NBA Players with the Highest Assist Averages in Playoffs in Their 17th Season

Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 17th NBA season, ranked by playoff assists per game. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.

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Which NBA player averaged the most assists in the Playoffs in his 17th year?

Playing for the 2001 Utah Jazz, John Stockton averaged 11.4 assists in 5 games — the highest playoff assists per game average by any NBA player in his 17th season.

Assists Per Game, 17th Season

11.4 apg
John Stockton
(2001 Utah Jazz)

Note: No game minimums were used for this list / = NBA champion in this season.

Assists Per Game in a Player's 17th Season - Full List

Playoffs

		Assists			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	3pm
1	John Stockton (2001 Jazz)	11.4	57	5	9.8	5.6	2.0	0.6	0.0
2	LeBron James (2020 Lakers)	8.8	184	21	27.6	10.8	1.2	0.9	2.1
3	Chris Paul (2022 Suns)	8.3	108	13	17.5	4.2	1.5	0.2	1.5
4	Jason Kidd (2011 Mavericks)	7.3	153	21	9.3	4.5	1.9	0.5	2.0
5	Mike Conley (2024 Timberwolves)	5.7	86	15	11.6	3.9	1.4	0.2	2.0
6	Karl Malone (2002 Jazz)	4.5	18	4	20.0	7.5	1.3	0.8	0.0
	Steve Nash (2013 Lakers)	4.5	9	2	12.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
8	Kyle Lowry (2023 Heat)	4.4	101	23	9.2	3.5	1.0	0.6	1.4
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1986 Lakers)	3.5	49	14	25.9	5.9	1.1	1.7	0.0
10	Reggie Miller (2004 Pacers)	2.8	45	16	10.1	2.3	1.1	0.2	1.5

		Assists			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	3pm
11	Pau Gasol (2018 Spurs)	2.8	14	5	6.0	4.8	0.0	0.2	0.2
12	Russell Westbrook (2025 Nuggets)	2.6	34	13	11.7	3.7	0.9	0.1	1.5
13	Dirk Nowitzki (2015 Mavericks)	2.4	12	5	21.2	10.4	0.4	0.4	0.8
14	Al Horford (2024 Celtics)	2.1	40	19	9.2	7.0	0.8	0.8	1.8
15	Carmelo Anthony (2020 Trail Blazers)	2.0	10	5	15.2	5.0	1.0	0.4	1.6
	Nicolas Batum (2025 Clippers)	2.0	14	7	5.6	3.9	0.9	1.7	1.9
17	Tim Duncan (2014 Spurs)	2.0	45	23	16.3	9.2	0.3	1.3	0.0
18	Jamal Crawford (2017 Clippers)	1.9	13	7	12.6	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.9
19	Kevin Garnett (2012 Celtics)	1.5	30	20	19.2	10.3	1.2	1.5	0.1
	Gary Payton (2007 Heat)	1.5	3	2	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

		Assists			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	3pm
21	Andre Miller (2016 Spurs)	1.4	7	5	1.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
22	Ray Allen (2013 Heat)	1.3	29	23	10.2	2.8	0.5	0.1	1.7
23	Andre Iguodala (2021 Heat)	1.3	5	4	3.8	3.0	1.0	0.5	0.8
	Robert Parish (1993 Celtics)	1.3	5	4	17.0	9.5	0.3	1.5	0.0
25	Tony Parker (2018 Spurs)	1.2	6	5	6.6	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.0
	Jason Terry (2016 Rockets)	1.2	6	5	7.0	2.2	0.4	0.2	1.2
27	Vince Carter (2015 Grizzlies)	1.0	11	11	6.3	4.3	0.6	0.2	0.6
	Patrick Ewing (2002 Magic)	1.0	4	4	6.5	5.5	0.3	1.0	0.0
	Mark Jackson (2004 Rockets)	1.0	5	5	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0
30	Paul Pierce (2015 Wizards)	0.9	9	10	14.6	4.2	0.6	0.7	3.3

		Assists			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	3pm
31	Brook Lopez (2025 Bucks)	0.8	4	5	5.0	1.6	0.2	1.0	0.8
	Terry Porter (2002 Spurs)	0.8	8	10	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.5
33	Derek Fisher (2013 Thunder)	0.7	8	11	8.7	1.5	0.6	0.1	2.2
34	Dwight Howard (2021 76ers)	0.7	8	12	4.7	6.3	0.2	0.5	0.0
35	Clifford Robinson (2006 Nets)	0.6	5	8	4.5	3.3	1.1	0.4	0.8
36	Trevor Ariza (2021 Heat)	0.5	2	4	4.8	5.8	0.8	0.3	1.3
37	Nene (2019 Rockets)	0.4	3	7	3.9	2.0	0.4	0.3	0.0
38	Joe Johnson (2018 Rockets)	0.4	3	8	1.5	1.3	0.0	0.1	0.0
39	Dikembe Mutombo (2008 Rockets)	0.3	2	6	3.8	6.5	0.2	1.8	0.0
	Buck Williams (1998 Knicks)	0.3	1	3	4.7	5.3	0.0	0.3	0.0

		Assists			Other stats
Rk	Player (Team)	Per Game	Total	Gms	Pts	Reb	Stl	Blk	3pm
41	DeAndre Jordan (2025 Nuggets)	0.3	2	7	0.9	1.3	0.0	0.1	0.0
42	Kyle Korver (2020 Bucks)	0.1	1	10	6.2	0.8	0.3	0.1	1.5
43	Juwan Howard (2011 Heat)	0.1	1	11	1.5	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
44	Marcus Camby (2013 Knicks)	0.0	0	3	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Jeff Green (2025 Rockets)	0.0	0	3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
	Nazr Mohammed (2015 Bulls)	0.0	0	3	1.3	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.0
	Sam Perkins (2001 Pacers)	0.0	0	3	1.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
	Tree Rollins (1994 Magic)	0.0	0	3	1.3	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0
	Otis Thorpe (2001 Hornets)	0.0	0	8	0.5	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Thaddeus Young (2024 Suns)	0.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0