highest apg in a finals series since 1980 by a player

Since 1979-80, Magic Johnson has the most assists per game in the NBA Finals, with 11.7 per game.

	NAME	APG	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11.7	NBA Finals	50	40.9	19.4	7.9	2.0	0.3	6.8	13.1	51.6	0.2	0.8	23.7	5.7	6.5	87.4	60.7	1.8	6.2	3.8	2,044	971	397	584	102	16	190	147
2	Jamal Murray J. Murray	10.0	NBA Finals	5	42.3	21.4	6.2	1.0	0.0	8.2	18.2	45.1	2.4	6.2	38.7	2.6	2.8	92.9	55.1	1.0	5.2	3.4	211	107	31	50	5	0	17	9	+55
3	John Stockton J. Stockton	8.8	NBA Finals	12	34.9	12.3	3.3	2.0	0.3	4.6	9.3	49.5	0.7	2.0	33.3	2.5	3.1	81.1	58.1	0.3	2.9	3.4	419	148	39	105	24	3	41	30	-55
4	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	8.3	NBA Finals	11	42.1	24.1	6.6	1.6	0.7	8.3	17.1	48.4	1.0	2.9	34.4	6.5	7.6	85.7	58.9	2.2	4.5	2.2	464	265	73	91	18	8	24	14	-58
5	Chris Paul C. Paul	8.2	NBA Finals	6	37.3	21.8	2.7	0.7	0.2	9.2	16.7	55.0	2.0	3.8	52.2	1.5	2.0	75.0	62.2	0.7	2.0	3.5	224	131	16	49	4	1	21	19	-11
6	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	8.0	NBA Finals	4	43.0	25.5	4.8	1.0	0.8	8.8	17.5	50.0	2.8	6.0	45.8	5.3	5.8	91.3	63.7	1.5	3.3	3.8	172	102	19	32	4	3	15	15
7	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	7.9	NBA Finals	16	37.2	22.6	4.2	2.1	0.3	8.3	17.3	48.0	1.1	2.4	46.2	4.8	6.1	78.6	56.4	0.9	3.3	3.8	595	361	67	127	34	5	61	55
8	LeBron James L. James	7.8	NBA Finals	55	42.5	28.4	10.2	1.7	0.8	10.7	22.1	48.4	1.8	5.2	35.2	5.2	7.1	73.1	56.3	1.9	8.3	3.9	2,337	1,562	561	430	93	46	217	130	-86
9	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	7.8	NBA Finals	16	41.1	15.4	5.8	1.4	0.6	5.8	14.8	39.2	1.8	5.3	32.9	2.1	2.7	76.7	48.3	1.8	4.1	3.2	658	247	93	124	23	9	51	28	-4
10	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	7.7	NBA Finals	15	40.0	16.0	3.5	1.8	0.2	6.6	15.3	43.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.8	3.9	72.4	47.1	1.2	2.3	3.1	600	240	52	116	27	3	47	49
11	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	7.7	NBA Finals	6	31.0	9.7	5.3	0.8	0.0	3.2	7.7	41.3	1.3	3.3	40.0	2.0	2.5	80.0	55.1	0.5	4.8	1.8	186	58	32	46	5	0	11	13	+11
12	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	7.5	NBA Finals	4	36.5	17.8	6.0	1.5	1.0	7.3	14.5	50.0	2.5	7.5	33.3	0.8	0.8	100.0	59.8	0.3	5.8	4.3	146	71	24	30	6	4	17	5	+9
13	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	7.3	NBA Finals	16	36.7	14.8	2.7	2.4	0.1	6.4	12.6	51.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.9	2.8	68.9	53.4	0.7	2.0	2.5	587	237	43	117	38	2	40	36
14	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	7.2	NBA Finals	9	27.8	9.7	2.8	2.1	0.2	4.1	11.1	37.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.6	92.9	41.0	0.4	2.3	2.3	250	87	25	65	19	2	21	22
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	7.2	NBA Finals	5	41.1	30.2	14.0	0.8	1.4	11.2	19.2	58.3	1.6	3.8	42.1	6.2	7.4	83.8	67.2	1.8	12.2	3.4	205	151	70	36	4	7	17	17	+39
16	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	7.2	NBA Finals	5	39.2	9.2	2.6	0.6	0.0	4.0	8.0	50.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.2	2.0	60.0	51.8	0.4	2.2	4.0	196	46	13	36	3	0	20	11	+38
17	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	7.1	NBA Finals	25	40.1	17.9	4.4	1.4	0.4	6.8	16.1	41.9	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.2	4.9	85.4	48.9	1.5	2.9	2.6	1,003	447	110	178	36	11	65	68
18	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	7.1	NBA Finals	11	40.5	21.8	7.3	1.1	0.6	7.5	19.8	37.6	2.7	7.5	36.6	4.2	5.4	78.0	49.2	0.8	6.5	3.5	446	240	80	78	12	7	39	26	-15
19	Andrew Toney A. Toney	7.0	NBA Finals	10	37.4	24.4	2.5	1.2	0.1	9.4	19.2	49.0	0.3	0.8	37.5	5.3	6.2	85.5	55.6	1.1	1.4	3.7	374	244	25	70	12	1	37	34
20	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	6.8	NBA Finals	11	39.9	15.6	6.7	1.5	0.6	6.3	14.9	42.1	1.7	4.9	35.2	1.4	1.5	93.8	50.3	1.8	4.9	1.8	439	172	74	75	16	7	20	25	+47
21	Draymond Green D. Green	6.6	NBA Finals	33	38.5	11.5	9.1	1.8	1.0	4.0	9.7	41.4	1.1	3.8	28.0	2.5	3.3	74.5	51.9	1.5	7.6	2.6	1,269	381	300	219	59	32	87	138	+140
22	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	6.6	NBA Finals	19	31.0	10.7	5.2	1.4	0.3	4.4	10.5	41.7	0.5	1.6	30.0	1.5	2.8	51.9	45.6	1.5	3.6	2.0	590	203	98	126	26	5	38	36	+1
23	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	6.6	NBA Finals	5	42.3	27.0	6.4	1.0	0.4	10.4	24.0	43.3	0.6	4.4	13.6	5.6	6.8	82.4	50.0	0.8	5.6	2.2	211	135	32	33	5	2	11	12	-17
24	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	6.5	NBA Finals	6	43.3	17.2	3.0	1.3	0.3	6.7	15.8	42.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.8	4.2	92.0	48.6	0.3	2.7	4.3	260	103	18	39	8	2	26	19
25	Terry Porter T. Porter	6.4	NBA Finals	11	42.6	17.5	3.5	1.5	0.3	5.2	11.9	43.5	0.9	3.5	26.3	6.2	7.2	86.1	57.9	0.8	2.7	3.5	469	192	39	70	16	3	38	28