which player has the most nba finals appearances as a center

Bill Russell has the most career appearances by a center in the NBA Finals, with 12 appearances.

	NAME	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	Bill Russell B. Russell	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
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	NBA Finals	30	42.3	28.8	13.1	3.4	0.5	2.1	11.3	18.8	60.2	0.0	0.0		6.2	12.7	48.4	59.0	4.0	9.1	3.4	1,268	865	393	103	16	62	101	109	+34
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	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
5	Robert Parish R. Parish	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
6	Larry Foust L. Foust	NBA Finals	23		12.4					4.2						4.0	4.9	80.5						285						73
7	Clyde Lovellette C. Lovellette	NBA Finals	23		11.0					4.5	12.3	36.7				1.9	2.8	68.8	40.5					252						69
8	George Mikan G. Mikan	NBA Finals	31		23.9					7.8						8.4	10.5	79.4						741						145
9	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	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
10	Kendrick Perkins K. Perkins	NBA Finals	17	20.7	4.8	5.2	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.7	3.4	50.0	0.0	0.0		1.4	1.9	69.7	55.8	2.0	3.2	1.2	351	81	88	8	5	8	20	51	-32
11	Greg Kite G. Kite	NBA Finals	21	7.8	1.0	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.1	37.5	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.3	66.7	41.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	163	22	35	12	4	7	5	43
12	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	NBA Finals	20	23.5	12.2	4.8	0.8	0.7	1.4	5.0	10.7	46.9	0.1	0.2	50.0	2.1	3.1	67.7	50.8	1.2	3.6	2.2	470	244	95	15	13	27	44	75
13	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	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
14	Mel Counts M. Counts	NBA Finals	16	10.1	4.2	3.7	0.3			1.6	4.4	36.6				0.9	1.0	93.8	42.9				162	67	59	5				41
15	Connie Simmons C. Simmons	NBA Finals	25		14.1					4.8	13.3	35.8				4.6	6.6	70.1	43.7					353						102
16	Andrew Bogut A. Bogut	NBA Finals	14	12.7	2.7	3.9	0.9	0.3	1.1	1.3	2.4	52.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	50.0	53.1	1.3	2.6	0.8	178	38	54	12	4	16	11	32	-47
17	Joel Anthony J. Anthony	NBA Finals	11	12.8	0.9	2.5	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.5	1.5	31.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		31.3	1.5	1.1	0.1	140	10	28	2	1	7	1	15	-30
18	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	NBA Finals	18	41.1	17.3	10.4	3.2	0.7	1.7	6.2	11.8	52.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.8	6.8	71.3	58.5	3.2	7.3	1.7	739	311	188	57	12	30	31	56	+28
19	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	NBA Finals	16	35.6	17.6	11.3	2.2	0.8	1.4	6.8	13.6	49.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.1	5.7	72.5	54.6	3.4	7.9	2.4	569	282	181	35	13	23	39	41	+99
20	D.J. Mbenga	NBA Finals	6	2.9	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.8	0.3	18	0	5	0	0	1	2	5	-3
21	Luc Longley L. Longley	NBA Finals	18	23.9	7.8	4.2	1.6	0.7	1.1	3.3	5.9	55.1	0.0	0.0		1.3	1.9	65.7	57.6	1.7	2.5	2.1	431	141	75	29	12	19	37	64	+19
22	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	NBA Finals	17	25.8	6.4	4.0	1.8	0.5	0.3	2.8	6.4	44.4	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.3	54.5	45.9	1.1	2.9	1.2	439	108	68	31	9	5	20	50
23	Will Perdue W. Perdue	NBA Finals	9	6.2	1.1	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	1.1	40.0	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.4	50.0	42.5	0.6	1.4	0.2	56	10	18	1	0	1	2	11
24	James Edwards J. Edwards	NBA Finals	16	20.7	9.8	3.4	0.9	0.2	0.6	3.9	8.5	45.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.1	3.3	63.5	49.4	1.5	1.9	0.8	331	157	54	14	3	9	12	54
25	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	NBA Finals	12	22.0	7.4	3.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	2.8	6.3	45.3	0.0	0.0		1.8	3.3	53.8	48.3	1.8	1.9	1.1	264	89	44	5	1	5	13	28