most assists in a career by a forward before turning 22

LeBron James has the most career assists by a forward younger than 22, with 1,274 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists in a career by a forward before turning 22 years old

	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	LeBron James L. James	1,274	187	42.1	28.9	7.1	6.8	1.8	0.8	10.4	21.7	47.7	1.5	4.2	34.4	6.8	9.2	73.9	56.2	1.1	6.0	3.3	7,877	5,413	1,331	341	141	618	385	+537
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	813	257	30.8	13.0	6.5	3.2	1.0	1.2	4.8	9.8	48.8	0.3	1.2	27.7	3.1	4.2	72.8	55.7	1.2	5.2	2.2	7,910	3,330	1,660	268	301	567	758	-259
3	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	729	239	35.6	15.3	8.0	3.1	1.4	1.9	6.5	13.1	49.4	0.1	0.3	26.2	2.3	3.2	73.7	52.9	2.5	5.5	2.0	8,510	3,662	1,905	330	444	477	612	+268
4	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	728	157	34.5	21.6	7.0	4.6	0.9	0.6	7.4	16.7	44.4	1.4	4.3	32.2	5.3	7.3	72.7	54.0	1.1	5.8	2.9	5,411	3,386	1,095	134	90	458	326	-185
5	Lamar Odom L. Odom	720	155	36.9	16.8	7.9	4.6	1.1	1.4	6.1	13.7	44.6	0.9	2.8	32.6	3.7	5.3	69.9	52.5	1.8	6.1	3.5	5,719	2,605	1,217	170	222	536	539	-586
6	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	637	237	36.1	22.8	5.6	2.7	1.1	0.5	8.1	18.0	44.8	0.6	2.2	28.2	6.1	7.6	79.5	53.4	1.9	3.7	2.9	8,544	5,405	1,318	253	113	689	683	+235
7	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	627	151	35.1	15.3	7.1	4.2	1.1	0.8	6.1	12.9	47.3	0.8	2.8	29.0	2.3	3.1	75.5	53.8	2.5	4.6	1.9	5,295	2,313	1,069	163	116	290	362	+241
8	Josh Smith J. Smith	612	242	32.3	12.7	7.1	2.5	1.0	2.5	4.7	10.7	43.4	0.3	1.3	26.3	3.0	4.2	70.6	50.2	2.1	5.0	2.4	7,816	3,066	1,725	254	615	578	705	-905
9	Antoine Walker A. Walker	535	164	38.0	20.0	9.6	3.3	1.5	0.7	7.9	18.7	42.4	0.9	2.8	31.7	3.3	5.1	63.9	47.8	3.4	6.2	3.2	6,238	3,275	1,577	247	113	522	533	-826
10	Jeremy Sochan J. Sochan	519	184	27.3	11.4	6.1	2.8	0.8	0.5	4.6	9.8	46.8	0.7	2.5	29.0	1.5	2.1	72.5	53.2	2.0	4.2	1.7	5,015	2,092	1,123	150	90	321	437	-667
11	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	514	159	31.7	16.9	4.3	3.2	0.9	0.3	6.3	13.2	47.7	1.4	4.0	35.8	2.9	3.4	85.0	57.5	1.0	3.3	1.8	5,038	2,682	685	145	51	286	347	-193
12	Luol Deng L. Deng	484	220	33.2	15.2	6.4	2.2	1.0	0.6	6.1	12.7	48.0	0.2	0.9	26.5	2.7	3.6	76.0	53.1	1.7	4.7	1.7	7,303	3,348	1,406	215	125	372	387	+688
13	Darius Miles D. Miles	459	230	27.7	9.4	5.6	2.0	0.8	1.3	3.9	8.3	46.5	0.0	0.2	7.7	1.6	2.8	57.7	49.1	1.5	4.1	2.1	6,368	2,158	1,293	189	297	485	534	-388
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	456	214	31.7	17.0	5.9	2.1	1.1	0.8	6.2	13.5	45.7	1.8	4.4	39.8	2.9	3.5	83.1	56.5	0.8	5.1	1.7	6,794	3,646	1,270	240	166	358	451	+1136
15	Bilal Coulibaly B. Coulibaly	454	178	28.8	10.8	4.5	2.6	1.2	0.8	3.8	9.0	42.6	1.1	3.4	31.3	2.0	2.8	73.4	52.8	1.1	3.4	1.6	5,130	1,916	793	210	143	293	406	-1420
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	436	156	39.3	27.8	7.1	2.8	1.3	0.9	9.3	19.6	47.6	1.4	3.7	38.7	7.7	8.7	88.6	59.4	1.2	5.9	3.2	6,124	4,343	1,105	208	137	496	305	-70
17	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	430	148	31.1	12.0	4.1	2.9	1.8	0.6	4.3	10.6	40.4	0.7	2.3	30.4	2.7	3.8	71.2	48.7	0.8	3.3	2.2	4,601	1,773	602	271	84	325	413	-707
18	John Williams J. Williams	423	160	26.3	11.0	5.1	2.6	1.5	0.4	4.4	9.6	46.3	0.1	0.5	17.8	2.1	3.0	69.3	50.6	1.6	3.5	1.7	4,201	1,765	810	246	64	266	390
19	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	396	138	30.8	12.2	4.6	2.9	0.7	0.6	4.6	10.5	43.8	0.7	2.1	32.9	2.4	3.6	65.5	50.7	0.8	3.7	1.9	4,254	1,689	630	95	79	265	321	-508
20	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	388	162	35.5	20.5	7.0	2.4	1.0	1.0	7.4	15.8	47.0	0.2	0.5	35.9	5.5	7.2	76.7	54.1	2.7	4.3	3.0	5,752	3,323	1,136	168	155	482	400	-1029
21	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	361	143	25.5	11.6	5.4	2.5	1.0	1.5	4.5	9.9	45.1	0.2	0.7	30.2	2.5	3.5	70.8	50.8	2.0	3.3	1.6	3,641	1,664	770	139	212	226	287	-233
22	Jonathan Kuminga J. Kuminga	352	211	21.5	11.9	3.9	1.7	0.6	0.4	4.5	8.6	52.4	0.7	2.2	34.1	2.1	3.0	70.7	59.8	1.0	2.9	1.4	4,528	2,506	820	127	89	291	472	+107
23	Stanley Johnson S. Johnson	335	219	22.6	7.0	3.4	1.5	0.9	0.2	2.6	7.0	37.0	0.8	2.7	29.5	1.0	1.4	76.0	46.2	0.6	2.8	1.2	4,951	1,531	747	206	50	262	468	-181
24	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	334	149	38.4	19.5	9.1	2.2	0.8	1.3	6.8	13.9	49.0	0.0	0.1	13.6	5.9	7.5	78.8	56.8	2.6	6.4	2.3	5,716	2,912	1,349	124	190	342	431	-98
25	Elton Brand E. Brand	330	138	38.1	20.2	10.3	2.4	0.9	1.7	7.8	16.2	48.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.7	6.7	69.5	52.8	4.2	6.1	2.9	5,260	2,788	1,424	121	231	397	443	-1027

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

Mitchell

RPG

8.1

Mobley

APG

5.5

Harden

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.2

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.1

9th

3P%

36.0

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0

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Knicks

4 - 0

130

Final

Cavaliers

0 - 4

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

26.9

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.8

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.5

Wembanyama

1.8

Thompson

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

Nnaji

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

124.5

119.3

116.5

113.7

111.7

111.5

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.4

106.1

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

20.1

10.4

7.4

3.0

1.7

-1.7

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

864.6

Wembanyama

695.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

691

Mobley

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

852.3

Wembanyama

714.8

Mitchell

700.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.66

Beringer

1.57

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.58

Beringer

1.55

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

59-41

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

54-42

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0