most apg by a point guard in an nba finals

Magic Johnson has averaged the most assists per game by a point guard in an NBA Finals in 1984-85, with 14.0 per game.

	NAME	APG	SEASON	SERIES	TM	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	14.0	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.2	18.3	6.8	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	84	13	0	20	16
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13.6	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	42.1	18.0	7.7	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	95	14	6	31	28
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13.0	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	7	41.4	21.1	5.7	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	91	14	1	19	23
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13.0	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	6	39.3	26.2	8.0	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	78	14	2	13	10
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12.5	1982-83	NBA Finals	LAL	4	44.8	19.0	7.8	1.8	0.8	6.3	15.5	40.3	0.0	0.8	0.0	6.5	7.0	92.9	51.1	3.3	4.5	6.0	179	76	31	50	7	3	24	16
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12.4	1990-91	NBA Finals	LAL	5	45.6	18.6	8.0	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	62	6	0	22	10
7	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	10.6	1960-61	NBA Finals	BOS	5	37.2	19.8	5.0			6.4	17.8	36.0				7.0	8.6	81.4	45.9				186	99	25	53				12
8	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	10.4	1969-70	NBA Finals	NYK	7	43.1	17.6	7.7			6.6	12.1	54.1				4.4	5.7	77.5	59.9				302	123	54	73				21
9	Jamal Murray J. Murray	10.0	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	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
10	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	10.0	1959-60	NBA Finals	BOS	7	35.4	14.4	3.7			5.9	18.9	31.1				2.7	3.3	82.6	35.5				248	101	26	70				12
11	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	9.8	2001-02	NBA Finals	NJN	4	42.0	20.8	7.3	2.3	0.8	8.8	20.0	43.8	1.5	5.0	30.0	1.8	2.8	63.6	48.9	3.0	4.3	3.0	168	83	29	39	9	3	12	8	-12
12	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	9.5	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	6	41.2	16.0	4.3	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	57	10	4	20	13
13	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	9.5	1970-71	NBA Finals	MIL	4	41.0	23.5	5.0			8.5	16.3	52.3				6.5	8.0	81.3	59.4				164	94	20	38				15
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	9.4	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	5	37.7	26.8	8.0	2.2	0.0	8.0	18.2	44.0	3.8	9.8	38.8	7.0	7.8	89.7	61.9	2.2	5.8	3.8	189	134	40	47	11	0	19	14	+30
15	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	9.3	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	6	40.7	21.0	4.3	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	56	3	3	8	15
16	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	9.0	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	7	37.4	19.7	4.4	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	63	20	2	26	23
17	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	8.9	1961-62	NBA Finals	BOS	7	36.6	16.6	3.7			6.7	17.4	38.5				3.1	5.1	61.1	42.1				256	116	26	62				24
18	John Stockton J. Stockton	8.8	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	37.5	15.0	4.0	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	53	12	3	23	11	-37
19	Jerry West J. West	8.8	1971-72	NBA Finals	LAL	5	41.2	19.8	4.0			7.6	23.4	32.5				4.6	5.8	79.3	38.1				206	99	20	44				12
20	John Stockton J. Stockton	8.7	1997-98	NBA Finals	UTA	6	32.3	9.7	2.5	2.0	0.0	4.0	8.2	49.0	0.3	1.5	22.2	1.3	1.8	72.7	53.9	0.2	2.3	3.0	194	58	15	52	12	0	18	19	-18
21	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	8.7	1981-82	NBA Finals	PHI	6	37.2	14.7	2.5	2.0	0.2	6.0	14.0	42.9	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.7	3.5	76.2	47.2	0.8	1.7	2.8	223	88	15	52	12	1	17	12
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	8.7	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	42.7	21.5	11.2	2.7	0.3	7.8	13.7	57.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.8	6.7	87.5	64.8	2.8	8.3	5.0	256	129	67	52	16	2	30	17
23	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	8.5	1962-63	NBA Finals	BOS	6	31.5	12.2	2.7			5.2	15.5	33.3				1.8	2.3	78.6	36.8				189	73	16	51				26
24	Terry Porter T. Porter	8.4	1989-90	NBA Finals	POR	5	41.2	19.0	2.6	2.0	0.2	4.8	12.2	39.3	1.4	5.0	28.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	58.8	0.8	1.8	4.4	206	95	13	42	10	1	22	17
25	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	8.3	1973-74	NBA Finals	MIL	7	48.1	12.1	3.7	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	58	2	0		20

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