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NBA All-Time Assist Leaders and Record

A journey into the world of the best NBA assistmen ever. Here’s who holds the NBA Assist Record and the NBA all time assist leaders

Who is the best assistman of all time in the NBA? And who of the today’s players falls into the NBA All Time Assist Leaders?

Most Assists in NBA history

The all-time NBA record for assists belongs to John Stockton who he distributed 15,806 assists to his teammates, with an average of 10.5 assists per game and a personal best of 28 assists in a game set in 1991.

Stockton is a legend in the Utah Jazz history and one of the best point guards of all time who had the perfect attacking terminal in Karl Malone. Unfortunately Stockton never managed to win an NBA title despite the 5 Conference Finals and 2 Finals where the Jazz had to bow to Michael Jordan.

VIDEO: Best John Stockton passing skills

Most Assists in NBA Game

The player with the most assists in an NBA game is Scott Skiles, who scored 30 assists in the game Orlando Magic-Denver Nuggets in 1990, which ended 155-116. Here the complete list.

NBA All-Time Assist Leaders

#PlayerAssist
1John Stockton15.806
2Jason Kidd12.091
3Chris Paul*12.011
4LeBron James*11.129
5Steve Nash10.335
6Mark Jackson10.334
7Magic Johnson10.141
8Oscar Robertson9.887
9Russell Westbrook*9.532
10Isiah Thomas9.061
11Gary Payton8.966
12Andre Miller8.524
13Rod Strickland7.987
14James Harden*7.764
16Rajon Rondo7.584
16Maurice Cheecks7.392
17Lenny Wilkens 7.211
18Terry Porter 7.160
19Tim Hardaway7.095
20Tony Parker7.036
Active players in bold

Most Assists Per Game

Magic Johnson holds the NBA record for average assists with 11.19 assists per game. Immediately after him there are John Stockton (10.51 assists per game) and Oscar Robertson (9.51 assists per game) also the leader for all-time triple-doubles.

Trae Young stands out among the active players. He holds the 4th place of the list with 9.60 assists per game.

NBA All-Time Assist Leaders per Game

#PlayerAssist
1Magic Johnson11,19
2John Stockton10,51
3Oscar Robertson9,51
4Trae Young*9,60
5Chris Paul*9,35
6Isiah Thomas9,26
7Kevin Johnson9,13
8John Wall*8,86
9Tyrese Haliburton*8,70
Jason Kidd8,70
10Steve Nash8,49
11Norm Nixon8,32
12Luka Doncic*8,30
13Tim Hardaway8,18
14Russell Westbrook*8,15
15Kevin Porter8,06
16Mark Jackson7,97
17Rajon Rondo7,92
18Guy Rodgers7,75
19Stephon Marbury7,65
20Muggsy Bogues7,57
Active players in bold

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