most assists averaged in a finals series since the 80s

Since 1979-80, Magic Johnson has the most assists in the NBA Finals, with 584 assists.

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most assists by a player averaged in a finals series since the 80s

	NAME	AST	SERIES	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	584	NBA Finals	50	40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	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	102	16	190	147
2	LeBron James L. James	430	NBA Finals	55	42.5	28.4	10.2	7.8	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	93	46	217	130	-86
3	Draymond Green D. Green	219	NBA Finals	33	38.5	11.5	9.1	6.6	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	59	32	87	138	+140
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	209	NBA Finals	35	43.0	33.6	6.0	6.0	1.8	0.7	12.5	26.0	48.1	1.2	3.3	36.8	7.4	9.1	80.6	55.9	1.6	4.4	2.8	1,506	1,176	211	62	23	99	103	+45
5	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	207	NBA Finals	35	42.0	19.0	8.3	5.9	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	67	39	117	118	+38
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	204	NBA Finals	34	39.0	27.3	5.8	6.0	1.6	0.3	8.8	20.4	43.2	4.5	11.3	39.5	5.2	5.6	91.7	59.6	1.0	4.7	3.5	1,327	928	196	55	11	120	96	+138
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	187	NBA Finals	37	42.7	25.3	5.7	5.1	1.8	0.9	9.0	21.8	41.2	1.3	4.1	31.4	6.0	7.1	84.8	50.7	1.1	4.6	3.3	1,581	937	211	65	33	123	118	+36
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	187	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	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	63	24	91	80
9	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	178	NBA Finals	25	40.1	17.9	4.4	7.1	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	36	11	65	68
10	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	178	NBA Finals	46	30.6	10.3	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.9	8.7	44.7	0.8	2.0	38.0	1.8	2.2	80.6	53.5	0.8	2.2	1.3	1,406	474	135	59	20	60	159
11	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	150	NBA Finals	37	28.3	10.4	2.6	4.1	1.2	0.1	4.2	9.0	47.0	0.7	1.8	41.5	1.2	1.6	75.9	53.6	0.7	1.9	1.5	1,048	383	95	46	4	56	106
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	132	NBA Finals	45	34.9	21.8	7.7	2.9	0.9	2.2	8.9	17.3	51.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.7	69.6	55.0	2.3	5.5	2.7	1,569	981	348	41	101	121	165
13	Tony Parker T. Parker	130	NBA Finals	29	36.3	16.5	2.4	4.5	0.6	0.1	6.7	14.8	45.6	0.7	1.9	35.2	2.4	3.8	63.1	50.2	0.3	2.1	2.4	1,053	479	71	18	3	70	54	+50
14	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	127	NBA Finals	16	37.2	22.6	4.2	7.9	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	34	5	61	55
15	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	126	NBA Finals	19	31.0	10.7	5.2	6.6	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	26	5	38	36	+1
16	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	125	NBA Finals	29	38.8	23.9	5.7	4.3	1.8	1.0	8.7	18.2	47.6	0.5	1.6	31.1	6.0	8.1	74.8	54.8	1.6	4.2	2.9	1,125	693	166	53	30	85	75	-51
17	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	124	NBA Finals	16	41.1	15.4	5.8	7.8	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	23	9	51	28	-4
18	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	117	NBA Finals	16	36.7	14.8	2.7	7.3	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	38	2	40	36
19	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	116	NBA Finals	15	40.0	16.0	3.5	7.7	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	27	3	47	49
20	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	112	NBA Finals	36	27.0	8.5	4.0	3.1	0.9	0.7	3.4	6.9	49.0	1.1	3.2	36.0	0.6	1.5	37.0	55.9	1.0	3.0	0.9	973	305	143	31	25	33	75	+70
21	James Worthy J. Worthy	112	NBA Finals	34	39.6	22.2	5.0	3.3	1.0	0.6	9.2	17.3	53.3	0.1	0.4	20.0	3.6	5.3	68.3	56.4	1.9	3.1	2.0	1,346	754	171	34	20	68	88
22	Robert Horry R. Horry	109	NBA Finals	37	32.7	9.7	5.9	2.9	1.3	1.2	3.3	7.6	42.9	1.5	3.9	39.2	1.6	2.3	71.4	56.1	1.7	4.2	1.2	1,208	358	220	49	43	45	113	+116
23	John Stockton J. Stockton	105	NBA Finals	12	34.9	12.3	3.3	8.8	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	24	3	41	30	-55
24	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	103	NBA Finals	43	28.2	8.7	2.2	2.4	1.0	0.0	3.0	6.9	42.9	1.1	2.7	41.7	1.7	2.1	81.3	55.9	0.4	1.7	1.0	1,212	376	94	45	1	41	127	+110
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	103	NBA Finals	30	42.3	28.8	13.1	3.4	0.5	2.1	11.3	18.8	60.2	0.0	0.0		6.2	12.7	48.4	59.0	4.0	9.1	3.4	1,268	865	393	16	62	101	109	+34

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