which player has most finals games lost in 1967-68 to 1986-87

Between the 1967-68 and 1986-87 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar lost the most games in the NBA Finals, with 20 losses.

	NAME	L	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	20	NBA Finals	45	39.4	26.1	10.2	3.7	1.0	2.6	10.8	20.2	53.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	6.4	69.3	56.9	2.7	6.7	2.9	1,771	1,175	458	167	39	105	99	163
2	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	18	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
3	Jerry West J. West	17	NBA Finals	30	42.5	29.3	4.3	6.9			10.5	23.6	44.6				8.2	10.1	80.9	52.2				1,274	878	128	207				90
4	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	16	NBA Finals	35	30.5	11.4	3.4	3.9	1.3	0.5	4.3	8.8	49.2	0.7	1.3	51.1	2.1	2.5	82.0	57.4	0.9	2.5	1.5	1,067	400	118	136	46	16	54	123
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	NBA Finals	35	41.5	19.9	8.7	11.6	2.3	0.4	7.4	14.1	52.3	0.1	0.4	15.4	5.1	5.9	85.9	59.5	2.1	6.7	4.1	1,451	695	306	407	79	15	144	110
6	Keith Erickson K. Erickson	16	NBA Finals	25	27.5	7.9	4.4	2.4	0.7	0.2	3.4	8.4	40.5				1.1	1.6	69.2	43.4	0.3	2.2		688	197	111	59	4	1		83
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	15	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	Kevin McHale K. McHale	15	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
9	Robert Parish R. Parish	15	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
10	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	15	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
11	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	14	NBA Finals	29	18.9	6.3	5.8	0.8	0.6	0.5	2.6	5.0	52.8	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.9	59.3	54.8	2.0	3.8	1.2	549	184	168	22	18	14	35	86
12	Mel Counts M. Counts	14	NBA Finals	21	17.7	7.7	6.7	1.1			3.1	6.6	47.5				1.4	1.9	72.5	51.4				372	161	141	24				72
13	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	13	NBA Finals	25	29.9	10.8	2.6	4.8	1.6	0.1	4.6	9.6	47.7	0.6	1.4	41.7	1.1	1.4	77.1	53.1	0.6	2.0	1.7	748	270	65	120	39	3	42	76
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	13	NBA Finals	24	47.5	16.7	23.0	3.4			6.7	11.5	57.8				3.3	8.5	39.2	54.5				1,140	400	553	81				73
15	Greg Kite G. Kite	12	NBA Finals	21	7.8	1.0	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.1	37.5	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.3	66.7	41.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	163	22	35	12	4	7	5	43
16	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	12	NBA Finals	18	24.2	13.1	5.4	1.1	0.8	1.9	5.3	10.1	52.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.4	4.1	60.3	55.1	1.3	4.1	2.7	436	236	97	19	14	35	32	69
17	Julius Erving J. Erving	12	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
18	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	12	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
19	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	12	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
20	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	12	NBA Finals	20	39.3	20.4	11.3	4.3			8.3	18.5	44.9				3.8	5.7	66.7	48.6				786	408	226	86				62
21	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	11	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
22	Steve Mix S. Mix	11	NBA Finals	15	13.6	5.7	1.8	1.5	0.8	0.2	2.3	4.6	49.3	0.1	0.1	100.0	1.1	1.2	88.9	55.3	0.7	1.1	0.6	204	85	27	22	12	3	5	21
23	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	11	NBA Finals	16	40.5	20.5	11.6	1.4	1.2	2.2	8.1	18.4	43.7				4.4	6.7	65.4	47.9	4.2	7.4	2.5	648	328	185	23	19	35	30	71
24	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	11	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
25	Paul Silas P. Silas	10	NBA Finals	25	33.5	7.2	9.2	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.5	6.0	42.3				2.2	2.8	77.1	50.1	2.9	6.3	1.5	837	180	229	61	20	5	18	78

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