most assists by big man 1970s minimum 12000 minutes

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the most assists by a big man when playing 12,000+ minutes, with 3,440 assists.

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Data note: Minutes Played: player season data complete from 1951-52

	NAME	AST	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3,440	31,771	773	41.1	28.6	14.8	4.5	1.3	3.5	11.8	21.5	55.1	5.0	7.1	70.6	58.3	3.1	11.0	3.5	22,141	11,460	576	1,595	490	2,399
2	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	3,073	27,857	757	36.8	10.8	13.9	4.1	1.1	0.6	4.5	8.7	51.2	1.9	2.9	63.5	53.9	3.5	8.4	2.1	8,192	10,511	511	270	329	2,066
3	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	2,700	25,331	723	35.0	11.9	11.2	3.7	1.5	1.8	4.9	11.2	44.1	2.0	2.8	73.4	48.0	2.6	8.4	2.7	8,579	8,120	742	868	431	2,516
4	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	2,622	26,392	660	40.0	18.6	14.6	4.0	1.2	1.0	7.9	17.1	46.1	2.8	3.6	78.2	49.7	3.3	10.8	2.7	12,252	9,636	500	412	391	2,567
5	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	2,134	23,248	644	36.1	22.8	11.9	3.3	1.2	2.0	9.3	18.3	50.6	4.3	5.6	77.5	55.1	3.2	8.5	3.4	14,686	7,690	466	799	400	2,100
6	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	2,113	22,533	640	35.2	18.7	9.4	3.3	1.0	0.7	7.4	16.0	46.1	4.0	5.7	69.9	50.6	2.8	6.0	2.5	11,974	5,988	476	340	406	2,115
7	Paul Silas P. Silas	2,060	25,490	809	31.5	10.7	10.8	2.5	0.7	0.3	3.9	8.9	43.5	2.9	4.2	69.4	49.7	3.7	6.1	1.5	8,619	8,737	333	133	250	2,135
8	Tom Boerwinkle T. Boerwinkle	1,829	12,022	555	21.7	6.9	8.7	3.3	0.4	0.5	2.8	5.9	47.1	1.3	1.9	68.0	50.9	1.8	4.0	1.2	3,815	4,856	110	138	26	1,494
9	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1,685	33,863	815	41.5	23.2	14.2	2.1	1.2	2.5	9.3	20.7	45.1	4.6	6.7	67.7	49.1	3.5	9.7	2.8	18,922	11,565	606	1,198	464	2,676
10	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	1,587	19,660	551	35.7	13.9	12.8	2.9	0.5	2.1	5.3	12.3	42.8	3.3	4.8	70.1	48.1	2.8	6.8		7,659	7,062	125	553		1,494
11	Clifford Ray C. Ray	1,493	17,419	637	27.3	8.1	9.8	2.3	0.9	1.2	3.2	6.1	52.8	1.6	2.8	59.5	55.2	3.0	6.5	1.9	5,174	6,270	426	593	303	2,158
12	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	1,474	20,825	525	39.7	27.4	12.2	2.8	1.2	2.0	10.8	21.2	50.9	5.9	7.8	75.6	55.7	3.1	9.7	4.1	14,405	6,421	529	872	563	1,832
13	Dennis Awtrey D. Awtrey	1,365	12,871	650	19.8	5.1	4.8	2.1	0.4	0.4	2.0	4.4	46.0	1.1	1.7	65.2	50.0	1.4	3.1	1.2	3,313	3,105	161	157	179	1,523
14	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	1,331	12,225	368	33.2	13.6	11.2	3.6	0.4	0.3	5.6	11.2	50.2	2.3	2.9	78.1	54.1	0.8	4.3		4,987	4,111	28	24		872
15	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	1,217	14,116	388	36.4	15.9	10.7	3.1	0.9	0.5	6.8	15.4	43.9	2.4	3.4	72.1	47.2	1.9	8.8		6,188	4,136	67	39		1,137
16	Neal Walk N. Walk	1,214	13,832	568	24.4	12.6	7.7	2.1	0.6	0.4	5.2	11.2	45.9	2.3	3.0	75.8	50.1	1.8	4.8		7,157	4,392	140	105		1,788
17	Bill Bridges B. Bridges	1,181	14,259	421	33.9	11.0	11.9	2.8	0.7	0.4	4.2	9.2	46.2	2.6	3.7	69.4	51.1	2.6	3.9		4,652	5,002	69	36		1,458
18	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	1,164	21,195	570	37.2	22.0	10.7	2.0	0.7	1.2	8.7	18.8	46.5	4.5	5.6	80.0	51.7	2.9	6.8	2.5	12,534	6,087	263	477	340	1,627
19	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	1,133	19,389	574	33.8	17.3	8.6	2.0	0.7	0.3	7.3	14.7	49.9	2.6	3.5	76.7	53.4	2.2	5.7	1.8	9,939	4,915	234	93	176	1,425
20	Jim Fox J. Fox	1,006	14,316	612	23.4	9.7	7.3	1.6	0.5	0.3	3.6	7.5	48.3	2.4	3.0	78.6	54.5	1.9	4.1		5,920	4,477	151	79		1,672
21	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	1,003	13,379	395	33.9	14.8	11.5	2.5	0.7	0.6	5.6	11.0	51.2	3.6	6.1	58.2	54.1	3.4	6.2		5,855	4,525	52	48		1,264
22	Gar Heard G. Heard	1,001	16,537	627	26.4	9.6	8.2	1.6	1.4	1.6	4.0	9.7	41.6	1.6	2.5	64.1	44.8	2.6	6.7	1.3	6,045	5,148	596	659	180	1,761
23	Otto Moore O. Moore	992	15,288	608	25.1	8.3	8.3	1.6	0.7	1.2	3.4	7.6	45.5	1.4	2.3	61.9	48.4	1.8	5.5		5,046	5,051	186	342		1,593
24	Happy Hairston H. Hairston	931	13,952	409	34.1	15.0	12.2	2.3	0.8	0.2	5.5	11.3	48.4	4.1	5.2	78.3	55.3	4.2	8.9		6,152	4,973	116	28		1,296
25	Curtis Perry C. Perry	906	13,656	480	28.5	9.5	8.8	1.9	1.2	0.9	4.0	8.7	45.5	1.6	2.3	69.9	49.0	3.2	6.1	1.4	4,578	4,239	379	291	63	1,670

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