The Top 10 FINALS MVPs of All Time 

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kobe over wade

I think Lebron has the most legendary finals performance ever and he deserves the top 3 spot. But I think he should have actually been higher because of the impact on his legacy and basketball as a whole, it brought the cavs the title, lebron was unanimously the best player in the league and truly entered the GOAT conversation

no way. i thought according do lebro fans hes the goat because of 2016. your telling me jordan has bad a better performance than lebron. its almost as if its dumb to say hes the goat

Time Duncan 2003 got snubbed

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Uhh 91 and 98 are still more impressive tho 🤔. Also just wanted to say that Keqing sucks and you should really switch to using ganyu and eula instead 😋

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@@ELI-521 but have you seen his efficiency while averaging 41. But yeah Aside from 96 all his finals are amazing

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imo i gotta give most dominant to wilt. the numbers he put up was insane

Wilt chamberlain exists... even Shaq knew he was no where near him as far as overall dominance

For the people who said Wilt was more dominant than Shaq I want to know Wilt performance in NBA finals. Wilt stat always decreased in the post season. Great players improve or keep the same level of production. And I’m sorry this isn’t the case for Chamberlain which shows that despite being a great talent he was stat padding heavily in the regular season. He is still top 10 all time tho

@@yvans. wilts stats were still far better than shaqs either way you look at it. Not to mention he was a much greater athlete and was a better passer and defender than shaq ever was so your still wrong.

@@yvans. Wilt's Comparison in NBA Finals (centers): Bill Russell (24.5 RPG in Finals). Nate Thurmond (20.5 RPG in Finals). Willis Reed (20.0 RPG in Finals). He never played in Finals against (Unseld 19.0 RPG) and Kareem (14.5 RPG) because they were in the same conference.

It was Shaqs fault they failed to 4peat why didn't he stay in shape 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@MakaveliDior huh it was injuries mate and popovich spurs figure out how to zone and contain shaq in the paint and during the 2004 Finals he was the best player in that series while kobe literally threw that series away with his hero ball antics

​@Yuvi A They didn't need Malone. They just needed Kobe to step up(or at least pass the ball). The only win they had was when Kobe shot above 50%. Kobe shot 33% from the field on their losses.

@@inigobantok1579 nobody talks about 2004, Kobe played probably 2nd best season of his career in 2003 and Shaq wasn't in shape. That's why they didn't won 4 peat.

@@chowderchowdown yeah and whole team hadn't chemistry, everyone knew that it was the end of the Lakers in that time, it's not only Kobe's fault because whole team was weak and also Lakers's manager says that Shaq was lazy in those finals, he didn't wanted to make rebounds and I can agree, Kobe played extremely poor in those series, but Shaq also wasn't like before and in their 3 peat he averaged over 15 rebounds per game, in 2004, he averaged 10 and Ben Walace did exellent job on guarding him.

depends on if you value performance relative to competition

I would say 2000 shaq

@@itzwakk335 exactly. The 02 Nets were the worst team in nba Finals history

@@FuShengAlex 2018 cavs

@@benomerovic5515 The 02 Nets were so lousy they didn't even have anyone good enough to average at least 15ppg in the regular season and made the Finals. Has never happened any other time in nba history. Worst ever

Also playing on a hyperextended knee

Straight up. Imo 84 was even better. Both were all-time tho.

Didn’t he say at the beginning of the video that that was before the official MVP award started?

@@mikethebeginner 1969 first year of the award. I think it just gets forgotten because it was against a Houston squad who weren’t expected to make the finals so it’s kinda forgotten but I believe that was Bird’s best individual series. After that his back caught up with him and he began to slow down a little. 86 finals he was doing everything. Bird was dominating inside outside averaged damn near a triple double and was the best player everywhere (inside outside offensive defensive) it’s 1 of the greatest finals performances clearly. He did what Lebron did 2016 as far as individual play goes.

@@fatboy5926 …It was a “Houston squad” of Hakeem Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson that beat Showtime Lakers 4-1. Only reason it didn’t happen again was that Sampson got injured the next year. And the reason Rockets didn’t push the 86 Finals to game 7 is that Sampson got into a fight with one of the Celtics guards and was ejected. A big what if. I think Bird and Celtics would’ve still won but I think it would’ve gone to game 7.

@@timmyg831 you ain’t gotta tell me I have total respect for that Rockets squad!! 100% if they could have stayed together and healthy they would have won something no doubt about it. They just weren’t expected to get to the finals at that time is all. Everyone remembers the Celtics/Lakers finals from the 80’s and the Bad Boys but those Rockets would be in that group if Ralph stays healthy for sure. 1986 though they just happened to run into I think the best version of Bird and the best version of McHale too. Nobody was beating me. Taking them 6 games was phenomenal. Bird 1986 was just something else. Everything he did was fast. He didn’t hold the ball unnecessarily he played team ball. Passed to the right guys at the right time. I mean hard to compare across eras but as a comparison 2016 finals Lebron leads all 5 categories - Lebron had a usage rate of 33.4%. 1986 finals Bird averages 24 9.5 9.7 and 2.7 steals with a usage rate of 22 😂😂 a near 24 point triple double for a finals series and only the third highest usage rate on his team 😂 that’s fucking ridiculous

It'd be LeBron at 35. Malone didn't win

@@calvinsimpson1301 he said mvp not finals mvp which Malone did win at 35. And besides MJ was the best mvp and finals mvp at age 35 when he won in 1998

@@benc5340 no he wasn't. Lebron: 29.8, 11.8, 8.5 on 59% shooting MJ: 33.5, 4, 2.3 on 42.7% shooting

@@calvinsimpson1301 all you have is stats and no context. First of all, Jordan scored 33.5 of Chicago’s 88ppg that series. Lebron has 29.8 of Lakers 110. Point of that is the 2020 finals were played at a faster pace so comparing stats alone is a poor comparison as there were more stats to get in 2020. MJ also led the Bulls while Scottie was injured late in the series to the win against the team with the best record in the league without home court advantage. Lebron was playing with prime Davis against the fifth seed in the east Miami. MJ up against much tougher competition. Then you take into account MJ had the legendary game 6 where his will to win got the Bulls the title. Lebron may have better stats but it’s not even close. MJ in 98 is legendary

@@benc5340 lol "Lebrons finals were played at a faster place" stop it. The percentage of how much they score of their teams totals has absolutely nothing to do with it. Pippen played every game, as did Kukoc and Rodman. LeBron led the Lakers in every statistical category

Uh and D-Wade?!

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He’s quite literally the goat

the dude guarding him made sure of that those defensive clips are terrible

The guy at #6 had a tougher position opponent than either Shaq or MJ

Since when did MJ became UNDERDOG in 6 of his Finals?

Anyone who leaves Wilt Chamberlain out of the conversation knows nothing about basketball.

@@paulginsberg6942 Sorry....but Wilt didn't have one overly outstanding "Finals MVP" performance and certainly none of his 2 "Finals MVP" performances were greater than any individuals Finals MVP performances on this list.

100% agree.

Yeah, but you also need to know that Shaq was also from another planet in 2000.

@@hristijandimitrovski8664 if both 93 jordan and 2000 shaq's performance are in the same planet, jordan's performance is sky high in the same planet above shaq.

Should of been the 3peat Pistons first to do it since 66 Detroit 88,89,90!!!

@@jbl7946 if Pistons don’t injure MJ’s hip, in 1st half, in game 1, 1990 ECF, I wonder do Pistons 3 peat, even if they won in 1988. MJ groin was also injured 1989, from March through the ECF playoffs, and Laimbeer, knocked out Pippen with an elbow to the Head, in game 6, ECF, 1989.

Yeah so dominant that he could only impose his will on over the hill cupcakes

@@FuShengAlex Are you serious? Shaq imposed his will on EVERYONE.

@@V8Supercar1 yeah like who? I only see over the hill one dimensional stiffs in all these 3 "top10" performances from him

@@FuShengAlex That doesn't even matter. He couldn't choose who he went up against. There was not one guy in the league that could stop Shaq 1 on 1. The closest guy was Dennis Rodman, who was a good irritant to him at best.

@@FuShengAlex bruh, he killed Mutombo u goof. There’s no big stopping shaq 1 on 1 in his prime

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@@hunternelson4320 How dare he have an opinion that doesn't match yours.

​@hunternelson4320 let me guess lebron fan

That's not in the finals tho

for sure

this is why he is one of the most underrated players in history

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@@jonnyarnett I put shaq at 2 but ok good video big fan

@@jonnyarnett As a Wilt fan, you might be interested in this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kCKSvjBnCRQ.html

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Who's the 2nd and 3rd best? Just curious.

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I do like Shaq, and he's a beast, but I don't think my takes are biased. You probably haven't seen my Shaq Vs Hakeem video. I've always been a Kobe fan more than a Shaq fan.

Kobe sucked in that finals. Jordan should be number in 1991

Hes already on the list twice. Are you referring to the 92 season and 93 finals? Because that one is listed

@@calvinsimpson1301 nah the 91-92 season vs the blazers

2013 wasnt the greatest efficiency and lebron's jumper wasnt working until around game 4 onwards, 2012 is a very underrated series though and statistically is probably better than 2013, but i like 2013 over 12

2012 was better because he was able to dominate better and had better stats. For example, had Ray Allen missed the shot and the Heat lost in 6 games, people would've looked at it as a bad performance by LeBron due to being outscored by role players for two of the games, bad efficiency, and the first 3 games of the series being bad for him.

@@fusionn4316 and if LeBron doesn’t score 16 in the 4th quarter of game 6, Ray Allen’s 3 means nothing

@@stopplzs and if Chris Bosh doesn't get the rebound, Ray Allen doesn't get the shot opportunity and another loss to LeBron's Finals record and a bad series for the Heat

@@stopplzs Same goes for LeBron. If Chris Bosh doesn't get the rebound or Ray Allen misses the shot, all that scoring LeBron did would've meant nothing. Don't forget LeBron also missed what would've been a clutch three before Bosh got the rebound and Allen hit the shot. Keep the same energy.

Sure if those were the only games in the series but his stats are lower in games 1-4 making his averages lower

I feel the same just because of how he came back from being down 3-1 in the finals which has never been done before or since. Also the fact that he had back to back 41 point games in games 5 and 6 which were both win or go home games and a triple double in game 7. And finally he led both teams in all 5 major statistical categories. But I think being number 3 is fine. It's not like the ones above him are bums so it's fine lol.

I agree. Dirk’s performance against a super team should be listed, at least as a honorable mention.

@@timmyg831 it was a great series win but Dirk averaged 27ppg on 41% in the Finals. Overall playoff performance yes....but not Finals

@@FuShengAlex …If you remember the series well, which I do, Nowitzki hit game winning shots throughout the Finals. That’s what Finals MVPs do. His overall performance against a super team was excellent. He carried his team.

@@timmyg831 It was a legendary playoff run but he struggled from the floor for most of the games til the 4th quarter and his teammates helped offset that. Plus he was so slow he had to be hidden in the zone on defense so the Heat didn't expose him. Chandler Stevenson Marion and Kidd were fantastic for the Mavs on D. He had a memorable win....but I don't see anyone on this list his 2011 Finals would bump off. All the Finals MVPs on this list dominated at both ends and in more facets of the game than Dirk.

Dwyane Wade my favorite player of all time that fact that he came back from a 2-0 deficit in the finals and dropping nearly 40 PPG then singlehandedly dominated the Mavericks that had a prime Dirk be did all of this in only his 2nd to 3rd season in the NBA as best player on his team which is wild he reminded me of Jordan in that finals him and Kobe were the closest things we seen to Jordan

Yeah, because statisticly, that finals wasn't soo good, Dwayne Wade was tje best player on the court in these series. Dirk averaged 26 points and 9 rebounds on poor 41,6% shooting from the field, but Dwayne averaged 26,5 points, 7 rebounds, 5,5 assists, 1,5 steals and 1,5 blocks on 54 % shooting, soo he lead all players in scoring that year and he was extremely efficient while doing it. But still I agree, Dirk needed to be in honorable mentions.

@@hristijandimitrovski8664 I’m not talking about the stats, I’m talking about they fact that the Mavericks won that series on dirks back deserves an honorable mention

@@hristijandimitrovski8664 Statistics aren’t everything. If we’re talking purely about a player’s impact on their team, Dirk’s FMVP should be up there with Hakeem’s. He was the only All Star on the team, he beat 5 former/future MVPs (Kobe, Harden, Westbrook, Durant, and LeBron) over the course of the run, and upset the heavily favored Miami Heat big 3. Was it the best FMVP performance ever? Definitely not. But it still should have been mentioned. I’m obviously a little biased considering I’m from Dallas, but that doesn’t diminish Dirk’s achievement.

Dirk didn't have unreal numbers, but I have to say that I hadn't seen a guy look so dominant in the Finals since Shaq. Dirk looked unstoppable and there was literally nothing the Heat could do to contain him, he would just rise up and shoot over everyone. Small guys, big guys, they had no answer for Dirk. He was also clutch throughout that entire playoff run. I'll never forget being legit scared of Dirk during that series, he was on a whole other level.