most finals assists by a rookie in a game 6

Magic Johnson has the most assists by a rookie in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, with 7 assists against the 76ers on May 16, 1980.

NAME AST DATE SEASON SERIES TM OPP MIN PTS REB STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
7
5/16/1980
1979-80
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
47
42
15
3
1
14
23
60.9
0
1
0.0
14
14
100.0
72.0
3
12
5
3
2 Greg Ballard
G. Ballard
6
6/4/1978
1977-78
NBA Finals
WAS WAS
vs
SEA SEA
27
12
12
3
0
4
8
50.0
4
4
100.0
61.5
2
10
3
2
3 Alvan Adams
A. Adams
6
6/6/1976
1975-76
NBA Finals
PHX PHX
vs
BOS BOS
42
20
9
1
0
7
16
43.8
6
8
75.0
51.2
1
8
3
4 Dick Garrett
D. Garrett
6
5/6/1970
1969-70
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
vs
NYK NYK
38
18
1
9
11
81.8
0
0
81.8
2
5 Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
6
4/26/1966
1965-66
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
41
28
4
13
22
59.1
2
7
28.6
55.8
4
6 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
5
4/24/1963
1962-63
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
@
LAL LAL
28
18
2
8
20
40.0
2
3
66.7
42.2
2
7 Johnny Macknowski
J. Macknowski
5
4/23/1950
1949-50
NBA Finals
SYR SYR
@
MIN MIN
17
6
16
37.5
5
8
62.5
43.5
5
8 Ajay Mitchell
A. Mitchell
4
6/19/2025
2024-25
NBA Finals
OKC OKC
@
IND IND
12
2
1
0
0
1
4
25.0
0
1
0.0
0
0
25.0
0
1
2
0
+13
9 Tyler Herro
T. Herro
4
10/11/2020
2019-20
NBA Finals
MIA MIA
vs
LAL LAL
30
7
3
1
0
3
10
30.0
1
2
50.0
0
0
35.0
0
3
4
1
+4
10 Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
4
4/11/1957
1956-57
NBA Finals
STL STL
vs
BOS BOS
31
16
20
7
14
50.0
2
3
66.7
52.2
5
11 Nathaniel Clifton
N. Clifton
4
4/18/1951
1950-51
NBA Finals
NYK NYK
vs
ROC ROC
2
6
1
5
20.0
0
1
0.0
18.4
5
12 Bill Gabor
B. Gabor
4
4/23/1950
1949-50
NBA Finals
SYR SYR
@
MIN MIN
14
4
15
26.7
6
6
100.0
39.7
6
13 Johnny Davis
J. Davis
3
6/5/1977
1976-77
NBA Finals
POR POR
vs
PHI PHI
39
13
3
0
0
4
8
50.0
5
6
83.3
61.1
1
2
2
14 Byron Scott
B. Scott
2
6/10/1984
1983-84
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
17
11
2
2
0
5
10
50.0
1
1
100.0
0
0
55.0
0
2
0
2
15 Ricky Sobers
R. Sobers
2
6/6/1976
1975-76
NBA Finals
PHX PHX
vs
BOS BOS
41
19
6
0
0
7
20
35.0
5
6
83.3
42.0
1
5
2
16 Gene Guarilia
G. Guarilia
2
4/7/1960
1959-60
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
@
STL STL
10
1
2
0
2
0.0
1
1
100.0
20.5
2
17 Al Cervi
A. Cervi
2
4/23/1950
1949-50
NBA Finals
SYR SYR
@
MIN MIN
3
1
3
33.3
1
1
100.0
43.6
0
18 Bud Grant
B. Grant
2
4/23/1950
1949-50
NBA Finals
MIN MIN
vs
SYR SYR
6
3
7
42.9
0
0
42.9
4
19 Bob Harrison
B. Harrison
2
4/23/1950
1949-50
NBA Finals
MIN MIN
vs
SYR SYR
5
2
4
50.0
1
1
100.0
56.3
6
20 Slater Martin
S. Martin
2
4/23/1950
1949-50
NBA Finals
MIN MIN
vs
SYR SYR
9
4
4
100.0
1
1
100.0
101.4
5
21 George Ratkovicz
G. Ratkovicz
2
4/23/1950
1949-50
NBA Finals
SYR SYR
@
MIN MIN
11
3
15
20.0
5
11
45.5
27.7
3
22 Dolph Schayes
D. Schayes
2
4/23/1950
1949-50
NBA Finals
SYR SYR
@
MIN MIN
23
6
13
46.2
11
15
73.3
58.7
5
23 Paul Hoffman
P. Hoffman
2
4/21/1948
1947-48
NBA Finals
BAL BAL
vs
PHI PHI
15
5
15
33.3
5
8
62.5
40.5
4
24 Dillon Jones
D. Jones
1
6/19/2025
2024-25
NBA Finals
OKC OKC
@
IND IND
7
4
2
0
0
2
2
100.0
0
0
0
0
100.0
1
1
1
1
+9
25 Kendrick Nunn
K. Nunn
1
10/11/2020
2019-20
NBA Finals
MIA MIA
vs
LAL LAL
13
8
3
0
0
3
8
37.5
2
4
50.0
0
0
50.0
0
3
2
0
-13
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1960 Finals.

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