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
| # | Player | Assist |
| 1 | John Stockton | 15.806 |
| 2 | Jason Kidd | 12.091 |
| 3 | Chris Paul* | 12.011 |
| 4 | LeBron James* | 11.129 |
| 5 | Steve Nash | 10.335 |
| 6 | Mark Jackson | 10.334 |
| 7 | Magic Johnson | 10.141 |
| 8 | Oscar Robertson | 9.887 |
| 9 | Russell Westbrook* | 9.532 |
| 10 | Isiah Thomas | 9.061 |
| 11 | Gary Payton | 8.966 |
| 12 | Andre Miller | 8.524 |
| 13 | Rod Strickland | 7.987 |
| 14 | James Harden* | 7.764 |
| 16 | Rajon Rondo | 7.584 |
| 16 | Maurice Cheecks | 7.392 |
| 17 | Lenny Wilkens | 7.211 |
| 18 | Terry Porter | 7.160 |
| 19 | Tim Hardaway | 7.095 |
| 20 | Tony Parker | 7.036 |
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
| # | Player | Assist |
| 1 | Magic Johnson | 11,19 |
| 2 | John Stockton | 10,51 |
| 3 | Oscar Robertson | 9,51 |
| 4 | Trae Young* | 9,60 |
| 5 | Chris Paul* | 9,35 |
| 6 | Isiah Thomas | 9,26 |
| 7 | Kevin Johnson | 9,13 |
| 8 | John Wall* | 8,86 |
| 9 | Tyrese Haliburton* | 8,70 |
| Jason Kidd | 8,70 | |
| 10 | Steve Nash | 8,49 |
| 11 | Norm Nixon | 8,32 |
| 12 | Luka Doncic* | 8,30 |
| 13 | Tim Hardaway | 8,18 |
| 14 | Russell Westbrook* | 8,15 |
| 15 | Kevin Porter | 8,06 |
| 16 | Mark Jackson | 7,97 |
| 17 | Rajon Rondo | 7,92 |
| 18 | Guy Rodgers | 7,75 |
| 19 | Stephon Marbury | 7,65 |
| 20 | Muggsy Bogues | 7,57 |