which player has most nba finals games lost since 1964

Since 1963-64, LeBron James has lost the most games in the NBA Finals, with 33 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	LeBron 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
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27	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
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26	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
4	Jerry West J. West	25	NBA Finals	42	42.9	30.6	4.8	6.2			11.0	24.2	45.5				8.5	10.3	82.7	53.1				1,801	1,284	201	260				123
5	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	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
6	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	21	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
7	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	19	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
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	19	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
9	James Worthy J. Worthy	18	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
10	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	18	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
11	Mel Counts M. Counts	18	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
12	Andre 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
13	Don Nelson D. Nelson	17	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
14	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
15	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	16	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
16	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
17	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
18	Tristan 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
19	Richard 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
20	A.C. Green	15	NBA Finals	28	26.3	7.5	6.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	2.8	5.8	47.8	0.1	0.2	33.3	2.0	2.8	70.5	54.0	2.3	4.0	0.9	736	211	177	11	13	3	26	73	-27
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	15	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	716	361	187	63	24	91	80
22	Kevin McHale K. McHale	15	NBA Finals	31	32.5	17.9	7.4	1.4	0.3	1.4	6.8	12.5	54.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	5.7	76.8	59.9	2.7	4.7	2.3	1,009	556	230	43	10	44	70	95
23	Robert Parish R. Parish	15	NBA Finals	31	32.9	15.4	8.4	1.3	1.0	1.7	6.3	13.1	48.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	4.4	63.0	51.2	2.8	5.6	2.1	1,020	477	260	40	32	54	65	108
24	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
25	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	15	NBA Finals	43	41.8	22.9	7.8	4.4	1.2	0.2	8.8	20.6	42.5				5.4	6.3	85.3	49.0	1.7	5.0		1,798	986	334	188	15	3		149

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