most assists 1960s by big man minimum 12000 minutes

Between the 1959-60 and 1968-69 seasons, Bill Russell had the most assists by a big man when playing 12,000+ minutes, with 3,588 assists.

Regular season

	NAME	AST	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PTS	REB	PF
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	3,588	33,412	776	43.1	14.8	22.6	4.6	5.8	13.2	43.9	3.2	5.7	56.6	47.1	11,506	17,501	2,107
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	3,548	36,713	787	46.6	34.4	24.3	4.5	13.9	26.3	53.0	6.6	12.8	51.4	53.9	27,098	19,112	1,483
3	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	1,541	25,561	648	39.4	23.3	15.0	2.4	8.8	17.0	51.8	5.7	8.7	65.4	55.9	15,086	9,716	2,272
4	Johnny Kerr J. Kerr	1,520	16,895	545	31.0	13.8	11.4	2.8	5.5	13.0	42.0	2.8	3.7	74.3	46.8	7,495	6,233	1,384
5	Ray Scott R. Scott	1,504	19,946	611	32.6	15.6	11.0	2.5	6.0	14.8	40.4	3.7	5.1	71.6	45.8	9,531	6,697	1,888
6	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	1,440	17,345	435	39.9	27.6	16.7	3.3	9.8	22.0	44.7	7.9	10.3	76.8	52.0	11,986	7,256	1,466
7	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	1,399	19,906	461	43.2	19.7	19.2	3.0	7.9	15.8	49.7	3.9	5.0	78.4	54.5	9,066	8,831	1,517
8	Rudy LaRusso R. LaRusso	1,397	21,705	661	32.8	15.1	9.5	2.1	5.4	12.4	43.4	4.3	5.7	76.3	50.7	9,957	6,312	2,285
9	Bill Bridges B. Bridges	1,372	16,619	505	32.9	12.6	12.0	2.7	4.7	11.1	42.8	3.1	4.5	69.2	48.3	6,360	6,052	1,917
10	Wayne Embry W. Embry	1,098	20,173	765	26.4	12.6	9.1	1.4	4.9	10.9	44.5	2.9	4.5	63.8	48.8	9,630	6,947	2,606
11	Darrall Imhoff D. Imhoff	1,063	14,094	639	22.1	6.7	7.8	1.7	2.7	6.0	44.3	1.4	2.4	58.7	47.6	4,281	4,978	1,933
12	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	988	16,221	413	39.3	16.4	17.9	2.4	6.3	15.3	41.4	3.8	6.0	63.1	45.9	6,778	7,402	1,130
13	Bob Ferry B. Ferry	906	12,828	634	20.2	9.1	5.3	1.4	3.5	8.1	43.3	2.1	3.2	66.4	48.0	5,780	3,343	1,438
14	Willie Naulls W. Naulls	829	14,412	509	28.3	16.3	8.6	1.6	6.6	15.8	41.6	3.1	3.8	82.1	46.5	8,291	4,369	1,577
15	Tom Sanders T. Sanders	798	18,373	701	26.2	10.6	7.2	1.1	4.1	9.6	43.1	2.3	3.1	75.6	48.4	7,416	5,026	2,481
16	Johnny Green J. Green	777	12,460	598	20.8	10.8	8.0	1.3	4.4	9.3	47.5	2.0	3.8	52.0	49.2	6,469	4,767	1,472
17	Zelmo Beaty Z. Beaty	765	17,135	501	34.2	17.4	11.2	1.5	6.5	13.8	47.1	4.4	5.9	74.8	53.0	8,727	5,622	2,002
18	Willis Reed W. Reed	699	14,390	397	36.2	19.6	13.7	1.8	7.7	16.3	47.4	4.2	5.6	73.9	52.3	7,784	5,458	1,612
19	Leroy Ellis L. Ellis	565	12,964	477	27.2	10.6	8.9	1.2	4.2	9.6	43.7	2.2	3.0	71.7	48.3	5,049	4,227	1,302

StatMuse has season-level data for minutes played going back to the 1951-52 season.

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