Lakers Top 50 Players for Career Assists Average in the NBA Playoffs
Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers players with the best average in career assists in the NBA Playoffs.
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| Career Average | In this page you can find the top 50 list with the best career assist averages in the NBA Playoffs. The list includes both the Minneapolis Lakers and the Los Angeles Lakers players. Magic Johnson retired in 1996 with the best assists average in NBA playoffs history. He still holds this record and obviously his 12.3 assists per game are the best in Lakers history Kobe Bryant (7th), Ramon Sessions, Pau Gasol, Derek Fisher, Steve Blake and Ron Artest are the 2011-12 Lakers on this list. |
 Magic Johnson 12.3 assists 1979-80 to 1990-91, 1995-96 |
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Notes:
- Stats updated on Oct 09, 2025.
- Total Rebounds were not recorded until 1950-51, steals, blocks, offensive and defensive rebounds until 1973-74, turnovers until 1977-78 and 3-pointers started in 1979-80.
Lakers Top 50 Players for Career Assists Average in the NBA Playoffs
| Player | Assists | Playoffs | Games | |||||||
| 1. | Magic Johnson | 12.35 | 13 | 190 | ||||||
| 2. | Norm Nixon | 8.02 | 6 | 58 | ||||||
| 3. | LeBron James | 7.70 | 5 | 53 | ||||||
| 4. | Rajon Rondo | 6.56 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| 5. | Jerry West | 6.34 | 13 | 153 | ||||||
| 6. | Nick Van Exel | 5.89 | 4 | 36 | ||||||
| 7. | Luka Doncic | 5.80 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| 8. | Gary Payton | 5.27 | 1 | 22 | ||||||
| 9. | Slick Leonard | 4.85 | 4 | 34 | ||||||
| 10. | Kobe Bryant | 4.73 | 15 | 220 | ||||||
| 11. | Charlie Scott | 4.67 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 12. | D'Angelo Russell | 4.52 | 2 | 21 | ||||||
| 13. | Steve Nash | 4.50 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Sedale Threatt | 4.50 | 4 | 14 | |||||||
| 15. | Don Chaney | 4.36 | 1 | 11 |
| Player | Assists | Playoffs | Games | |||||||
| 16. | Austin Reaves | 4.19 | 3 | 26 | ||||||
| 17. | Michael Cooper | 4.18 | 11 | 168 | ||||||
| 18. | Archie Clark | 4.17 | 2 | 18 | ||||||
| 19. | Gail Goodrich | 4.04 | 7 | 73 | ||||||
| Elgin Baylor | 4.04 | 12 | 134 | |||||||
| 21. | Slater Martin | 3.81 | 7 | 67 | ||||||
| 22. | Mahdi Abdul-Rahman | 3.75 | 3 | 24 | ||||||
| 23. | Frank Selvy | 3.72 | 5 | 50 | ||||||
| 24. | Wilt Chamberlain | 3.61 | 5 | 80 | ||||||
| 25. | Jim Pollard | 3.60 | 7 | 72 | ||||||
| 26. | Ramon Sessions | 3.58 | 1 | 12 | ||||||
| 27. | Pau Gasol | 3.55 | 6 | 93 | ||||||
| 28. | Chris Duhon | 3.50 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 29. | Lucius Allen | 3.43 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Karl Malone | 3.43 | 1 | 21 |
| Player | Assists | Playoffs | Games | |||||||
| 31. | James Worthy | 3.24 | 9 | 143 | ||||||
| 32. | Connie Hawkins | 3.20 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| 33. | Dick Garmaker | 3.19 | 3 | 21 | ||||||
| 34. | Anthony Davis | 3.13 | 4 | 47 | ||||||
| 35. | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 3.00 | 13 | 180 | ||||||
| Marc Gasol | 3.00 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| 37. | Hot Rod Hundley | 2.96 | 5 | 53 | ||||||
| 38. | Shaquille O'Neal | 2.95 | 8 | 122 | ||||||
| 39. | Dennis Schroder | 2.86 | 2 | 22 | ||||||
| 40. | Keith Erickson | 2.77 | 4 | 60 | ||||||
| 41. | Johnny Egan | 2.71 | 2 | 34 | ||||||
| 42. | Ron Harper | 2.66 | 2 | 29 | ||||||
| 43. | Derek Fisher | 2.63 | 12 | 193 | ||||||
| 44. | Dorian Finney-Smith | 2.60 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| 45. | Dick Barnett | 2.54 | 3 | 28 |
| Player | Assists | Playoffs | Games | |||||||
| 46. | Robert Horry | 2.51 | 7 | 100 | ||||||
| 47. | Earl Tatum | 2.45 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| 48. | Lamar Odom | 2.43 | 6 | 89 | ||||||
| 49. | Eddie Jones | 2.42 | 4 | 36 | ||||||
| 50. | Rick Fox | 2.39 | 7 | 99 | ||||||
| 51. | Brian Shaw | 2.38 | 4 | 69 | ||||||
| 52. | Jamaal Wilkes | 2.37 | 7 | 73 | ||||||
| 53. | Byron Scott | 2.36 | 11 | 150 |