most finals assists per game with 16 games

Magic Johnson averaged the most assists per game in the NBA Finals when playing 16+ games, with 11.7 per game.

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most finals assists per game by a player with 16 or more games

	NAME	APG	GP	SERIES	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11.7	50	NBA Finals	40.9	19.4	7.9	2.0	0.3	6.8	13.1	51.6	0.2	0.8	23.7	5.7	6.5	87.4	60.7	1.8	6.2	3.8	2,044	971	397	584	102	16	190	147
2	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	9.4	25	NBA Finals	35.2	15.6	3.7			6.0	17.4	34.6				3.5	4.6	75.0	39.9				879	389	93	236				74
3	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	8.2	17	NBA Finals	44.6	18.9	7.5			7.6	14.1	53.8				3.7	5.1	72.4	57.7				759	321	128	139				55
4	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	7.9	16	NBA Finals	37.2	22.6	4.2	2.1	0.3	8.3	17.3	48.0	1.1	2.4	46.2	4.8	6.1	78.6	56.4	0.9	3.3	3.8	595	361	67	127	34	5	61	55
5	LeBron James L. James	7.8	55	NBA Finals	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
6	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	7.8	16	NBA Finals	41.1	15.4	5.8	1.4	0.6	5.8	14.8	39.2	1.8	5.3	32.9	2.1	2.7	76.7	48.3	1.8	4.1	3.2	658	247	93	124	23	9	51	28	-4
7	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	7.3	16	NBA Finals	36.7	14.8	2.7	2.4	0.1	6.4	12.6	51.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.9	2.8	68.9	53.4	0.7	2.0	2.5	587	237	43	117	38	2	40	36
8	Draymond Green D. Green	6.6	33	NBA Finals	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
9	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	6.6	19	NBA Finals	31.0	10.7	5.2	1.4	0.3	4.4	10.5	41.7	0.5	1.6	30.0	1.5	2.8	51.9	45.6	1.5	3.6	2.0	590	203	98	126	26	5	38	36	+1
10	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	6.2	37	NBA Finals	40.1	18.3	4.7	1.3	1.1	6.8	16.3	42.0	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.5	5.5	81.0	48.8	1.8	2.9	2.7	1,483	676	175	228	48	39	100	106
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	6.0	31	NBA Finals	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
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	6.0	34	NBA Finals	39.0	27.3	5.8	1.6	0.3	8.8	20.4	43.2	4.5	11.3	39.5	5.2	5.6	91.7	59.6	1.0	4.7	3.5	1,327	928	196	204	55	11	120	96	+138
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	6.0	35	NBA Finals	43.0	33.6	6.0	1.8	0.7	12.5	26.0	48.1	1.2	3.3	36.8	7.4	9.1	80.6	55.9	1.6	4.4	2.8	1,506	1,176	211	209	62	23	99	103	+45
14	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	5.9	35	NBA Finals	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
15	Jerry West J. West	5.6	55	NBA Finals	43.3	30.5	5.0			11.1	24.2	45.9				8.3	10.0	82.6	53.3				2,380	1,679	277	306				159
16	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	5.3	16	NBA Finals	36.9	19.1	2.3	0.6	0.1	7.0	14.1	49.6	0.2	0.7	27.3	4.9	5.6	88.8	57.7	0.8	1.6	2.1	590	306	37	84	10	1	33	30
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5.1	37	NBA Finals	42.7	25.3	5.7	1.8	0.9	9.0	21.8	41.2	1.3	4.1	31.4	6.0	7.1	84.8	50.7	1.1	4.6	3.3	1,581	937	211	187	65	33	123	118	+36
18	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	4.9	18	NBA Finals	31.4	8.8	2.2	1.2	0.2	3.2	8.1	39.7	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.4	70.5	46.0	0.9	1.2	1.8	565	159	39	89	21	4	33	42
19	Bill Russell B. Russell	4.8	55	NBA Finals	46.7	17.5	24.8			6.4	13.1	48.5				4.8	7.5	63.5	53.3				2,571	963	1,363	265				174
20	Julius Erving J. Erving	4.5	22	NBA Finals	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
21	Tony Parker T. Parker	4.5	29	NBA Finals	36.3	16.5	2.4	0.6	0.1	6.7	14.8	45.6	0.7	1.9	35.2	2.4	3.8	63.1	50.2	0.3	2.1	2.4	1,053	479	71	130	18	3	70	54	+50
22	Gary Payton G. Payton	4.5	17	NBA Finals	33.9	8.5	3.8	1.2	0.1	3.3	8.1	40.9	0.7	2.6	27.3	1.2	1.8	67.7	48.1	0.9	2.9	1.6	576	145	65	76	21	2	28	53	-48
23	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	4.4	18	NBA Finals	39.6	25.5	3.8	1.5	0.4	10.1	22.1	45.5	2.1	5.8	36.2	3.3	3.5	93.7	53.9	1.1	2.7	2.4	713	459	69	80	27	8	44	51	-2
24	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	4.3	29	NBA Finals	38.8	23.9	5.7	1.8	1.0	8.7	18.2	47.6	0.5	1.6	31.1	6.0	8.1	74.8	54.8	1.6	4.2	2.9	1,125	693	166	125	53	30	85	75	-51
25	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	4.1	47	NBA Finals	39.8	21.7	7.4	1.2	0.2	8.3	19.7	42.1				5.1	6.0	84.8	48.5	1.7	5.0		1,872	1,020	350	195	15	3		154

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Tue 1/20	LAL	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Thu 1/22	LAL	@	LAC	10:00 PM
Sat 1/24	LAL	@	DAL	8:30 PM
Mon 1/26	LAL	@	CHI	8:00 PM
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