NBA Finals MVP: Ranking the 10 Greatest Finals MVP's EVER

#7 LeBron James in the 2015-16 NBA Finals vs Golden State Warriors

LeBron James blocks Andre Iguodala's rim-rammer in perhaps the most iconic moment of his career

Finals averages: 29.7 points, 11.3 rebounds, 8.9 assists, 2.6 steals, 2.3 blocks per game

Well, well, well!

While on the surface, this series win is perhaps the greatest upset in NBA Finals history, the level of competition LeBron James' faces on this list has forced us to bring to the limelight a couple of factors which possibly swung the pendulum his team's way, and which had nothing to do with LeBron's stupendous play in the series:

(a) The Golden State Warriors missed key rotation players during games 5,6 and 7, meaning that LeBron's best performances came against an inferior, outmatched team. Man-versus-man, the Cleveland Cavaliers were the more talented squad, while the Warriors were a more system-oriented team playing off the individual strengths of all their key players.

(b) Despite LeBron's Herculean efforts, and the most iconic block of the 21st century, the Cavaliers could have lost the series in the final 3 possessions of the game, in which Kyrie Irving took the game-winning shot and Kevin Love played defense on Steph Curry to stop him from scoring. LeBron converted only 9 out of 24 field goal attempts in game 7.

Now that we're done explaining the low placement of LeBron's Finals MVP on this list, it is time to wax eloquent on what he did do to merit his place here:

(a) LeBron paced both teams in ALL 5 major statistical categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks)!!

(b) In both games 5 and 6, LeBron dropped 41 points to give Cleveland the momentum to go into game 7 at the Oracle Arena

(c) LeBron picked up much of the slack displayed by Kevin Love in an underwhelming Finals series for the former Bruin.