Maya Moore had the most assists in the 2016 playoffs, with 37 assists.

Interpreted as:

most ast by a player in 2016 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	Maya Moore M. Moore	37	2016	MIN	8	32.9	22.4	7.3	4.6	1.9	0.5	7.8	15.0	51.7	1.5	3.9	38.7	5.4	5.8	93.5	63.8	0.9	6.4	2.8	263	179	58	15	4	22	23	+79
2	Alana Beard A. Beard	33	2016	LAS	9	31.1	8.0	3.8	3.7	1.1	0.4	3.4	7.6	45.6	0.3	0.7	50.0	0.8	1.0	77.8	50.0	1.2	2.6	1.2	280	72	34	10	4	11	23	+57
3	Courtney Vandersloot C. Vandersloot	31	2016	CHI	5	29.6	13.2	2.4	6.2	2.0	0.2	4.4	10.2	43.1	1.2	3.6	33.3	3.2	3.2	100.0	56.9	0.2	2.2	2.6	148	66	12	10	1	13	14	-27
4	Lindsay Whalen L. Whalen	31	2016	MIN	8	26.6	13.1	1.9	3.9	0.4	0.1	5.1	9.0	56.9	0.4	0.9	42.9	2.5	3.0	83.3	63.6	0.5	1.4	2.0	213	105	15	3	1	16	12	+58
5	Candace Parker C. Parker	29	2016	LAS	9	33.0	19.3	8.7	3.2	1.7	1.9	6.8	14.4	46.9	1.1	3.6	31.3	4.7	6.0	77.8	56.6	2.0	6.7	2.7	297	174	78	15	17	24	19	+38
6	Kristi Toliver K. Toliver	27	2016	LAS	9	32.2	12.8	2.0	3.0	1.4	0.1	3.8	9.3	40.5	2.7	6.4	41.4	2.6	3.0	85.2	60.0	0.2	1.8	1.4	290	115	18	13	1	13	21	+60
7	Seimone Augustus S. Augustus	26	2016	MIN	8	26.9	11.1	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.3	4.1	10.5	39.3	0.4	1.5	25.0	2.5	2.9	87.0	47.3	0.6	2.3	2.0	215	89	23	7	2	16	13	+17
8	Chelsea Gray C. Gray	25	2016	LAS	9	22.1	9.0	1.7	2.8	1.1	0.0	2.9	7.1	40.6	1.0	2.6	39.1	2.2	2.7	83.3	54.3	0.2	1.4	2.4	199	81	15	10	0	22	16	0
9	Nneka Ogwumike N. Ogwumike	23	2016	LAS	9	31.3	17.9	9.3	2.6	2.0	1.1	7.2	11.6	62.5	0.2	1.0	22.2	3.2	4.2	76.3	66.7	3.1	6.2	2.9	282	161	84	18	10	26	38	+78
10	Rebekkah Brunson R. Brunson	20	2016	MIN	8	29.3	8.9	6.5	2.5	1.3	0.6	3.3	6.9	47.3	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.0	79.2	54.1	2.0	4.5	1.5	234	71	52	10	5	12	28	+60
11	Marta Xargay M. Xargay	19	2016	PHX	5	24.2	7.8	1.8	3.8	0.4	0.0	2.4	5.4	44.4	0.6	2.2	27.3	2.4	3.0	80.0	58.0	0.8	1.0	2.6	121	39	9	2	0	13	25	+22
12	Angel McCoughtry A. McCoughtry	16	2016	ATL	2	35.0	32.0	4.5	8.0	0.5	0.0	11.5	21.0	54.8	3.5	5.0	70.0	5.5	7.5	73.3	65.8	2.0	2.5	3.5	70	64	9	1	0	7	7	+1
13	Tamera Young T. Young	16	2016	CHI	5	27.6	9.8	4.8	3.2	1.2	0.4	4.6	12.0	38.3	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.2	50.0	39.1	2.0	2.8	1.8	138	49	24	6	2	9	23	-25
14	Jia Perkins J. Perkins	15	2016	MIN	8	17.6	5.1	2.0	1.9	1.0	0.1	2.0	5.1	39.0	0.1	1.3	10.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	46.0	0.4	1.6	0.4	141	41	16	8	1	3	8	-5
15	Renee Montgomery R. Montgomery	15	2016	MIN	8	12.6	4.1	0.4	1.9	0.5	0.0	1.3	3.4	37.0	0.5	1.1	44.4	1.1	1.3	90.0	52.5	0.1	0.3	1.0	101	33	3	4	0	8	5	+5
16	Jamierra Faulkner J. Faulkner	15	2016	CHI	5	17.2	8.0	1.6	3.0	0.8	0.0	3.0	7.6	39.5	0.2	1.4	14.3	1.8	2.6	69.2	45.7	0.6	1.0	1.4	86	40	8	4	0	7	9	-18
17	Penny Taylor P. Taylor	15	2016	PHX	5	26.0	11.2	4.4	3.0	1.6	0.8	2.8	7.6	36.8	1.0	3.2	31.3	4.6	4.8	95.8	57.7	0.0	4.4	1.8	130	56	22	8	4	9	14	+5
18	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	14	2016	PHX	5	30.8	23.6	2.6	2.8	0.2	0.6	7.0	13.6	51.5	3.2	7.4	43.2	6.4	6.6	97.0	71.5	0.2	2.4	2.0	154	118	13	1	3	10	15	-44
19	Layshia Clarendon L. Clarendon	12	2016	ATL	2	32.0	11.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	0.5	4.0	7.5	53.3	0.5	2.0	25.0	2.5	4.0	62.5	59.4	1.5	4.5	2.0	64	22	12	0	1	4	6	+4
20	Ana Dabovic A. Dabovic	12	2016	LAS	6	8.0	0.8	0.3	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	2.3	7.1	0.2	1.2	14.3	0.3	0.3	100.0	16.8	0.3	0.0	0.7	48	5	2	1	0	4	7	+10
21	Essence Carson E. Carson	11	2016	LAS	9	25.2	6.7	2.3	1.2	0.4	0.1	2.8	8.3	33.3	0.9	3.4	25.8	0.2	0.4	50.0	39.1	0.8	1.6	1.2	227	60	21	4	1	11	16	+36
22	Sylvia Fowles S. Fowles	10	2016	MIN	8	31.4	12.9	9.8	1.3	0.9	1.8	5.5	9.0	61.1	0.0	0.0		1.9	2.5	75.0	63.7	3.3	6.5	1.5	251	103	78	7	14	12	29	+24
23	Jantel Lavender J. Lavender	9	2016	LAS	9	15.6	7.6	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.1	3.8	6.2	60.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0		60.7	0.8	1.6	0.2	140	68	21	0	1	2	13	-1
24	Briann January B. January	9	2016	IND	1	33.0	12.0	0.0	9.0	3.0	0.0	4.0	13.0	30.8	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	6.0	66.7	38.4	0.0	0.0	1.0	33	12	0	3	0	1	5	-12
25	Candice Dupree C. Dupree	9	2016	PHX	5	31.4	9.6	3.8	1.8	0.6	0.2	4.2	8.6	48.8	0.0	0.0		1.2	1.2	100.0	52.6	0.8	3.0	1.4	157	48	19	3	1	7	9	-31