Players who Have Lost the Most NBA Finals
List of players who played in at least 2 Finals, ordered by Finals lost.
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.
= includes Finals in progress
Players who Have Lost the Most NBA Finals
Player |
Finals Lost | Finals Played | Finals Won | Winning % | |
| 1. | Jerry West | 8 | 9 | 1 | 11.1 |
| 2. | Elgin Baylor | 7 | 7 | - | 0.0 |
| 3. | LeBron James | 6 | 10 | 4 | 40.0 |
| 4. | Larry Foust | 5 | 5 | - | 0.0 |
| 5. | Keith Erickson | 4 | 4 | - | 0.0 |
| Rudy LaRusso | 4 | 4 | - | 0.0 | |
| Steve Mix | 4 | 4 | - | 0.0 | |
| Max Zaslofsky | 4 | 4 | - | 0.0 | |
| Danny Ainge | 4 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain | 4 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | |
| Mel Counts | 4 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | |
| Magic Johnson | 4 | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 4 | 10 | 6 | 60.0 |
Player |
Finals Lost | Finals Played | Finals Won | Winning % | |
| 14. | Nathaniel Clifton | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 |
| Darryl Dawkins | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| Harry Gallatin | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| Tom Hawkins | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| Hot Rod Hundley | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| Darrall Imhoff | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| Caldwell Jones | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| Jim King | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| Jim Krebs | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| Karl Malone | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| Dick McGuire | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| Sam Perkins | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| Bryon Russell | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| Brian Scalabrine | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| Eric Snow | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| Ernie Vandeweghe | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| Gene Wiley | 3 | 3 | - | 0.0 | |
| LeRoy Ellis | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| Julius Erving | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| Gail Goodrich | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| Cliff Hagan | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| Kyrie Irving | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| Richard Jefferson | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| Kevin Love | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| Kendrick Perkins | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| Bob Pettit | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| Andy Phillip | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| Connie Simmons | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| Tristan Thompson | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| Wes Unseld | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | |
| Dick Barnett | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | |
| J.R. Smith | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | |
| Udonis Haslem | 3 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | |
| Dennis Johnson | 3 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | |
| James Jones | 3 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | |
| James Worthy | 3 | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | |
| Andre Iguodala | 3 | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | |
| Michael Cooper | 3 | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | |
| Derek Fisher | 3 | 8 | 5 | 62.5 |