which center averaged the most apg in an nba finals in the 2000's

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Shaquille O'Neal averaged the most assists per game by a center in an NBA Finals, with 4.8 per game.

NAME APG SEASON SERIES TM GP MPG PPG RPG SPG BPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TPG MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
1 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
4.8
2000-01
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
5
45.0
33.0
15.8
0.4
3.4
12.6
22.0
57.3
0.0
0.0
7.8
15.2
51.3
57.5
6.2
9.6
4.0
225
165
79
24
2
17
20
20
+40
2 Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
3.8
2006-07
NBA Finals
SAS SAS
4
37.3
18.3
11.5
1.3
2.3
7.3
16.3
44.6
0.0
0.0
3.8
6.0
62.5
48.3
4.0
7.5
2.8
149
73
46
15
5
9
11
13
+24
3 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
3.8
2001-02
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
4
41.5
36.3
12.3
0.5
2.8
12.5
21.0
59.5
0.0
0.0
11.3
17.0
66.2
63.6
3.3
9.0
3.5
166
145
49
15
2
11
14
7
+45
4 Pau Gasol
P. Gasol
3.3
2007-08
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
6
39.0
14.7
10.2
0.5
0.5
5.5
10.3
53.2
0.0
0.0
3.7
5.7
64.7
57.2
2.0
8.2
2.2
234
88
61
20
3
3
13
20
-23
5 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
2.8
2005-06
NBA Finals
MIA MIA
6
35.2
13.7
10.2
0.5
0.8
5.7
9.3
60.7
0.0
0.0
2.3
8.0
29.2
53.2
2.5
7.7
3.2
211
82
61
17
3
5
19
22
-28
6 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
2.3
1999-00
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
6
45.5
38.0
16.7
1.0
2.7
16.0
26.2
61.1
0.0
0.0
6.0
15.5
38.7
57.6
5.7
11.0
2.2
273
228
100
14
6
16
13
20
+8
7 Pau Gasol
P. Gasol
2.2
2008-09
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
5
42.5
18.6
9.2
0.8
1.8
7.2
12.0
60.0
0.0
0.0
4.2
5.4
77.8
64.7
2.0
7.2
1.0
212
93
46
11
4
9
5
15
+39
8 Dwight Howard
D. Howard
2.2
2008-09
NBA Finals
ORL ORL
5
42.6
15.4
15.2
1.6
4.0
4.2
8.6
48.8
0.0
0.0
7.0
11.6
60.3
56.2
3.6
11.6
4.0
213
77
76
11
8
20
20
20
-38
9 Elden Campbell
E. Campbell
1.6
2003-04
NBA Finals
DET DET
5
13.6
3.4
2.6
1.0
0.6
1.2
3.2
37.5
0.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
50.0
41.7
1.2
1.4
0.6
68
17
13
8
5
3
3
13
+14
10 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
1.6
2003-04
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
5
42.6
26.6
10.8
0.4
0.6
10.6
16.8
63.1
0.0
0.0
5.4
11.0
49.1
61.5
3.0
7.8
2.8
213
133
54
8
2
3
14
22
-31
11 Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
1.4
2003-04
NBA Finals
DET DET
5
40.6
10.8
13.6
1.8
1.0
4.4
9.2
47.8
0.0
0.4
0.0
2.0
6.8
29.4
44.3
3.8
9.8
1.2
203
54
68
7
9
5
6
15
+64
12 Elden Campbell
E. Campbell
1.0
2004-05
NBA Finals
DET DET
1
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
-1
13 Ben Wallace
B. Wallace
1.0
2004-05
NBA Finals
DET DET
7
40.0
10.7
10.3
1.7
3.0
4.7
8.3
56.9
0.0
0.0
1.3
3.0
42.9
55.8
3.9
6.4
1.0
280
75
72
7
12
21
7
19
+3
14 Jason Collins
J. Collins
1.0
2002-03
NBA Finals
NJN NJN
6
25.2
3.7
4.7
0.7
0.5
1.2
3.5
33.3
0.0
0.2
0.0
1.3
1.7
80.0
43.3
2.5
2.2
0.8
151
22
28
6
4
3
5
25
+7
15 Sam Perkins
S. Perkins
1.0
1999-00
NBA Finals
IND IND
6
21.8
6.0
4.0
0.5
0.0
1.8
4.8
37.9
1.8
3.8
47.8
0.5
0.7
75.0
58.5
0.2
3.8
0.7
131
36
24
6
3
0
4
20
+7
16 Aaron Williams
A. Williams
0.8
2002-03
NBA Finals
NJN NJN
5
14.2
5.6
4.2
0.2
1.4
2.2
5.2
42.3
0.0
0.0
1.2
1.6
75.0
47.4
2.0
2.2
0.2
71
28
21
4
1
7
1
16
-15
17 Anderson Varejao
A. Varejao
0.8
2006-07
NBA Finals
CLE CLE
4
24.5
7.5
5.3
1.3
0.5
2.5
3.8
66.7
0.0
0.0
2.5
4.0
62.5
68.1
1.5
3.8
0.5
98
30
21
3
5
2
2
12
+14
18 David Robinson
D. Robinson
0.7
2002-03
NBA Finals
SAS SAS
6
26.8
10.8
7.3
1.2
1.8
3.7
6.0
61.1
0.0
0.0
3.5
5.0
70.0
66.1
2.5
4.8
0.5
161
65
44
4
7
11
3
18
+28
19 Andrew Bynum
A. Bynum
0.6
2008-09
NBA Finals
LAL LAL
5
18.9
6.0
4.2
0.4
0.6
2.4
6.6
36.4
0.0
0.0
1.2
1.8
66.7
40.6
2.0
2.2
0.6
95
30
21
3
2
3
3
21
+8
20 Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Z. Ilgauskas
0.5
2006-07
NBA Finals
CLE CLE
4
25.8
7.8
10.3
0.5
1.0
3.3
9.3
35.1
0.0
0.0
1.3
1.5
83.3
39.1
4.5
5.8
1.0
103
31
41
2
2
4
4
10
-51
21 Todd MacCulloch
T. MacCulloch
0.5
2001-02
NBA Finals
NJN NJN
4
18.5
7.5
5.0
0.8
1.0
3.5
7.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
0.5
1.0
50.0
50.4
3.0
2.0
1.3
74
30
20
2
3
4
5
14
-20
22 Rik Smits
R. Smits
0.5
1999-00
NBA Finals
IND IND
6
19.3
10.0
4.0
0.5
1.2
4.5
9.7
46.6
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
49.5
1.3
2.7
1.3
116
60
24
3
3
7
8
29
+4
23 Kendrick Perkins
K. Perkins
0.4
2007-08
NBA Finals
BOS BOS
5
18.4
4.0
3.6
0.6
1.0
1.6
2.8
57.1
0.0
0.0
0.8
1.2
66.7
60.1
1.6
2.0
1.2
92
20
18
2
3
5
6
21
0
24 Matt Geiger
M. Geiger
0.4
2000-01
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
5
10.8
5.2
1.0
0.2
0.0
2.4
3.6
66.7
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.4
100.0
68.9
0.4
0.6
0.6
54
26
5
2
1
0
3
20
-5
25 Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
0.4
2000-01
NBA Finals
PHI PHI
5
41.6
16.8
12.2
0.4
2.2
6.6
11.0
60.0
0.0
0.0
3.6
5.2
69.2
63.2
4.0
8.2
1.0
208
84
61
2
2
11
5
23
-20
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LAL LAL
10:00 PM
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SAC SAC
9:00 PM
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LAL LAL
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MIN MIN
9:30 PM
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