most assists in an nba finals game 1 debut

Magic Johnson has the most career assists in the NBA Finals, with 100 assists.

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most assists by a player in an NBA finals game 1 debut
NAMEASTSERIESGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
100
NBA Finals
9
40.8
19.4
7.8
11.1
2.2
0.1
7.3
12.8
57.4
0.4
0.8
57.1
4.3
4.8
90.7
65.3
1.9
5.9
3.1
367
175
70
20
1
28
24
2LeBron James
L. James
66
NBA Finals
10
42.0
28.2
10.5
6.6
1.3
0.5
10.4
21.7
47.9
2.1
5.1
41.2
5.3
6.8
77.9
57.1
1.9
8.6
4.0
420
282
105
13
5
40
20
-47
3Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
45
NBA Finals
6
39.8
16.3
4.8
7.5
2.2
0.8
6.0
14.7
40.9
0.3
1.3
20.0
4.2
6.0
69.4
47.2
1.2
3.7
2.7
239
98
29
13
5
16
15
4Stephen Curry
S. Curry
43
NBA Finals
6
39.7
27.0
5.2
7.2
1.7
0.0
9.3
20.5
45.5
4.5
9.8
45.8
3.8
4.0
95.8
60.6
0.5
4.7
3.0
238
162
31
10
0
18
14
+15
5Bill Russell
B. Russell
43
NBA Finals
9
42.6
17.4
26.4
4.8
6.8
14.2
47.7
3.9
6.6
59.3
51.0
383
157
238
30
6Larry Bird
L. Bird
42
NBA Finals
5
40.6
22.8
11.2
8.4
2.4
0.0
9.2
18.2
50.5
0.4
1.0
40.0
4.0
4.6
87.0
56.4
2.8
8.4
3.6
203
114
56
12
0
18
10
7Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
40
NBA Finals
7
42.7
24.3
4.4
5.7
1.6
1.6
9.1
22.9
40.0
0.3
2.3
12.5
5.7
6.0
95.2
47.6
0.6
3.9
3.4
299
170
31
11
11
24
20
+22
8Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
40
NBA Finals
6
40.8
33.0
5.3
6.7
2.0
0.8
13.2
25.5
51.6
1.5
3.0
50.0
5.2
6.5
79.5
58.2
1.3
4.0
1.5
245
198
32
12
5
9
17
+4
9Jerry West
J. West
39
NBA Finals
9
41.9
28.9
4.0
4.3
10.0
25.2
39.6
8.9
10.3
86.0
48.5
377
260
36
30
10Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
37
NBA Finals
4
28.3
13.8
2.0
9.3
6.3
16.8
37.3
1.3
1.8
71.4
39.2
113
55
8
9
11Sam Jones
S. Jones
37
NBA Finals
9
34.4
22.0
7.4
4.1
8.9
19.8
44.9
4.2
4.8
88.4
50.3
310
198
67
20
12Draymond Green
D. Green
36
NBA Finals
6
40.1
10.7
10.0
6.0
2.7
0.7
3.5
11.0
31.8
0.8
4.2
20.0
2.8
3.5
81.0
42.5
1.2
8.8
2.8
241
64
60
16
4
17
25
+34
13John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
31
NBA Finals
8
33.8
21.9
6.9
3.9
0.5
0.5
9.0
16.9
53.3
3.9
4.0
96.9
58.7
0.5
6.5
270
175
55
1
1
21
14K.C. Jones
K.C. Jones
31
NBA Finals
7
23.4
8.0
2.1
4.4
3.6
6.9
52.1
0.9
1.7
50.0
52.6
164
56
15
22
15Tony Parker
T. Parker
29
NBA Finals
5
39.0
19.6
2.2
5.8
1.0
0.0
8.4
17.4
48.3
0.6
1.0
60.0
2.2
3.6
61.1
51.6
0.4
1.8
2.8
195
98
11
5
0
14
4
+56
16Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
27
NBA Finals
3
36.7
25.3
3.3
9.0
1.7
0.3
9.3
19.7
47.5
1.7
2.7
62.5
5.0
5.7
88.2
57.2
0.7
2.7
2.7
110
76
10
5
1
8
7
17Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
27
NBA Finals
6
46.8
15.7
23.7
4.5
6.5
12.5
52.0
2.7
7.8
34.0
49.1
281
94
142
19
18Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
26
NBA Finals
3
41.1
14.0
7.3
8.7
1.7
0.7
6.0
17.0
35.3
1.7
5.0
33.3
0.3
1.0
33.3
40.1
2.0
5.3
2.3
123
42
22
5
2
7
2
-16
19Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
26
NBA Finals
6
40.7
23.2
8.2
4.3
2.0
1.8
8.3
17.7
47.2
1.2
4.5
25.9
5.3
7.0
76.2
55.8
2.7
5.5
3.0
244
139
49
12
11
18
16
0
20Andre Iguodala
A. Iguodala
25
NBA Finals
6
26.4
9.0
4.0
4.2
0.7
0.8
3.8
6.5
59.0
1.2
2.5
46.7
0.2
0.7
25.0
66.2
1.3
2.7
0.8
158
54
24
4
5
5
15
+4
21Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
25
NBA Finals
6
43.9
33.3
14.8
4.2
0.3
1.8
13.5
20.7
65.3
0.0
0.0
6.3
13.2
48.1
63.0
4.2
10.7
4.3
263
200
89
2
11
26
20
-3
22Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
25
NBA Finals
10
33.0
21.6
8.1
2.5
0.7
2.6
9.0
15.9
56.6
0.0
0.0
3.6
4.3
83.7
60.7
1.4
5.7
2.1
330
216
81
6
23
17
33
23Walt Frazier
W. Frazier
25
NBA Finals
3
39.3
10.7
7.3
8.3
4.7
10.7
43.8
1.3
2.3
57.1
45.6
118
32
22
10
24Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
24
NBA Finals
5
38.5
21.0
5.0
4.8
1.4
0.6
8.4
19.2
43.8
0.6
2.2
27.3
3.6
5.2
69.2
48.9
2.2
2.8
2.8
192
105
25
7
3
14
12
-30
25Robert Horry
R. Horry
23
NBA Finals
7
32.7
7.4
5.0
3.3
2.1
1.6
2.7
7.6
35.8
1.4
4.0
35.7
0.6
1.4
40.0
45.3
1.1
3.9
0.9
229
52
35
15
11
6
20
+34
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