Tamika Catchings had the most assists in the 2009 playoffs, with 54 assists.

Interpreted as:

most ast by a player in 2009 playoffs

	NAME	AST	SEASON	TM	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	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	54	2009	IND	10	35.7	17.2	10.4	5.4	3.3	1.4	5.6	12.2	45.9	0.9	3.6	25.0	5.1	6.0	85.0	58.0	2.4	8.0	3.4	357	172	104	33	14	34	34	+32
2	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	42	2009	PHX	11	32.9	22.3	5.9	3.8	0.7	1.3	7.5	16.5	45.1	2.8	7.7	36.5	4.5	5.1	89.3	59.3	0.8	5.1	3.0	362	245	65	8	14	33	41	+48
3	Katie Douglas K. Douglas	40	2009	IND	10	36.1	15.5	3.5	4.0	1.4	0.6	5.1	14.1	36.2	1.8	5.8	31.0	3.5	4.3	81.4	48.5	1.4	2.1	1.9	361	155	35	14	6	19	14	+26
4	Cappie Pondexter C. Pondexter	39	2009	PHX	11	30.9	18.2	3.6	3.5	1.2	0.0	6.9	14.9	46.3	0.8	3.3	25.0	3.5	4.0	88.6	54.5	1.0	2.6	1.5	340	200	40	13	0	16	26	+50
5	Penny Taylor P. Taylor	37	2009	PHX	11	24.1	14.3	3.5	3.4	0.4	0.2	4.5	8.5	52.7	1.4	2.8	48.4	4.0	4.6	86.3	68.0	0.9	2.5	1.1	265	157	38	4	2	12	23	+79
6	Temeka Johnson T. Johnson	34	2009	PHX	11	24.3	7.5	1.9	3.1	0.7	0.2	2.7	6.9	39.5	1.2	2.5	48.1	0.9	1.1	83.3	51.1	0.4	1.5	1.5	267	83	21	8	2	17	27	+5
7	Briann January B. January	30	2009	IND	10	22.8	10.6	2.4	3.0	0.4	0.0	3.0	7.8	38.5	1.2	2.9	41.4	3.4	4.0	85.0	55.4	0.7	1.7	1.3	228	106	24	4	0	13	23	-14
8	Noelle Quinn N. Quinn	23	2009	LAS	6	26.3	4.8	3.2	3.8	1.2	0.5	1.7	6.3	26.3	0.2	1.7	10.0	1.3	1.3	100.0	34.9	0.8	2.3	3.2	158	29	19	7	3	19	10	-9
9	Alexis Hornbuckle A. Hornbuckle	20	2009	DET	5	35.4	10.6	6.0	4.0	1.8	0.6	4.4	9.0	48.9	0.6	1.8	33.3	1.2	1.2	100.0	55.6	1.6	4.4	3.2	177	53	30	9	3	16	19	+27
10	Tully Bevilaqua T. Bevilaqua	20	2009	IND	10	22.4	5.3	2.3	2.0	1.2	0.1	1.8	5.3	34.0	1.0	3.2	31.3	0.7	1.0	70.0	46.2	0.5	1.8	1.1	224	53	23	12	1	11	25	-7
11	Tina Thompson T. Thompson	17	2009	LAS	6	36.3	15.2	7.0	2.8	0.8	0.7	4.7	12.3	37.8	2.0	4.3	46.2	3.8	4.0	95.8	53.8	2.7	4.3	2.5	218	91	42	5	4	15	16	+17
12	Tanisha Wright T. Wright	16	2009	SEA	3	32.7	11.7	5.3	5.3	1.7	0.0	4.3	12.7	34.2	0.3	1.3	25.0	2.7	2.7	100.0	42.1	3.0	2.3	3.0	98	35	16	5	0	9	12	-15
13	Deanna Nolan D. Nolan	16	2009	DET	5	38.0	21.6	1.6	3.2	1.8	0.4	7.8	19.6	39.8	1.8	5.6	32.1	4.2	4.6	91.3	49.9	1.0	0.6	3.6	190	108	8	9	2	18	18	+24
14	DeLisha Milton-Jones D. Milton-Jones	15	2009	LAS	6	31.7	9.0	5.8	2.5	1.7	0.2	3.3	9.5	35.1	0.7	2.2	30.8	1.7	2.7	62.5	42.2	2.7	3.2	2.2	190	54	35	10	1	13	14	-1
15	Shavonte Zellous S. Zellous	14	2009	DET	5	29.0	15.6	5.0	2.8	1.2	0.6	4.8	13.6	35.3	1.4	3.4	41.2	4.6	5.4	85.2	48.8	1.6	3.4	1.4	145	78	25	6	3	7	15	+57
16	Vickie Johnson V. Johnson	14	2009	SAN	3	30.0	15.3	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.0	6.0	8.3	72.0	1.7	2.3	71.4	1.7	2.0	83.3	83.2	1.0	2.0	1.0	90	46	9	5	0	3	6	-9
17	Ketia Swanier K. Swanier	13	2009	PHX	9	10.1	2.2	1.0	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.9	3.0	29.6	0.4	1.2	36.4	0.0	0.0		37.0	0.2	0.8	0.8	91	20	9	2	0	7	10	-3
18	Sue Bird S. Bird	12	2009	SEA	3	36.3	11.3	3.7	4.0	1.3	0.0	3.7	11.0	33.3	1.7	4.0	41.7	2.3	2.7	87.5	46.5	0.3	3.3	2.3	109	34	11	4	0	7	5	-14
19	Lisa Leslie L. Leslie	12	2009	LAS	6	34.7	16.7	9.2	2.0	1.3	1.5	6.3	14.0	45.2	0.0	0.0		4.0	6.5	61.5	49.4	3.2	6.0	2.2	208	100	55	8	9	13	26	-3
20	Kristi Harrower K. Harrower	11	2009	LAS	5	11.8	2.6	0.2	2.2	0.4	0.0	1.2	2.4	50.0	0.2	0.6	33.3	0.0	0.0		54.2	0.0	0.2	0.8	59	13	1	2	0	4	1	+13
21	Candace Parker C. Parker	10	2009	LAS	6	35.2	18.0	10.7	1.7	0.8	1.8	6.3	11.8	53.5	0.2	0.7	25.0	5.2	7.3	70.5	59.8	3.5	7.2	1.7	211	108	64	5	11	10	23	+12
22	Ann Wauters A. Wauters	10	2009	SAN	3	27.3	10.7	7.7	3.3	0.0	0.0	4.7	12.0	38.9	0.0	0.0		1.3	1.7	80.0	41.9	2.7	5.0	1.3	82	32	23	0	0	4	7	-16
23	Le'coe Willingham L. Willingham	10	2009	PHX	11	23.1	8.2	4.4	0.9	0.4	0.5	3.2	5.9	53.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.2	83.3	59.6	1.9	2.5	1.3	254	90	48	4	5	14	26	+41
24	Nikki Teasley N. Teasley	9	2009	DET	5	16.6	4.8	0.2	1.8	0.2	0.2	1.6	3.6	44.4	0.8	2.0	40.0	0.8	1.2	66.7	58.1	0.0	0.2	1.8	83	24	1	1	1	9	16	-24
25	Betty Lennox B. Lennox	9	2009	LAS	6	21.3	12.3	3.0	1.5	0.8	0.0	4.0	9.7	41.4	1.8	4.2	44.0	2.5	2.5	100.0	57.3	0.3	2.7	1.8	128	74	18	5	0	11	11	+4