Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Magic Johnson had the most assists in a decade, with 8,025 assists in the 1980s.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in the 1980s decade

	NAME	AST	DECADE	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	8,025	1980s	716	36.9	19.5	7.4	11.2	2.0	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.0	0.2	0.7	23.9	5.2	6.2	83.4	60.6	1.9	5.6	3.9	26,417	13,943	5,303	1,464	310	2,800	1,685
2	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	6,220	1980s	635	36.7	20.3	3.7	9.8	2.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.3	1.2	27.8	4.4	5.8	76.1	52.5	1.0	2.7	3.8	23,276	12,862	2,372	1,338	181	2,437	2,105
3	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	5,781	1980s	771	33.9	12.6	3.0	7.5	2.3	0.3	5.1	9.6	52.9	0.1	0.2	25.0	2.5	3.1	79.4	57.8	0.7	2.3	2.3	26,174	9,744	2,284	1,768	260	1,777	1,736
4	Reggie Theus R. Theus	5,239	1980s	787	33.7	18.7	3.4	6.7	1.2	0.2	6.9	14.5	47.4	0.2	0.9	23.0	4.7	5.7	82.7	54.9	1.2	2.2	3.4	26,545	14,729	2,671	968	171	2,712	2,313
5	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	5,096	1980s	605	35.2	15.8	2.5	8.4	1.4	0.1	6.8	14.3	47.4	0.2	0.6	29.4	2.1	2.7	77.7	51.0	0.6	1.9	3.1	21,326	9,554	1,521	848	47	1,886	1,474
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	4,396	1980s	717	38.4	25.0	10.2	6.1	1.8	0.8	9.8	19.6	50.3	0.6	1.7	37.7	4.6	5.3	88.0	57.0	2.2	8.0	3.2	27,560	17,899	7,319	1,300	603	2,261	1,906
7	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	4,381	1980s	783	34.9	15.3	3.9	5.6	1.3	0.6	5.7	12.9	44.6	0.1	0.6	18.0	3.7	4.5	81.9	51.4	1.2	2.7	2.5	27,325	11,954	3,078	1,055	456	1,976	2,265
8	Rickey Green R. Green	4,346	1980s	669	27.2	10.8	2.2	6.5	1.7	0.1	4.3	9.1	47.9	0.0	0.2	21.2	2.0	2.5	82.2	53.0	0.5	1.6	1.9	18,200	7,208	1,448	1,140	41	1,272	1,102
9	John Lucas J. Lucas	4,223	1980s	633	25.4	10.1	2.1	6.7	1.2	0.1	3.9	8.7	44.9	0.3	1.1	30.3	2.0	2.6	76.6	51.5	0.5	1.6	2.0	16,059	6,413	1,340	791	34	1,250	1,021
10	Brad Davis B. Davis	4,036	1980s	715	25.9	9.4	2.0	5.6	0.9	0.2	3.5	6.8	52.0	0.3	0.9	32.8	2.0	2.4	83.9	59.7	0.4	1.6	1.6	18,523	6,713	1,442	622	113	1,135	1,648
11	John Stockton J. Stockton	3,941	1980s	410	27.6	10.6	2.2	9.6	2.3	0.2	3.8	7.3	52.7	0.1	0.5	25.9	2.8	3.4	82.3	60.4	0.6	1.7	2.6	11,296	4,340	920	948	65	1,052	1,142
12	Fat Lever F. Lever	3,847	1980s	557	32.4	14.5	6.0	6.9	2.3	0.3	5.9	13.1	45.3	0.1	0.6	27.0	2.5	3.2	76.6	49.9	1.9	4.1	2.1	18,065	8,059	3,330	1,287	166	1,181	1,398
13	Johnny Moore J. Moore	3,784	1980s	467	27.7	10.2	3.2	8.1	2.1	0.2	4.2	9.0	46.3	0.2	0.7	25.3	1.7	2.3	71.5	50.8	0.8	2.4	2.4	12,914	4,772	1,496	985	113	1,124	1,270
14	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	3,686	1980s	484	35.9	16.1	5.8	7.6	2.8	0.4	6.7	14.5	46.0	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.5	3.6	70.1	50.1	1.9	4.0	3.5	17,371	7,784	2,823	1,363	188	1,713	1,671
15	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	3,660	1980s	558	31.9	15.7	3.2	6.6	1.5	0.3	5.6	12.3	46.0	0.5	1.6	33.3	3.9	4.7	83.0	54.8	0.8	2.4	2.9	17,806	8,769	1,777	817	146	1,599	1,360
16	Alex English A. English	3,596	1980s	811	36.0	25.9	5.9	4.4	1.0	0.8	10.7	21.0	51.0	0.0	0.1	20.8	4.5	5.4	83.8	55.5	2.6	3.3	2.8	29,208	21,018	4,780	848	634	2,294	2,286
17	Gus Williams G. Williams	3,464	1980s	511	33.6	18.7	2.6	6.8	2.0	0.3	7.6	16.5	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.8	3.2	4.3	74.8	50.6	1.0	1.6	2.5	17,149	9,540	1,329	1,034	176	1,267	916
18	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	3,451	1980s	790	27.6	9.1	3.2	4.4	1.2	0.6	3.6	7.5	47.6	0.5	1.4	34.3	1.5	1.8	82.9	54.9	0.9	2.4	1.7	21,777	7,208	2,542	965	487	1,337	2,122
19	Rory Sparrow R. Sparrow	3,449	1980s	628	28.6	9.7	2.2	5.5	1.1	0.1	4.2	8.9	47.0	0.1	0.4	23.0	1.3	1.6	81.0	50.7	0.6	1.7	2.0	17,930	6,112	1,403	684	78	1,276	1,529
20	Larry Drew L. Drew	3,367	1980s	586	28.2	12.9	1.9	5.7	1.2	0.1	5.3	11.2	46.9	0.1	0.5	24.7	2.2	2.8	80.0	51.7	0.4	1.5	2.4	16,541	7,553	1,133	729	40	1,421	1,154
21	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	3,339	1980s	700	23.2	9.5	1.7	4.8	1.3	0.2	3.6	8.1	45.0	0.2	0.9	23.4	2.1	2.5	83.4	52.0	0.4	1.2	1.9	16,248	6,684	1,164	929	120	1,324	1,489
22	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	3,262	1980s	441	29.9	12.6	3.5	7.4	2.0	0.5	4.4	9.5	46.0	0.2	0.5	30.2	3.7	4.8	77.2	54.4	1.0	2.5	2.4	13,189	5,562	1,547	902	207	1,076	1,543
23	John Bagley J. Bagley	3,181	1980s	525	27.0	9.6	2.8	6.1	1.2	0.1	3.9	8.9	43.6	0.2	0.8	25.0	1.6	2.1	78.5	48.9	0.7	2.1	2.4	14,173	5,023	1,471	656	46	1,257	877
24	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	3,028	1980s	523	29.7	12.0	4.4	5.8	1.6	0.7	4.4	9.0	49.2	0.1	0.4	23.4	3.0	4.0	74.4	55.5	1.5	3.0	2.6	15,549	6,278	2,324	823	349	1,374	1,587
25	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	2,995	1980s	775	23.1	9.7	1.8	3.9	1.2	0.1	3.8	8.1	47.3	0.2	0.7	32.4	1.8	2.3	77.6	53.1	0.7	1.1	1.9	17,904	7,479	1,365	908	95	1,501	1,813