Magic Johnson had the most assists in the 1991 playoffs, with 240 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in NBA post season 1991

	NAME	AST	SEASON	TM	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	240	1990-91	LAL	19	43.3	21.8	8.1	12.6	1.2	0.0	6.2	14.1	44.0	1.1	3.7	29.6	8.3	9.4	88.2	59.8	1.2	6.9	4.1	823	414	154	23	0	77	43
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	142	1990-91	CHI	17	40.5	31.1	6.4	8.4	2.4	1.4	11.6	22.1	52.4	0.6	1.5	38.5	7.4	8.7	84.5	60.0	1.1	5.3	2.5	689	529	108	40	23	43	53
3	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	129	1990-91	POR	16	39.6	21.7	8.1	8.1	2.1	1.0	8.0	16.8	47.6	0.9	3.5	26.8	4.8	6.1	77.6	55.6	2.5	5.6	3.8	633	347	129	34	16	61	56
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	124	1990-91	UTA	9	41.4	18.2	4.7	13.8	2.2	0.2	6.4	12.0	53.7	1.2	3.0	40.7	4.1	4.9	84.1	64.4	1.1	3.6	3.6	373	164	42	20	2	32	33
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	111	1990-91	DET	13	33.5	13.5	4.2	8.5	1.0	0.2	4.6	11.5	40.3	0.5	1.7	27.3	3.8	5.3	72.5	49.1	1.0	3.2	3.2	436	176	54	13	2	41	41
6	Terry Porter T. Porter	105	1990-91	POR	16	37.2	18.1	2.8	6.6	1.5	0.1	6.4	12.8	50.0	1.1	2.9	36.2	4.3	4.9	86.1	60.5	0.5	2.3	2.0	595	289	44	24	1	32	32
7	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	101	1990-91	GSW	9	44.0	25.2	3.7	11.2	3.1	0.8	10.0	20.6	48.6	1.9	5.3	35.4	3.3	4.2	78.9	56.3	0.6	3.1	2.8	396	227	33	28	7	25	22
8	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	99	1990-91	CHI	17	41.4	21.6	8.9	5.8	2.5	1.1	8.4	16.6	50.4	0.2	1.0	23.5	4.7	5.9	79.2	56.4	2.2	6.7	3.2	704	368	151	42	19	55	58
9	James Worthy J. Worthy	70	1990-91	LAL	18	40.7	21.1	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	8.9	19.2	46.5	0.2	1.3	16.7	2.9	4.0	73.6	50.2	1.4	2.7	2.2	733	379	73	19	2	40	34
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	65	1990-91	BOS	10	39.6	17.1	7.2	6.5	1.3	0.3	6.2	15.2	40.8	0.3	2.1	14.3	4.4	5.1	86.3	49.0	0.8	6.4	1.9	396	171	72	13	3	19	28
11	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	62	1990-91	DET	15	39.2	20.6	3.3	4.1	1.1	0.1	7.0	16.3	42.9	1.1	2.8	40.5	5.5	6.5	84.5	53.7	1.4	1.9	1.1	588	309	50	16	1	17	33
12	John Paxson J. Paxson	53	1990-91	CHI	17	28.6	8.2	1.4	3.1	0.6	0.0	3.6	6.9	53.0	0.1	0.8	14.3	0.8	0.8	100.0	56.8	0.1	1.2	0.4	487	140	23	11	0	6	32
13	Brian Shaw B. Shaw	51	1990-91	BOS	11	28.7	11.0	3.5	4.6	0.9	0.1	4.3	9.1	47.0	0.1	0.3	33.3	2.4	2.7	86.7	53.4	0.7	2.7	2.3	316	121	38	10	1	25	34
14	Jerome Kersey J. Kersey	49	1990-91	POR	16	36.8	17.9	6.9	3.1	1.8	0.4	6.6	14.1	46.5	0.0	0.0		4.8	6.3	75.2	52.9	3.3	3.7	1.1	588	286	111	28	7	17	68
15	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	48	1990-91	PHI	8	40.8	24.9	10.5	6.0	1.9	0.4	9.3	15.6	59.2	0.3	2.5	10.0	6.1	9.4	65.3	63.0	3.9	6.6	3.1	326	199	84	15	3	25	23
16	B.J. Armstrong	43	1990-91	CHI	17	16.1	5.5	1.6	2.5	1.1	0.1	2.1	4.1	50.0	0.2	0.3	60.0	1.2	1.5	80.0	57.4	0.3	1.3	0.8	273	93	27	19	1	13	13
17	Vinnie Johnson V. Johnson	43	1990-91	DET	15	29.2	15.2	5.1	2.9	0.7	0.3	6.8	14.7	46.4	0.1	0.9	15.4	1.5	2.1	71.0	48.8	2.5	2.6	1.1	438	228	76	11	4	17	33
18	Micheal Williams M. Williams	42	1990-91	IND	5	36.6	20.6	3.2	8.4	2.8	0.0	6.0	13.0	46.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	8.6	9.6	89.6	59.8	1.4	1.8	2.4	183	103	16	14	0	12	23
19	Dee Brown D. Brown	41	1990-91	BOS	11	25.8	12.2	4.1	3.7	1.0	0.5	4.8	9.8	49.1	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.5	3.1	82.4	54.5	0.8	3.3	2.0	284	134	45	11	6	22	32
20	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	39	1990-91	PHX	4	36.5	12.8	3.3	9.8	0.5	0.3	4.0	13.3	30.2	0.3	1.8	14.3	4.5	7.5	60.0	38.5	0.5	2.8	3.0	146	51	13	2	1	12	9
21	Horace Grant H. Grant	38	1990-91	CHI	17	39.2	13.3	8.1	2.2	0.9	0.4	5.4	9.2	58.3	0.0	0.0		2.6	3.5	73.3	62.0	3.3	4.8	1.2	666	226	138	15	6	20	45
22	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	35	1990-91	SAS	4	42.0	18.8	5.3	8.8	2.3	0.0	7.3	16.8	43.3	0.0	1.5	0.0	4.3	5.3	81.0	49.2	1.3	4.0	3.3	168	75	21	9	0	13	14
23	Andre Turner A. Turner	35	1990-91	PHI	8	23.6	7.3	1.6	4.4	1.4	0.0	2.6	6.0	43.8	0.4	1.1	33.3	1.6	2.0	81.3	52.7	0.3	1.4	1.0	189	58	13	11	0	8	12
24	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	33	1990-91	LAL	19	39.6	17.7	8.3	1.7	0.8	1.4	6.4	11.6	54.8	0.6	1.6	36.7	4.4	5.7	76.1	62.5	2.2	6.1	1.9	752	336	157	15	27	37	69
25	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	32	1990-91	CHI	17	30.1	9.5	4.7	1.9	0.5	0.4	4.1	7.9	51.9	0.0	0.0		1.3	1.9	68.8	54.3	1.5	3.2	1.2	511	162	80	9	7	21	55