most playoff assists from 1976-77 to 1985-86

Between the 1976-77 and 1985-86 seasons, Magic Johnson had the most assists in the playoffs, with 1,278 assists.

Interpreted as:

most playoff assists by a player from 1976-77 to 1985-86

	NAME	AST	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	1,278	102	39.8	18.4	8.5	12.5	2.3	0.5	6.7	12.9	51.8	0.0	0.5	6.3	5.0	6.1	80.8	58.8	2.3	6.2	3.8	4,055	1,872	868	232	49	384	322
2	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	724	107	36.8	14.9	3.5	6.8	2.4	0.3	6.0	11.7	51.2	0.0	0.3	9.4	2.8	3.7	76.4	55.7	0.9	2.6	2.5	3,939	1,589	375	253	36	269	273
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	652	105	41.9	24.0	11.1	6.2	2.0	1.0	9.2	19.1	48.0	0.4	1.2	35.1	5.2	5.9	88.5	55.3	2.6	8.5	3.3	4,398	2,520	1,166	214	102	343	321
4	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	625	132	38.7	17.7	4.5	4.7	1.5	0.7	6.6	15.3	43.4	0.2	0.7	24.2	4.3	5.5	79.3	50.1	1.7	2.8	2.9	5,107	2,334	595	202	95	378	428
5	Julius Erving J. Erving	577	136	37.6	22.0	7.1	4.2	1.7	1.7	8.5	17.3	48.9	0.1	0.3	16.7	5.0	6.5	77.7	54.5	2.5	4.6	3.3	5,108	2,997	969	228	233	387	384
6	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	465	58	39.4	17.7	3.4	8.0	1.5	0.1	7.6	15.9	47.8	0.1	0.3	33.3	2.4	3.2	76.3	51.2	0.9	2.5	2.6	2,287	1,027	195	89	8	151	201
7	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	451	102	29.9	10.4	3.9	4.4	1.4	0.6	4.0	8.1	48.7	0.4	1.1	35.0	2.0	2.5	82.8	56.2	1.1	2.8	1.7	3,047	1,056	393	143	61	170	312
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	449	123	37.9	26.2	9.9	3.7	1.1	2.9	10.7	19.0	56.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.9	6.5	74.9	59.8	2.7	7.1	3.0	4,667	3,220	1,212	141	354	339	445
9	Gus Williams G. Williams	443	88	34.5	21.1	3.3	5.0	1.9	0.5	8.5	17.7	48.2	0.2	1.0	23.1	3.9	5.3	74.0	52.6	1.5	1.9	2.6	3,037	1,855	294	163	40	201	221
10	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	431	80	29.6	8.8	2.3	5.4	1.0	0.2	3.4	8.1	41.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.7	75.2	47.1	0.8	1.5	1.7	2,364	701	181	79	18	120	168
11	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	344	77	29.8	11.8	2.7	4.5	1.5	0.1	4.8	11.6	41.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.2	3.1	73.3	45.5	0.6	2.1	1.9	2,293	911	207	114	11	113	221
12	Johnny Moore J. Moore	323	32	31.2	14.0	3.8	10.1	2.0	0.4	5.8	11.6	50.5	0.3	0.8	38.5	2.0	2.9	69.9	54.6	1.2	2.6	2.1	998	449	121	63	12	67	110
13	Andrew Toney A. Toney	296	67	30.5	18.3	2.4	4.4	0.8	0.2	7.0	14.6	48.1	0.2	0.7	25.0	4.0	5.1	78.5	54.1	0.8	1.6	3.6	2,042	1,226	159	56	16	241	249
14	Walter Davis W. Davis	296	59	32.4	21.8	3.6	5.0	1.4	0.3	8.9	17.6	50.3	0.1	0.5	25.0	4.0	4.9	81.7	55.2	1.2	2.4	2.9	1,909	1,288	211	80	16	169	166
15	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	288	75	25.6	9.6	2.4	3.8	1.2	0.1	3.9	8.1	48.0	0.4	0.9	39.7	1.4	1.8	80.5	53.9	0.7	1.6	1.2	1,922	718	177	89	6	93	214
16	Bobby Jones B. Jones	284	125	27.4	11.6	4.9	2.3	1.1	1.2	4.4	8.3	53.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.4	80.9	59.4	1.8	3.2	1.6	3,431	1,453	614	132	156	187	400
17	Robert Reid R. Reid	277	58	37.1	14.7	5.7	4.8	1.6	0.7	6.1	13.6	45.3	0.1	0.5	10.7	2.4	3.3	73.3	49.1	1.7	4.0	2.0	2,154	855	332	93	38	116	221
18	John Johnson J. Johnson	275	73	27.4	9.7	4.9	3.8	0.6	0.2	4.0	9.0	45.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.4	69.9	48.6	1.8	3.1	3.0	2,002	711	359	43	12	184	195
19	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	274	41	34.1	13.3	1.6	6.7	0.7	0.0	4.7	10.7	43.8	0.0	0.4	11.8	3.9	4.7	82.9	52.2	0.3	1.3	3.0	1,400	546	66	30	2	122	100
20	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	240	62	37.9	17.5	5.7	3.9	1.3	0.4	5.8	12.1	48.0	0.1	0.5	30.0	5.8	7.3	79.7	57.4	2.4	3.3	2.8	2,352	1,088	354	82	27	175	195
21	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	235	47	28.2	11.4	4.3	5.0	1.4	0.7	4.1	8.3	49.0	0.1	0.5	28.0	3.1	4.3	71.3	55.6	1.4	2.9	2.9	1,327	535	200	67	33	138	151
22	Alvan Adams A. Adams	222	59	27.5	12.5	6.7	3.8	1.1	0.9	5.1	10.6	48.3	0.0	0.0		2.2	2.9	74.1	52.2	1.9	4.8	2.6	1,620	735	397	64	51	154	191
23	Rickey Green R. Green	217	25	33.0	14.6	2.9	8.7	1.3	0.2	5.7	12.0	47.3	0.1	0.5	23.1	3.1	3.7	83.7	53.5	0.8	2.2	2.2	825	364	73	33	4	54	41
24	Henry Bibby H. Bibby	217	56	28.8	9.0	2.9	3.9	0.8	0.0	3.3	8.4	39.8	0.3	0.7	38.5	2.2	2.9	77.6	46.6	1.1	1.9	1.9	1,611	504	164	47	2	71	145
25	Alex English A. English	215	48	36.0	25.0	5.8	4.5	0.8	0.6	9.8	19.1	51.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.4	6.3	87.0	57.2	2.4	3.4	2.1	1,729	1,201	276	37	28	102	133