who lead the 1990s in total playoff assists

Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Magic Johnson averaged the most assists per game in the playoffs, with 11.9 per game.

	NAME	APG	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11.9	32	1,334	702	245	381	34	1	209	462	45.2	29	105	27.6	255	290	87.9	59.5	43	202	125	74		41.7	21.9	7.7	1.1	0.0	3.9
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	10.5	125	4,539	1,727	418	1,312	217	32	615	1,320	46.6	90	281	32.0	407	506	80.4	56.0	108	310	372	352	+115	36.3	13.8	3.3	1.7	0.3	3.0
3	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	9.9	35	1,394	609	184	346	46	8	240	541	44.4	9	34	26.5	120	168	71.4	49.5	57	127	103	108	-20	39.8	17.4	5.3	1.3	0.2	2.9
4	Johnny Dawkins J. Dawkins	9.3	10	386	142	22	93	17	2	53	115	46.1	0	7	0.0	36	43	83.7	53.0	5	17	29	22		38.6	14.2	2.2	1.7	0.2	2.9
5	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	9.3	12	504	162	60	111	32	5	61	154	39.6	12	45	26.7	28	42	66.7	47.0	10	50	34	36	-115	42.0	13.5	5.0	2.7	0.4	2.8
6	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	9.1	84	3,256	1,712	285	765	110	24	603	1,285	46.9	19	77	24.7	487	597	81.6	55.3	58	227	286	195	-83	38.8	20.4	3.4	1.3	0.3	3.4
7	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	8.2	38	1,394	655	189	311	61	9	230	534	43.1	42	101	41.6	153	199	76.9	52.7	37	152	129	124		36.7	17.2	5.0	1.6	0.2	3.4
8	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	7.7	43	1,787	871	153	331	82	9	302	745	40.5	99	297	33.3	168	223	75.3	51.7	31	122	143	106	-20	41.6	20.3	3.6	1.9	0.2	3.3
9	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	7.6	8	326	133	28	61	14	0	48	137	35.0	13	45	28.9	24	33	72.7	43.9	7	21	27	25	-59	40.8	16.6	3.5	1.8	0.0	3.4
10	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	7.4	67	2,351	814	157	495	84	10	340	677	50.2	1	11	9.1	133	199	66.8	53.2	35	122	151	139	+179	35.1	12.1	2.3	1.3	0.1	2.3
11	Mark Price M. Price	7.0	38	1,328	649	93	267	58	5	220	479	45.9	45	138	32.6	164	174	94.3	58.4	14	79	131	67		34.9	17.1	2.4	1.5	0.1	3.4
12	Fat Lever F. Lever	7.0	3	113	52	32	21	8	1	19	51	37.3	1	7	14.3	13	14	92.9	45.5	11	21	5	7		37.7	17.3	10.7	2.7	0.3	1.7
13	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	6.9	80	2,358	726	307	550	79	3	260	601	43.3	53	154	34.4	153	199	76.9	52.7	83	224	191	143	+93	29.5	9.1	3.8	1.0	0.0	2.4
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	6.8	19	710	338	136	130	19	10	127	293	43.3	8	45	17.8	76	87	87.4	51.0	17	119	43	45		37.4	17.8	7.2	1.0	0.5	2.3
15	John Bagley J. Bagley	6.8	15	378	130	31	102	13	2	50	110	45.5	1	5	20.0	29	41	70.7	50.8	11	20	44	26		25.2	8.7	2.1	0.9	0.1	2.9
16	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	6.7	15	549	154	45	100	29	0	64	146	43.8	7	12	58.3	19	23	82.6	49.3	10	35	32	32	+2	36.6	10.3	3.0	1.9	0.0	2.1
17	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	6.6	54	2,161	769	266	357	116	24	280	757	37.0	125	357	35.0	84	123	68.3	47.4	67	199	162	102	+1	40.0	14.2	4.9	2.1	0.4	3.0
18	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	6.5	45	1,842	979	205	294	86	33	339	740	45.8	82	208	39.4	219	292	75.0	56.4	74	131	140	134	-53	40.9	21.8	4.6	1.9	0.7	3.1
19	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	6.5	17	569	203	58	111	13	2	74	192	38.5	18	44	40.9	37	47	78.7	47.7	13	45	54	44	-32	33.5	11.9	3.4	0.8	0.1	3.2
20	Micheal Williams M. Williams	6.4	12	347	173	33	77	26	1	54	123	43.9	4	12	33.3	61	72	84.7	55.9	10	23	22	49	+20	28.9	14.4	2.8	2.2	0.1	1.8
21	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	6.4	18	571	180	54	115	26	4	75	150	50.0	1	7	14.3	29	34	85.3	54.6	18	36	34	33		31.7	10.0	3.0	1.4	0.2	1.9
22	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	6.2	17	524	178	58	106	14	1	73	182	40.1	6	22	27.3	26	38	68.4	44.8	18	40	46	35	-10	30.8	10.5	3.4	0.8	0.1	2.7
23	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	6.1	116	4,552	2,438	827	713	219	88	877	1,949	45.0	133	464	28.7	551	701	78.6	54.0	275	552	312	378	+52	39.2	21.0	7.1	1.9	0.8	2.7
24	Gary Payton G. Payton	6.0	84	3,199	1,428	331	506	144	20	562	1,228	45.8	91	253	36.0	213	302	70.5	52.5	93	238	192	260	+44	38.1	17.0	3.9	1.7	0.2	2.3
25	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	5.9	36	1,321	528	117	212	41	4	178	486	36.6	60	196	30.6	112	146	76.7	48.0	28	89	73	92	-47	36.7	14.7	3.3	1.1	0.1	2.0

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3	Rockets	1	1.000	0.5
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5	Lakers	1	1.000	0.5
6	Grizzlies	1	1.000	0.5
7	Timberwolves	1	1.000	0.5

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Fri 10/23	LAC	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Sun 10/25	LAL	@	UTA	5:00 PM
Tue 10/27	POR	@	LAL	11:00 PM
Wed 10/28	LAL	@	LAC	10:30 PM
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2	Pistons	1	0	1.000	0.5
3	Hawks	1	0	1.000	0.5
4	Raptors	1	0	1.000	0.5
5	Wizards	1	0	1.000	0.5
6	Hornets	1	0	1.000	0.5
7	Pacers	1	0	1.000	0.5
8	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.5
9	Nets	0	1	.000	1.5
10	Magic	0	1	.000	1.5
11	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.5
12	Cavaliers	0	1	.000	1.5
13	Bucks	0	1	.000	1.5
14	Bulls	0	1	.000	1.5
15	Heat	0	1	.000	1.5

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1	Thunder	2	0	1.000
2	Clippers	1	0	1.000	0.5
3	Rockets	1	0	1.000	0.5
4	Trail Blazers	1	0	1.000	0.5
5	Lakers	1	0	1.000	0.5
6	Grizzlies	1	0	1.000	0.5
7	Timberwolves	1	0	1.000	0.5
8	Nuggets	0	1	.000	1.5
9	Spurs	0	1	.000	1.5
10	Mavericks	0	1	.000	1.5
11	Jazz	0	1	.000	1.5
12	Warriors	0	1	.000	1.5
13	Kings	0	1	.000	1.5
14	Suns	0	1	.000	1.5
15	Pelicans	0	1	.000	1.5

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Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
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