John Stockton had the most games with 9+ assists, with 996 games.

Interpreted as:

most 9 or more assists regular-season games by a player in NBA history

	NAME	GP	AST	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	996	12,869	35.0	14.7	2.9	12.9	2.5	0.2	5.2	10.1	51.7	0.7	1.7	38.7	3.5	4.3	83.0	61.2	0.7	2.2	3.1	34,869	14,599	2,904	2,475	227	3,054	2,707	+1978
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	768	8,965	35.2	17.6	4.6	11.7	2.3	0.2	6.2	13.2	46.9	1.3	3.7	35.7	3.9	4.5	87.2	58.0	0.6	4.0	2.3	27,047	13,550	3,544	1,741	135	1,791	1,863	+6076
3	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	719	8,292	38.3	13.5	6.9	11.5	2.1	0.4	4.8	11.8	40.1	1.4	4.0	35.3	2.6	3.3	79.0	50.8	1.4	5.5	3.1	27,512	9,708	4,953	1,483	259	2,230	1,397	+4101
4	Steve Nash S. Nash	609	7,330	35.2	16.4	3.5	12.0	0.8	0.1	6.0	11.8	50.5	1.6	3.6	43.7	2.9	3.3	90.7	62.1	0.6	3.0	3.4	21,458	10,003	2,158	490	56	2,083	1,014	+4304
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	581	7,660	37.6	20.0	7.1	13.2			6.9	13.4	51.7	0.4	1.4	30.2	5.8	6.7	86.8	61.4				21,844	11,631	4,106				1,243
6	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	543	6,255	34.9	11.2	4.6	11.5	1.5	0.1	4.3	9.4	45.6	0.6	1.9	34.5	2.0	2.5	78.0	53.2	1.2	3.5	2.7	18,953	6,069	2,513	812	67	1,447	1,017	+1191
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	528	6,133	35.6	22.5	8.8	11.6	1.7	0.4	8.0	18.3	43.8	1.3	4.0	31.9	5.2	6.8	76.6	52.8	1.7	7.1	4.3	18,802	11,873	4,660	909	187	2,296	1,412	+3005
8	LeBron James L. James	508	5,509	38.3	26.4	8.0	10.8	1.5	0.8	9.7	19.2	50.5	1.6	4.8	33.3	5.4	7.4	72.9	58.7	1.1	6.9	3.5	19,478	13,396	4,069	774	386	1,791	875	+3820
9	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	508	6,175	38.2	20.2	3.9	12.2			7.7	16.7	46.2	0.4			4.3	5.5	77.2	52.6				19,400	10,252	1,995				1,559
10	James Harden J. Harden	429	4,904	37.3	26.2	6.8	11.4	1.6	0.6	7.8	17.5	44.4	3.1	8.5	36.4	7.6	8.8	86.1	61.4	0.8	6.0	4.3	15,994	11,246	2,912	675	271	1,839	1,023	+2794
11	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	398	4,924	38.2	20.4	3.8	12.4	1.7	0.3	7.0	14.1	49.7	0.2	0.8	27.2	6.1	7.3	84.6	58.8	0.7	3.1	3.4	15,198	8,103	1,503	668	107	1,366	906	+181
12	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	395	4,477	37.4	16.6	4.8	11.3	1.8	0.3	6.2	13.4	45.9	0.3	0.8	31.1	4.0	5.6	71.9	52.2	1.4	3.4	3.1	14,780	6,559	1,901	721	105	1,210	816	+485
13	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	388	4,781	35.7	11.7	5.7	12.3	1.9	0.1	4.9	10.5	46.7	0.5	1.7	31.3	1.3	2.2	60.1	50.8	1.1	4.6	3.4	13,847	4,530	2,202	754	55	1,306	883	+1799
14	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	382	4,393	38.9	20.3	3.8	11.5	2.0	0.2	7.6	16.9	44.9	1.8	5.1	36.1	3.3	4.3	77.8	54.1	0.8	3.1	3.2	14,871	7,765	1,464	762	62	1,205	908	+1081
15	Gary Payton G. Payton	376	4,061	39.6	19.8	4.7	10.8	2.1	0.2	7.8	17.0	45.6	1.1	3.3	31.9	3.2	4.4	72.4	52.2	1.1	3.5	2.7	14,894	7,427	1,757	801	92	1,000	943	+1201
16	Deron Williams D. Williams	369	4,312	38.0	18.5	3.5	11.7	1.2	0.3	6.5	14.4	45.1	1.4	4.1	34.5	4.1	5.0	82.0	55.6	0.5	3.0	3.2	14,011	6,826	1,288	425	96	1,181	949	+1750
17	Andre Miller A. Miller	356	3,942	36.5	14.5	4.4	11.1	1.5	0.3	5.4	11.5	47.0	0.1	0.8	18.4	3.6	4.6	79.6	53.9	1.2	3.2	2.8	12,989	5,175	1,580	548	89	990	926	+1707
18	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	351	4,092	34.5	9.5	3.3	11.7	1.9	0.0	4.0	8.3	47.7	0.1	0.5	32.1	1.4	1.7	81.7	52.3	0.7	2.5	1.8	12,113	3,323	1,145	673	15	643	733	+287
19	John Wall J. Wall	344	3,947	36.8	19.4	4.4	11.5	1.8	0.7	7.0	16.4	42.9	1.0	3.3	31.8	4.3	5.4	79.2	51.6	0.5	3.8	3.9	12,659	6,665	1,498	619	240	1,355	742	+1111
20	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	335	3,601	39.6	20.4	3.3	10.7	1.4	0.1	7.2	16.5	43.9	1.2	3.6	32.5	4.8	6.0	79.3	53.3	0.8	2.5	3.2	13,274	6,843	1,110	480	46	1,067	810	+933
21	Trae Young T. Young	319	3,750	35.6	25.9	3.6	11.8	1.1	0.2	8.1	18.8	42.9	2.7	7.6	35.5	7.0	8.0	87.7	57.9	0.6	3.0	4.3	11,356	8,251	1,150	341	54	1,370	571	+594
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	294	3,313	34.8	24.7	12.6	11.3	1.4	0.8	9.4	16.2	58.3	1.3	3.3	38.3	4.5	5.5	83.1	66.4	2.7	9.8	3.2	10,242	7,258	3,690	422	221	948	786	+3089
23	Terry Porter T. Porter	283	3,205	36.4	16.4	4.3	11.3	2.0	0.2	5.8	12.0	48.4	1.0	2.5	37.6	3.8	4.5	85.2	58.6	0.9	3.4	2.9	10,292	4,636	1,222	566	49	825	592	+131
24	Baron Davis B. Davis	275	3,004	39.1	19.0	4.6	10.9	2.0	0.5	6.9	16.6	41.3	1.8	5.8	31.8	3.5	4.8	72.0	50.9	1.0	3.6	2.9	10,763	5,233	1,272	557	129	807	791	+1690
25	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	249	2,761	33.5	12.4	4.7	11.1	2.3	0.1	3.9	9.8	40.1	1.0	2.8	35.1	3.6	4.2	85.5	53.3	0.7	4.0	2.9	8,334	3,089	1,169	561	35	717	660	+1378