Reaching the NBA Finals is difficult enough. Winning a single title is even harder.
But how about never losing in the NBA Finals?
That’s the stuff legends are made of.
31 players in league history can make that claim after making the championship series at least three times. Although not all of them were the leaders on those championship runs, it’s an extremely impressive feat nonetheless.
Below, we present a gallery of all the players who never lost in the NBA Finals, led by John Havlicek, KC Jones and Tom Sanders, who went 8-0 there.
(Note: This only counts players who saw at least one minute of playing time in the Finals.)
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NBA titles: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976
NBA Finals stats: 21.7 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 4.1 apg, 42.1 FG%
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NBA titles: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
NBA Finals stats: 6.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 3.5 apg, 39.9 FG%
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NBA titles: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969
NBA Finals stats: 10.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 1.2 apg, 46.1 FG%
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NBA titles: 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007
NBA Finals stats: 9.7 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 2.9 apg, 42.9 FG%, 39.2 3P%
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NBA titles: 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
NBA Finals stats: 6.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 0.2 apg, 33.5 FG%
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NBA titles: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998
NBA Finals stats: 33.6 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 6.0 apg, 48.1 FG%, 36.8 3P%
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NBA titles: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998
NBA Finals stats: 19.0 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 5.9 apg, 42.5 FG%, 25.6 3P%
NBA titles: 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954
NBA Finals stats: 23.9 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 1.3 apg, 48.6 FG%
NBA titles: 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954
NBA Finals stats: 13.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.9 apg, 56.6 FG%
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NBA titles: 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969
NBA Finals stats: 11.7 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 2.8 apg, 40.1 FG%
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NBA titles: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001
NBA Finals stats: 6.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.7 apg, 41.0 FG%
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NBA titles: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003
NBA Finals stats: 3.6 ppg, 0.7 rpg, 1.1 apg, 35.9 FG%, 27.8 3P%
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NBA titles: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999
NBA Finals stats: 1.1 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 0.1 apg, 40.0 FG%
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NBA titles: 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954
NBA Finals stats: 6.6 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 1.6 apg, 43.4 FG%
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NBA titles: 1991, 1992, 1993
NBA Finals stats: 6.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.8 apg, 44.4 FG%
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NBA titles: 1991, 1992, 1993
NBA Finals stats: 7.4 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 2.8 apg, 47.7 FG%, 45.8 3P%
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NBA titles: 1950, 1952, 1953
NBA Finals stats: 4.9 ppg, 0.7 rpg, 1.3 apg, 44.2 FG%
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NBA titles: 2003, 2005, 2007
NBA Finals stats: 5.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.4 apg, 31.8 FG%, 39.3 3P%
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NBA titles: 1959, 1960, 1961
NBA Finals stats: 4.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 0.3 apg, 34.9 FG%
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NBA titles: 1981, 1984, 1990
NBA Finals stats: 8.7 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 2.5 apg, 49.1 FG%
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NBA titles: 1991, 1992, 1993
NBA Finals stats: 9.6 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 2.2 apg, 59.2 FG%, 47.2 3P%
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NBA titles: 1996, 1997, 1998
NBA Finals stats: 1.2 ppg, 0.5 rpg, 0.3 apg, 40.9 FG%, 23.1 3P%
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NBA titles: 1996, 1997, 1998
NBA Finals stats: 7.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.6 apg, 55.1 FG%
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NBA titles: 1994, 1995, 1999
NBA Finals stats: 8.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 2.1 apg, 48.4 FG%, 43.8 3P%
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NBA titles: 2017, 2018, 2019
NBA Finals stats: 1.2 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 0.3 apg, 30.8 FG%, 33.3 3P%
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NBA titles: 1996, 1997, 1998
NBA Finals stats: 1.8 ppg, 0.4 rpg, 0.5 apg, 40.0 FG%, 50.0 3P%
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NBA titles: 1994, 1995, 2008
NBA Finals stats: 9.1 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 2.4 apg, 41.3 FG%, 37.8 3P%
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NBA titles: 1991, 1992, 1993
NBA Finals stats: 4.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.2 apg, 46.7 FG%
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NBA titles: 1991, 1992, 1993
NBA Finals stats: 2.8 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 0.3 apg, 27.6 FG%
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NBA titles: 1996, 1997, 1998
NBA Finals stats: 12.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 2.9 apg, 45.1 FG%, 37.0 3P%
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NBA titles: 1964, 1965, 1966
NBA Finals stats: 7.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 0.8 apg, 40.4 FG%