Although Chris Paul only delivered three assists in the Western Conference Semifinals G1, his NBA career playoff total assists officially surpassed Tony Parker and entered the top five in NBA history. So, who are the top four in the NBA history list with this data?
In the Western Conference Semifinals G1, where the Suns never fell behind and beat the Lone Ranger, Paul's stats were not out of the picture, only 3 assists in 28 minutes of playing time, the number of assists was even 1 less than payne who played 19 minutes off the bench, and paul made 13 shots in exchange for 19 points on the offensive end, which was a bit "blown up" compared to Doncic's 45 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists with 50% shooting. However, Paul still set a milestone in this game.
After this game, Paul has delivered 1144 assists in 136 playoff games so far in his NBA career, officially surpassing Tony Parker in the NBA's all-time players' playoff total assists list, ranking among the top five in NBA history. So, who are the top four on this data list?
On this statistic leaderboard, Paul's next catch-up target is current Lone Ranger head coach Jason Kidd. As the highlight of the 1994 NBA Draft, Kidd delivered 1,263 assists in 158 playoff games in his NBA career, ranking fourth in NBA history.
John Stockton's nine assists in his NBA career is the most of all players in NBA history, and he has become the NBA assist king for nine consecutive seasons, Stockton leads the second place in the NBA's all-time players' regular season total assists list by more than 3,700 times, and ranks second in NBA history with an average of 10.5 assists per game in the NBA's career. Stockton has delivered 1,839 assists in 182 playoff games in his NBA career, but only ranks third in NBA history.
One of the NBA's active players has more career playoff assists than Stockton, and that's LeBron James. James has played in 266 playoff games to date, delivering 1,919 assists, the second-highest of all players in NBA history.
The biggest total number of assists in the playoffs in NBA history so far is Magic Johnson, who has delivered 2346 assists in 190 playoff games in his career, and is the only player in NBA history to have given 2000+ assists in the playoffs. Paul, who will celebrate his 37th birthday in a few days, is good enough, but in the total assists list of his career playoffs, Paul may not be in the top three.