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

Interpreted as:

most assist by a player in NBA history all-time

	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	12,511	1,356	33.7	17.0	4.4	9.2	2.0	0.2	6.0	12.8	46.9	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.6	4.1	87.1	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,643	23,015	5,982	2,721	222	3,096	3,190	+6112
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	11,584	1,562	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	59,042	42,184	11,731	2,345	1,150	5,471	2,781	+7389
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	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	9,930	1,239	33.3	21.2	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.4	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.5	4.8	6.3	77.2	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,208	26,218	8,684	1,956	407	4,833	3,159	+3046
9	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
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	8,334	1,153	34.8	24.1	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.1	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,069	27,732	6,482	1,715	656	4,266	2,860	+4611
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	7,099	1,173	31.3	13.9	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	36,680	16,356	4,961	1,499	351	2,628	3,161	+2835
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