highest career assists per game in nba finals game by a forward

Jimmy Butler III has the most career assists per game by a forward in the NBA Finals, with 8.3 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	6.0	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	716	361	187	63	24	91	80
6	Robert Reid R. Reid	5.9	NBA Finals	12	40.4	14.5	5.9	1.7	0.4	6.1	15.3	39.7	0.1	0.8	11.1	2.3	2.9	77.1	43.6	2.4	3.5	1.9	485	174	71	71	20	5	23	41
7	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	5.9	NBA Finals	35	42.0	19.0	8.3	1.9	1.1	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.9	3.3	25.6	4.1	5.4	74.7	50.1	2.8	5.6	3.3	1,470	664	292	207	67	39	117	118	+38
8	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	5.5	NBA Finals	6	46.2	27.3	13.0	1.2	0.5	10.0	21.0	47.6	0.3	1.3	25.0	7.0	9.3	75.0	54.4	3.7	9.3	1.7	277	164	78	33	7	3	10	20
9	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	5.3	NBA Finals	6	42.4	24.0	6.3	1.5	0.0	9.3	20.8	44.8	2.7	7.5	35.6	2.7	3.0	88.9	54.2	0.3	6.0	3.2	255	144	38	32	9	0	19	14	+7
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	5.0	NBA Finals	6	39.8	35.2	13.2	1.2	1.8	12.7	20.5	61.8	0.5	2.5	20.0	9.3	14.2	65.9	65.8	4.0	9.2	2.3	239	211	79	30	7	11	14	18	+30
11	Julius Erving J. Erving	4.5	NBA Finals	22	39.8	25.5	7.5	2.0	1.8	9.8	18.7	52.6	0.1	0.4	14.3	5.8	7.6	76.6	57.9	2.2	5.3	2.8	875	561	166	100	44	40	45	56
12	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	4.5	NBA Finals	13	39.3	19.8	4.9	0.9	0.6	6.2	14.3	43.5	1.5	3.7	39.6	5.8	6.9	84.4	57.0	0.5	4.4	3.1	511	257	64	59	12	8	40	49	+21
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4.5	NBA Finals	15	39.3	30.3	7.7	1.0	1.5	10.7	19.5	54.6	2.9	6.4	44.8	6.1	6.7	91.1	67.4	1.0	6.7	2.7	589	455	116	68	15	23	40	47	+105
14	John Johnson J. Johnson	4.4	NBA Finals	12	33.4	9.3	6.3	0.8	0.2	4.0	10.0	40.0				1.3	1.9	69.6	43.0	2.1	4.3	2.2	401	112	76	53	10	2	26	38
15	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	4.3	NBA Finals	11	38.7	22.3	6.5	1.2	0.5	7.9	18.2	43.5	2.2	7.4	29.6	4.3	5.5	77.0	54.0	1.4	5.1	3.1	426	245	71	47	13	6	34	31	+15
16	Rick Barry R. Barry	4.0	NBA Finals	10	43.2	36.3	6.9	3.5	0.8	13.8	33.4	41.3				8.7	10.4	83.7	47.8	1.0	3.0		432	363	69	40	14	3		37
17	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	3.9	NBA Finals	40	42.0	26.8	13.7			10.2	23.3	43.8				6.4	8.3	76.5	49.6				1,681	1,070	546	154				122
18	Hedo Turkoglu H. Turkoglu	3.8	NBA Finals	5	41.1	18.0	4.6	0.8	0.4	6.0	12.2	49.2	1.4	3.2	43.8	4.6	6.2	74.2	60.3	0.2	4.4	2.6	206	90	23	19	4	2	13	19	-31
19	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	3.7	NBA Finals	13	36.5	19.5	7.6	1.1	1.0	7.2	14.9	47.9	1.2	3.8	30.6	4.1	5.2	77.9	56.7	2.2	5.5	1.6	474	254	99	48	14	13	21	29	+18
20	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	3.6	NBA Finals	34	36.6	19.4	6.5	1.2	0.2	7.6	18.4	41.2				4.2	5.1	83.7	47.0	1.7	5.0		1,245	658	221	124	15	3		104
21	Boris Diaw B. Diaw	3.5	NBA Finals	11	24.6	5.0	5.3	0.4	0.2	1.8	4.5	40.8	0.5	1.2	38.5	0.9	1.5	62.5	49.1	1.3	4.0	1.2	270	55	58	39	4	2	13	13	+63
22	Bob Gross B. Gross	3.5	NBA Finals	6	27.7	17.3	5.7	1.8	0.3	7.7	11.5	66.7				2.0	2.3	85.7	69.2	3.3	2.3		166	104	34	21	11	2		26
23	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	3.5	NBA Finals	6	35.5	19.7	10.7	1.8	0.7	7.2	16.3	43.9				5.3	7.5	71.1	50.1	2.5	8.2		213	118	64	21	11	4		27
24	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	3.5	NBA Finals	23	41.9	19.6	7.5	1.0	1.1	8.2	18.1	45.1				3.2	4.4	73.3	48.8	2.1	4.9	3.4	964	450	173	80	19	20	41	95
25	Rodney McCray R. McCray	3.4	NBA Finals	7	34.4	13.1	3.6	1.0	0.7	5.7	9.7	58.8	0.0	0.0		1.7	2.4	70.6	60.9	1.1	2.4	2.1	241	92	25	24	7	5	15	14

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Team Leaders

PPG

22.5

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RPG

9.8

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APG

6.8

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Team Rankings

ORTG

115.6

13th

DRTG

112.3

4th

NETRTG

3.4

11th

3P%

36.2

10th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Raptors	35	27	.565	10.5
6	76ers	34	28	.548	11.5
7	Heat	35	29	.547	11.5
8	Magic	33	28	.541	12.0
9	Hawks	32	31	.508	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 3/8	DET	@	MIA	6:00 PM
Tue 3/10	WAS	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Thu 3/12	MIL	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Sat 3/14	ORL	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Tue 3/17	MIA	@	CHA	7:00 PM

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Heat

35 - 29

128

Final

120

Hornets

32 - 32

Fri 6 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.5

Dončić

31.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.5

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.5

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.3

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.5

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Knueppel

3.5

Ball

TS% Leaders

68.0

Jokić

67.5

Gobert

67.3

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.4

120.6

119.5

118.8

118.4

118.3

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.4

111.0

112.3

112.5

112.6

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

7.9

7.3

6.9

6.7

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

14-50

15-48

15-47

16-46

19-44

20-45

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FanDuel Points Leaders

3,003.8

Maxey

2,970

Jokić

2,886.1

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,164

Jokić

3,062.5

Dončić

3,028.3

Maxey

USG% Leaders

37.3

Dončić

36.3

Brown

33.6

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.7

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-23

37-25-1

38-26

37-26

36-27

36-29

Worst Record ATS

24-40

25-35-1

26-36

27-36

27-34

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	45	16	.738
2	Celtics	42	21	.667	4.0
3	Knicks	41	23	.641	5.5
4	Cavaliers	39	24	.619	7.0
5	Raptors	35	27	.565	10.5
6	76ers	34	28	.548	11.5
7	Heat	35	29	.547	11.5
8	Magic	33	28	.541	12.0
9	Hawks	32	31	.508	14.0
10	Hornets	32	32	.500	14.5
11	Bucks	26	35	.426	19.0
12	Bulls	26	37	.413	20.0
13	Wizards	16	46	.258	29.5
14	Nets	15	47	.242	30.5
15	Pacers	15	48	.238	31.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - x	49	15	.766
2	Spurs - x	46	17	.730	2.5
3	Timberwolves	40	23	.635	8.5
4	Rockets	39	23	.629	9.0
5	Nuggets	39	25	.609	10.0
6	Lakers	38	25	.603	10.5
7	Suns	36	27	.571	12.5
8	Warriors	32	30	.516	16.0
9	Clippers	30	32	.484	18.0
10	Trail Blazers	30	34	.469	19.0
11	Grizzlies	23	38	.377	24.5
12	Mavericks	21	42	.333	27.5
13	Pelicans	20	45	.308	29.5
14	Jazz	19	44	.302	29.5
15	Kings	14	50	.219	35.0