Sports quiz
NBA playoff assists leaders by year (total assists)
For every NBA playoffs from 1980 to 2026, name the player who handed out the most assists in total. These are totals, not per game averages, so long runs count.
- Format
- Type them all
- Items
- 47 answers
- Limit
- 6:00
- Level
- Hard
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Answers
- 47
- Time limit
- 6:00
- Order
- Any order
- Matching
- Case and accents ignored
- Type an answer; it files itself the moment it matches.
- One answer can fill several slots.
- Give up at any time to see what you missed.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Name the leader in total playoff assists for each year.
| Year | Player | Total and team |
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| 1980 | Not found yet | |
| 1981 | Not found yet | |
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| 1991 | Not found yet | |
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| 1995 | Not found yet |
| Year | Player | Total and team |
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| 1996 | Not found yet | |
| 1997 | Not found yet | |
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| 2011 | Not found yet |
| Year | Player | Total and team |
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| 2012 | Not found yet | |
| 2013 | Not found yet | |
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| 2020 | Not found yet | |
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| 2022 | Not found yet | |
| 2023 | Not found yet | |
| 2024 | Not found yet | |
| 2025 | Not found yet | |
| 2026 | Not found yet |
About this quiz
The leader in total assists for each of the 47 postseasons from 1980 to 2026. Because these are totals, the leader almost always comes from a team that went deep. A player fills every year he led.
- Magic Johnson led nine times between 1980 and 1991, more than anyone else in the period.
- Johnson's 303 assists in 1988 is the only total above 300 on the list.
- LeBron James led six times and John Stockton five.
- Nikola Jokić in 2023 and Luka Dončić in 2024 each led the playoffs in total points, rebounds and assists.
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