who has the most total assists in an nba finals game

Magic Johnson has the most assists in an NBA Finals game, with 21 assists versus the Celtics on June 3, 1984.

	NAME	AST	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	6/3/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	39	14	11	1	1	4	6	66.7	0	0		6	10	60.0	67.3	2	9	2	3
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	6/12/1991	1990-91	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	CHI	48	16	11	1	0	4	12	33.3	2	6	33.3	6	6	100.0	54.6	4	7	6	0
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	6/4/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	31	22	5	3	0	10	17	58.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	61.5	2	3	2	2
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	6/19/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	45	22	4	2	0	5	12	41.7	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	62.1	2	2	2	2
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	6/14/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	42	16	8	3	1	7	21	33.3	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	36.6	1	7	3	2
6	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	19	5/8/1970	1969-70	NBA Finals	NYK	vs	LAL	44	36	7			12	17	70.6				12	12	100.0	80.8				3
7	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	19	4/7/1959	1958-59	NBA Finals	BOS	@	MIN	48	23	3			6	18	33.3				11	15	73.3	46.7				2
8	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	19	4/9/1957	1956-57	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	STL	45	21	8			8	21	38.1				5	8	62.5	42.8				3
9	Jerry West J. West	18	5/1/1970	1969-70	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	NYK	52	37	5			13	26	50.0				11	12	91.7	59.1				4
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17	6/16/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	@	DET	45	15	6	2	1	4	15	26.7	0	0		7	11	63.6	37.8	2	4	4	3
11	Robert Reid R. Reid	17	6/5/1986	1985-86	NBA Finals	HOU	vs	BOS	41	13	6	1	0	6	15	40.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	42.1	1	5	0	4
12	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	17	6/7/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	48	22	3	1	0	10	21	47.6	0	3	0.0	2	2	100.0	50.3	1	2	6	3
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17	6/7/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	42	26	6	2	0	11	20	55.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	59.7	0	6	2	1
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17	6/6/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	49	20	11	2	0	8	12	66.7	0	0		4	7	57.1	66.3	1	10	7	5
15	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	16	6/8/2008	2007-08	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	42	4	6	2	1	1	4	25.0	0	0		2	6	33.3	30.1	1	5	2	3	-5
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	6/2/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	39	17	9	2	0	6	13	46.2	1	2	50.0	4	4	100.0	57.6	0	9	1	2
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	15	6/12/1984	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	@	BOS	43	16	5	4	2	5	14	35.7	0	0		6	7	85.7	46.8	0	5	7	5
18	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	15	4/5/1959	1958-59	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	MIN	47	21	11			9	22	40.9				3	6	50.0	42.6				2
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	14	6/1/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	vs	MIA	40	27	10	1	1	8	12	66.7	1	2	50.0	10	12	83.3	78.1	0	10	2	1	+14
20	LeBron James L. James	14	6/4/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	@	GSW	39	29	11	3	1	12	18	66.7	1	3	33.3	4	5	80.0	71.8	0	11	4	2	-11
21	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	14	6/11/1995	1994-95	NBA Finals	ORL	@	HOU	41	19	4	1	2	4	10	40.0	1	4	25.0	10	11	90.9	64.0	1	3	3	4
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	6/6/1989	1988-89	NBA Finals	LAL	@	DET	41	17	5	3	0	6	12	50.0	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	58.1	1	4	5	2
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	6/21/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	DET	40	19	5	2	0	6	9	66.7	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	75.9	0	5	4	5
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	14	6/12/1988	1987-88	NBA Finals	LAL	@	DET	40	18	6	3	0	7	8	87.5	0	0		4	5	80.0	88.2	0	6	3	2
25	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	14	6/9/1987	1986-87	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	45	15	2	1	1	6	15	40.0	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	46.0	2	0	2	3

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