LeBron James has the most games in the NBA Finals with 17+ points, with 52 games.

Interpreted as:

most 17+ point games by a player in the NBA finals

	NAME	GP	PTS	SERIES	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	52	1,525	NBA Finals	42.5	29.3	10.3	8.0	1.7	0.9	11.0	22.5	49.1	1.9	5.3	35.9	5.4	7.3	73.0	57.1	2.0	8.3	3.9	2,208	534	414	88	45	205	125	-43
2	Jerry West J. West	51	1,624	NBA Finals	43.9	31.8	5.2	5.5			11.6	24.8	46.8				8.6	10.4	82.5	54.1				2,238	264	278				154
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42	1,161	NBA Finals	40.2	27.6	10.5	3.8	1.0	2.6	11.5	21.2	54.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	6.5	70.7	57.5	2.9	6.8	2.9	1,690	443	161	38	97	91	153
4	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	37	874	NBA Finals	32.2	23.6	9.9				9.3	21.3	43.8				5.0	6.6	75.1	48.8				1,192	366					150
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	1,176	NBA Finals	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	211	209	62	23	99	103	+45
6	Sam Jones S. Jones	35	864	NBA Finals	36.9	24.7	5.7	3.1			9.9	20.7	47.9				4.9	5.8	83.3	53.0				1,290	201	110				100
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	35	1,063	NBA Finals	43.2	30.4	14.2				11.6	25.7	45.2				7.2	9.2	78.2	51.1				1,513	498					107
8	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	34	873	NBA Finals	43.1	25.7	8.2	4.6	1.3	0.0	9.8	22.0	44.6				6.1	7.0	86.6	51.2	1.8	5.5		1,466	280	157	10	0		122
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	32	887	NBA Finals	43.8	27.7	6.1	5.2	1.9	0.8	9.7	23.0	42.2	1.5	4.5	33.1	6.8	8.0	84.4	52.2	1.2	4.9	3.5	1,400	196	165	60	26	111	101	+66
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	32	738	NBA Finals	41.4	23.1	7.6	11.4	2.0	0.2	8.1	14.4	56.1	0.2	0.8	25.9	6.7	7.4	90.7	65.4	1.5	6.0	3.3	1,326	242	366	63	6	105	94
11	Bill Russell B. Russell	32	723	NBA Finals	47.5	22.6	26.1				8.1	15.5	52.3				6.4	9.5	67.2	57.5				1,519	835					97
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30	876	NBA Finals	39.2	29.2	5.9	5.8	1.7	0.4	9.4	20.9	44.9	4.9	11.6	41.8	5.5	6.0	92.2	61.9	1.1	4.8	3.6	1,177	177	174	50	11	108	87	+149
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	27	672	NBA Finals	43.0	24.9	11.7	5.8	2.0	0.7	9.0	19.0	47.3	0.7	1.6	43.2	6.2	7.1	87.4	56.2	2.8	8.9	2.9	1,160	315	157	54	19	79	70
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26	821	NBA Finals	43.6	31.6	13.7	3.6	0.5	2.3	12.3	20.2	61.0	0.0	0.0		6.9	14.0	49.3	59.9	4.2	9.5	3.4	1,135	356	94	14	59	88	95	+92
15	James Worthy J. Worthy	26	651	NBA Finals	41.4	25.0	5.5	3.4	1.2	0.7	10.4	18.4	56.5	0.1	0.5	21.4	4.2	6.0	69.7	59.6	2.1	3.4	2.1	1,077	142	88	30	18	54	61
16	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	25	593	NBA Finals	41.7	23.7	14.1	3.0	0.8	2.7	9.0	17.4	51.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.6	7.8	72.7	56.9	3.9	10.2	3.0	1,041	352	74	19	68	74	62	+156
17	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	23	618	NBA Finals	40.1	26.9	6.4	4.4	1.9	1.1	9.7	19.7	49.1	0.6	1.9	30.2	7.0	9.2	75.9	56.7	1.9	4.6	2.9	922	148	101	44	26	67	62	+16
18	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	23	520	NBA Finals	42.6	22.6	8.4	5.2	2.0	1.1	8.1	17.8	45.5	1.1	3.3	33.8	5.3	6.9	76.7	54.3	2.8	5.6	3.4	980	194	120	45	26	79	78	0
19	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	23	532	NBA Finals	42.7	23.1	5.6	6.5	1.3	1.0	8.6	18.3	46.8	0.3	1.2	22.2	5.8	6.9	84.3	54.2	2.1	3.5	2.7	982	128	149	31	22	62	62
20	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	23	686	NBA Finals	41.9	29.8	16.8				10.2	23.6	43.3				9.4	12.3	76.6	51.4				963	386					69
21	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	22	484	NBA Finals	40.9	22.0	5.8	10.6			8.0	20.5	39.3				5.9	7.4	79.8	46.4				900	128	233				55
22	George Mikan G. Mikan	22	624	NBA Finals		28.4					9.2						9.9	12.2	81.0											102
23	Julius Erving J. Erving	21	547	NBA Finals	39.8	26.0	7.6	4.7	2.0	1.8	10.0	18.8	53.3	0.1	0.5	14.3	6.0	7.9	76.4	58.6	2.3	5.3	2.9	836	159	98	43	37	44	53
24	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	20	493	NBA Finals	47.1	24.7	25.1	3.4			10.3	17.5	58.9				4.1	10.6	38.4	55.7				941	501	68				57
25	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	19	464	NBA Finals	35.1	24.4	3.8				9.6	20.6	46.8				5.2	5.4	96.1	53.2				666	72					47