most assist average in nba finals series

Magic Johnson has the most career assists per game in the NBA Finals, with 11.7 per game.

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most assist by a player average in NBA finals series

	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	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	9.4	NBA Finals	25	35.2	15.6	3.7			6.0	17.4	34.6				3.5	4.6	75.0	39.9				879	389	93	236				74
4	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
5	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	8.7	NBA Finals	11	45.5	16.3	4.2	0.3	0.0	6.3	13.3	47.3				3.7	4.6	80.4	53.1	1.1	2.6		501	179	46	96	2	0		35
6	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
7	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	8.2	NBA Finals	17	44.6	18.9	7.5			7.6	14.1	53.8				3.7	5.1	72.4	57.7				759	321	128	139				55
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
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	Kevin Porter K. Porter	6.8	NBA Finals	4	40.8	15.5	2.0	1.5	0.0	7.3	13.0	55.8				1.0	3.0	33.3	54.1	0.8	1.3		163	62	8	27	6	0		19
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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1	Thunder - y	60	16	.789
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4	Nuggets	48	28	.632	12.0
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