.4
7.4
15.7
47.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.8
6.9
69.8
52.5
3.8
9.3
2.7
1,117
571
382
82
22
70
79
73
+133
24Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
10
NBA Finals
29
30.5
14.0
4.2
3.5
1.3
0.2
4.3
9.9
43.8
1.4
4.1
35.0
3.9
4.7
83.1
58.5
0.7
3.5
2.6
884
407
121
102
37
5
76
95
+177
25Tony Parker
T. Parker
10
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
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