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.)
John Havlicek (Boston): 8-0
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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%
KC Jones (Boston): 8-0
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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%
Tom Sanders (Boston): 8-0
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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%
Robert Horry (Houston, LA Lakers, San Antonio): 7-0
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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%
Jim Loscutoff (Boston): 7-0
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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%
Michael Jordan (Chicago): 6-0
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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%
Scottie Pippen (Chicago): 6-0
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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%
George Mikan (Minneapolis): 5-0
NBA titles: 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954
NBA Finals stats: 23.9 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 1.3 apg, 48.6 FG%
Jim Pollard (Minneapolis): 5-0
NBA titles: 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954
NBA Finals stats: 13.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.9 apg, 56.6 FG%
Larry Siegfried (Boston): 5-0
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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%
Ron Harper (Chicago, LA Lakers): 5-0
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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%
Steve Kerr (Chicago, San Antonio): 5-0
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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%
Will Perdue (Chicago, San Antonio): 4-0
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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%
Pep Saul (Minneapolis): 4-0
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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%
Bill Cartwright (Chicago): 3-0
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NBA titles: 1991, 1992, 1993
NBA Finals stats: 6.4 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.8 apg, 44.4 FG%
BJ Armstrong (Chicago): 3-0
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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%
Bob Harrison (Minneapolis): 3-0
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NBA titles: 1950, 1952, 1953
NBA Finals stats: 4.9 ppg, 0.7 rpg, 1.3 apg, 44.2 FG%
Bruce Bowen (San Antonio): 3-0
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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%
Gene Conley (Boston): 3-0
NBA titles: 1959, 1960, 1961
NBA Finals stats: 4.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 0.3 apg, 34.9 FG%
Gerald Henderson (Boston, Detroit): 3-0
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NBA titles: 1981, 1984, 1990
NBA Finals stats: 8.7 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 2.5 apg, 49.1 FG%
John Paxson (Chicago): 3-0
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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%
Jud Buechler (Chicago): 3-0
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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%
Luc Longley (Chicago): 3-0
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NBA titles: 1996, 1997, 1998
NBA Finals stats: 7.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.6 apg, 55.1 FG%
Mario Elie (Houston, San Antonio): 3-0
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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%
Patrick McCaw (Golden State, Toronto): 3-0
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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%
Randy Brown (Chicago): 3-0
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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%
Sam Cassell (Houston, Boston): 3-0
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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%
Scott Williams (Chicago): 3-0
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NBA titles: 1991, 1992, 1993
NBA Finals stats: 4.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.2 apg, 46.7 FG%
Stacey King (Chicago): 3-0
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NBA titles: 1991, 1992, 1993
NBA Finals stats: 2.8 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 0.3 apg, 27.6 FG%
Toni Kukoc (Chicago): 3-0
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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%
WIllie Naulls (Boston): 3-0
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NBA titles: 1964, 1965, 1966
NBA Finals stats: 7.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 0.8 apg, 40.4 FG%
