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NBA All-Time Assist Leaders and Record

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SaC Bot
April 3, 2023

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

[embedded content]</figure><h2>Most Assists in NBA Game</h2><p>The player with the most assists in an NBA game is <strong>Scott Skiles</strong>, who scored <strong>30 assists</strong> in the game Orlando Magic-Denver Nuggets in 1990, which ended 155-116. Here the <a href="https://www.dunkest.com/en/nba/news/21266/nba-single-game-assist-record">complete list</a>.</p><h2>Most Assists Per Game</h2><p><strong>Magic Johnson</strong> holds the NBA record for average assists with <strong>11.19 assists per game</strong>. Immediately after him there are John Stockton (10.51 assists per game) and Oscar Robertson (9.51 assists per game) also the leader for <a href="https://www.dunkest.com/en/nba/news/22478/nba-triple-doubles-leaders">all-time triple-doubles</a>.</p><p><strong>Chris Paul</strong> stands out among the active players. He holds the 4th place of the list with 9.43 assists per game.</p><p><em>VIDEO: Chris Paul Best Assist 2019-2020</em></p><figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><iframe title="Chris Paul Best Assists | 2019-20" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_6Sy7pTpwN4?feature=oembed" width="580" height="326" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen">[embedded content]

NBA All-Time Assist Leaders

Rank	Player	Assist
1	John Stockton	15,806
2	Jason Kidd	12,091
3	Chris Paul	11,496
4	LeBron James	10,395
5	Steve Nash	10,335
6	Mark Jackson	10,334
7	Magic Johnson	10,141
8	Oscar Robertson	9,887
9	Russell Westbrook	9,142
10	Isiah Thomas	9,061
11	Gary Payton	8,966
12	Andre Miller	8,524
13	Rod Strickland	7,987
14	Rajon Rondo	7,460
15	Maurice Cheeks	7,392
16	Lenny Wilkens	7,211
17	Terry Porter	7,16
18	Tim Hardaway	7,095
19	Tony Parker	7,036
20	James Harden	7,001