Which NBA player had the most career assists before 1992?

Magic Johnson collects 19 assists in a win over Dallas to pass Oscar Robertson for most assists in NBA history at the time.

	NAME	GP	AST	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	3PM	FG%	FT%	TPG	FGM	FGA	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	PF	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV
1	Magic Johnson	874	9,921	36.9	19.7	7.3	11.4	1.9	0.4	0.3	52.1	84.8	3.9	6.9	13.3	1.2	29.8	5.5	6.5	2.3	32,287	17,239	6,376	1,698	361	3,403
2	Oscar Robertson	1040	9,887	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1		48.5	83.8		9.1	18.9			7.4	8.8	2.8	43,886	26,710	7,804	77	4
3	Isiah Thomas	764	7,431	36.6	19.8	3.7	9.7	2.0	0.3	0.4	45.9	76.3	3.9	7.6	16.5	1.3	28.3	4.3	5.6	3.2	27,926	15,130	2,840	1,552	210	2,944
4	Lenny Wilkens	1077	7,211	35.3	16.5	4.7	6.7	1.3	0.2		43.2	77.4		5.7	13.3			5.0	6.5	3.1	38,064	17,772	5,030	174	26
5	Maurice Cheeks	1010	7,100	32.9	11.7	2.9	7.0	2.2	0.3	0.1	52.5	79.5	2.2	4.7	8.9	0.2	25.0	2.3	2.8	2.1	33,249	11,810	2,951	2,194	292	2,199
6	Bob Cousy	924	6,955	35.3	18.4	5.2	7.5				37.5	80.3		6.7	17.8			5.0	6.2	2.4	30,165	16,960	4,786
7	Guy Rodgers	892	6,917	32.1	11.7	4.3	7.8				37.8	72.1		4.6	12.2			2.4	3.4	2.9	28,663	10,415	3,791
8	Nate Archibald	876	6,476	35.6	18.8	2.3	7.4	1.1	0.1	0.1	46.7	81.0	2.7	6.7	14.4	0.3	22.4	5.3	6.6	2.3	31,159	16,481	2,046	719	81	1,123
9	John Lucas	928	6,454	27.5	10.7	2.3	7.0	1.4	0.1	0.4	44.9	77.6	2.1	4.2	9.4	1.2	30.3	2.0	2.6	1.8	25,556	9,951	2,151	1,273	73	1,803
10	Reggie Theus	1026	6,453	33.7	18.5	3.3	6.3	1.2	0.2	0.3	47.1	82.6	3.4	6.9	14.6	1.0	25.2	4.5	5.5	2.9	34,603	19,015	3,349	1,206	236	3,493
11	Norm Nixon	768	6,386	35.5	15.7	2.6	8.3	1.5	0.1	0.2	48.3	77.2	3.1	6.8	14.1	0.6	29.4	2.0	2.6	2.6	27,250	12,065	1,991	1,187	71	2,368
12	John Stockton	570	6,239	30.4	12.5	2.4	10.9	2.4	0.2	0.3	52.0	82.5	2.8	4.4	8.5	0.8	32.6	3.3	4.0	2.8	17,314	7,098	1,363	1,389	99	1,622
13	Jerry West	932	6,238	39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7		47.4	81.4		9.7	20.4			7.7	9.4	2.6	36,571	25,192	5,376	81	23
14	John Havlicek	1270	6,114	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3		43.9	81.5	2.5	8.3	18.8			4.2	5.2	2.6	46,471	26,395	8,007	476	117	204
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	1560	5,660	36.8	24.6	11.2	3.6	0.9	2.6	0.0	55.9	72.1	2.7	10.2	18.1	0.0	5.6	4.3	6.0	3.0	57,446	38,387	17,440	1,160	3,189	2,527
16	Dennis Johnson	1100	5,499	32.7	14.1	3.9	5.0	1.3	0.6	0.1	44.5	79.7	2.4	5.3	11.9	0.5	17.2	3.4	4.3	2.8	35,954	15,535	4,249	1,477	675	2,448
17	Dave Bing	901	5,397	36.4	20.3	3.8	6.0	1.3	0.2		44.1	77.5	2.7	7.7	17.5			4.9	6.3	2.9	32,769	18,327	3,420	483	89	216
18	Larry Bird	852	5,389	38.5	24.5	10.0	6.3	1.8	0.8	0.7	49.7	88.4	3.2	9.7	19.5	1.9	37.3	4.5	5.1	2.6	32,781	20,883	8,540	1,514	722	2,691
19	Kevin Porter	659	5,314	29.0	11.6	1.8	8.1	1.4	0.1	0.0	48.3	73.7	3.5	4.8	10.0	0.1	18.8	1.9	2.6	3.4	19,107	7,645	1,179	830	72	1,133
20	Norm Van Lier	746	5,217	35.1	11.8	4.8	7.0	1.8	0.2		41.4	78.0	2.1	4.4	10.7			2.9	3.7	3.6	26,171	8,770	3,596	767	71	249
21	Rickey Green	920	5,153	24.9	9.5	2.0	5.6	1.4	0.1	0.0	46.9	80.8	1.7	3.9	8.2	0.2	20.7	1.8	2.2	1.5	22,904	8,764	1,795	1,331	50	1,565
22	Walt Frazier	825	5,040	37.5	18.9	5.9	6.1	1.9	0.2	0.0	49.0	78.6	2.1	7.4	15.2	0.3	0.0	4.0	5.1	2.6	30,965	15,581	4,830	681	63	139
23	Gail Goodrich	1031	4,805	32.5	18.6	3.2	4.7	1.3	0.2		45.6	80.7	2.5	7.2	15.8			4.2	5.2	2.7	33,527	19,181	3,279	545	72	390
24	Brad Davis	928	4,643	23.6	8.4	1.8	5.0	0.8	0.2	0.3	51.1	82.8	1.5	3.2	6.2	0.9	32.2	1.8	2.1	2.2	21,873	7,774	1,705	745	143	1,350
25	Wilt Chamberlain	1045	4,643	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4				54.0	51.1		12.1	22.5			5.8	11.4	2.0	47,859	31,419	23,924