NBA Players with the Highest Assist Averages in Playoffs in Their 20th Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 20th NBA season, ranked by playoff assists per game. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.
Which NBA player averaged the most assists in the Playoffs in his 20th year?
Playing for the 2023 Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James averaged 6.5 assists in 16 games — the highest playoff assists per game average by any NBA player in his 20th season.
Assists Per Game, 20th Season
6.5 apg
LeBron James
(2023 Los Angeles Lakers)
Note: No game minimums were used for this list
Assists Per Game in a Player's 20th Season - Full List
Playoffs
| Assists | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Reb | Stl | Blk | 3pm |
| 1 | (2023 Lakers) |
6.5 | 104 | 16 | 24.5 | 9.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| 2 | (1989 Lakers) |
1.3 | 19 | 15 | 11.1 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 3 | (2023 Heat) |
0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |