most nba finals games with 5 or more assists

Magic Johnson had the most games in the NBA Finals with 5+ assists, with 48 games.

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most NBA finals games by a player with 5 or more assists
NAMEGPASTSERIESMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
48
579
NBA Finals
41.6
20.0
8.1
12.1
2.1
0.3
7.0
13.5
51.9
0.2
0.8
23.7
5.9
6.7
87.9
61.0
1.8
6.3
3.9
1,999
961
387
100
16
185
143
2LeBron James
L. James
46
399
NBA Finals
42.8
28.5
10.3
8.7
1.6
0.9
10.7
22.5
47.8
1.7
5.2
33.2
5.3
7.3
72.3
55.5
1.9
8.4
4.0
1,969
1,311
476
75
42
184
115
-79
3Jerry West
J. West
31
240
NBA Finals
44.0
32.1
5.2
7.7
12.0
24.7
48.4
8.1
9.9
82.1
55.1
1,363
994
162
87
4Bill Russell
B. Russell
27
180
NBA Finals
46.9
17.1
23.4
6.7
6.3
12.0
52.8
4.4
7.4
59.7
56.0
1,266
462
633
87
5Draymond Green
D. Green
25
194
NBA Finals
38.5
12.0
9.2
7.8
1.7
0.9
4.2
9.4
45.3
1.2
3.8
31.9
2.3
3.2
72.2
55.6
1.4
7.8
2.7
963
299
229
43
22
67
102
+171
6Stephen Curry
S. Curry
23
168
NBA Finals
40.2
26.9
5.9
7.3
1.7
0.1
8.7
20.6
42.0
4.1
10.9
37.8
5.5
6.0
91.3
57.9
1.0
4.9
3.5
925
619
136
38
3
80
58
+79
7Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
23
169
NBA Finals
42.9
18.8
9.2
7.3
2.0
0.8
7.2
17.6
41.1
0.5
2.8
18.8
3.9
5.5
70.6
47.1
3.0
6.2
3.5
987
433
212
47
18
80
87
+5
8Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
23
229
NBA Finals
35.7
16.3
4.0
10.0
6.4
17.9
35.7
3.6
4.8
74.5
40.8
820
376
91
66
9John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
22
134
NBA Finals
42.8
24.6
8.4
6.1
1.8
0.2
9.3
21.3
43.7
6.0
6.8
87.9
50.6
2.3
5.5
942
541
185
11
1
80
10Dennis Johnson
D. Johnson
21
183
NBA Finals
42.0
18.7
4.4
8.7
1.7
0.8
7.5
17.3
43.1
0.1
1.0
12.5
3.6
4.5
80.0
48.3
1.2
3.2
2.4
883
392
92
36
17
51
49
11Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
20
135
NBA Finals
43.5
25.4
5.4
6.8
1.7
1.1
9.2
21.7
42.5
1.0
3.3
29.2
6.1
7.0
86.4
51.4
0.7
4.7
3.5
870
508
107
33
21
69
67
+75
12Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
20
166
NBA Finals
43.7
33.9
6.7
8.3
2.0
0.8
12.9
26.0
49.4
1.6
3.7
43.2
6.6
8.3
78.9
57.1
2.0
4.8
3.2
873
677
134
39
15
63
60
+12
13Larry Bird
L. Bird
19
151
NBA Finals
43.1
21.5
11.2
7.9
2.2
0.8
7.9
17.1
46.5
0.7
1.5
44.8
4.9
5.6
87.9
55.0
2.0
9.2
2.8
819
409
212
42
15
53
49
14K.C. Jones
K.C. Jones
19
116
NBA Finals
28.4
8.5
3.3
6.1
3.3
7.9
41.3
2.0
2.9
69.1
46.5
539
162
62
65
15Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
17
102
NBA Finals
43.4
30.2
11.1
6.0
1.3
2.8
12.9
23.2
55.6
0.0
0.0
4.4
6.4
69.4
58.1
3.1
7.9
3.1
738
513
189
20
44
31
62
16Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
17
104
NBA Finals
41.4
24.1
11.5
6.1
9.4
19.8
47.5
5.2
7.1
73.6
52.4
704
409
195
58
17Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
16
127
NBA Finals
37.2
22.6
4.2
7.9
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
34
5
61
55
18Danny Ainge
D. Ainge
16
102
NBA Finals
34.6
11.2
3.4
6.4
1.8
0.1
4.5
9.7
46.5
0.8
1.6
46.2
1.4
1.7
85.2
53.6
0.9
2.6
1.9
554
179
55
29
2
31
58
19Michael Cooper
M. Cooper
16
105
NBA Finals
35.8
14.6
3.5
6.6
1.3
0.6
5.5
10.8
50.9
1.0
2.3
44.4
2.6
3.3
80.8
59.7
1.0
2.5
1.6
572
234
56
20
9
26
47
20Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
14
118
NBA Finals
41.2
15.5
5.9
8.4
1.4
0.6
5.9
15.0
39.0
1.9
5.6
33.3
1.9
2.5
77.1
48.1
1.7
4.2
3.1
577
217
83
20
8
43
26
-14
21Maurice Cheeks
M. Cheeks
14
110
NBA Finals
37.3
15.8
2.5
7.9
2.4
0.1
6.8
13.2
51.4
0.0
0.3
0.0
2.2
3.2
68.9
54.0
0.6
1.9
2.7
522
221
35
34
2
38
30
22Walt Frazier
W. Frazier
14
130
NBA Finals
44.8
18.7
7.9
9.3
7.6
14.0
54.1
3.6
5.1
69.4
57.5
627
262
110
45
23Rajon Rondo
R. Rondo
13
106
NBA Finals
34.6
11.6
6.2
8.2
1.6
0.2
4.7
11.3
41.5
0.4
1.5
25.0
1.8
3.5
52.2
45.1
1.8
4.5
2.2
450
151
81
21
3
28
28
+16
24Tony Parker
T. Parker
13
84
NBA Finals
37.1
18.8
2.3
6.5
0.7
0.2
7.5
16.2
46.7
0.9
2.0
46.2
2.8
4.6
61.7
51.8
0.5
1.8
2.3
482
245
30
9
2
30
16
+40
25Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
13
109
NBA Finals
39.6
15.2
3.5
8.4
1.5
0.2
6.2
14.7
41.9
0.0
0.3
0.0
2.9
4.0
73.1
46.3
1.2
2.2
3.2
515
198
45
20
3
41
44
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