Players who Have Lost the Most NBA Finals

List of players who played in at least 2 Finals, ordered by Finals lost.

More about Finals: Played - Won - Lost - Winning %

Notes:
- This list includes players with at least 2 Finals played.
- The Finals included here are those in which the player was on the floor at least 1 second of 1 game. This doesn't take into account players who were injured or were on the bench but did not play at all.

Players who Have Lost the Most NBA Finals

Player
Finals Lost
Finals Played
Finals Won
Winning %
1.Jerry West891.111
2.Elgin Baylor77-.000
3.LeBron James6104.400
4.Larry Foust55-.000
5.Keith Erickson44-.000
Rudy LaRusso44-.000
Steve Mix44-.000
Max Zaslofsky44-.000
Danny Ainge462.333
Wilt Chamberlain462.333
Mel Counts462.333
Magic Johnson495.556
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar4106.600
Player
Finals Lost
Finals Played
Finals Won
Winning %
14.Nathaniel Clifton33-.000
Darryl Dawkins33-.000
Harry Gallatin33-.000
Tom Hawkins33-.000
Hot Rod Hundley33-.000
Darrall Imhoff33-.000
Caldwell Jones33-.000
Jim King33-.000
Jim Krebs33-.000
Karl Malone33-.000
Dick McGuire33-.000
Sam Perkins33-.000
Bryon Russell33-.000
Brian Scalabrine33-.000
Eric Snow33-.000
Ernie Vandeweghe33-.000
Gene Wiley33-.000
LeRoy Ellis341.250
Julius Erving341.250
Gail Goodrich341.250
Cliff Hagan341.250
Richard Jefferson341.250
Kevin Love341.250
Kendrick Perkins341.250
Bob Pettit341.250
Andy Phillip341.250
Connie Simmons341.250
Tristan Thompson341.250
Wes Unseld341.250
Dick Barnett352.400
J.R. Smith352.400
Udonis Haslem363.500
Dennis Johnson363.500
James Jones363.500
James Worthy363.500
Andre Iguodala374.571
Michael Cooper385.625
Derek Fisher385.625
Player
Finals Lost
Finals Played
Finals Won
Winning %
52.Mahdi Abdul-Rahman22-.000
Bam Adebayo22-.000
Al Attles22-.000
Henry Bibby22-.000
Vince Boryla22-.000
Frankie Brian22-.000
Mark Bryant22-.000
Jimmy Butler22-.000
Antoine Carr22-.000
Phil Chenier22-.000
Jason Collins22-.000
Wayne Cooper22-.000
Freddie Crawford22-.000
Jae Crowder22-.000
Marquis Daniels22-.000
Kevin Duckworth22-.000
Mike Dunleavy22-.000
Johnny Egan22-.000
Howard Eisley22-.000
Al Ferrari22-.000
Greg Foster22-.000
Bill Gabor22-.000
Dick Garrett22-.000
Si Green22-.000
Chick Halbert22-.000
Alex Hannum22-.000
Lucious Harris22-.000
Jeff Hornacek22-.000
Bob Houbregs22-.000
Mel Hutchins22-.000
Anthony Johnson22-.000
George Kaftan22-.000
Adam Keefe22-.000
Kerry Kittles22-.000
Kyle Korver22-.000
Allen Leavell22-.000
Ray Lumpp22-.000
Todd MacCulloch22-.000
Kenyon Martin22-.000
Alfred McGuire22-.000
Tom Meschery22-.000
Chris Morris22-.000
Dikembe Mutombo22-.000
Greg Ostertag22-.000
Curtis Perry22-.000
Dave Piontek22-.000
Terry Porter22-.000
Robert Reid22-.000
Clifford Robinson22-.000
Duncan Robinson22-.000
Frank Selvy22-.000
John Stockton22-.000
Nate Thurmond22-.000
John Tresvant22-.000
Keith Van Horn22-.000
Anderson Varejao22-.000
Aaron Williams22-.000
Buck Williams22-.000
Herb Williams22-.000
George Yardley22-.000
Shandon Anderson231.333
Andrew Bogut231.333
Elden Campbell231.333
Maurice Cheeks231.333
Clyde Drexler231.333
Jerry Fleishman231.333
Happy Hairston231.333
Elvin Hayes231.333
Tom Henderson231.333
Lionel Hollins231.333
Kyrie Irving231.333
Bobby Jones231.333
Jerome Kersey231.333
Jason Kidd231.333
Rashard Lewis231.333
Johnny McCarthy231.333
Earl Monroe231.333
Jack Nichols231.333
Gary Payton231.333
Clint Richardson231.333
Pat Riley231.333
Dolph Schayes231.333
Paul Seymour231.333
Iman Shumpert231.333
Rasheed Wallace231.333
Ray Allen242.500
Chris Bosh242.500
Mario Chalmers242.500
Bob Dandridge242.500
Kevin Durant242.500
Greg Kite242.500
Bob McAdoo242.500
Mike McGee242.500
Mike Miller242.500
Mychal Thompson242.500
Luke Walton242.500
Larry Bird253.600
A.C. Green253.600
Shaun Livingston253.600
Clyde Lovellette253.600
Kevin McHale253.600
Robert Parish253.600
Byron Scott253.600
Dwyane Wade253.600
Jamaal Wilkes253.600
Stephen Curry264.667
Draymond Green264.667
Shaquille O'Neal264.667
Kurt Rambis264.667
Klay Thompson264.667
Kobe Bryant275.714
Player
Finals Lost
Finals Played
Finals Won
Winning %
163.Tony Allen121.500
Chris Andersen121.500
Trevor Ariza121.500
Dennis Awtrey121.500
Greg Ballard121.500
Leandro Barbosa121.500
Harrison Barnes121.500
Rick Barry121.500
Jordan Bell121.500
Chauncey Billups121.500
Matt Bonner121.500
Bob Boozer121.500
Carl Braun121.500
Bill Bridges121.500
Fred Brown121.500
Quinn Buckner121.500
Tony Campbell121.500
Carlos Clark121.500
Ian Clark121.500
Howie Dallmar121.500
Glen Davis121.500
Matthew Dellavedova121.500
Boris Diaw121.500
Franklin Edwards121.500
Festus Ezeli121.500
Michael Finley121.500
Channing Frye121.500
Joe Fulks121.500
Kevin Garnett121.500
Jeff Green121.500
Kevin Grevey121.500
Darvin Ham121.500
Richard Hamilton121.500
Joe Hassett121.500
Kleggie Hermsen121.500
Eddie House121.500
Dwight Howard121.500
Juwan Howard121.500
Serge Ibaka121.500
Phil Jackson121.500
Clay Johnson121.500
John Johnson121.500
Dahntay Jones121.500
Cory Joseph121.500
Ralph Kaplowitz121.500
Billy Kenville121.500
George King121.500
Earl Lloyd121.500
Kyle Lowry121.500
Jerry Lucas121.500
Ed Macauley121.500
Rick Mahorn121.500
Moses Malone121.500
Rodney McCray121.500
Jon McGlocklin121.500
Jack McMahon121.500
Jim McMillian121.500
Mark McNamara121.500
Slava Medvedenko121.500
Dean Meminger121.500
Darko Milicic121.500
Patty Mills121.500
Timofey Mozgov121.500
Jeff Mullins121.500
Angelo Musi121.500
Chuck Nevitt121.500
Dirk Nowitzki121.500
Wally Osterkorn121.500
Med Park121.500
Gary Phillips121.500
Paul Pierce121.500
Tayshaun Prince121.500
Mike Riordan121.500
Oscar Robertson121.500
Dick Schulz121.500
George Senesky121.500
Chuck Share121.500
Jerry Sichting121.500
Jack Sikma121.500
Marreese Speights121.500
Tiago Splitter121.500
Larry Spriggs121.500
Jason Terry121.500
Andrew Toney121.500
Ronny Turiaf121.500
Jacque Vaughn121.500
Sam Vincent121.500
Ben Wallace121.500
Paul Westphal121.500
Gus Williams121.500
Larry Wright121.500
Joel Anthony132.667
Shane Battier132.667
Bill Bradley132.667
Shannon Brown132.667
Don Carlson132.667
M.L. Carr132.667
Norris Cole132.667
Jack Coleman132.667
Quinn Cook132.667
Earl Cureton132.667
Dave DeBusschere132.667
Joe Dumars132.667
James Edwards132.667
Jordan Farmar132.667
Walt Frazier132.667
Pau Gasol132.667
Devean George132.667
Lindsey Hunter132.667
Tony Jaros132.667
Charles Johnson132.667
Vinnie Johnson132.667
Mitch Kupchak132.667
Bill Laimbeer132.667
Mark Landsberger132.667
Kawhi Leonard132.667
Kevon Looney132.667
Cedric Maxwell132.667
D.J. Mbenga132.667
James Michael McAdoo132.667
Norm Nixon132.667
Lamar Odom132.667
Hakeem Olajuwon132.667
Josh Powell132.667
Arnie Risen132.667
Rajon Rondo132.667
Isiah Thomas132.667
Sasha Vujacic132.667
Wally Walker132.667
Bill Walton132.667
Scott Wedman132.667
Rick Fox143.750
Danny Green143.750
Brian Shaw143.750
Paul Silas143.750
Manu Ginobili154.800
Horace Grant154.800
Vern Mikkelsen154.800
Tony Parker154.800
John Salley154.800
Bill Sharman154.800
Tim Duncan165.833
Slater Martin165.833
Don Nelson165.833
Dennis Rodman165.833
Bob Cousy176.857
Frank Ramsey187.875
Tom Heinsohn198.889
Sam Jones11110.909
Bill Russell11211.917
Player
Finals Lost
Finals Played
Finals Won
Winning %
313.Mark Aguirre-221.000
Brent Barry-221.000
Ron Bonham-221.000
Andrew Bynum-221.000
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope-221.000
Don Chaney-221.000
Dave Cowens-221.000
Walt Davis-221.000
Arnie Ferrin-221.000
Gene Guarilia-221.000
Lew Hitch-221.000
Craig Hodges-221.000
Jim Holstein-221.000
Bailey Howell-221.000
Steve Kuberski-221.000
Cliff Levingston-221.000
Mark Madsen-221.000
Wes Matthews-221.000
JaVale McGee-221.000
Zaza Pachulia-221.000
James Posey-221.000
Willis Reed-221.000
David Robinson-221.000
Malik Rose-221.000
Herm Schaefer-221.000
Dick Schnittker-221.000
Whitey Skoog-221.000
Kenny Smith-221.000
Mike Smrek-221.000
John Thompson-221.000
Beno Udrih-221.000
Bill Wennington-221.000
David West-221.000
Jo Jo White-221.000
B.J. Armstrong-331.000
Bruce Bowen-331.000
Randy Brown-331.000
Jud Buechler-331.000
Bill Cartwright-331.000
Sam Cassell-331.000
Gene Conley-331.000
Mario Elie-331.000
Bob Harrison-331.000
Gerald Henderson-331.000
Stacey King-331.000
Toni Kukoc-331.000
Luc Longley-331.000
Patrick McCaw-331.000
Willie Naulls-331.000
John Paxson-331.000
Will Perdue-331.000
Scott Williams-331.000
Pep Saul-441.000
Ron Harper-551.000
Steve Kerr-551.000
Jim Loscutoff-551.000
George Mikan-551.000
Jim Pollard-551.000
Larry Siegfried-551.000
Michael Jordan-661.000
Scottie Pippen-661.000
Robert Horry-771.000
John Havlicek-881.000
K.C. Jones-881.000
Tom Sanders-881.000