Playmaking

Updated 6/19/2026, 3:11:59 PM

Potential assists (passes that would have been assists if the shooter made it) versus actual assists. The gap is teammates missing your dimes.

Season Type

Season

Min GP

Janorism: Scottie Barnes leads the playoffs in potential assists (15.6/g) but only 8.6 of those convert into actual assists. 1 player ranked below in potential AST still average more actual assists than him - Nikola Jokić (9.5).

Player	Team	GP	MIN	Passes	Pot AST ▼	AST	Gap	2nd AST	Pts Created	AST/Pass%
Scottie Barnes	TOR	7	39.0	51.9	15.6	8.6	7.0	0.6	20.3	16.5%
Nikola Jokić	DEN	6	39.5	92.3	15.2	9.5	5.7	0.7	24.2	10.3%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	15	36.3	45.8	15.1	7.9	7.2	1.9	20.7	17.3%
Cade Cunningham	DET	14	40.8	59.7	14.9	7.5	7.4	0.7	19.8	12.6%
Jrue Holiday	POR	5	38.3	63.4	14.2	7.2	7.0	0.8	18.4	11.4%
Amen Thompson	HOU	6	44.1	62.7	12.8	5.7	7.1	0.7	14.3	9.0%
Tyrese Maxey	PHI	11	39.7	66.7	12.5	5.9	6.6	1.1	15.2	8.9%
Stephon Castle	SAS	23	33.1	50.9	12.3	6.1	6.2	1.0	16.8	12.1%
Jayson Tatum	BOS	6	36.3	63.3	12.2	6.8	5.4	0.7	18.0	10.8%
LeBron James	LAL	10	38.4	49.1	12.1	7.3	4.8	1.2	18.3	14.9%
Jamal Murray	DEN	6	39.7	53.2	11.7	5.7	6.0	0.3	14.7	10.7%
James Harden	CLE	18	37.3	49.8	11.6	5.5	6.1	1.1	14.9	11.0%
Paolo Banchero	ORL	7	39.0	57.3	11.3	6.3	5.0	1.0	16.4	11.0%
De'Aaron Fox	SAS	21	33.5	46.0	11.3	6.0	5.3	0.4	15.5	12.9%
Alperen Sengun	HOU	6	38.7	48.5	11.2	4.7	6.5	0.3	12.3	9.6%
Austin Reaves	LAL	6	36.8	67.3	11.0	5.8	5.2	1.8	14.7	8.7%
Jalen Brunson	NYK	19	36.9	63.1	10.3	6.1	4.2	1.1	15.9	9.6%
Jalen Johnson	ATL	6	35.7	57.3	10.0	5.2	4.8	0.7	13.3	9.0%
Jaylen Brown	BOS	7	35.6	34.4	9.6	3.3	6.3	0.3	9.9	9.5%
Deni Avdija	POR	5	34.9	53.0	9.6	4.6	5.0	1.2	12.0	8.7%
Dyson Daniels	ATL	6	27.6	44.8	9.5	5.0	4.5	0.3	13.2	11.2%
Marcus Smart	LAL	10	34.5	54.2	9.3	5.1	4.2	0.5	12.6	9.4%
Jamal Shead	TOR	7	32.0	50.9	8.7	5.0	3.7	0.0	13.3	9.8%
RJ Barrett	TOR	7	38.7	49.1	8.4	4.0	4.4	0.4	10.7	8.1%
Joel Embiid	PHI	7	33.3	40.4	8.3	5.4	2.9	0.7	13.6	13.4%
Payton Pritchard	BOS	7	32.9	49.7	8.0	5.1	2.9	0.9	13.9	10.3%
Jalen Suggs	ORL	7	35.4	57.7	7.6	4.1	3.5	1.0	11.0	7.2%
Donovan Mitchell	CLE	18	36.2	34.6	7.6	3.1	4.5	0.7	8.5	8.8%
Josh Hart	NYK	19	32.3	47.5	7.1	4.6	2.5	0.4	12.1	9.6%
VJ Edgecombe	PHI	11	37.0	48.5	7.0	3.4	3.6	0.6	9.5	6.9%
Reed Sheppard	HOU	6	32.1	47.8	6.5	4.7	1.8	0.7	13.2	9.8%
Derrick White	BOS	7	35.8	44.4	6.4	3.1	3.3	0.6	7.1	7.1%
Evan Mobley	CLE	18	35.5	52.8	6.3	3.9	2.4	0.2	10.0	7.4%
Dylan Harper	SAS	23	26.8	35.4	6.0	2.7	3.3	0.7	7.7	7.6%
Ajay Mitchell	OKC	11	28.8	36.9	6.0	4.3	1.7	0.6	10.7	11.6%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	ATL	6	35.4	28.0	5.8	2.7	3.1	0.3	7.5	9.5%
Karl-Anthony Towns	NYK	19	30.4	34.4	5.8	4.9	0.9	0.5	11.8	14.4%
Julius Randle	MIN	12	33.3	29.8	5.8	2.8	3.0	0.8	6.8	9.5%
Anthony Edwards	MIN	10	32.4	38.4	5.3	2.7	2.6	0.9	7.4	7.0%
Paul George	PHI	11	35.8	42.9	5.2	3.0	2.2	0.3	7.6	7.0%
Daniss Jenkins	DET	14	22.7	29.6	5.1	3.0	2.1	0.1	6.9	10.1%
Ausar Thompson	DET	14	30.5	33.6	5.0	3.1	1.9	0.4	8.4	9.3%
Victor Wembanyama	SAS	22	34.1	31.5	4.9	2.7	2.2	0.3	7.3	8.5%
Desmond Bane	ORL	7	36.2	31.9	4.9	1.9	3.0	0.1	5.0	5.8%
Dennis Schröder	CLE	17	15.9	25.3	4.9	2.4	2.5	0.3	6.0	9.5%
Brandon Ingram	TOR	5	29.6	20.4	4.8	2.2	2.6	0.4	5.4	10.8%
Wendell Carter Jr.	ORL	7	33.8	25.9	4.7	2.9	1.8	0.0	7.4	11.0%
Scoot Henderson	POR	5	29.0	34.2	4.6	1.2	3.4	0.6	3.4	3.5%
Jalen Williams	OKC	5	21.4	25.4	4.4	2.8	1.6	0.2	7.6	11.0%
Cason Wallace	OKC	15	25.0	27.2	4.4	2.4	2.0	0.5	6.1	8.8%
Ayo Dosunmu	MIN	10	29.2	40.8	4.4	4.1	0.3	0.0	9.9	10.0%
Cameron Johnson	DEN	6	31.1	23.3	4.3	2.3	2.0	0.3	7.2	10.0%
Onyeka Okongwu	ATL	6	33.1	36.7	4.2	2.3	1.9	0.2	6.2	6.4%
Mikal Bridges	NYK	19	32.0	33.1	4.2	2.7	1.5	0.3	7.2	8.3%
Luke Kennard	LAL	10	32.6	34.5	4.1	2.3	1.8	0.4	5.6	6.7%
Quentin Grimes	PHI	11	22.1	18.0	3.9	2.3	1.6	0.1	5.8	12.6%
Max Strus	CLE	18	26.7	31.6	3.9	2.1	1.8	0.1	5.2	6.7%
Isaiah Hartenstein	OKC	15	23.4	35.1	3.8	2.6	1.2	0.1	6.4	7.4%
Christian Braun	DEN	6	31.1	33.2	3.8	1.7	2.1	0.7	4.3	5.0%
CJ McCollum	ATL	6	32.1	31.2	3.8	2.0	1.8	0.7	5.3	6.4%
Anthony Black	ORL	7	27.9	35.6	3.7	1.4	2.3	0.4	3.9	4.0%
Jaden McDaniels	MIN	12	33.8	38.8	3.5	2.4	1.1	0.5	5.9	6.2%
Terrence Shannon Jr.	MIN	9	22.6	21.7	3.4	1.3	2.1	0.2	4.0	6.2%
Alex Caruso	OKC	15	23.5	30.7	3.4	2.1	1.3	0.2	5.1	6.7%
Rudy Gobert	MIN	12	31.0	33.7	3.3	2.3	1.0	0.4	5.8	6.9%
Mike Conley	MIN	12	14.0	25.8	3.3	2.7	0.6	0.2	6.3	10.4%
Jabari Smith Jr.	HOU	6	41.9	37.7	3.3	1.8	1.5	0.0	5.2	4.9%
Tobias Harris	DET	14	34.6	34.1	3.2	1.6	1.6	0.2	4.1	4.8%
Nikola Vučević	BOS	6	19.0	21.0	3.2	2.3	0.9	0.0	6.7	11.1%
Rui Hachimura	LAL	10	38.6	31.8	3.1	1.7	1.4	0.2	4.6	5.3%
Devin Vassell	SAS	23	34.8	29.3	3.1	2.7	0.4	0.3	6.7	9.2%
Collin Murray-Boyles	TOR	7	27.3	27.6	3.1	2.4	0.7	0.4	6.0	8.8%
Donovan Clingan	POR	5	21.4	24.8	3.0	2.2	0.8	0.0	6.0	8.9%
Bruce Brown	DEN	6	19.4	24.3	3.0	1.7	1.3	0.0	4.7	6.8%
Tyler Kolek	NYK	8	6.7	13.5	2.9	1.5	1.4	0.1	3.6	11.1%
Naz Reid	MIN	12	26.9	34.4	2.9	2.1	0.8	0.2	5.5	6.1%
Julian Champagnie	SAS	23	30.6	30.5	2.9	1.6	1.3	0.4	4.1	5.1%
OG Anunoby	NYK	17	34.5	27.6	2.8	1.6	1.2	0.1	4.1	6.0%
Caris LeVert	DET	13	16.6	16.7	2.8	1.2	1.6	0.2	3.3	7.4%
Jakob Poeltl	TOR	7	19.2	20.7	2.7	1.4	1.3	0.1	4.1	6.9%
Duncan Robinson	DET	13	29.5	21.3	2.7	2.3	0.4	0.2	5.5	10.8%
Toumani Camara	POR	5	33.0	34.4	2.6	1.2	1.4	0.4	3.0	3.5%
Jaylin Williams	OKC	15	16.0	26.3	2.5	1.5	1.0	0.1	3.9	5.6%
Jalen Duren	DET	14	30.2	31.1	2.5	2.1	0.4	0.1	5.2	6.9%
Sandro Mamukelashvili	TOR	7	14.8	15.0	2.4	1.0	1.4	0.0	2.6	6.7%
Jose Alvarado	NYK	18	9.5	17.4	2.4	1.2	1.2	0.2	3.2	6.7%
Jaylon Tyson	CLE	17	12.7	14.7	2.4	1.3	1.1	0.2	3.0	8.8%
Ja'Kobe Walter	TOR	7	32.1	25.4	2.4	1.4	1.0	0.3	3.9	5.6%
Tari Eason	HOU	6	32.5	27.5	2.3	1.7	0.6	0.2	4.3	6.1%
Kyle Anderson	MIN	8	7.6	11.4	2.3	1.9	0.4	0.3	5.0	16.5%
Marcus Sasser	DET	6	10.2	10.2	2.2	0.5	1.7	0.0	1.2	4.9%
Gabe Vincent	ATL	6	15.5	13.5	2.2	1.2	1.0	0.0	2.8	8.6%
Chet Holmgren	OKC	15	30.6	26.7	2.2	1.1	1.1	0.2	3.0	4.3%
Jordan McLaughlin	SAS	10	4.6	9.6	2.1	1.0	1.1	0.1	2.6	10.4%
Mohamed Diawara	NYK	6	7.1	12.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	8.0%
Kevin Huerter	DET	5	9.1	7.8	2.0	1.4	0.6	0.2	3.8	17.9%
Jonathan Kuminga	ATL	6	26.0	17.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	2.5	5.7%
Sam Merrill	CLE	17	19.9	15.1	1.9	1.1	0.8	0.1	2.6	7.4%
Luguentz Dort	OKC	15	22.3	16.3	1.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	3.1	8.2%
Bones Hyland	MIN	10	11.6	21.4	1.9	1.5	0.4	0.3	3.7	7.0%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DEN	6	23.3	14.2	1.8	0.8	1.0	0.0	2.5	5.9%
Jared McCain	OKC	15	17.2	17.0	1.8	1.0	0.8	0.5	2.4	5.9%
Dean Wade	CLE	18	22.6	20.3	1.8	0.8	1.0	0.1	2.2	3.8%
Sam Hauser	BOS	7	23.5	18.1	1.7	0.9	0.8	0.1	2.3	4.7%
Miles McBride	NYK	19	17.6	17.1	1.7	1.2	0.5	0.2	3.3	7.1%
Keldon Johnson	SAS	23	17.9	14.2	1.7	0.9	0.8	0.1	2.5	6.1%
Jarrett Allen	CLE	18	29.4	17.7	1.7	1.1	0.6	0.2	3.1	6.0%
Dalen Terry	PHI	7	5.6	6.7	1.7	1.0	0.7	0.1	2.3	14.9%
Baylor Scheierman	BOS	7	14.2	9.9	1.7	0.6	1.1	0.0	1.6	5.8%
Aaron Holiday	HOU	6	11.1	10.3	1.7	0.5	1.2	0.0	1.3	4.8%
Jaylen Clark	MIN	6	9.5	6.2	1.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	1.3	8.1%
Trendon Watford	PHI	7	5.7	10.7	1.4	0.4	1.0	0.0	1.4	4.0%
Shaedon Sharpe	POR	5	13.4	13.6	1.4	0.6	0.8	0.4	1.6	4.4%
Robert Williams III	POR	5	21.7	19.2	1.4	2.6	-1.2	0.2	5.8	13.5%
Neemias Queta	BOS	7	21.7	21.3	1.4	0.6	0.8	0.3	1.3	2.7%
Landry Shamet	NYK	19	16.3	12.1	1.4	0.7	0.7	0.0	2.3	6.1%
Kelly Oubre Jr.	PHI	11	33.1	23.5	1.4	1.1	0.3	0.1	2.9	4.6%
Jerami Grant	POR	5	22.3	17.8	1.4	0.4	1.0	0.0	1.2	2.2%
Jake LaRavia	LAL	8	14.2	18.0	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.0	1.8	4.2%
Deandre Ayton	LAL	10	28.5	31.0	1.4	0.9	0.5	0.1	2.3	2.9%
Corey Kispert	ATL	5	10.8	9.6	1.4	1.2	0.2	0.0	2.6	12.5%
Bronny James	LAL	8	5.3	8.6	1.4	0.9	0.5	0.0	2.4	10.1%
Josh Okogie	HOU	6	17.4	12.0	1.3	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.8	6.9%
Isaiah Joe	OKC	13	11.0	7.9	1.2	1.1	0.1	0.1	2.7	13.6%
Luke Kornet	SAS	23	12.9	11.3	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.0	1.7	6.2%
Jordan Clarkson	NYK	18	10.8	7.7	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.7	8.0%
Craig Porter Jr.	CLE	7	3.0	5.1	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.9	11.1%
Carter Bryant	SAS	22	8.5	8.4	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.1	2.0	8.1%
Kenrich Williams	OKC	11	6.5	5.9	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	9.2%
Kelly Olynyk	SAS	9	3.9	7.3	1.0	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.8	4.5%
Jordan Walsh	BOS	7	12.7	6.4	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	15.6%
Jamal Cain	ORL	7	17.6	10.9	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.1	1.6	5.3%
Harrison Barnes	SAS	20	9.1	7.1	1.0	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.7	3.5%
Goga Bitadze	ORL	6	13.9	10.3	1.0	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.8	3.2%
Paul Reed	DET	9	9.5	9.7	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.1	1.6	5.7%
Nikola Topić	OKC	9	2.4	3.3	0.9	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.8	10.0%
Lindy Waters III	SAS	9	3.8	4.6	0.9	0.4	0.5	0.0	1.2	9.8%
Jaxson Hayes	LAL	10	16.3	12.5	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.2	1.6	5.6%
Andre Drummond	PHI	11	12.9	8.2	0.9	0.6	0.3	0.0	1.7	7.8%
Aaron Wiggins	OKC	13	5.8	5.2	0.9	0.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	7.4%
Ron Harper Jr.	BOS	6	4.2	4.8	0.8	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.3	3.4%
Mouhamed Gueye	ATL	6	8.4	8.7	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.0	1.5	7.7%
Jeremy Sochan	NYK	8	3.2	4.3	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.5	5.9%
Tristan da Silva	ORL	7	15.3	12.1	0.7	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.7	1.2%
Spencer Jones	DEN	6	24.2	12.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.8%
Pacôme Dadiet	NYK	7	5.7	6.1	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.1	1.1	7.0%
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	CLE	7	2.8	2.4	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.9	11.8%
Javonte Green	DET	11	12.0	11.5	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.4%
Jae'Sean Tate	HOU	5	6.1	3.6	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.0%
Dominick Barlow	PHI	9	10.6	6.7	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.4	1.7%
A.J. Lawson	TOR	7	7.2	5.3	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.1	1.6	10.8%
Ronald Holland II	DET	9	6.4	5.2	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.6	2.1%
Mitchell Robinson	NYK	18	13.9	9.8	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.9	4.0%
Luka Garza	BOS	7	8.5	9.7	0.4	0.9	-0.5	0.1	2.3	8.8%
Kris Murray	POR	5	5.0	2.8	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0%
Justin Edwards	PHI	9	12.2	10.2	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.3%
Jarred Vanderbilt	LAL	7	10.7	10.1	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.9	2.8%
Isaiah Stewart	DET	14	11.8	7.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.6	2.8%
Adem Bona	PHI	10	9.6	6.4	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.6%
Nick Smith Jr.	LAL	6	3.0	4.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3	3.8%
Mason Plumlee	SAS	6	3.1	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	11.8%
Keon Ellis	CLE	12	7.4	5.2	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.6	4.8%
Ariel Hukporti	NYK	10	7.6	7.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1	1.1	4.1%
Thomas Bryant	CLE	9	4.6	5.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	4.3%
Joan Beringer	MIN	5	4.6	4.6	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0%
Jamison Battle	TOR	6	11.9	6.5	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.6%
Jabari Walker	PHI	6	4.9	2.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0%
Dalton Knecht	LAL	5	3.6	3.2	0.2	0.6	-0.4	0.0	1.4	18.8%
Adou Thiero	LAL	6	5.6	5.8	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	2.9%
Bismack Biyombo	SAS	9	2.7	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0%
Julian Phillips	MIN	5	5.1	3.4	0.0	0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.8	11.8%

171 players · 2025-26 playoffs · min 5 GP · source: stats.nba.com leaguedashptstats