most assists in single nba finals series by center

Bill Russell has the most career assists by a center in the NBA Finals, with 265 assists.

	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	Bill Russell B. Russell	265	NBA Finals	55	46.7	17.5	24.8	4.8			6.4	13.1	48.5				4.8	7.5	63.5	53.3				2,571	963	1,363				174
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	181	NBA Finals	56	37.2	23.5	9.1	3.2	0.9	2.2	9.7	18.6	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.0	55.6	2.4	5.9	2.7	2,082	1,317	507	45	116	121	196
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	134	NBA Finals	35	47.3	18.6	24.6	3.8			7.5	13.5	55.9				3.5	9.4	37.7	52.9				1,657	652	862				101
4	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
5	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	82	NBA Finals	20	41.3	11.4	14.1	4.1	0.9	0.5	4.7	10.0	47.2				2.0	3.3	59.1	49.8	3.7	9.2	1.3	825	227	282	14	8	15	68
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	58	NBA Finals	17	42.5	27.5	10.6	3.4	1.9	3.2	11.0	22.5	48.8	0.1	0.1	100.0	5.4	7.2	74.0	53.4	3.0	7.6	3.1	722	467	181	33	54	52	70
7	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	57	NBA Finals	18	41.1	17.3	10.4	3.2	0.7	1.7	6.2	11.8	52.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.8	6.8	71.3	58.5	3.2	7.3	1.7	739	311	188	12	30	31	56	+28
8	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	52	NBA Finals	13	43.0	21.7	12.8	4.0	1.2	0.3	9.2	19.5	47.0				3.4	4.6	73.3	50.5	3.5	9.3		559	282	167	15	4		62
9	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	45	NBA Finals	10	32.5	14.2	7.2	4.5			6.3	13.4	47.0				1.6	2.0	80.0	49.7				325	142	72				35
10	Bill Walton B. Walton	42	NBA Finals	17	21.6	9.7	9.4	2.5	0.5	1.6	4.4	7.6	56.9	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.4	73.9	58.9	2.2	7.2	1.0	367	165	159	9	27	11	48
11	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
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	36	NBA Finals	5	41.1	30.2	14.0	7.2	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	4	7	17	17	+39
13	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	35	NBA Finals	16	35.6	17.6	11.3	2.2	0.8	1.4	6.8	13.6	49.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.1	5.7	72.5	54.6	3.4	7.9	2.4	569	282	181	13	23	39	41	+99
14	Clyde Lovellette C. Lovellette	34	NBA Finals	16	20.8	11.2	5.9	2.1			4.6	13.2	35.1				1.9	2.4	81.6	39.3				333	179	95				54
15	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	31	NBA Finals	17	25.8	6.4	4.0	1.8	0.5	0.3	2.8	6.4	44.4	0.0	0.0		0.7	1.3	54.5	45.9	1.1	2.9	1.2	439	108	68	9	5	20	50
16	Darrall Imhoff D. Imhoff	31	NBA Finals	18	18.8	4.0	6.3	1.7			1.4	3.6	38.5				1.2	1.9	62.9	44.8				339	72	114				50
17	Al Horford A. Horford	30	NBA Finals	11	30.9	10.0	7.5	2.7	0.9	0.6	3.5	6.2	57.4	2.1	3.7	56.1	0.8	1.3	64.3	74.2	1.4	6.1	1.2	340	110	82	10	7	13	21	-19
18	Willis Reed W. Reed	30	NBA Finals	11	34.2	20.0	9.9	2.7			8.7	17.9	48.7				2.5	3.9	65.1	50.9				376	220	109				37
19	Luc Longley L. Longley	29	NBA Finals	18	23.9	7.8	4.2	1.6	0.7	1.1	3.3	5.9	55.1	0.0	0.0		1.3	1.9	65.7	57.6	1.7	2.5	2.1	431	141	75	12	19	37	64	+19
20	Alvan Adams A. Adams	28	NBA Finals	6	38.7	23.0	10.2	4.7	1.3	0.8	9.8	20.2	48.8				3.3	4.2	80.0	52.3	2.8	7.3		232	138	61	8	5		22
21	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	26	NBA Finals	9	38.1	18.9	9.7	2.9	0.2	0.8	7.6	15.8	47.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.8	5.0	75.6	52.5	2.6	7.1	2.2	343	170	87	2	7	20	24	-58
22	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	22	NBA Finals	11	29.9	8.9	7.5	2.0	0.5	0.6	3.5	8.3	42.9	0.4	0.8	44.4	1.5	1.5	94.1	49.8	1.4	6.2	1.0	329	98	83	5	7	11	40
23	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	20	NBA Finals	22	31.7	8.5	9.0	0.9	0.4	0.8	3.5	6.3	55.4	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.7	55.9	56.7	3.7	5.4	0.7	698	187	199	9	18	16	54	-101
24	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	20	NBA Finals	12	35.2	12.8	7.3	1.7	1.4	1.0	5.3	10.8	49.6	0.4	1.6	26.3	1.7	2.2	76.9	54.5	1.9	5.4	0.9	422	153	88	17	12	11	31	-87
25	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	20	NBA Finals	18	30.0	6.9	8.4	1.1	0.5	2.3	2.7	6.0	45.4	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.2	69.2	49.9	1.9	6.5	1.0	540	125	151	9	42	12	76

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