John Stockton has the most career assists, with 15,806 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in NBA history

	NAME	AST	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	John Stockton J. Stockton	15,806	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	2.2	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	60.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	47,764	19,711	4,051	3,265	315	4,244	3,942	+2941
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	12,401	1,336	33.8	17.1	4.4	9.3	2.0	0.2	6.1	12.9	47.0	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.6	4.2	87.1	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,140	22,857	5,915	2,699	213	3,059	3,149	+6183
3	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	12,091	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	50,111	17,529	8,725	2,684	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
4	LeBron James L. James	11,504	1,550	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.7	1.6	4.7	35.0	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	58,621	41,924	11,661	2,327	1,146	5,437	2,767	+7417
5	Steve Nash S. Nash	10,335	1,217	31.3	14.3	3.0	8.5	0.7	0.1	5.2	10.6	49.0	1.4	3.2	42.8	2.5	2.8	90.4	60.5	0.5	2.5	2.9	38,069	17,387	3,642	899	102	3,478	1,982	+5043
6	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	10,334	1,296	30.2	9.6	3.8	8.0	1.2	0.1	3.7	8.3	44.7	0.6	1.7	33.2	1.7	2.2	77.0	52.2	1.0	2.8	2.4	39,121	12,489	4,963	1,608	117	3,155	2,230	+402
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	10,141	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
8	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	9,887	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		43,886	26,710	7,804	77	4		2,931
9	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	9,821	1,221	33.4	21.3	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.7	17.4	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.6	4.9	6.3	77.3	52.7	1.6	5.4	3.9	40,721	25,974	8,603	1,931	399	4,766	3,116	+3067
10	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	9,061	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	1.9	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	51.6	1.0	2.6	3.8	35,516	18,822	3,478	1,861	249	3,682	2,971
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	8,966	1,335	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	6.5	14.0	46.6	0.8	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.4	72.9	52.8	1.0	2.9	2.3	47,117	21,813	5,269	2,445	285	3,030	3,217	+1928
12	Andre Miller A. Miller	8,524	1,304	30.9	12.5	3.7	6.5	1.2	0.2	4.6	10.0	46.1	0.1	0.7	21.7	3.1	3.8	80.7	53.2	1.1	2.6	2.4	40,268	16,278	4,795	1,546	227	3,121	2,882	+810
13	James Harden J. Harden	8,180	1,135	34.7	24.0	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.2	7.1	8.2	86.1	60.7	0.8	4.9	3.7	39,431	27,291	6,382	1,691	639	4,204	2,824	+4417
14	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	7,987	1,094	30.7	13.2	3.7	7.3	1.5	0.2	5.0	10.9	45.4	0.2	0.6	28.2	3.1	4.4	72.1	51.6	1.1	2.7	2.6	33,634	14,463	4,084	1,616	215	2,862	2,048	-270
15	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	7,584	957	29.9	9.8	4.5	7.9	1.6	0.1	4.1	8.9	45.6	0.5	1.4	32.4	1.2	1.9	61.1	50.1	1.0	3.6	2.7	28,570	9,337	4,349	1,518	125	2,586	1,997	+1331
16	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	7,392	1,101	31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	2.1	0.3	4.5	8.5	52.3	0.1	0.2	25.5	2.1	2.7	79.3	57.2	0.6	2.2	2.1	34,845	12,195	3,088	2,310	294	2,268	2,258
17	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	7,211	1,077	35.3	16.5	4.7	6.7	1.3	0.2	5.7	13.3	43.2				5.0	6.5	77.4	51.1	0.8	2.0		38,064	17,772	5,030	174	26		3,285
18	Terry Porter T. Porter	7,160	1,274	27.8	12.2	3.0	5.6	1.2	0.1	4.3	9.2	46.3	1.0	2.6	38.6	2.7	3.2	83.6	57.6	0.6	2.5	2.1	35,354	15,586	3,872	1,583	181	2,666	2,203	+1405
19	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	7,096	1,171	31.3	14.0	4.2	6.1	1.3	0.3	4.5	10.6	42.3	1.9	5.1	36.8	3.1	3.8	81.5	56.9	0.8	3.5	2.2	36,644	16,351	4,959	1,497	350	2,627	3,160	+2850
20	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	7,095	867	35.3	17.7	3.3	8.2	1.6	0.1	6.5	15.1	43.1	1.8	5.0	35.5	2.9	3.8	78.2	53.0	0.6	2.7	2.9	30,626	15,373	2,855	1,428	129	2,481	2,027	+1691
21	Tony Parker T. Parker	7,036	1,254	30.5	15.5	2.7	5.6	0.8	0.1	6.2	12.6	49.1	0.4	1.3	32.4	2.7	3.6	75.1	54.6	0.4	2.4	2.3	38,279	19,473	3,396	1,053	98	2,865	2,059	+5690
22	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	6,955	924	35.3	18.4	5.2	7.5			6.7	17.8	37.5				5.0	6.2	80.3	44.6				30,165	16,960	4,786				2,242
23	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	6,917	892	32.1	11.7	4.3	7.8			4.6	12.2	37.8				2.4	3.4	72.1	42.6				28,663	10,415	3,791				2,630
24	Deron Williams D. Williams	6,819	845	34.2	16.3	3.1	8.1	1.0	0.2	5.8	13.0	44.5	1.4	3.9	35.7	3.4	4.1	82.2	55.2	0.4	2.7	2.8	28,865	13,804	2,619	867	206	2,402	2,132	+1013
25	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	6,726	889	28.6	7.7	2.6	7.6	1.5	0.0	3.2	7.0	45.8	0.1	0.4	27.8	1.2	1.4	82.7	50.6	0.6	2.0	1.6	25,429	6,858	2,318	1,369	39	1,433	1,582	-40