fastest player to reach 1000 career assists

Payton Pritchard and Jeff Ruland are tied for the fewest career assists when recording 1,000+ assists, with 1,002 assists.

Interpreted as:

fastest player to reach 1000 or more career assists

	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	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	1,002	371	21.0	9.6	2.8	2.7	0.5	0.1	3.5	7.7	45.3	2.0	5.0	39.3	0.6	0.7	85.7	59.5	0.8	2.1	0.8	7,785	3,563	1,054	203	38	308	468	+1131
2	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	1,002	332	33.4	17.4	10.2	3.0	0.8	0.8	6.3	11.2	56.4	0.0	0.1	15.8	4.7	6.5	71.8	61.5	3.3	6.9	3.7	11,088	5,763	3,378	249	267	1,212	1,218
3	Ronnie Lester R. Lester	1,003	250	19.8	7.3	1.9	4.0	0.7	0.1	2.7	5.8	46.9	0.0	0.1	22.7	1.8	2.3	78.8	53.3	0.6	1.3	1.9	4,959	1,816	473	187	32	474	395
4	Lee Winfield L. Winfield	1,003	403	18.3	7.3	2.1	2.5	0.5	0.3	3.0	6.2	47.4				1.4	2.1	66.8	51.2	0.6	1.0		7,383	2,959	828	68	41		682
5	Shandon Anderson S. Anderson	1,007	719	22.2	7.4	3.1	1.4	0.8	0.3	2.8	6.1	45.7	0.4	1.4	31.6	1.4	1.9	73.9	53.5	0.8	2.3	1.3	15,946	5,327	2,252	556	180	958	1,437	-190
6	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	1,009	535	25.9	11.2	3.2	1.9	0.7	0.3	4.2	9.6	44.0	0.5	1.4	32.7	2.3	2.9	79.3	51.6	0.6	2.6	1.2	13,854	5,987	1,716	358	183	639	930	-1395
7	Joe Smith J. Smith	1,010	1,030	26.2	10.9	6.4	1.0	0.6	0.8	4.2	9.2	45.5	0.0	0.1	23.8	2.5	3.1	79.0	51.3	2.4	4.0	1.3	27,022	11,208	6,575	606	868	1,290	2,974	-190
8	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	1,010	759	32.3	19.8	5.6	1.3	0.7	0.5	8.4	17.0	49.3	0.0	0.1	21.6	3.0	3.8	77.9	52.9	2.0	3.6	1.7	24,537	15,016	4,246	530	400	1,300	2,012
9	Taurean Prince T. Prince	1,013	590	24.7	9.8	3.6	1.7	0.8	0.4	3.5	8.2	42.8	1.7	4.4	38.4	1.1	1.4	81.2	55.9	0.4	3.1	1.4	14,566	5,794	2,104	481	226	808	1,209	-820
10	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	1,014	509	29.5	14.4	3.2	2.0	0.9	0.2	5.4	12.7	42.1	1.8	5.2	35.3	1.9	2.3	80.6	52.5	0.8	2.5	1.5	15,029	7,349	1,648	476	126	744	1,689	+430
11	Antonio Davis A. Davis	1,017	903	28.9	10.0	7.5	1.1	0.5	1.0	3.5	7.9	44.8	0.0	0.0	8.7	3.0	4.1	72.7	51.8	2.6	4.9	1.5	26,084	9,041	6,755	430	889	1,346	2,551	-70
12	Vincent Askew V. Askew	1,017	467	20.0	7.1	2.5	2.2	0.7	0.2	2.6	5.4	47.9	0.2	0.5	30.0	1.7	2.3	75.4	55.1	0.9	1.7	1.1	9,361	3,311	1,176	304	106	503	972	-42
13	Willie Green W. Green	1,018	731	20.2	8.3	1.8	1.4	0.5	0.1	3.3	7.8	42.5	0.7	2.0	34.6	1.0	1.3	76.5	49.8	0.3	1.5	1.0	14,783	6,059	1,303	393	108	705	1,259	-653
14	Tony Campbell T. Campbell	1,019	690	22.0	11.6	3.1	1.5	0.8	0.2	4.6	10.1	45.6	0.1	0.4	25.4	2.3	2.9	79.0	50.9	1.3	1.7	1.6	15,180	7,994	2,117	582	157	1,083	1,536
15	Lorenzo Romar L. Romar	1,022	291	17.8	5.9	1.3	3.5	0.8	0.1	2.5	5.3	46.4	0.1	0.3	21.1	0.9	1.2	74.9	50.5	0.2	1.1	1.2	5,188	1,731	385	244	29	350	393
16	Tony Delk T. Delk	1,024	545	21.5	9.1	2.5	1.9	0.8	0.1	3.4	8.4	40.8	0.9	2.5	34.3	1.4	1.8	76.9	49.4	0.6	1.8	1.1	11,702	4,957	1,351	447	77	573	862	-384
17	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	1,026	916	24.2	9.6	6.3	1.1			3.7	8.7	42.8				2.1	2.8	76.7	48.2				22,164	8,766	5,798				3,044
18	Jalen Green J. Green	1,034	309	32.6	20.1	4.3	3.3	0.8	0.3	7.0	16.5	42.2	2.5	7.4	34.2	3.6	4.5	79.8	54.3	0.5	3.7	2.4	10,069	6,204	1,314	242	91	731	478	-732
19	Terry Dehere T. Dehere	1,034	402	18.2	8.0	1.5	2.6	0.5	0.1	2.7	6.5	41.1	0.8	2.2	37.8	1.8	2.4	77.9	53.0	0.4	1.1	1.5	7,305	3,235	588	213	36	617	830	-259
20	Bill Calhoun B. Calhoun	1,036	442	31.9	7.8	4.0	2.3			2.6	7.8	34.1				2.5	3.5	70.2	41.8				8,221	3,440	1,292				836
21	Larry Nance Jr. L. Nance Jr.	1,037	562	22.8	7.6	6.0	1.8	1.1	0.5	3.1	5.8	53.5	0.4	1.3	35.1	0.9	1.3	69.5	59.3	1.8	4.2	0.9	12,827	4,261	3,386	630	272	513	1,190	-753
22	Seth Curry S. Curry	1,038	552	22.5	9.9	2.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	3.6	7.7	47.2	1.7	4.0	43.3	0.9	1.1	86.3	60.6	0.3	1.7	1.0	12,410	5,490	1,128	361	73	529	820	+551
23	Doug Overton D. Overton	1,038	499	14.6	4.5	1.3	2.1	0.4	0.0	1.8	4.3	41.2	0.2	0.7	31.9	0.8	0.9	81.6	48.1	0.3	1.0	0.9	7,275	2,253	654	202	19	473	582	-246
24	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	1,038	456	29.8	15.4	8.8	2.3	0.9	1.6	6.4	13.2	48.6	0.0	0.1	17.2	2.6	3.9	66.1	51.8	2.6	6.2	3.0	13,591	7,039	4,011	390	752	1,363	1,590
25	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	1,038	703	22.7	5.8	6.3	1.5	0.8	0.7	2.5	5.7	44.8	0.0	0.1	7.7	0.8	1.3	57.1	46.7	2.4	4.0	0.9	15,936	4,099	4,458	556	510	332	1,536