Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Larry Bird had the most assists by a forward, with 4,396 assists.

	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	Larry Bird L. Bird	4,396	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
2	Alex English A. English	3,596	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
3	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	2,252	602	33.6	24.1	5.6	3.7	0.9	0.4	9.4	19.1	49.2	0.4	1.4	30.4	4.9	6.5	74.2	54.7	2.2	3.5	3.0	20,222	14,488	3,395	518	231	1,814	1,819
4	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	2,206	684	36.8	26.5	5.4	3.2	0.9	0.1	9.4	17.1	55.0	0.0	0.1	16.7	7.8	9.5	82.0	62.5	2.2	3.3	3.0	25,201	18,157	3,721	647	92	2,039	1,833
5	Julius Erving J. Erving	1,843	468	34.4	23.3	6.9	3.9	1.9	1.7	9.2	17.7	51.9	0.0	0.2	25.3	4.9	6.3	77.0	56.9	2.6	4.3	3.0	16,114	10,918	3,227	892	807	1,398	1,288
6	Rodney McCray R. McCray	1,814	473	33.7	12.5	6.8	3.8	0.8	0.7	4.8	9.4	51.2	0.0	0.1	12.5	2.8	3.8	75.8	56.5	2.3	4.5	2.0	15,952	5,913	3,232	395	327	948	1,076
7	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	1,786	449	34.4	19.6	6.6	4.0	1.3	0.6	8.2	15.9	51.3	0.0	0.2	14.9	3.3	4.5	73.0	54.8	2.6	4.0	2.4	15,446	8,798	2,951	573	282	1,089	1,133
8	Mark Olberding M. Olberding	1,729	624	25.7	9.4	5.2	2.8	0.7	0.3	3.3	6.6	49.3	0.0	0.1	12.2	2.9	3.6	81.4	57.7	1.4	3.8	2.0	16,030	5,891	3,252	416	162	1,228	2,089
9	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	1,701	626	31.3	18.9	4.9	2.7	0.7	0.2	7.8	16.1	48.2	0.3	1.0	31.5	3.0	3.7	82.0	53.2	1.9	3.1	2.1	19,590	11,825	3,081	455	129	1,331	1,815
10	Bernard King B. King	1,689	535	33.5	22.6	5.3	3.2	0.9	0.2	9.0	16.7	53.8	0.0	0.1	14.9	4.6	6.2	74.8	58.2	1.7	3.6	3.1	17,948	12,100	2,841	508	129	1,633	1,787
11	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	1,685	541	25.9	13.3	6.3	3.1	1.2	0.7	4.8	10.8	44.4	0.1	0.3	16.5	3.6	4.6	80.0	51.9	2.2	4.1	2.7	14,013	7,217	3,420	639	364	1,468	1,834
12	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	1,602	502	32.5	19.9	4.2	3.2	1.1	0.2	7.3	15.2	48.0	0.2	0.5	34.7	5.1	6.1	84.1	55.6	1.6	2.6	2.7	16,290	10,001	2,088	536	104	1,361	1,216
13	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	1,566	683	28.7	12.3	6.0	2.3	0.8	0.5	4.1	7.6	54.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	4.2	5.3	78.2	62.2	2.5	3.5	2.1	19,587	8,419	4,091	520	311	1,446	1,856
14	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	1,555	644	30.4	13.9	6.4	2.4	1.2	0.3	5.9	12.5	47.4	0.1	0.4	33.8	1.9	2.4	79.9	51.3	1.8	4.6	1.4	19,585	8,942	4,142	789	213	898	1,550
15	Dave Greenwood D. Greenwood	1,550	723	30.6	11.2	8.6	2.1	0.8	1.0	4.3	9.1	47.7	0.0	0.0	14.8	2.5	3.3	76.8	53.2	2.5	6.1	1.9	22,147	8,129	6,238	550	705	1,387	2,393
16	James Worthy J. Worthy	1,544	552	32.6	17.9	5.7	2.8	1.1	0.9	7.5	13.5	55.6	0.0	0.1	6.1	2.8	3.7	75.6	58.9	1.9	3.7	2.2	17,969	9,857	3,141	625	472	1,211	1,412
17	Purvis Short P. Short	1,510	528	32.0	19.9	4.8	2.9	1.2	0.2	8.0	16.8	47.4	0.2	0.7	29.0	3.7	4.5	82.6	52.9	1.9	2.9	2.4	16,902	10,486	2,542	635	122	1,250	1,627
18	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	1,500	634	34.0	20.3	6.8	2.4	0.9	0.6	7.5	15.7	47.6	0.2	0.7	31.0	5.2	6.5	79.5	54.8	2.2	4.7	2.9	21,559	12,896	4,341	564	406	1,808	2,418
19	Bill Hanzlik B. Hanzlik	1,492	471	21.2	8.2	2.8	3.2	1.0	0.3	2.7	6.5	42.3	0.1	0.4	22.2	2.6	3.3	78.4	51.5	0.9	1.9	1.6	9,995	3,845	1,339	485	121	760	1,473
20	Larry Nance L. Nance	1,491	587	32.6	17.3	7.8	2.5	1.0	2.1	7.0	12.5	55.7	0.0	0.1	13.9	3.3	4.6	73.3	59.5	2.5	5.3	2.1	19,163	10,126	4,585	591	1,209	1,238	1,780
21	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	1,435	605	33.2	22.8	4.0	2.4	0.6	0.4	8.8	16.5	53.2	0.2	0.5	36.2	5.1	5.8	87.0	59.9	1.3	2.7	1.9	20,088	13,775	2,416	383	215	1,129	1,278
22	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1,377	389	36.8	22.1	12.0	3.5	1.6	1.2	7.8	13.5	57.7	0.3	1.3	23.4	6.3	8.5	73.9	64.3	4.6	7.4	3.7	14,297	8,616	4,660	613	479	1,439	1,426
23	Junior Bridgeman J. Bridgeman	1,366	522	25.6	13.9	3.3	2.6	0.7	0.2	5.8	12.1	47.4	0.1	0.3	24.4	2.3	2.7	85.7	52.1	0.8	2.4	1.6	13,362	7,251	1,698	391	102	855	1,127
24	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	1,357	559	36.9	26.0	6.8	2.4	1.5	0.7	10.0	21.4	46.7	0.2	0.9	26.9	5.8	7.3	80.4	53.0	2.9	3.8	2.7	20,644	14,557	3,784	811	403	1,485	1,196
25	Robert Reid R. Reid	1,351	468	28.4	13.0	4.8	2.9	1.2	0.5	5.6	11.9	46.7	0.1	0.2	22.4	1.8	2.5	73.9	50.0	1.3	3.4	1.6	13,275	6,093	2,241	575	211	757	1,511