lowest minutes, 1 finals mvp

Jalen Brunson has played the fewest career minutes when winning the Finals MVP award 1+ time in the NBA Finals, with 196 minutes on the court.

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1Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
196
1
NBA Finals
5
39.2
32.6
4.2
4.6
2.0
0.0
11.2
26.6
42.1
2.8
7.2
38.9
7.4
8.6
86.0
53.6
1.2
3.0
3.8
163
21
23
10
0
19
11
+8
2Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
205
1
NBA Finals
5
41.1
30.2
14.0
7.2
0.8
1.4
11.2
19.2
58.3
1.6
3.8
42.1
6.2
7.4
83.8
67.2
1.8
12.2
3.4
151
70
36
4
7
17
17
+39
3Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
239
1
NBA Finals
6
39.8
35.2
13.2
5.0
1.2
1.8
12.7
20.5
61.8
0.5
2.5
20.0
9.3
14.2
65.9
65.8
4.0
9.2
2.3
211
79
30
7
11
14
18
+30
4Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
267
1
NBA Finals
7
38.2
30.3
4.6
5.6
1.9
1.6
10.0
22.6
44.3
1.1
4.7
24.2
9.1
10.0
91.4
56.1
0.3
4.3
3.4
212
32
39
13
11
24
22
+8
5Bill Walton
B. Walton
367
1
NBA Finals
17
21.6
9.7
9.4
2.5
0.5
1.6
4.4
7.6
56.9
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.4
73.9
58.9
2.2
7.2
1.0
165
159
42
9
27
11
48
6Willis Reed
W. Reed
376
2
NBA Finals
11
34.2
20.0
9.9
2.7
8.7
17.9
48.7
2.5
3.9
65.1
50.9
220
109
30
37
7Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
426
1
NBA Finals
11
38.7
22.3
6.5
4.3
1.2
0.5
7.9
18.2
43.5
2.2
7.4
29.6
4.3
5.5
77.0
54.0
1.4
5.1
3.1
245
71
47
13
6
34
31
+15
8Moses Malone
M. Malone
426
1
NBA Finals
10
42.6
23.7
16.6
1.6
1.1
1.9
8.4
19.0
44.2
0.0
0.0
6.9
10.2
67.6
50.5
7.3
9.3
2.3
237
166
16
11
19
23
26
9Rick Barry
R. Barry
432
1
NBA Finals
10
43.2
36.3
6.9
4.0
3.5
0.8
13.8
33.4
41.3
8.7
10.4
83.7
47.8
1.0
3.0
363
69
40
14
3
37
10Chauncey Billups
C. Billups
473
1
NBA Finals
12
39.4
20.7
4.3
5.8
1.1
0.1
6.3
13.6
46.0
1.6
4.5
35.2
6.6
7.2
91.9
61.7
1.0
3.3
1.8
248
51
70
13
1
22
28
+60
11Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
504
1
NBA Finals
12
42.0
24.4
10.3
2.3
0.7
0.7
7.8
19.2
40.4
1.1
3.6
30.2
7.8
8.4
93.1
53.4
0.9
9.3
2.5
293
123
27
8
8
30
35
+48
12Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
511
1
NBA Finals
13
39.3
19.8
4.9
4.5
0.9
0.6
6.2
14.3
43.5
1.5
3.7
39.6
5.8
6.9
84.4
57.0
0.5
4.4
3.1
257
64
59
12
8
40
49
+21
13Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
523
1
NBA Finals
18
29.1
11.7
5.6
2.3
0.6
0.4
3.7
7.1
52.3
0.0
0.0
4.2
5.2
80.9
62.0
2.9
2.7
1.9
210
101
41
11
8
34
49
14Kevin Durant
K. Durant
589
2
NBA Finals
15
39.3
30.3
7.7
4.5
1.0
1.5
10.7
19.5
54.6
2.9
6.4
44.8
6.1
6.7
91.1
67.4
1.0
6.7
2.7
455
116
68
15
23
40
47
+105
15Joe Dumars
J. Dumars
590
1
NBA Finals
16
36.9
19.1
2.3
5.3
0.6
0.1
7.0
14.1
49.6
0.2
0.7
27.3
4.9
5.6
88.8
57.7
0.8
1.6
2.1
306
37
84
10
1
33
30
16Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
595
1
NBA Finals
16
37.2
22.6
4.2
7.9
2.1
0.3
8.3
17.3
48.0
1.1
2.4
46.2
4.8
6.1
78.6
56.4
0.9
3.3
3.8
361
67
127
34
5
61
55
17Jo Jo White
J. Jo White
597
1
NBA Finals
13
45.9
18.9
4.1
6.5
1.5
0.0
7.7
17.1
45.0
3.5
4.4
80.7
49.8
1.0
3.1
246
53
84
20
0
33
18Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
665
2
NBA Finals
18
37.0
20.1
9.4
2.3
1.9
0.9
6.7
13.4
49.6
1.9
4.7
40.5
4.9
5.8
84.6
62.9
2.5
6.9
1.9
362
169
41
34
16
34
53
+89
19Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
722
2
NBA Finals
17
42.5
27.5
10.6
3.4
1.9
3.2
11.0
22.5
48.8
0.1
0.1
100.0
5.4
7.2
74.0
53.4
3.0
7.6
3.1
467
181
58
33
54
52
70
20Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
825
1
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
227
282
82
14
8
15
68
21Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
973
1
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
305
143
112
31
25
33
75
+70
22Tony Parker
T. Parker
1,053
1
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
479
71
130
18
3
70
54
+50
23Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
1,125
1
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
693
166
125
53
30
85
75
-51
24Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
1,268
3
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
865
393
103
16
62
101
109
+34
25Larry Bird
L. Bird
1,326
2
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
716
361
187
63
24
91
80
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.683
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.524
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WesternWLPCTGB
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64
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.780
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Spurs Spurs - x
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.756
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3
54
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.659
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53
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.646
11.0
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52
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.634
12.0
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49
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.549
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.512
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.512
22.0
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