most finals mvps 1997-98 to 2015-16

Between the 1997-98 and 2015-16 seasons, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal and Tim Duncan were tied for the most Finals MVP awards in the NBA Finals, with 3.

Interpreted as:
most Finals MVPs by a player 1997-98 to 2015-16
NAMEFMVPSERIESGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
3
NBA Finals
40
42.7
27.0
9.9
7.2
1.9
0.9
10.1
22.3
45.5
1.7
5.1
33.7
5.0
6.8
73.6
53.4
1.9
8.0
3.9
1,710
1,079
396
289
74
34
155
93
-55
2Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
3
NBA Finals
26
41.8
29.0
13.2
3.0
0.6
2.0
11.4
18.9
60.3
0.0
0.0
6.2
13.1
47.4
58.8
4.2
9.0
3.1
1,088
753
343
78
15
52
80
91
+34
3Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
3
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
4Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
2
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
5Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
1
NBA Finals
13
35.5
12.5
6.1
4.1
1.1
0.5
4.9
9.9
49.6
1.6
4.5
36.2
1.0
2.8
35.1
55.8
1.7
4.4
1.1
461
162
79
53
14
7
14
28
+81
6Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
1
NBA Finals
12
35.2
15.9
9.2
1.3
1.8
0.8
5.9
10.8
55.0
1.6
3.5
45.2
2.5
3.3
75.0
65.1
2.4
6.8
1.3
422
191
110
16
22
9
16
38
+74
7Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
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
511
257
64
59
12
8
40
49
+21
8Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
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
504
293
123
27
8
8
30
35
+48
9Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
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
1,125
693
166
125
53
30
85
75
-51
10Chauncey Billups
C. Billups
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
473
248
51
70
13
1
22
28
+60
11Tony Parker
T. Parker
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
1,053
479
71
130
18
3
70
54
+50
12Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1
NBA Finals
6
41.7
33.5
4.0
2.3
1.8
0.7
11.7
27.3
42.7
0.7
2.2
30.8
9.5
11.7
81.4
51.6
1.5
2.5
1.7
250
201
24
14
11
4
10
13
+39

More Heat Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

22.5

Powell

Norman Powell

RPG

9.9

Adebayo

Bam Adebayo

APG

6.9

Mitchell

Davion Mitchell
Team Rankings

ORTG

115.1

15th

DRTG

112.4

4th

NETRTG

2.7

11th

3P%

36.1

12th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
6
33
27
.550
12.5
7
31
28
.525
14.0
8
Heat Heat
32
29
.525
14.0
9
31
31
.500
15.5
10
30
31
.492
16.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
3/3
@
7:30 PM
Thu
3/5
@
7:30 PM
Fri
3/6
@
7:00 PM
Sun
3/8
@
6:00 PM
Tue
3/10
@
7:30 PM
Last Game
HOU Rockets

37 - 22

105

Final

115

MIA Heat

32 - 29

Sat 28 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
45
14
.763
2
41
20
.672
5.0
3
39
22
.639
7.0
4
38
24
.613
8.5
5
35
25
.583
10.5
6
33
27
.550
12.5
7
31
28
.525
14.0
8
32
29
.525
14.0
9
31
31
.500
15.5
10
30
31
.492
16.0
11
26
34
.433
19.5
12
25
36
.410
21.0
13
16
44
.267
29.5
14
15
45
.250
30.5
15
15
46
.246
31.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
47
15
.758
2
43
17
.717
3.0
3
38
22
.633
8.0
4
38
23
.623
8.5
5
38
24
.613
9.0
6
36
24
.600
10.0
7
34
26
.567
12.0
8
31
30
.508
15.5
9
29
31
.483
17.0
10
29
33
.468
18.0
11
23
36
.390
22.5
12
21
39
.350
25.0
13
19
43
.306
28.0
14
18
43
.295
28.5
15
14
48
.226
33.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
1/28
@
116-113
Wed
1/28
@
103-107
Wed
1/28
@
96-114
Wed
1/28
@
111-123
Thu
1/29
@
142-111

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
3/3
@
7:00 PM
Tue
3/3
@
7:00 PM
Tue
3/3
@
7:00 PM
Tue
3/3
@
7:30 PM
Tue
3/3
@
7:30 PM