Utah’s John Stockton played in 1,062 games...

Utah’s John Stockton played in 1,062 games before finally reaching the NBA finals this season. Here are the players who have appeared in the most games without playing in the finals:

1. Alex English: 1,193

2. Tree Rollins: 1,156

3. x-Eddie Johnson: 1,121

4. Johnny Green: 1,057

5. x-Dominique Wilkins: 1,047

6. x-Danny Schayes: 1,045

7. Walt Bellamy: 1,043

8. x-Michael Cage: 1,041

9. x-Dale Ellis: 1,040

10. x-Terry Cummings: 1,037

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Active players closing in on the top 10:

LaSalle Thompson: 985

Sedale Threatt: 951