most playoff assists by a forward single year

LeBron James has the most assists by a forward in a single NBA playoff run, with 198 assists in 2017-18.

	NAME	AST	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	198	2017-18	CLE	22	41.9	34.0	9.1	9.0	1.4	1.0	12.5	23.2	53.9	1.8	5.2	34.2	7.2	9.7	74.6	61.9	1.4	7.7	4.3	922	748	200	30	23	94	52	-22
2	Draymond Green D. Green	187	2018-19	GSW	22	38.6	13.3	10.1	8.5	1.5	1.5	5.2	10.4	49.8	0.6	2.6	22.8	2.3	3.2	71.8	56.1	1.9	8.3	3.8	850	292	223	32	33	83	85	+127
3	LeBron James L. James	184	2019-20	LAL	21	36.3	27.6	10.8	8.8	1.2	0.9	10.2	18.2	56.0	2.1	5.7	37.0	5.1	7.1	72.0	64.7	1.3	9.4	4.0	762	580	226	26	18	84	40	+165
4	Draymond Green D. Green	171	2017-18	GSW	21	39.0	10.8	10.6	8.1	2.0	1.5	4.0	9.1	43.2	1.0	3.8	26.6	1.9	2.3	79.6	52.9	2.0	8.6	3.0	818	226	222	41	31	63	75	+183
5	LeBron James L. James	169	2014-15	CLE	20	42.2	30.1	11.3	8.5	1.7	1.1	11.4	27.2	41.7	1.3	5.5	22.7	6.1	8.4	73.1	48.7	1.9	9.5	4.1	844	601	226	33	21	82	58	+79
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	165	1986-87	BOS	23	44.1	27.0	10.0	7.2	1.2	0.8	9.4	19.7	47.6	0.6	1.8	34.1	7.7	8.4	91.2	57.7	1.8	8.3	3.1	1,015	622	231	27	19	71	55
7	LeBron James L. James	160	2015-16	CLE	21	39.1	26.3	9.5	7.6	2.3	1.3	10.4	19.9	52.5	1.5	4.5	34.0	3.9	5.9	66.1	58.5	2.0	7.5	3.6	822	552	200	49	27	75	54	+209
8	LeBron James L. James	159	2006-07	CLE	20	44.7	25.1	8.1	8.0	1.7	0.5	8.3	20.0	41.6	1.1	3.8	28.0	7.4	9.8	75.5	51.6	1.3	6.8	3.3	893	501	161	34	10	66	40	+71
9	LeBron James L. James	152	2012-13	MIA	23	41.7	25.9	8.4	6.6	1.8	0.8	9.2	18.8	49.1	1.6	4.2	37.5	5.9	7.6	77.7	58.5	1.6	6.8	3.0	960	596	193	41	18	70	43	+132
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	148	2021-22	BOS	24	41.0	25.6	6.7	6.2	1.2	0.9	8.4	19.7	42.6	3.2	8.2	39.3	5.7	7.1	80.0	56.2	1.0	5.7	4.2	983	615	161	29	21	100	72	+108
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	148	1985-86	BOS	18	42.8	25.9	9.3	8.2	2.1	0.6	9.5	18.4	51.7	1.3	3.1	41.1	5.6	6.1	92.7	61.5	1.9	7.4	2.6	770	466	168	37	11	47	55
12	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	147	1991-92	CHI	22	40.9	19.5	8.8	6.7	1.9	1.1	6.9	14.8	46.8	0.3	1.1	25.0	5.4	7.0	76.1	54.4	2.7	6.1	3.2	899	428	193	41	25	70	72
13	LeBron James L. James	141	2016-17	CLE	18	41.3	32.8	9.1	7.8	1.9	1.3	12.1	21.3	56.5	2.4	5.9	41.1	6.3	9.0	69.8	64.9	1.1	8.1	4.0	744	591	164	35	23	72	43	+195
14	Draymond Green D. Green	138	2021-22	GSW	22	32.0	8.0	7.2	6.3	1.1	1.0	3.1	6.5	47.9	0.4	1.8	20.5	1.4	2.1	63.8	53.4	1.2	6.0	2.7	703	176	159	25	22	59	87	+117
15	Draymond Green D. Green	138	2015-16	GSW	23	38.2	15.4	9.9	6.0	1.6	1.8	5.2	12.0	43.1	1.7	4.5	36.5	3.4	4.7	73.8	54.9	1.7	8.3	2.4	879	355	228	37	41	56	81	+140
16	Robert Reid R. Reid	137	1985-86	HOU	20	38.7	14.9	4.2	6.9	1.4	0.1	6.2	14.4	43.1	0.2	1.1	14.3	2.4	3.0	79.7	47.5	0.7	3.5	2.1	773	298	83	27	1	42	74
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	136	1983-84	BOS	23	41.8	27.5	11.0	5.9	2.3	1.2	10.0	19.0	52.4	0.3	0.7	41.2	7.3	8.3	87.9	60.7	2.7	8.3	3.8	961	632	252	54	27	87	71
18	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	129	2022-23	MIA	22	39.7	26.9	6.5	5.9	1.8	0.6	9.4	20.1	46.8	1.3	3.5	35.9	6.8	8.5	80.6	56.5	2.1	4.3	1.9	874	592	142	40	14	41	37	-11
19	LeBron James L. James	129	2011-12	MIA	23	42.7	30.3	9.7	5.6	1.9	0.7	10.9	21.8	50.0	1.0	3.7	25.9	7.5	10.2	73.9	57.6	2.3	7.4	3.5	983	697	224	43	16	81	47	+199
20	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	127	2019-20	MIA	21	38.4	22.2	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.7	6.9	14.0	48.8	0.7	2.0	34.9	7.8	9.1	85.9	61.6	2.2	4.3	2.8	806	467	136	41	14	59	37	+52
21	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	127	2002-03	SAS	24	42.5	24.7	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	9.1	17.2	52.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	6.5	9.7	67.7	57.7	4.0	11.4	3.2	1,021	593	369	15	79	76	78	+181
22	Rodney McCray R. McCray	125	1985-86	HOU	20	41.8	13.0	5.9	6.3	0.9	1.0	5.4	10.1	53.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.2	2.9	74.1	56.9	1.2	4.8	1.9	835	259	118	18	19	37	45
23	LeBron James L. James	123	2010-11	MIA	21	43.9	23.7	8.4	5.9	1.7	1.2	8.3	17.8	46.6	1.4	4.0	35.3	5.7	7.4	76.3	56.3	1.6	6.8	3.1	922	497	176	35	25	66	56	+29
24	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	119	2023-24	BOS	19	40.4	25.0	9.7	6.3	1.1	0.7	8.4	19.6	42.7	2.1	7.3	28.3	6.2	7.2	86.1	54.9	0.9	8.8	2.6	768	475	184	20	13	50	54	+147
25	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	119	2007-08	BOS	26	38.1	19.7	5.0	4.6	1.1	0.3	6.3	14.2	44.1	1.7	4.6	36.1	5.5	6.8	80.2	57.0	0.8	4.2	3.2	990	511	129	28	8	82	90	+135