most total assists by a player in a finals series

Magic Johnson has the most assists in an NBA Finals, with 95 assists.

	NAME	AST	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	95	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	295	126	54	14	6	47	84	56.0	0	1	0.0	32	43	74.4	61.2	7	47	31	28		42.1	18.0	7.7	13.6	2.0	0.9	4.4
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	91	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	7	290	148	40	14	1	44	80	55.0	2	6	33.3	58	67	86.6	67.6	6	34	19	23		41.4	21.1	5.7	13.0	2.0	0.1	2.7
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	84	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	235	110	41	13	0	41	83	49.4	1	2	50.0	27	31	87.1	56.9	3	38	20	16		39.2	18.3	6.8	14.0	2.2	0.0	3.3
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	78	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	6	236	157	48	14	2	66	122	54.1	1	2	50.0	24	25	96.0	59.0	12	36	13	10		39.3	26.2	8.0	13.0	2.3	0.3	2.2
5	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	73	1969-70	NBA Finals	NYK	7	302	123	54			46	85	54.1				31	40	77.5	59.9				21		43.1	17.6	7.7	10.4
6	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	70	1959-60	NBA Finals	BOS	7	248	101	26			41	132	31.1				19	23	82.6	35.5				12		35.4	14.4	3.7	10.0
7	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	63	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	7	262	138	31	20	2	49	115	42.6	5	17	29.4	35	42	83.3	51.7	5	26	26	23		37.4	19.7	4.4	9.0	2.9	0.3	3.7
8	LeBron James L. James	62	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	7	292	208	79	18	16	82	166	49.4	13	35	37.1	31	43	72.1	56.2	17	62	31	16	+26	41.7	29.7	11.3	8.9	2.6	2.3	4.4
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	62	1990-91	NBA Finals	LAL	5	228	93	40	6	0	25	58	43.1	4	14	28.6	39	41	95.1	61.2	8	32	22	10		45.6	18.6	8.0	12.4	1.2	0.0	4.4
10	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	62	1961-62	NBA Finals	BOS	7	256	116	26			47	122	38.5				22	36	61.1	42.1				24		36.6	16.6	3.7	8.9
11	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	60	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	236	106	22	10	1	45	102	44.1	0	1	0.0	16	22	72.7	47.5	10	12	15	20		39.3	17.7	3.7	10.0	1.7	0.2	2.5
12	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	59	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	6	258	157	50	13	5	53	96	55.2	4	13	30.8	47	53	88.7	65.8	15	35	18	8	-21	43.0	26.2	8.3	9.8	2.2	0.8	3.0
13	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	58	1973-74	NBA Finals	MIL	7	337	85	26	2	0	35	81	43.2				15	19	78.9	47.6	8	18		20		48.1	12.1	3.7	8.3	0.3	0.0
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	57	1990-91	NBA Finals	CHI	5	220	156	33	14	7	63	113	55.8	2	4	50.0	28	33	84.8	61.2	8	25	18	18		44.0	31.2	6.6	11.4	2.8	1.4	3.6
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	57	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	6	269	144	58	16	2	53	110	48.2	7	19	36.8	31	33	93.9	57.8	10	48	16	17		44.8	24.0	9.7	9.5	2.7	0.3	2.7
16	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	57	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	6	247	96	26	10	4	39	102	38.2	0	8	0.0	18	21	85.7	43.1	5	21	20	13		41.2	16.0	4.3	9.5	1.7	0.7	3.3
17	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	56	2020-21	NBA Finals	MIL	6	250	100	37	13	4	39	108	36.1	11	35	31.4	11	12	91.7	44.1	7	30	13	11	+37	41.7	16.7	6.2	9.3	2.2	0.7	2.2
18	Draymond Green D. Green	56	2018-19	NBA Finals	GSW	6	247	75	65	10	6	26	60	43.3	5	19	26.3	18	21	85.7	54.2	9	56	30	26	-21	41.2	12.5	10.8	9.3	1.7	1.0	5.0
19	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	56	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	6	244	126	26	3	3	51	106	48.1	1	8	12.5	23	26	88.5	53.6	13	13	8	15		40.7	21.0	4.3	9.3	0.5	0.5	1.3
20	Jerry West J. West	54	1969-70	NBA Finals	LAL	7	335	219	24			72	160	45.0				75	90	83.3	54.9				21		47.9	31.3	3.4	7.7
21	LeBron James L. James	53	2014-15	NBA Finals	CLE	6	274	215	80	8	3	78	196	39.8	13	42	31.0	46	67	68.7	47.7	11	69	21	19	-25	45.7	35.8	13.3	8.8	1.3	0.5	3.5
22	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	53	2009-10	NBA Finals	BOS	7	272	95	44	11	2	44	97	45.4	2	6	33.3	5	19	26.3	45.1	16	28	19	12	-19	38.8	13.6	6.3	7.6	1.6	0.3	2.7
23	John Stockton J. Stockton	53	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	6	225	90	24	12	3	31	62	50.0	6	15	40.0	22	26	84.6	61.3	3	21	23	11	-37	37.5	15.0	4.0	8.8	2.0	0.5	3.8
24	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	53	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	216	77	22	12	2	32	84	38.1	0	4	0.0	13	14	92.9	42.7	4	18	16	17		36.0	12.8	3.7	8.8	2.0	0.3	2.7
25	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	53	1960-61	NBA Finals	BOS	5	186	99	25			32	89	36.0				35	43	81.4	45.9				12		37.2	19.8	5.0	10.6

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4	Lakers	19	10	.655	6.0
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6	Rockets	18	10	.643	6.5

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Sun 12/28	SAC	@	LAL	9:30 PM
Tue 12/30	DET	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Fri 1/2	MEM	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Sun 1/4	MEM	@	LAL	9:30 PM
Tue 1/6	LAL	@	NOP	8:00 PM

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1	Pistons	24	6	.800
2	Knicks	21	9	.700	3.0
3	Celtics	19	11	.633	5.0
4	Raptors	18	14	.563	7.0
5	76ers	16	13	.552	7.5
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12	Hornets	11	20	.355	13.5
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4	Lakers	19	10	.655	6.0
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