Top 5 FINALS Performances In NBA History 

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As a Warriors fan, LeBron was insane in that Finals. I still remember my brain hurting from watching Game 7.

2006 D Wade was on another level in that finals

2016 is by far the best nba finals in history

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2006 Wade is almost unmatchable. People talk about his FT attempts in game 5, but realistically, that game is ranked 13th amongst most FT games of all-time. Not only that- but it’s like an 8 way tie for 13th place. 1 less freethrow puts him from about 20 on that list, to 30. Edit; that all being said- he was also constantly driving to the lane which results in more FT attempts, the Mavs didn’t have someone doing that. MJ got to the line constantly in his career but he was constantly driving. Just stuff to consider when talking about the 2006 finals.

I think 2011 Dirk deserves a mention at least here. Maybe it wasn't the best statistical performance, but he just had moment after moment in the finals against Miami in 2011. The Game 2 winner which capped off a 15-point comeback in the final 7 minutes, Game 4 performance where he was actually a bit sick yet still outperformed himself and Game 6 dagger over Chris Bosh... Plus, like his long-time rival Tim Duncan, he did not have a bona fide Super Star alongside (maybe Jason Kidd and Jason Terry, but I'm not sure) yet he lead a win over prime Chris Bosh, best Dwayne Wade as a part of the Big Three and LeBron.

"Shaq was nominally the number one guy on those heat teams" bro what??? Wade was obviously the better player those years.

Maybe giannis can make an argument for this now

Where magic in 1980,he was a rookie and put up 22/11/ 9 on 57% FG.And he was put up these numbers when Kareem suffered a severely sprained ankle.He managed to come back in the game in the fourth quarter to lead the Lakers to victory and a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.And then in game 6 magic recorded 42 points and 15 rebounds playing the center position to win the NBA title. So magic in 1980 should be on here.

Dirk should maybe have been up here 2011

Any Jordan final could be on here

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Add Giannis in this list‼️‼️

Cavs 3-1 comeback was a thing of legend

2016 LeBron James nba finals perfomance: 1st in points, assists, rebounds, steals and blocks ! GOAT FINALS PERFOMANCE

2006 d wade was amazing

2017 Lebron should be up there despite him losing that year he put up 33.6 points per game 12.0 rebounds per game and 10.0 assists per game being the first NBA player to average a triple double in a finals series.

Tim Duncan so underrated best performance by far

Amazing video

Duncan was deprived of his quad double in game 6 of the '03 Finals. That should be a quad double. It is extremely difficult enough to record a quad double in a regular game. So imagine doing that during a close out game in the Finals. His '03 Finals performance should be no.1 all time.

I remember that 2016 finals clearly me and my friend are watching and we are just a shy away from accepting that cleveland lost when that chase down block happened and all of us can't believe that just happened and got up from our seats cheering.

This video is flawless

Gotta love Timmy

In no particular order... Lebron in 2016, and 2013, MJ all his W's basically, Allen iverson 2001 (loss), Shaq 2000-2002, d-wade in 2006, dirk in 2011, Kobe in 2001-2 and 2009-2010, Durant the first year with the Warriors.

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Dirk Nowitzki's championship run in 2011 I think must be included in the list.

Without 2011-Dirk, without me!

We gotta update this with giannis

A lot are really not crediting him but he will forever be unforgettable. Lebron's play offs performance is one of the greatest things I saw as a basketball fan that had lived and watch MJ and Kobe's career heights.

Greatest Finals performances (1983-Current): Highest GmSc - Game Score productivity (points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, fouls and turnover efficiency) in an NBA Finals series. 25+ GOAT level, 20+ MVP level, 15+ All-Star level, 10+ Role-player level 2021 Giannis Antetokounmpo - 31.9 2000 Shaquille O’Neal - 30.6 2017 Kevin Durant - 30.3 2002 Shaquille O’Neal - 30.1 1993 Michael Jordan - 29.6 2017 Lebron James - 29.6 1991 Michael Jordan - 29.4 1987 Magic Johnson - 28.3 2018 LeBron James - 28.3 2023 Nikola Jokic - 27.7 2001 Shaquille O’Neal - 27.4 2018 Kevin Durant - 26.9 2016 Lebron James - 26.5 1992 Michael Jordan - 25.8 2006 Dwayne Wade - 25.4 2015 Lebron James - 24.6 1995 Hakeem Olajuwon - 24.5 1988 Magic Johnson - 24.4 2003 Tim Duncan - 24.1 2017 Steph Curry - 24.1 2019 Kawhi Leonard - 23.9 1984 Larry Bird- 23.7 1986 Larry Bird - 23.6 2012 Lebron James - 23.6 1997 Michael Jordan - 23.4 1993 Charles Barkley - 23.4 2022 Steph Curry - 23.2 2009 Kobe Bryant - 22.8 2020 Anthony Davis - 22.8 2019 Steph Curry - 22.8 2011 Dwayne Wade - 22.7 1999 Tim Duncan - 22.6 2014 Lebron James - 22.5 2013 Lebron James - 22.5 1989 Joe Dumars - 22.4 1985 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 21.7 1995 Shaquille O’Neal - 21.5 1998 Michael Jordan - 21.4 1990 Clyde Drexler - 21.3 2015 Kyrie Irving - 21.1 1994 Hakeem Olajuwon - 21.0 1985 Magic Johnson - 20.9 1985 Kevin McHale - 20.7 2012 Kevin Durant - 20.7 2001 Allen Iverson - 20.5 2002 Kobe Bryant - 20.3 1986 Hakeem Olajuwon - 20.3 1986 Kevin McHale - 20.3 1990 Isiah Thomas - 20.1 1995 Penny Hardaway - 20.1 1995 Clyde Drexler - 20.1 2018 Steph Curry - 20.1 1991 Magic Johnson - 20.0 Michael Jordan - 6 Finals GmSc 24.6 Shaquille O’Neal - 6 Finals GmSc 23.0 Lebron James - 10 Finals GmSc 22.9 Lebron James - 1 Finals no super teams GmSc 10.6 Kobe Bryant - 3 Finals as main option GmSc 19.3 Kobe Bryant - 7 Finals GmSc 16.7 All-Stars help: AD - 1 Finals with Lebron GmSc 22.8 Kyrie Irving - 3 Finals with Lebron GmSc 19.5 Dwayne Wade - 4 Finals with Lebron GmSc 15.5 Scottie Pippen - 6 Finals with Jordan Gmsc 15.4 Kobe Bryant - 4 Finals with Shaq GmSc 14.8

2001 Iverson should at least be an honorable mention. he averaged 36, 6 and 4 and 2 steals at 5'11 155

Bulls nation mj the goat 🐐

That game 7 was one of the greatest things in television history

Duncan is still my top 3 all time. Or on the same tier as bird and magic..he had a perfect career, no drama and never asked for a trade koff koff (kobe) koff

Your right

Giannis is definitely here now, especially since it came off of an injury

Thought that The 2011 Mavericks were gonna be here, guess I was wrong lmao

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Dwades final should be higher

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I’m loving the TD love from everyone it’s still not enough tho TD Top 3 FYM

I got Giannis’ above Wade and Duncan’s all three of them dominated statistically, but what differentiates Giannis were his game winning, immediately iconic plays. those highlights are already in the pantheon for greatest finals plays of all time

Dr. J in the 1976 ABA finals, Shaq in 2000 and LeBron in 2016 were the greatest finals performances ever.

This list gotta be updated.... Giannis way up!

I feel Giannis must be added to this.

2018 Game 1 is the Greatest Game I have ever seen Lebron play

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1980 Magic has to be top 5💯💯💯💜💛

NOW WE NEED A NEW VID I NEED GIANNIS UP HERE 50 POINTS ARE YOU KIDDING ME ???

I feel like giannas deserves to be on here

'' 340 pounds of pure muscles'', pretty generous right there.

Lebron's 2016 performance was just too good

I feel so strongly about this that I consider it a fact and not my opinion... and that is Magic Johnson as a rookie played all five positions in game 6 of the finals... he even replaced Kareem Abdul Jabbar as center who was injured. Enough said, anyone reading this should seek out the highlights on youtube and feel free to comment.

2016 Bron, nah that’s behind MJ, Shaq and Giannis but it’s top 5 imo (don’t forget he allowed the Warriors to be up 3-1 too, it’s not just about the comeback)

Lebron lead in points,rebounds, and assists throughout the 2016 finals yet people still hate on him because Kyrie hit a clutch 3

U have got to be kidding me!!! What about the ‘86 Celtics, or the ‘87 Lakers?

Tim Duncan should be number 1 on the list. He's the only one that had a carry job to do.

5. Jordan 1991 4. Lebron at 2016 3. Tim Duncan 2003 2. Mj 1993 1. Shaq 2000

Did everyone forget Iverson game one against the lakers

2018 LeBron was built different

Needa update this with Curry’s latest performance

Kobe’s 2010 underrated

I will take the 23ppg, 27rpg, 6apg, 5bpg on 54% shooting over 7 games which included a 7th game 30 point 40 board performance.

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I'm not a LeBron guy, and MJ is the GOAT. But 2016 was unreal! Yes, he couldn't have done it without Kyrie, but LBJ played crazy.

and people still hating on lebron

Kobe in the 09 finals he was average 32pts 7asst 5reb 1.2blk

What Jordan prefomance in the 1997 finals against Utah when he had the flu?

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notice how they made the same video last week

And its still the only Cleveland Title in mine, or my Dads time on this Earth. All it took was the best performance ever to finally bring us a title. Lets just say were not expecting another one anytime soon.

Yeah Dwayne wade my favorite player 🤩

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Wade 1st championship was amazing that’s why some say he was Batman and lebron was robin to wade because wade won it without lebron and shaq was past his prime when they won it. That’s an interesting point to be fair

MJ’s performance is still no. 1 to me

And now Giannis is on this list

1993: Michael Jordan vs Suns. 2000: Shaquille O’Neal vs Pacers. 2003: Tim Duncan vs Nets. 2006: Dwayne Wade vs Mavs. 2016: LeBron James vs Warriors.

D wade has a lot of free throw😅

You should’ve did this video 3 week later

Bird 1986

As someone that considers MJ the GOAT: This list is facts. What Bron did was unbelievable

Highest average Gmsc by a player for a finals series (From 82' finals to 21' finals) 1. Giannis Antetokounmpo 2021 (31.9) 2. Shaquille O'Niel 2000 (30.6) 3. Kevin Durant 2017 (30.3) 4. Shaquille O'Niel 2002 (30.1) 5. Lebron James 2017 (29.64) 6. Michael Jordan 1993 (29.63) 7. Michael Jordan 1991 (29.4) 8. Lebron James 2018 (28.33) 9. Magic Johnson 1987 (28.30) 10. Jimmy Bulter 2020 (27.7)

If the suns win it all. Then James Jones was the one who broke the cursed on Cleveland and phoenix 😂

LBJ finals was awesome. lol Shaq was something else. MJ probably has a bunch in the top 10 lol. Good list.

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Dirk never gets the respect…

Dirk never gets the love or respecthe deserves. He will always be my favorite player

Seriously? Leaving magic Johnson out for the 1980s finals performance???!!! Wow! Magic Johnson averaged 21.5 points, 11.2 rebounds and 8.7 assists in 6 games in the 1980 NBA Finals in his rookie season and played all 5 positions! A 20 years old going against Dr. J and Daryl Dawkins? Game 6: 42 points, 15 rebounds & 7 assists!!!!! Your list is ok but leaving that performance out is a crime!!

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bruh where tf is dirk 2011. 1. Lebron 2016 2. Dirk 2011 3. MJ 1997 4. Shaq 2000 5. Tim Duncan in 03

Lbj the king or mj the goat 🐐 number one ☝️

Dirk Nowitzki ?!?!?

Number 6: Giannis antetokounmpo 2021 NBA finals

for me honorable mentions would be steph in 2019, jerry west in 1969, magic in 1980 and lebron in 2015

"Chicago's centers during the finale serietà shoot a combined 38% fron the girls and grabbed just 3.6 rebound on average... an abysmal rate for ant big man. But because the Bulls had Michael Jordan, this proved ti be... Irrelevant."

Jordan fans got hurt

Lillard 2021 is the highest game score in playoff history

93rd

did you forget the 1998 finals or something?