Michael Jordan: 9 total (8 with the Chicago Bulls, 1 with the Washington Wizards). Genuine buzzer beaters (shots made at 0:00 to win) in the NBA Finals are incredibly rare, with only a few instances in league history.
While many iconic shots happen in the final seconds of Finals games (such as Ray Allen in 2013 or Kyrie Irving in 2016), they are often not true buzzer beaters, as time remained on the clock. NBA Finals Series-Ending Buzzer Beaters: While 9 series have ended on a buzzer-beater in NBA playoff history, none have occurred in the NBA Finals themselves to end the series like this one! The Last True Finals Buzzer Beater: It has been nearly 30 years since a true game-winning buzzer-beater was hit in the NBA Finals (Jordan in 1997)!