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National Basketball Association all-time assists leaders 1946-2019
National Basketball Association all-time assists leaders 1946-2019
NBA all-time leaders - total number of assists** (as of August 15, 2019)
by Christina Gough,
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John Stockton is the all-time assists leader of the National Basketball Association with a total of 15,806 assists in his career. The highest ranked player still active in the NBA is Chris Paul of the Houston Rockets, who has a total of 9,181 assists to his name.
Basketball legends
In basketball, an assist is awarded to the player who passes the ball to a teammate to score. John Stockton, who spent his entire career from 1984 to 2003 as a point guard for the Utah Jazz, is the runaway leader for assists in the NBA. One of the few still active players on the list is LeBron James, who currently stands in tenth place with his 8,662 assists. The basketball legend, who currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers having moved from the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014, also sits fourth on the list of NBA all-time scoring leaders. With just over 1,000 points standing between him and Kobe Bryant in third place, the race is on for LeBron to move up the table before the end of his illustrious career.
King of the Playoffs
LeBron is the undisputed king of the playoffs, having scored a total of 6,911 in playoff games during his career. In his stints at the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat, James made the playoffs for 14 straight seasons from 2004/05 to 2017/18. He made a high profile move to the Los Angeles Lakers at the start of the 2018/19 season, but everything did not go quite to plan – James missed the playoffs for the first time since 2005 and failed to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010. Despite disappointment on the court, LeBron’s move was undoubtedly a commercial success for the Lakers – the regular season home attendance went up in the 2018/19 season and the franchise value reached a record 3.7 billion U.S. dollars.
NBA all-time leaders - total number of assists** (as of August 15, 2019)
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| NBA player | Number of assists |
|---|---|
| John Stockton | 15,806 |
| Jason Kidd | 12,091 |
| Steve Nash | 10,335 |
| Mark Jackson | 10,334 |
| Magic Johnson | 10,141 |
| Oscar Robertson | 9,887 |
| Chris Paul* | 9,181 |
| Isiah Thomas | 9,061 |
| Gary Payton | 8,966 |
| LeBron James* | 8,662 |
| Andre Miller | 8,524 |
| Rod Strickland | 7,987 |
| Maurice Cheeks | 7,392 |
| Lenny Wilkens | 7,211 |
| Terry Porter | 7,160 |
| Tim Hardaway | 7,095 |
| Tony Parker* | 7,036 |
| Rajon Rondo* | 6,975 |
| Bob Cousy | 6,955 |
| Guy Rodgers | 6,917 |
| Russell Westbrook* | 6,897 |
| Deron Williams | 6,819 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 6,726 |
| Kevin Johnson | 6,711 |
| Derek Harper | 6,577 |
| Nate Archibald | 6,476 |
| Stephon Marbury | 6,471 |
| John Lucas | 6,454 |
| Reggie Theus | 6,453 |
| Norm Nixon | 6,386 |
| Kobe Bryant | 6,306 |
| NBA player | Number of assists |
|---|---|
| John Stockton | 15,806 |
| Jason Kidd | 12,091 |
| Steve Nash | 10,335 |
| Mark Jackson | 10,334 |
| Magic Johnson | 10,141 |
| Oscar Robertson | 9,887 |
| Chris Paul* | 9,181 |
| Isiah Thomas | 9,061 |
| Gary Payton | 8,966 |
| LeBron James* | 8,662 |
| Andre Miller | 8,524 |
| Rod Strickland | 7,987 |
| Maurice Cheeks | 7,392 |
| Lenny Wilkens | 7,211 |
| Terry Porter | 7,160 |
| Tim Hardaway | 7,095 |
| Tony Parker* | 7,036 |
| Rajon Rondo* | 6,975 |
| Bob Cousy | 6,955 |
| Guy Rodgers | 6,917 |
| Russell Westbrook* | 6,897 |
| Deron Williams | 6,819 |
| Muggsy Bogues | 6,726 |
| Kevin Johnson | 6,711 |
| Derek Harper | 6,577 |
| Nate Archibald | 6,476 |
| Stephon Marbury | 6,471 |
| John Lucas | 6,454 |
| Reggie Theus | 6,453 |
| Norm Nixon | 6,386 |
| Kobe Bryant | 6,306 |
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by Christina Gough,
last edited
Aug 15, 2019
John Stockton is the all-time assists leader of the National Basketball Association with a total of 15,806 assists in his career. The highest ranked player still active in the NBA is Chris Paul of the Houston Rockets, who has a total of 9,181 assists to his name.
Basketball legends
In basketball, an assist is awarded to the player who passes the ball to a teammate to score. John Stockton, who spent his entire career from 1984 to 2003 as a point guard for the Utah Jazz, is the runaway leader for assists in the NBA. One of the few still active players on the list is LeBron James, who currently stands in tenth place with his 8,662 assists. The basketball legend, who currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers having moved from the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014, also sits fourth on the list of NBA all-time scoring leaders. With just over 1,000 points standing between him and Kobe Bryant in third place, the race is on for LeBron to move up the table before the end of his illustrious career.
King of the Playoffs
LeBron is the undisputed king of the playoffs, having scored a total of 6,911 in playoff games during his career. In his stints at the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat, James made the playoffs for 14 straight seasons from 2004/05 to 2017/18. He made a high profile move to the Los Angeles Lakers at the start of the 2018/19 season, but everything did not go quite to plan – James missed the playoffs for the first time since 2005 and failed to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010. Despite disappointment on the court, LeBron’s move was undoubtedly a commercial success for the Lakers – the regular season home attendance went up in the 2018/19 season and the franchise value reached a record 3.7 billion U.S. dollars.
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