Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Magic Johnson had the most assists in the NBA Finals, with 522 assists.

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most assists by a player in 1980s finals

	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	522	NBA Finals	45	40.4	19.5	7.9	11.6	2.1	0.4	7.0	13.3	52.4	0.1	0.5	20.8	5.4	6.3	86.3	60.6	1.8	6.1	3.7	1,816	878	357	96	16	168	137
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	120	NBA Finals	25	29.9	10.8	2.6	4.8	1.6	0.1	4.6	9.6	47.7	0.6	1.4	41.7	1.1	1.4	77.1	53.1	0.6	2.0	1.7	748	270	65	39	3	42	76
7	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
8	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
9	James Worthy J. Worthy	104	NBA Finals	30	39.4	22.6	5.3	3.5	1.0	0.7	9.3	17.2	54.1	0.1	0.3	22.2	3.9	5.7	68.4	57.3	2.1	3.2	2.0	1,182	677	159	30	20	61	82
10	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	92	NBA Finals	11	36.6	20.3	3.7	8.4	2.4	0.3	7.4	16.5	44.8	0.6	2.1	30.4	4.9	6.1	80.6	53.0	0.6	3.1	3.3	403	223	41	26	3	36	36
11	Robert Reid R. Reid	71	NBA Finals	12	40.4	14.5	5.9	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	20	5	23	41
12	Andrew Toney A. Toney	70	NBA Finals	10	37.4	24.4	2.5	7.0	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	12	1	37	34
13	Julius Erving J. Erving	70	NBA Finals	16	39.2	23.7	7.8	4.4	1.8	2.1	9.1	17.6	51.8	0.1	0.4	14.3	5.4	7.4	72.9	56.8	2.4	5.4	2.8	627	379	125	28	33	45	39
14	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	65	NBA Finals	9	27.8	9.7	2.8	7.2	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	19	2	21	22
15	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	56	NBA Finals	11	34.5	18.5	2.1	5.1	0.5	0.1	7.1	13.1	54.2	0.1	0.4	25.0	4.2	4.7	88.5	60.8	0.6	1.5	1.4	380	203	23	6	1	15	19
16	Byron Scott B. Scott	46	NBA Finals	26	29.8	12.0	3.2	1.8	1.2	0.2	4.9	10.8	45.6	0.3	1.3	25.7	1.8	2.4	75.8	50.6	0.9	2.3	1.3	775	312	82	32	5	35	66
17	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	46	NBA Finals	23	32.3	15.3	5.1	2.0	1.0	0.3	6.7	14.9	45.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.4	75.0	48.0	2.7	2.4	2.0	742	352	117	24	6	45	73
18	Kevin McHale K. McHale	43	NBA Finals	31	32.5	17.9	7.4	1.4	0.3	1.4	6.8	12.5	54.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	5.7	76.8	59.9	2.7	4.7	2.3	1,009	556	230	10	44	70	95
19	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	41	NBA Finals	18	29.1	11.7	5.6	2.3	0.6	0.4	3.7	7.1	52.3	0.0	0.0		4.2	5.2	80.9	62.0	2.9	2.7	1.9	523	210	101	11	8	34	49
20	Robert Parish R. Parish	40	NBA Finals	31	32.9	15.4	8.4	1.3	1.0	1.7	6.3	13.1	48.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.7	4.4	63.0	51.2	2.8	5.6	2.1	1,020	477	260	32	54	65	108
21	Bobby Jones B. Jones	39	NBA Finals	16	28.4	11.4	5.6	2.4	1.0	1.6	4.8	8.9	53.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.4	74.4	57.1	2.0	3.6	1.5	454	183	90	16	26	24	52
22	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	38	NBA Finals	13	21.1	9.9	2.2	2.9	1.1	0.2	4.3	8.8	48.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.3	1.8	70.8	51.4	1.2	1.0	1.4	274	129	28	14	2	18	28
23	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	35	NBA Finals	11	13.2	5.4	1.1	3.2	0.6	0.3	2.1	6.1	34.3	0.4	0.7	50.0	0.8	1.1	75.0	40.8	0.4	0.7	0.7	145	59	12	7	3	8	13
24	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	33	NBA Finals	6	33.8	10.3	1.2	5.5	0.7	0.0	4.0	11.0	36.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.7	87.5	42.4	0.2	1.0	2.7	203	62	7	4	0	16	11
25	Vinnie Johnson V. Johnson	32	NBA Finals	11	23.5	13.2	3.5	2.9	0.5	0.2	5.8	12.2	47.8	0.2	1.0	18.2	1.4	2.6	51.7	49.4	1.4	2.2	0.7	259	145	39	5	2	8	25

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