players most nba finals games started in 1970-71 to 2003-04

Between the 1970-71 and 2003-04 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the most starts in the NBA Finals, with 56 starts.

	NAME	GS	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	56	NBA Finals	56	37.2	23.5	9.1	3.2	0.9	2.2	9.7	18.6	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.0	55.6	2.4	5.9	2.7	2,082	1,317	507	181	45	116	121	196
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	50	NBA Finals	50	40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	2.0	0.3	6.8	13.1	51.6	0.2	0.8	23.7	5.7	6.5	87.4	60.7	1.8	6.2	3.8	2,044	971	397	584	102	16	190	147
3	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	37	NBA Finals	37	40.1	18.3	4.7	6.2	1.3	1.1	6.8	16.3	42.0	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.5	5.5	81.0	48.8	1.8	2.9	2.7	1,483	676	175	228	48	39	100	106
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	NBA Finals	35	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	1,176	211	209	62	23	99	103	+45
5	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	35	NBA Finals	35	42.0	19.0	8.3	5.9	1.9	1.1	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.9	3.3	25.6	4.1	5.4	74.7	50.1	2.8	5.6	3.3	1,470	664	292	207	67	39	117	118	+38
6	James Worthy J. Worthy	34	NBA Finals	34	39.6	22.2	5.0	3.3	1.0	0.6	9.2	17.3	53.3	0.1	0.4	20.0	3.6	5.3	68.3	56.4	1.9	3.1	2.0	1,346	754	171	112	34	20	68	88
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	31	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	1,326	716	361	187	63	24	91	80
8	Robert Parish R. Parish	31	NBA Finals	31	32.9	15.4	8.4	1.3	1.0	1.7	6.3	13.1	48.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	4.4	63.0	51.2	2.8	5.6	2.1	1,020	477	260	40	32	54	65	108
9	Horace Grant H. Grant	26	NBA Finals	26	36.5	10.6	8.6	2.1	1.0	1.3	4.5	8.7	52.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.3	63.9	54.4	3.0	5.7	1.0	949	275	224	55	26	35	27	75	+14
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	24	NBA Finals	24	44.0	32.6	13.8	3.6	0.5	2.4	12.8	21.2	60.1	0.0	0.0		7.1	13.9	51.2	59.7	4.3	9.5	3.4	1,057	783	332	86	13	57	82	87	+62
11	A.C. Green	24	NBA Finals	28	26.3	7.5	6.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	2.8	5.8	47.8	0.1	0.2	33.3	2.0	2.8	70.5	54.0	2.3	4.0	0.9	736	211	177	11	13	3	26	73	-27
12	Byron Scott B. Scott	23	NBA Finals	30	30.5	11.0	3.0	1.8	1.2	0.2	4.4	10.0	44.5	0.3	1.3	25.0	1.8	2.4	75.0	49.9	0.8	2.2	1.3	915	330	89	53	35	5	39	82
13	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	23	NBA Finals	34	17.1	5.6	5.2	0.6	0.6	0.4	2.3	4.3	53.1	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.7	57.6	54.9	1.7	3.4	1.1	582	190	176	22	19	14	36	92
14	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	23	NBA Finals	23	41.9	19.6	7.5	3.5	1.0	1.1	8.2	18.1	45.1				3.2	4.4	73.3	48.8	2.1	4.9	3.4	964	450	173	80	19	20	41	95
15	Ron Harper R. Harper	22	NBA Finals	27	24.4	6.6	3.4	2.7	1.0	0.5	2.4	6.0	41.0	0.6	1.8	31.3	1.1	1.6	72.1	49.5	0.7	2.7	0.9	659	178	92	73	28	14	24	53	+58
16	Julius Erving J. Erving	22	NBA Finals	22	39.8	25.5	7.5	4.5	2.0	1.8	9.8	18.7	52.6	0.1	0.4	14.3	5.8	7.6	76.6	57.9	2.2	5.3	2.8	875	561	166	100	44	40	45	56
17	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	20	NBA Finals	27	31.4	14.7	5.8	1.9	1.1	0.3	6.4	14.7	43.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.9	2.5	76.5	46.5	2.7	3.0	2.0	849	398	156	50	31	9	45	82
18	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	20	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	825	227	282	82	14	8	15	68
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	19	NBA Finals	19	42.9	22.2	5.2	4.9	1.4	1.1	8.2	19.9	41.2	0.8	2.8	28.3	4.9	5.8	85.5	49.3	0.8	4.4	3.0	816	421	99	93	27	20	57	59	+18
20	Luc Longley L. Longley	18	NBA Finals	18	23.9	7.8	4.2	1.6	0.7	1.1	3.3	5.9	55.1	0.0	0.0		1.3	1.9	65.7	57.6	1.7	2.5	2.1	431	141	75	29	12	19	37	64	+19
21	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	18	NBA Finals	37	28.3	10.4	2.6	4.1	1.2	0.1	4.2	9.0	47.0	0.7	1.8	41.5	1.2	1.6	75.9	53.6	0.7	1.9	1.5	1,048	383	95	150	46	4	56	106
22	Kevin McHale K. McHale	18	NBA Finals	31	32.5	17.9	7.4	1.4	0.3	1.4	6.8	12.5	54.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	5.7	76.8	59.9	2.7	4.7	2.3	1,009	556	230	43	10	44	70	95
23	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	18	NBA Finals	18	31.4	8.8	2.2	4.9	1.2	0.2	3.2	8.1	39.7	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.4	70.5	46.0	0.9	1.2	1.8	565	159	39	89	21	4	33	42
24	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	18	NBA Finals	18	30.0	6.9	8.4	1.1	0.5	2.3	2.7	6.0	45.4	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.2	69.2	49.9	1.9	6.5	1.0	540	125	151	20	9	42	12	76
25	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	17	NBA Finals	17	25.8	6.4	4.0	1.8	0.5	0.3	2.8	6.4	44.4	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.3	54.5	45.9	1.1	2.9	1.2	439	108	68	31	9	5	20	50

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