most finals mvps by a player in the nba from 1996-97 to 2015-16

Between the 1996-97 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.

	NAME	FMVP	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	LeBron 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
2	Shaquille 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
3	Tim 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
4	Kobe 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
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2	NBA Finals	12	42.2	32.9	5.5	4.2	1.5	0.8	11.8	26.8	44.1	1.0	3.2	31.6	8.3	10.4	79.2	52.4	1.5	4.0	1.9	506	395	66	50	18	9	23	27	+45
6	Andre 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
7	Kawhi 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
8	Paul 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
9	Dirk 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
10	Dwyane 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
11	Chauncey 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
12	Tony 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