highest amount of assists in an nba finals

Magic Johnson has the most assists in an NBA Finals, with 95 assists.

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highest amount of assists by a player in an NBA finals

	NAME	AST	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	95	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	42.1	18.0	7.7	13.6	2.0	0.9	6.7	12.0	56.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.6	6.1	74.4	61.2	1.0	6.7	4.4	295	126	54	14	6	31	28
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	91	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.4	21.1	5.7	13.0	2.0	0.1	6.3	11.4	55.0	0.3	0.9	33.3	8.3	9.6	86.6	67.6	0.9	4.9	2.7	290	148	40	14	1	19	23
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	84	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.2	18.3	6.8	14.0	2.2	0.0	6.8	13.8	49.4	0.2	0.3	50.0	4.5	5.2	87.1	56.9	0.5	6.3	3.3	235	110	41	13	0	20	16
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	78	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.3	26.2	8.0	13.0	2.3	0.3	11.0	20.3	54.1	0.2	0.3	50.0	4.0	4.2	96.0	59.0	2.0	6.0	2.2	236	157	48	14	2	13	10
5	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	73	1969-70	NBA Finals	NYK	7	43.1	17.6	7.7	10.4			6.6	12.1	54.1				4.4	5.7	77.5	59.9				302	123	54				21
6	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	70	1959-60	NBA Finals	BOS	7	35.4	14.4	3.7	10.0			5.9	18.9	31.1				2.7	3.3	82.6	35.5				248	101	26				12
7	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	63	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	7	37.4	19.7	4.4	9.0	2.9	0.3	7.0	16.4	42.6	0.7	2.4	29.4	5.0	6.0	83.3	51.7	0.7	3.7	3.7	262	138	31	20	2	26	23
8	LeBron James L. James	62	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	41.7	29.7	11.3	8.9	2.6	2.3	11.7	23.7	49.4	1.9	5.0	37.1	4.4	6.1	72.1	56.2	2.4	8.9	4.4	292	208	79	18	16	31	16	+26
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	62	1990-91	NBA Finals	LAL	5	45.6	18.6	8.0	12.4	1.2	0.0	5.0	11.6	43.1	0.8	2.8	28.6	7.8	8.2	95.1	61.2	1.6	6.4	4.4	228	93	40	6	0	22	10
10	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	62	1961-62	NBA Finals	BOS	7	36.6	16.6	3.7	8.9			6.7	17.4	38.5				3.1	5.1	61.1	42.1				256	116	26				24
11	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	60	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.3	17.7	3.7	10.0	1.7	0.2	7.5	17.0	44.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.7	3.7	72.7	47.5	1.7	2.0	2.5	236	106	22	10	1	15	20
12	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	59	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	6	43.0	26.2	8.3	9.8	2.2	0.8	8.8	16.0	55.2	0.7	2.2	30.8	7.8	8.8	88.7	65.8	2.5	5.8	3.0	258	157	50	13	5	18	8	-21
13	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	58	1973-74	NBA Finals	MIL	7	48.1	12.1	3.7	8.3	0.3	0.0	5.0	11.6	43.2				2.1	2.7	78.9	47.6	1.1	2.6		337	85	26	2	0		20
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	57	1990-91	NBA Finals	CHI	5	44.0	31.2	6.6	11.4	2.8	1.4	12.6	22.6	55.8	0.4	0.8	50.0	5.6	6.6	84.8	61.2	1.6	5.0	3.6	220	156	33	14	7	18	18
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	57	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	44.8	24.0	9.7	9.5	2.7	0.3	8.8	18.3	48.2	1.2	3.2	36.8	5.2	5.5	93.9	57.8	1.7	8.0	2.7	269	144	58	16	2	16	17
16	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	57	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	6	41.2	16.0	4.3	9.5	1.7	0.7	6.5	17.0	38.2	0.0	1.3	0.0	3.0	3.5	85.7	43.1	0.8	3.5	3.3	247	96	26	10	4	20	13
17	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	56	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	6	41.7	16.7	6.2	9.3	2.2	0.7	6.5	18.0	36.1	1.8	5.8	31.4	1.8	2.0	91.7	44.1	1.2	5.0	2.2	250	100	37	13	4	13	11	+37
18	Draymond Green D. Green	56	2018-19	NBA Finals	GSW	6	41.2	12.5	10.8	9.3	1.7	1.0	4.3	10.0	43.3	0.8	3.2	26.3	3.0	3.5	85.7	54.2	1.5	9.3	5.0	247	75	65	10	6	30	26	-21
19	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	56	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	6	40.7	21.0	4.3	9.3	0.5	0.5	8.5	17.7	48.1	0.2	1.3	12.5	3.8	4.3	88.5	53.6	2.2	2.2	1.3	244	126	26	3	3	8	15
20	Jerry West J. West	54	1969-70	NBA Finals	LAL	7	47.9	31.3	3.4	7.7			10.3	22.9	45.0				10.7	12.9	83.3	54.9				335	219	24				21
21	LeBron James L. James	53	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	6	45.7	35.8	13.3	8.8	1.3	0.5	13.0	32.7	39.8	2.2	7.0	31.0	7.7	11.2	68.7	47.7	1.8	11.5	3.5	274	215	80	8	3	21	19	-25
22	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	53	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	7	38.8	13.6	6.3	7.6	1.6	0.3	6.3	13.9	45.4	0.3	0.9	33.3	0.7	2.7	26.3	45.1	2.3	4.0	2.7	272	95	44	11	2	19	12	-19
23	John Stockton J. Stockton	53	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	37.5	15.0	4.0	8.8	2.0	0.5	5.2	10.3	50.0	1.0	2.5	40.0	3.7	4.3	84.6	61.3	0.5	3.5	3.8	225	90	24	12	3	23	11	-37
24	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	53	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	36.0	12.8	3.7	8.8	2.0	0.3	5.3	14.0	38.1	0.0	0.7	0.0	2.2	2.3	92.9	42.7	0.7	3.0	2.7	216	77	22	12	2	16	17
25	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	53	1960-61	NBA Finals	BOS	5	37.2	19.8	5.0	10.6			6.4	17.8	36.0				7.0	8.6	81.4	45.9				186	99	25				12

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