most assists per game by a small forward in nba finals

LeBron James has the most career assists per game by a small forward in the NBA Finals, with 8.4 per game.

	NAME	APG	SERIES	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	8.4	NBA Finals	43	42.9	28.9	10.4	1.6	0.9	10.9	22.7	48.1	1.7	5.3	33.2	5.4	7.5	71.7	55.7	1.9	8.4	4.2	1,847	1,244	446	361	67	38	180	110	-39
2	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	8.3	NBA Finals	11	42.1	24.1	6.6	1.6	0.7	8.3	17.1	48.4	1.0	2.9	34.4	6.5	7.6	85.7	58.9	2.2	4.5	2.2	464	265	73	91	18	8	24	14	-58
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	7.1	NBA Finals	11	40.5	21.8	7.3	1.1	0.6	7.5	19.8	37.6	2.7	7.5	36.6	4.2	5.4	78.0	49.2	0.8	6.5	3.5	446	240	80	78	12	7	39	26	-15
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	6.0	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	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	187	63	24	91	80
5	Robert Reid R. Reid	5.9	NBA Finals	12	40.4	14.5	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	71	20	5	23	41
6	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	5.9	NBA Finals	35	42.0	19.0	8.3	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	207	67	39	117	118	+38
7	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	5.3	NBA Finals	6	42.4	24.0	6.3	1.5	0.0	9.3	20.8	44.8	2.7	7.5	35.6	2.7	3.0	88.9	54.2	0.3	6.0	3.2	255	144	38	32	9	0	19	14	+7
8	Julius Erving J. Erving	4.5	NBA Finals	22	39.8	25.5	7.5	2.0	1.8	9.8	18.7	52.6	0.1	0.4	14.3	5.8	7.6	76.6	57.9	2.2	5.3	2.8	875	561	166	100	44	40	45	56
9	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	4.5	NBA Finals	13	39.3	19.8	4.9	0.9	0.6	6.2	14.3	43.5	1.5	3.7	39.6	5.8	6.9	84.4	57.0	0.5	4.4	3.1	511	257	64	59	12	8	40	49	+21
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	4.5	NBA Finals	15	39.3	30.3	7.7	1.0	1.5	10.7	19.5	54.6	2.9	6.4	44.8	6.1	6.7	91.1	67.4	1.0	6.7	2.7	589	455	116	68	15	23	40	47	+105
11	John Johnson J. Johnson	4.4	NBA Finals	12	33.4	9.3	6.3	0.8	0.2	4.0	10.0	40.0				1.3	1.9	69.6	43.0	2.1	4.3	2.2	401	112	76	53	10	2	26	38
12	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	4.3	NBA Finals	11	38.7	22.3	6.5	1.2	0.5	7.9	18.2	43.5	2.2	7.4	29.6	4.3	5.5	77.0	54.0	1.4	5.1	3.1	426	245	71	47	13	6	34	31	+15
13	Rick Barry R. Barry	4.0	NBA Finals	10	43.2	36.3	6.9	3.5	0.8	13.8	33.4	41.3				8.7	10.4	83.7	47.8	1.0	3.0		432	363	69	40	14	3		37
14	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	3.9	NBA Finals	40	42.0	26.8	13.7			10.2	23.3	43.8				6.4	8.3	76.5	49.6				1,681	1,070	546	154				122
15	Hedo Turkoglu H. Turkoglu	3.8	NBA Finals	5	41.1	18.0	4.6	0.8	0.4	6.0	12.2	49.2	1.4	3.2	43.8	4.6	6.2	74.2	60.3	0.2	4.4	2.6	206	90	23	19	4	2	13	19	-31
16	Robert Horry R. Horry	3.7	NBA Finals	11	41.1	13.0	7.5	1.9	1.2	4.3	11.5	37.0	2.0	5.9	33.8	2.5	3.8	64.3	49.1	2.1	5.5	1.4	452	143	83	41	21	13	15	33
17	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	3.6	NBA Finals	34	36.6	19.4	6.5	1.2	0.2	7.6	18.4	41.2				4.2	5.1	83.7	47.0	1.7	5.0		1,245	658	221	124	15	3		104
18	James Worthy J. Worthy	3.6	NBA Finals	27	39.7	22.2	5.2	0.9	0.7	9.1	17.9	51.0	0.1	0.5	21.4	3.8	5.5	68.9	54.5	1.9	3.3	1.9	1,072	599	140	96	24	18	52	63
19	Bob Gross B. Gross	3.5	NBA Finals	6	27.7	17.3	5.7	1.8	0.3	7.7	11.5	66.7				2.0	2.3	85.7	69.2	3.3	2.3		166	104	34	21	11	2		26
20	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	3.5	NBA Finals	23	41.9	19.6	7.5	1.0	1.1	8.2	18.1	45.1				3.2	4.4	73.3	48.8	2.1	4.9	3.4	964	450	173	80	19	20	41	95
21	Rodney McCray R. McCray	3.4	NBA Finals	7	34.4	13.1	3.6	1.0	0.7	5.7	9.7	58.8	0.0	0.0		1.7	2.4	70.6	60.9	1.1	2.4	2.1	241	92	25	24	7	5	15	14
22	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	3.4	NBA Finals	12	39.3	26.0	10.8			9.8	21.2	46.1				6.5	7.4	87.6	53.2				472	312	130	41				46
23	Chet Walker C. Walker	3.3	NBA Finals	6	34.8	23.3	8.8			7.7	17.0	45.1				8.0	10.3	77.4	54.1				209	140	53	20				23
24	Andre Iguodala A. Iguodala	3.1	NBA Finals	36	27.0	8.5	4.0	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	112	31	25	33	75	+70
25	Bill Bradley B. Bradley	3.1	NBA Finals	17	38.2	16.2	3.8			7.0	16.0	43.8				2.2	2.6	86.4	47.4				649	276	65	52				62

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

Mitchell

RPG

8.1

Mobley

APG

5.5

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

Mon 25 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.5

Wembanyama

1.8

Thompson

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

Nnaji

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

121.5

119.3

115.1

113.7

111.7

111.5

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

105.4

106.9

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

16.1

8.2

7.4

3.0

1.7

-1.7

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

1,085.5

Wembanyama

757.7

Castle

755.7

Towns

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

1,069.8

Wembanyama

795.8

Castle

780.8

Towns

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.66

Beringer

1.53

Reed

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.58

Beringer

1.55

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-43

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

56-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0