who has the most points in an nba finals game by a center last 5 years

Between May 10, 2020 and May 10, 2025, Nikola Jokić has scored the most points by a center in an NBA Finals game, with 41 points versus the Heat on June 4, 2023.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	41	6/4/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	vs	MIA	42	11	4	0	0	16	28	57.1	2	5	40.0	7	8	87.5	65.0	3	8	5	3	-11
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	32	6/7/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	@	MIA	44	21	10	0	2	12	21	57.1	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	65.3	3	18	3	5	+15
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	28	6/12/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	vs	MIA	42	16	4	0	1	12	16	75.0	1	3	33.3	3	5	60.0	76.9	1	15	4	3	+12
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	27	6/1/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	vs	MIA	40	10	14	1	1	8	12	66.7	1	2	50.0	10	12	83.3	78.1	0	10	2	1	+14
5	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	26	6/1/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	@	DEN	40	13	5	0	0	13	25	52.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		52.0	4	9	1	4	-6
6	Al Horford A. Horford	26	6/2/2022	2021-22	NBA Finals	BOS	@	GSW	33	6	3	1	0	9	12	75.0	6	8	75.0	2	3	66.7	97.6	1	5	2	2	+9
7	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	25	10/11/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	LAL	42	10	5	0	2	10	15	66.7	0	0		5	9	55.6	65.9	1	9	2	2	-21
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	23	6/9/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	@	MIA	37	12	4	3	3	8	19	42.1	3	7	42.9	4	4	100.0	55.4	2	10	3	5	+9
9	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	22	6/7/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	DEN	41	17	3	0	1	7	21	33.3	0	0		8	10	80.0	43.3	6	11	0	2	-20
10	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	22	7/6/2021	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	MIL	39	19	0	1	0	8	10	80.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	87.0	2	17	0	3	+13
11	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	21	6/4/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	@	DEN	40	9	4	0	2	8	14	57.1	0	0		5	5	100.0	64.8	0	9	3	4	+17
12	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	20	6/12/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	@	DEN	44	12	1	1	0	9	20	45.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	47.9	5	7	1	2	-3
13	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	20	6/9/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	DEN	44	11	3	0	1	8	19	42.1	0	0		4	4	100.0	48.2	2	9	7	1	-18
14	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	20	7/17/2021	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	vs	MIL	45	10	1	1	2	7	12	58.3	0	0		6	6	100.0	68.3	3	7	2	4	+6
15	Al Horford A. Horford	19	6/16/2022	2021-22	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	GSW	39	14	2	2	1	6	8	75.0	4	5	80.0	3	3	100.0	101.9	3	11	3	1	+2
16	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	18	7/11/2021	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	@	MIL	24	9	0	2	0	8	11	72.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	75.8	2	7	2	5	-6
17	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	17	7/6/2021	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	@	PHX	23	6	1	0	1	7	14	50.0	3	5	60.0	0	2	0.0	57.1	5	1	0	2	-17
18	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	15	10/6/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	LAL	33	7	1	1	0	6	8	75.0	0	0		3	5	60.0	73.5	2	5	3	4	+3
19	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	14	7/14/2021	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	vs	PHX	19	1	0	1	0	4	9	44.4	0	5	0.0	6	6	100.0	60.1	1	0	1	3	-13
20	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	13	10/9/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	@	LAL	38	4	4	0	1	5	12	41.7	0	0		3	4	75.0	47.2	1	3	3	3	+2
21	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	12	7/20/2021	2020-21	NBA Finals	PHX	@	MIL	36	6	1	2	2	4	12	33.3	0	0		4	5	80.0	42.3	1	5	2	5	-7
22	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	11	6/14/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	vs	BOS	22	12	0	1	0	4	5	80.0	1	1	100.0	2	4	50.0	81.4	7	5	0	0	+20
23	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	11	6/12/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	vs	BOS	30	13	1	2	0	5	6	83.3	0	0		1	1	100.0	85.4	3	10	0	0	+6
24	Al Horford A. Horford	11	6/8/2022	2021-22	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	GSW	30	8	6	1	1	5	7	71.4	1	2	50.0	0	2	0.0	69.8	3	5	0	3	+7
25	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	11	7/11/2021	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	vs	PHX	21	2	0	0	1	4	9	44.4	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	55.7	0	2	1	2	+6