most assists per game in the finals by a forward

Jimmy Butler III has averaged the most career assists per game by a forward in the NBA Finals, with 8.3 per game.

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Data note: Assists Per Game: player game data complete from 1959-60 · postseason

	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	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
2	LeBron James L. James	7.8	NBA Finals	55	42.5	28.4	10.2	1.7	0.8	10.7	22.1	48.4	1.8	5.2	35.2	5.2	7.1	73.1	56.3	1.9	8.3	3.9	2,337	1,562	561	430	93	46	217	130	-86
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	Draymond Green D. Green	6.6	NBA Finals	33	38.5	11.5	9.1	1.8	1.0	4.0	9.7	41.4	1.1	3.8	28.0	2.5	3.3	74.5	51.9	1.5	7.6	2.6	1,269	381	300	219	59	32	87	138	+140
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	5.5	NBA Finals	6	46.2	27.3	13.0	1.2	0.5	10.0	21.0	47.6	0.3	1.3	25.0	7.0	9.3	75.0	54.4	3.7	9.3	1.7	277	164	78	33	7	3	10	20
9	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
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	5.0	NBA Finals	6	39.8	35.2	13.2	1.2	1.8	12.7	20.5	61.8	0.5	2.5	20.0	9.3	14.2	65.9	65.8	4.0	9.2	2.3	239	211	79	30	7	11	14	18	+30
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	3.7	NBA Finals	13	36.5	19.5	7.6	1.1	1.0	7.2	14.9	47.9	1.2	3.8	30.6	4.1	5.2	77.9	56.7	2.2	5.5	1.6	474	254	99	48	14	13	21	29	+18
20	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
21	Boris Diaw B. Diaw	3.5	NBA Finals	11	24.6	5.0	5.3	0.4	0.2	1.8	4.5	40.8	0.5	1.2	38.5	0.9	1.5	62.5	49.1	1.3	4.0	1.2	270	55	58	39	4	2	13	13	+63
22	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
23	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	3.5	NBA Finals	6	35.5	19.7	10.7	1.8	0.7	7.2	16.3	43.9				5.3	7.5	71.1	50.1	2.5	8.2		213	118	64	21	11	4		27
24	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
25	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

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PPG

27.7

Antetokounmpo

RPG

12.6

Antetokounmpo

APG

8.5

Mitchell

Team Rankings

ORTG

111.8

20th

DRTG

115.9

22nd

NETRTG

-4.1

19th

3P%

33.6

23rd

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Knicks	6	5	.545	3.5
6	Cavaliers	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Heat	5	6	.455	4.5
8	Raptors	5	7	.417	5.0
9	Magic	4	7	.364	5.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 11/13	CLE	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	DET	@	MIA	8:00 PM
Mon 11/16	HOU	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Wed 11/18	MIL	@	MIA	7:00 PM
Sun 11/22	OKC	@	MIA	6:00 PM

Last Game

Heat

5 - 6

115

Final

109

Jazz

1 - 10

Tue 10 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.6

Dončić

30.3

Wembanyama

29.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG Leaders

13.5

Towns

13.3

Sabonis

12.6

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.0

Jokić

8.8

Young

8.5

Mitchell

SPG Leaders

3.0

Daniels

2.3

Dunn

2.2

Flagg

BPG Leaders

4.4

Wembanyama

2.4

Turner

2.2

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.5

Dončić

4.3

Curry

4.1

Robinson

TS% Leaders

72.6

Gafford

71.9

Curry

71.3

Spencer

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.7

120.4

120.0

119.3

119.2

DRtg Rankings

104.8

107.6

107.9

108.6

108.8

109.0

NetRtg Rankings

13.3

11.7

11.2

9.2

8.0

7.9

Tank Leaderboard

1-11

1-10

1-9

2-8

3-8

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

759

Wembanyama

685.6

Dončić

583.3

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

734.5

Wembanyama

723.3

Dončić

610.3

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.1

Dončić

36.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

35.9

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.4

Acuff

36.8

Wagner

36.4

Murray

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.11

Wembanyama

1.74

Dončić

1.62

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.04

Wembanyama

1.83

Dončić

1.70

Antetokounmpo

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11-1

9-3

9-4

8-4

7-4

Worst Record ATS

2-10

2-9

3-8

4-8

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	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	10	2	.833
2	76ers	10	3	.769	0.5
3	Pistons	8	3	.727	1.5
4	Hawks	7	5	.583	3.0
5	Knicks	6	5	.545	3.5
6	Cavaliers	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Heat	5	6	.455	4.5
8	Raptors	5	7	.417	5.0
9	Magic	4	7	.364	5.5
10	Hornets	4	8	.333	6.0
11	Pacers	4	8	.333	6.0
12	Wizards	4	9	.308	6.5
13	Nets	3	8	.273	6.5
14	Bulls	1	9	.100	8.0
15	Bucks	1	11	.083	9.0

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1	Lakers	11	2	.846
2	Spurs	10	2	.833	0.5
3	Timberwolves	9	3	.750	1.5
4	Rockets	9	3	.750	1.5
5	Trail Blazers	8	3	.727	2.0
6	Warriors	8	4	.667	2.5
7	Thunder	8	4	.667	2.5
8	Grizzlies	7	4	.636	3.0
9	Nuggets	6	4	.600	3.5
10	Mavericks	7	5	.583	3.5
11	Suns	5	6	.455	5.0
12	Pelicans	4	8	.333	6.5
13	Clippers	2	8	.200	7.5
14	Kings	1	10	.091	9.0
15	Jazz	1	11	.083	9.5