most total assists by a rookie in the playoffs

Magic Johnson has the most assists by a rookie in a single NBA playoff run, with 151 assists in 1979-80.

	NAME	AST	SEASON	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	151	1979-80	LAL	16	658	293	168	49	6	103	199	51.8	2	8	25.0	85	106	80.2	59.6	52	116	65	47		41.1	18.3	10.5	9.4	3.1	0.4	4.1
2	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	112	1986-87	SEA	14	356	71	54	14	10	27	62	43.5	0	0		17	24	70.8	48.9	13	41	26	42		25.4	5.1	3.9	8.0	1.0	0.7	1.9
3	Alvan Adams A. Adams	98	1975-76	PHX	19	668	341	191	24	20	137	303	45.2				67	82	81.7	50.3	54	137		60		35.2	17.9	10.1	5.2	1.3	1.1
4	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	93	1993-94	HOU	22	478	207	59	21	5	63	160	39.4	17	45	37.8	64	74	86.5	53.7	19	40	47	62		21.7	9.4	2.7	4.2	1.0	0.2	2.1
5	John Lucas J. Lucas	83	1976-77	HOU	12	430	176	33	24	4	75	139	54.0				26	34	76.5	57.2	4	29		33		35.8	14.7	2.8	6.9	2.0	0.3
6	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	79	1975-76	PHX	19	563	247	63	18	6	96	205	46.8				55	66	83.3	52.8	20	43		77		29.6	13.0	3.3	4.2	0.9	0.3
7	Tyler Herro T. Herro	77	2019-20	MIA	21	706	335	107	8	2	120	277	43.3	48	128	37.5	47	54	87.0	55.7	7	100	42	31	+1	33.6	16.0	5.1	3.7	0.4	0.1	2.0
8	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	77	2017-18	PHI	10	369	163	94	17	8	61	125	48.8	0	1	0.0	41	58	70.7	54.1	16	78	44	34	-23	36.9	16.3	9.4	7.7	1.7	0.8	4.4
9	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	73	2003-04	MIA	13	510	234	52	17	4	86	189	45.5	3	8	37.5	59	75	78.7	52.7	16	36	54	45	+6	39.2	18.0	4.0	5.6	1.3	0.3	4.2
10	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	70	2002-03	SAS	24	660	226	92	41	9	71	184	38.6	28	73	38.4	56	74	75.7	52.2	29	63	36	62	+191	27.5	9.4	3.8	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.5
11	Spud Webb S. Webb	65	1985-86	ATL	9	183	110	31	4	1	42	81	51.9	0	2	0.0	26	33	78.8	57.6	6	25	10	13		20.3	12.2	3.4	7.2	0.4	0.1	1.1
12	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	63	1978-79	PHI	9	330	169	35	37	4	66	121	54.5				37	56	66.1	58.0	13	22	29	29		36.7	18.8	3.9	7.0	4.1	0.4	3.2
13	Jerry West J. West	63	1960-61	LAL	12	461	275	104			99	202	49.0				77	106	72.6	55.3				39		38.4	22.9	8.7	5.3
14	Frank Johnson F. Johnson	59	1981-82	WAS	7	280	109	22	10	0	40	104	38.5	5	12	41.7	24	28	85.7	46.9	7	15	29	24		40.0	15.6	3.1	8.4	1.4	0.0	4.1
15	Rodney Stuckey R. Stuckey	58	2007-08	DET	17	380	139	32	18	2	43	116	37.1	2	7	28.6	51	58	87.9	49.1	11	21	23	35	+7	22.4	8.2	1.9	3.4	1.1	0.1	1.4
16	Tom Gola T. Gola	58	1955-56	PHI	10	360	123	101			38	107	35.5				47	60	78.3	46.1				47		36.0	12.3	10.1	5.8
17	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	57	1969-70	MIL	10	399	163	87			72	142	50.7				19	29	65.5	52.7				39		39.9	16.3	8.7	5.7
18	Anthony Carter A. Carter	56	1999-00	MIA	10	275	77	40	12	2	32	77	41.6	1	6	16.7	12	16	75.0	45.8	8	32	23	22	+39	27.5	7.7	4.0	5.6	1.2	0.2	2.3
19	Andrew Toney A. Toney	54	1980-81	PHI	16	356	221	37	11	7	77	180	42.8	1	9	11.1	66	81	81.5	51.2	10	27	54	50		22.3	13.8	2.3	3.4	0.7	0.4	3.4
20	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	52	2017-18	BOS	19	683	351	83	23	10	123	261	47.1	23	71	32.4	82	97	84.5	57.8	10	73	41	50	+51	35.9	18.5	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.5	2.2
21	Johnny Davis J. Davis	52	1976-77	POR	16	436	168	33	28	3	65	133	48.9				38	53	71.7	53.7	10	23		32		27.3	10.5	2.1	3.3	1.8	0.2
22	Ernie DiGregorio E. DiGregorio	52	1973-74	BUF	6	240	82	16	1	0	37	86	43.0				8	9	88.9	45.6	3	13		14		40.0	13.7	2.7	8.7	0.2	0.0
23	Al Cervi A. Cervi	52	1949-50	SYR	11		84				23	68	33.8				38	46	82.6	47.6				36			7.6		4.7
24	Oliver Miller O. Miller	51	1992-93	PHX	24	513	173	124	21	59	71	121	58.7	0	2	0.0	31	55	56.4	59.6	33	91	42	76		21.4	7.2	5.2	2.1	0.9	2.5	1.8
25	Matt Maloney M. Maloney	50	1996-97	HOU	16	526	179	19	10	3	61	153	39.9	43	108	39.8	14	21	66.7	55.2	1	18	38	31	+27	32.9	11.2	1.2	3.1	0.6	0.2	2.4

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116.4

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35.9

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0

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4 - 0

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Final

110

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

Cunningham

27.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

26.9

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

11.0

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.7

Wembanyama

1.8

Thompson

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

Nnaji

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124.5

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Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.4

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Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.1

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

826.2

Wembanyama

691

Mobley

685.9

Mitchell

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

813.5

Wembanyama

714.8

Mitchell

686.3

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Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

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Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

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Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.66

Beringer

1.62

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

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1.60

Wembanyama

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NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

58-41

50-37-1

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47-36

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Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 3/29	ORL	@	TOR	87-139
Sun 3/29	HOU	@	NOP	134-102
Sun 3/29	NYK	@	OKC	100-111
Sun 3/29	GSW	@	DEN	93-116
Mon 3/30	PHI	@	MIA	109-119

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 5/30	SAS	@	OKC	8:00 PM

Magic Johnson has the most assists by a rookie in a single NBA playoff run, with 151 assists in 1979-80.

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