most finals assists of all-time before 2019-20 season

Before 2019-20, Magic Johnson had the most assists in the NBA Finals, with 584 assists.

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most finals assists by a player of all-time before 2019-20 season

	NAME	AST	SERIES	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	584	NBA Finals	50	40.9	19.4	7.9	11.7	2.0	0.3	6.8	13.1	51.6	0.2	0.8	23.7	5.7	6.5	87.4	60.7	1.8	6.2	3.8	2,044	971	397	102	16	190	147
2	LeBron James L. James	379	NBA Finals	49	42.9	28.2	10.0	7.7	1.8	0.9	10.6	22.5	47.2	1.8	5.1	34.3	5.2	7.1	73.9	55.1	1.9	8.1	4.0	2,101	1,383	490	86	43	196	117	-122
3	Jerry West J. West	306	NBA Finals	55	43.3	30.5	5.0	5.6			11.1	24.2	45.9				8.3	10.0	82.6	53.3				2,380	1,679	277				159
4	Bill Russell B. Russell	265	NBA Finals	55	46.7	17.5	24.8	4.8			6.4	13.1	48.5				4.8	7.5	63.5	53.3				2,571	963	1,363				174
5	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	236	NBA Finals	25	35.2	15.6	3.7	9.4			6.0	17.4	34.6				3.5	4.6	75.0	39.9				879	389	93				74
6	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	228	NBA Finals	37	40.1	18.3	4.7	6.2	1.3	1.1	6.8	16.3	42.0	0.2	1.0	16.0	4.5	5.5	81.0	48.8	1.8	2.9	2.7	1,483	676	175	48	39	100	106
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	209	NBA Finals	35	43.0	33.6	6.0	6.0	1.8	0.7	12.5	26.0	48.1	1.2	3.3	36.8	7.4	9.1	80.6	55.9	1.6	4.4	2.8	1,506	1,176	211	62	23	99	103	+45
8	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	207	NBA Finals	35	42.0	19.0	8.3	5.9	1.9	1.1	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.9	3.3	25.6	4.1	5.4	74.7	50.1	2.8	5.6	3.3	1,470	664	292	67	39	117	118	+38
9	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	195	NBA Finals	47	39.8	21.7	7.4	4.1	1.2	0.2	8.3	19.7	42.1				5.1	6.0	84.8	48.5	1.7	5.0		1,872	1,020	350	15	3		154
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	187	NBA Finals	37	42.7	25.3	5.7	5.1	1.8	0.9	9.0	21.8	41.2	1.3	4.1	31.4	6.0	7.1	84.8	50.7	1.1	4.6	3.3	1,581	937	211	65	33	123	118	+36
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	187	NBA Finals	31	42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	1,326	716	361	63	24	91	80
12	Draymond Green D. Green	182	NBA Finals	27	38.9	12.7	9.3	6.7	1.8	1.0	4.4	10.3	42.6	1.2	4.0	30.3	2.8	3.6	76.5	53.7	1.3	8.0	2.7	1,051	344	252	49	28	72	113	+120
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	181	NBA Finals	56	37.2	23.5	9.1	3.2	0.9	2.2	9.7	18.6	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.0	55.6	2.4	5.9	2.7	2,082	1,317	507	45	116	121	196
14	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	178	NBA Finals	46	30.6	10.3	2.9	3.9	1.3	0.4	3.9	8.7	44.7	0.8	2.0	38.0	1.8	2.2	80.6	53.5	0.8	2.2	1.3	1,406	474	135	59	20	60	159
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	174	NBA Finals	28	39.4	26.5	5.7	6.2	1.5	0.4	8.4	19.9	42.0	4.3	11.2	38.5	5.4	5.9	92.7	58.9	1.2	4.5	3.8	1,102	741	160	43	10	105	78	+103
16	K.C. Jones	155	NBA Finals	42	23.0	6.8	2.6	3.7			2.6	6.4	40.3				1.7	2.4	71.0	46.0				964	287	109				128
17	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	154	NBA Finals	40	42.0	26.8	13.7	3.9			10.2	23.3	43.8				6.4	8.3	76.5	49.6				1,681	1,070	546				122
18	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	150	NBA Finals	37	28.3	10.4	2.6	4.1	1.2	0.1	4.2	9.0	47.0	0.7	1.8	41.5	1.2	1.6	75.9	53.6	0.7	1.9	1.5	1,048	383	95	46	4	56	106
19	Sam Jones S. Jones	145	NBA Finals	55	31.7	19.5	5.0	2.6			7.9	17.0	46.3				3.8	4.6	82.9	51.3				1,742	1,075	273				143
20	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	139	NBA Finals	17	44.6	18.9	7.5	8.2			7.6	14.1	53.8				3.7	5.1	72.4	57.7				759	321	128				55
21	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	134	NBA Finals	35	47.3	18.6	24.6	3.8			7.5	13.5	55.9				3.5	9.4	37.7	52.9				1,657	652	862				101
22	Tony Parker T. Parker	130	NBA Finals	29	36.3	16.5	2.4	4.5	0.6	0.1	6.7	14.8	45.6	0.7	1.9	35.2	2.4	3.8	63.1	50.2	0.3	2.1	2.4	1,053	479	71	18	3	70	54	+50
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	127	NBA Finals	16	37.2	22.6	4.2	7.9	2.1	0.3	8.3	17.3	48.0	1.1	2.4	46.2	4.8	6.1	78.6	56.4	0.9	3.3	3.8	595	361	67	34	5	61	55
24	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	125	NBA Finals	29	38.8	23.9	5.7	4.3	1.8	1.0	8.7	18.2	47.6	0.5	1.6	31.1	6.0	8.1	74.8	54.8	1.6	4.2	2.9	1,125	693	166	53	30	85	75	-51
25	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	124	NBA Finals	16	41.1	15.4	5.8	7.8	1.4	0.6	5.8	14.8	39.2	1.8	5.3	32.9	2.1	2.7	76.7	48.3	1.8	4.1	3.2	658	247	93	23	9	51	28	-4

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2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
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Tue 5/5	LAL	@	OKC	8:30 PM
Thu 5/7	LAL	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Sat 5/9	OKC	@	LAL	8:30 PM
Mon 5/11	OKC	@	LAL	10:30 PM
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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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