who has the most missed field goals in finals ever

Jerry West has missed the most career field goals in the NBA Finals, with 721 misses.

	NAME	FG MISS	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	721	NBA Finals	55	43.3	30.5	5.0	5.6			11.1	24.2	45.9				8.3	10.0	82.6	53.3				2,380	1,679	277	306				159
2	LeBron James L. James	628	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
3	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	609	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
4	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	592	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
5	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	536	NBA Finals	47	39.8	21.7	7.4	4.1	1.2	0.2	8.3	19.7	42.1				5.1	6.0	84.8	48.5	1.7	5.0		1,872	1,020	350	195	15	3		154
6	Sam Jones S. Jones	536	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
7	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	508	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
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	496	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
9	Bill Russell B. Russell	495	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
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	475	NBA Finals	37	42.7	25.3	5.7	5.1	1.8	0.9	9.0	21.8	41.2	1.3	4.1	31.4	6.0	7.1	84.8	50.7	1.1	4.6	3.3	1,581	937	211	187	65	33	123	118	+36
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	473	NBA Finals	35	43.0	33.6	6.0	6.0	1.8	0.7	12.5	26.0	48.1	1.2	3.3	36.8	7.4	9.1	80.6	55.9	1.6	4.4	2.8	1,506	1,176	211	209	62	23	99	103	+45
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	394	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
13	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	349	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
14	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	335	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
15	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	333	NBA Finals	35	42.0	19.0	8.3	5.9	1.9	1.1	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.9	3.3	25.6	4.1	5.4	74.7	50.1	2.8	5.6	3.3	1,470	664	292	207	67	39	117	118	+38
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	318	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
17	Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey	313	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
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	308	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
19	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	299	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
20	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	285	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
21	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	284	NBA Finals	34	39.6	20.8	13.3	2.8	0.8	2.4	7.9	16.2	48.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.1	7.1	71.6	53.8	3.7	9.6	2.8	1,346	708	452	94	27	81	96	85	+157
22	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	277	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
23	James Worthy J. Worthy	275	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
24	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	246	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
25	Tony Parker T. Parker	233	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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