NBA Players with Most Career Playoff Games Without a Championship

1. Karl Malone – 193 games

Second all-time in scoring, a two-time league MVP, 14-time All-NBA, 14-time All-Star, and a Hall of Famer, Utah Jazz great Karl Malone had an illustrious career. However, there was one thing he was not able to be and that was to become a world champion.

Just like his comrade Stockton, Malone was able to reach the postseason in all of his years as an active player. He spent 18 years with the Jazz and a single season with the Lakers in 2004. That was three NBA Finals appearances, and all of them fell short for this accolade. This is a flaw in his career which had always been pointed out by critics. Malone never won one, they said.

However, never let this flaw ever get into you of how legit Malone was as a player. He was a scoring machine in the playoffs, averaging 24.7 points together with 10.7 rebounds. “The Mailman” was a tremendous post-up player His and Stockton’s Jazz became a legitimate adversary to the Jordan-Pippen’s Bulls.

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