most assists by guard 1970s minimum 12000 minutes

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Norm Van Lier had the most assists by a guard when playing 12,000+ minutes, with 5,217 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	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	5,217	26,171	746	35.1	11.8	4.8	7.0	1.8	0.2	4.4	10.7	41.4	2.9	3.7	78.0	47.6	1.3	3.0	2.1	8,770	3,596	767	71	249	2,661
2	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	4,092	26,401	668	39.5	20.2	6.0	6.1	1.9	0.2	8.0	16.3	49.0	4.2	5.3	80.0	54.3	1.1	4.3	2.1	13,502	4,015	679	62	135	1,734
3	Kevin Porter K. Porter	4,077	14,826	497	29.8	12.1	1.9	8.2	1.5	0.1	5.1	10.6	47.8	1.9	2.6	72.3	51.2	0.7	1.4	4.3	6,000	968	651	51	697	1,784
4	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	4,077	20,459	536	38.2	23.0	2.6	7.6	1.4	0.2	8.3	17.9	46.5	6.4	7.8	82.1	54.0	0.6	1.7	2.9	12,351	1,390	415	46	197	1,264
5	Dave Bing D. Bing	4,012	23,759	665	35.7	19.2	3.5	6.0	1.3	0.2	7.2	16.2	44.5	4.8	6.0	79.9	51.0	1.1	1.9	2.7	12,784	2,306	483	89	216	1,888
6	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	3,819	27,653	746	37.1	18.2	4.2	5.1	1.3	0.2	7.8	17.6	44.3	2.6	3.1	83.5	47.9	0.9	2.9	2.7	13,546	3,143	587	98	329	1,849
7	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	3,769	25,446	729	34.9	20.2	3.1	5.2	1.3	0.2	7.9	17.1	46.2	4.3	5.2	83.0	51.9	1.1	1.6	2.5	14,692	2,262	545	72	390	1,997
8	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	3,560	23,290	722	32.3	19.0	2.4	4.9	1.7	0.1	7.6	15.6	48.6	3.8	4.3	88.4	54.1	0.7	1.5	2.3	13,692	1,731	809	31	360	2,467
9	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	3,488	15,049	440	34.2	16.7	4.0	7.9	1.3	0.2	5.8	13.2	44.3	5.0	6.3	79.5	52.3	0.8	2.0		7,346	1,778	174	26		1,104
10	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	3,480	23,352	615	38.0	25.0	4.3	5.7	1.4	0.3	9.7	21.9	44.1	5.6	6.9	81.9	50.0	1.1	3.5	4.5	15,359	2,669	563	102	448	1,786
11	Lucius Allen L. Allen	3,174	20,159	702	28.7	13.4	3.1	4.5	1.5	0.3	5.5	11.9	46.3	2.3	3.1	76.0	50.4	1.0	2.3	2.3	9,407	2,205	604	124	247	1,799
12	Randy Smith R. Smith	3,117	21,035	574	36.6	19.4	4.4	5.4	2.1	0.1	7.9	16.8	47.1	3.6	4.6	78.2	51.5	1.3	3.1	3.3	11,121	2,529	1,018	35	541	1,694
13	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	2,786	22,916	713	32.1	18.3	2.8	3.9	1.1	0.3	7.3	15.5	46.9	3.7	4.5	81.8	52.1	0.6	2.3	2.0	13,020	2,015	452	118	277	1,827
14	Jerry West J. West	2,769	12,351	320	38.6	26.1	4.3	8.7	2.6	0.7	9.6	19.9	48.4	6.8	8.3	82.1	55.4	1.0	2.8		8,357	1,390	81	23		767
15	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	2,714	13,663	357	38.3	18.1	5.2	7.6	1.1	0.1	6.8	14.3	47.9	4.4	5.3	83.3	54.4	1.0	3.0		6,449	1,846	77	4		793
16	Archie Clark A. Clark	2,644	16,635	486	34.2	17.1	3.3	5.4	1.1	0.1	6.8	14.0	48.3	3.5	4.5	79.1	53.4	0.6	1.8		8,302	1,602	231	15		1,190
17	Charlie Scott C. Scott	2,446	17,418	491	35.5	19.1	3.8	5.0	1.4	0.3	7.8	17.5	44.7	3.5	4.5	77.4	49.2	1.0	2.7	3.1	9,398	1,868	561	129	493	1,862
18	Bob Weiss B. Weiss	2,376	14,126	611	23.1	7.6	1.8	3.9	1.0	0.2	2.9	6.8	43.4	1.8	2.1	83.1	49.5	0.3	0.9		4,662	1,076	287	52		1,247
19	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	2,340	13,910	548	25.4	16.4	2.1	4.3	1.5	0.4	6.6	12.9	51.2	3.2	4.0	81.3	56.1	0.6	1.6	3.2	8,996	1,145	710	183	512	1,163
20	Dick Snyder D. Snyder	2,333	21,270	753	28.2	13.0	2.8	3.1	0.7	0.4	5.4	10.9	49.7	2.1	2.5	84.3	54.0	0.6	1.7	0.7	9,795	2,119	300	157	84	1,943
21	Jim Cleamons J. Cleamons	2,244	15,212	573	26.5	8.5	3.2	3.9	1.0	0.2	3.5	7.7	45.9	1.5	1.9	76.8	49.9	1.1	2.4	1.6	4,889	1,835	476	109	255	1,107
22	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	2,243	14,970	477	31.4	15.3	3.3	4.7	1.1	0.1	5.7	12.2	46.8	3.9	4.4	87.1	54.0	0.8	2.3	2.3	7,276	1,572	415	33	175	1,555
23	Herm Gilliam H. Gilliam	2,225	15,026	578	26.0	10.8	3.8	3.8	1.3	0.2	4.7	10.6	44.1	1.5	1.9	79.2	47.4	0.9	2.2		6,252	2,175	369	49		1,519
24	Butch Beard B. Beard	2,189	14,283	605	23.6	9.3	3.4	3.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	7.4	48.7	2.1	2.7	77.1	54.0	1.2	2.5	1.9	5,622	2,042	499	36	164	1,581
25	Fred Carter F. Carter	2,122	18,328	611	30.0	15.2	3.9	3.5	1.2	0.2	6.4	15.1	42.5	2.4	3.4	69.3	45.8	1.1	2.7		9,271	2,381	371	65		1,740

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