which center has the most total assists in a finals from 1979-80 to 2021-22

Between the 1979-80 and 2021-22 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the most assists by a center in an NBA Finals, with 31 assists 2 times.

	NAME	AST	SEASON	SERIES	TM	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	31	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	6	213	154	54	6	9	67	111	60.4	0	0		20	26	76.9	62.9	17	37	17	27		35.5	25.7	9.0	5.2	1.0	1.5	2.8
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	31	1983-84	NBA Finals	LAL	7	272	186	57	12	15	75	156	48.1	0	0		36	53	67.9	51.9	23	34	21	27		38.9	26.6	8.1	4.4	1.7	2.1	3.0
3	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	26	2009-10	NBA Finals	LAL	7	293	130	81	5	18	43	90	47.8	0	2	0.0	44	61	72.1	55.6	35	46	13	21	+12	41.9	18.6	11.6	3.7	0.7	2.6	1.9
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	25	1994-95	NBA Finals	ORL	4	180	112	50	1	10	44	74	59.5	0	0		24	42	57.1	60.6	11	39	21	18		45.0	28.0	12.5	6.3	0.3	2.5	5.3
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	25	1993-94	NBA Finals	HOU	7	302	188	64	11	27	75	150	50.0	1	1	100.0	37	43	86.0	55.6	13	51	25	26		43.1	26.9	9.1	3.6	1.6	3.9	3.6
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	24	2000-01	NBA Finals	LAL	5	225	165	79	2	17	63	110	57.3	0	0		39	76	51.3	57.5	31	48	20	20	+40	45.0	33.0	15.8	4.8	0.4	3.4	4.0
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	23	1981-82	NBA Finals	LAL	6	212	108	46	8	19	43	81	53.1	0	0		22	41	53.7	54.5	13	33	16	21		35.3	18.0	7.7	3.8	1.3	3.2	2.7
8	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	22	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	4	179	131	46	8	8	56	116	48.3	1	1	100.0	18	26	69.2	51.4	11	35	11	18		44.8	32.8	11.5	5.5	2.0	2.0	2.8
9	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	20	2007-08	NBA Finals	LAL	6	234	88	61	3	3	33	62	53.2	0	0		22	34	64.7	57.2	12	49	13	20	-23	39.0	14.7	10.2	3.3	0.5	0.5	2.2
10	Al Horford A. Horford	17	2021-22	NBA Finals	BOS	6	191	75	51	4	4	26	43	60.5	15	24	62.5	8	12	66.7	77.7	10	41	10	12	-27	31.8	12.5	8.5	2.8	0.7	0.7	1.7
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	17	2005-06	NBA Finals	MIA	6	211	82	61	3	5	34	56	60.7	0	0		14	48	29.2	53.2	15	46	19	22	-28	35.2	13.7	10.2	2.8	0.5	0.8	3.2
12	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	16	2018-19	NBA Finals	TOR	6	173	72	44	3	2	21	47	44.7	6	19	31.6	24	26	92.3	61.6	5	39	7	25	+14	28.8	12.0	7.3	2.7	0.5	0.3	1.2
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	16	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	5	203	167	68	3	23	73	133	54.9	0	0		21	26	80.8	57.8	16	52	21	20		40.6	33.4	13.6	3.2	0.6	4.6	4.2
14	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	15	2012-13	NBA Finals	MIA	7	240	83	62	13	11	36	78	46.2	0	6	0.0	11	15	73.3	49.1	20	42	7	19	-11	34.3	11.9	8.9	2.1	1.9	1.6	1.0
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	15	2006-07	NBA Finals	SAS	4	149	73	46	5	9	29	65	44.6	0	0		15	24	62.5	48.3	16	30	11	13	+24	37.3	18.3	11.5	3.8	1.3	2.3	2.8
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	15	2001-02	NBA Finals	LAL	4	166	145	49	2	11	50	84	59.5	0	0		45	68	66.2	63.6	13	36	14	7	+45	41.5	36.3	12.3	3.8	0.5	2.8	3.5
17	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	14	2018-19	NBA Finals	GSW	6	108	50	28	4	6	17	40	42.5	2	9	22.2	14	23	60.9	49.9	4	24	13	18	-11	18.0	8.3	4.7	2.3	0.7	1.0	2.2
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	14	1999-00	NBA Finals	LAL	6	273	228	100	6	16	96	157	61.1	0	0		36	93	38.7	57.6	34	66	13	20	+8	45.5	38.0	16.7	2.3	1.0	2.7	2.2
19	Tristan Thompson T. Thompson	13	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	5	132	28	29	3	3	12	22	54.5	0	0		4	6	66.7	56.8	14	15	7	10	-41	26.4	5.6	5.8	2.6	0.6	0.6	1.4
20	Luc Longley L. Longley	13	1995-96	NBA Finals	CHI	6	170	70	23	3	11	27	47	57.4	0	0		16	22	72.7	61.8	8	15	15	23		28.3	11.7	3.8	2.2	0.5	1.8	2.5
21	Bill Laimbeer B. Laimbeer	13	1987-88	NBA Finals	DET	7	235	66	62	3	7	27	69	39.1	2	6	33.3	10	10	100.0	45.0	12	50	8	25		33.6	9.4	8.9	1.9	0.4	1.0	1.1
22	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	13	1979-80	NBA Finals	PHI	6	203	121	36	7	14	52	98	53.1	0	2	0.0	17	26	65.4	55.3	12	24	19	29		33.8	20.2	6.0	2.2	1.2	2.3	3.2
23	David Robinson D. Robinson	12	1998-99	NBA Finals	SAS	5	185	83	59	5	15	25	59	42.4	0	0		33	48	68.8	51.8	14	45	8	16	+44	37.0	16.6	11.8	2.4	1.0	3.0	1.6
24	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	12	1993-94	NBA Finals	NYK	7	308	132	87	9	30	58	160	36.3	1	5	20.0	15	21	71.4	39.0	32	55	22	29		44.0	18.9	12.4	1.7	1.3	4.3	3.1
25	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	12	1990-91	NBA Finals	CHI	5	160	44	25	3	3	20	46	43.5	0	0		4	6	66.7	45.2	5	20	6	14		32.0	8.8	5.0	2.4	0.6	0.6	1.2