most career assists including playoffs only

John Stockton has the most career assists in the regular-season and playoffs, with 17,645 assists.

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most career assists by a player including playoffs only

	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	John Stockton J. Stockton	17,645	1,686	32.1	13.1	2.8	10.5	2.1	0.2	4.7	9.2	51.0	0.6	1.5	37.6	3.2	3.9	82.4	60.3	0.7	2.1	2.8	54,162	22,147	4,659	3,603	365	4,761	4,481	+3046
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	13,779	1,516	33.8	17.2	4.4	9.1	2.0	0.2	6.1	13.0	47.1	1.4	3.8	37.0	3.6	4.1	86.9	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	51,237	26,026	6,732	3,014	253	3,484	3,640	+6169
3	LeBron James L. James	13,705	1,857	38.3	27.2	7.7	7.4	1.5	0.8	10.0	19.7	50.5	1.6	4.7	34.7	5.7	7.7	73.8	58.9	1.2	6.5	3.5	71,200	50,526	14,374	2,841	1,435	6,524	3,449	+8664
4	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	13,354	1,549	36.3	12.6	6.3	8.6	1.9	0.3	4.5	11.2	39.9	1.4	4.2	34.6	2.2	2.9	78.4	50.6	1.3	5.0	2.9	56,199	19,572	9,783	2,986	502	4,453	2,920	+3978
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12,487	1,096	37.2	19.5	7.3	11.4	1.9	0.4	6.8	13.2	51.7	0.3	1.2	29.2	5.5	6.5	84.6	60.7	1.8	5.5	3.8	40,783	21,408	8,024	2,082	438	4,202	2,574
6	Steve Nash S. Nash	11,396	1,337	31.7	14.6	3.0	8.5	0.7	0.1	5.3	10.8	48.8	1.4	3.3	42.6	2.6	2.9	90.4	60.2	0.5	2.5	2.9	42,358	19,459	4,064	965	116	3,861	2,221	+5253
7	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	11,239	1,427	30.1	9.6	3.8	7.9	1.2	0.1	3.7	8.2	44.5	0.6	1.7	33.3	1.7	2.2	77.0	52.2	1.0	2.8	2.4	42,897	13,674	5,440	1,739	125	3,447	2,455	+450
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	11,001	1,391	33.4	21.2	7.0	7.9	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.5	43.5	1.1	3.7	30.6	4.9	6.2	77.6	52.4	1.6	5.4	3.9	46,498	29,506	9,714	2,198	451	5,391	3,592	+2908
9	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	10,656	1,126	42.2	25.4	7.4	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.0	18.7	48.3				7.3	8.7	83.9	56.3	1.0	2.9		47,559	28,620	8,382	92	8		3,198
10	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	10,048	1,090	36.5	19.3	3.7	9.2	1.9	0.3	7.4	16.3	45.1	0.4	1.5	29.8	4.2	5.5	76.0	51.6	1.0	2.7	3.7	39,732	21,083	4,002	2,095	287	4,051	3,334
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	9,777	1,489	35.3	16.1	3.9	6.6	1.8	0.2	6.4	13.9	46.3	0.9	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.3	72.7	52.6	1.0	2.9	2.2	52,598	23,968	5,844	2,661	317	3,327	3,651	+1913
12	James Harden J. Harden	9,584	1,341	35.0	23.9	5.6	7.1	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.8	2.7	7.6	36.0	7.0	8.1	86.3	60.5	0.8	4.9	3.7	46,884	32,056	7,518	2,015	760	4,915	3,401	+4820
13	Andre Miller A. Miller	8,804	1,372	30.8	12.5	3.7	6.4	1.2	0.2	4.6	10.1	46.0	0.2	0.7	22.8	3.1	3.8	80.5	53.1	1.1	2.6	2.4	42,196	17,136	5,036	1,604	232	3,265	3,033	+567
14	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	8,720	1,091	30.4	10.1	4.7	8.0	1.6	0.1	4.2	9.2	45.4	0.5	1.5	32.5	1.3	2.0	61.8	49.9	1.0	3.7	2.7	33,129	11,006	5,093	1,746	149	2,935	2,317	+1608
15	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	8,377	1,146	30.7	13.2	3.7	7.3	1.5	0.2	5.0	10.9	45.4	0.2	0.6	28.2	3.1	4.3	72.1	51.5	1.1	2.7	2.6	35,231	15,162	4,291	1,672	226	2,987	2,183	-316
16	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	8,314	1,234	32.2	11.4	2.9	6.7	2.1	0.3	4.6	8.8	52.2	0.0	0.2	22.9	2.2	2.8	79.1	57.0	0.7	2.2	2.1	39,693	14,105	3,541	2,605	339	2,586	2,582
17	Tony Parker T. Parker	8,179	1,480	31.1	15.9	2.7	5.5	0.8	0.1	6.3	13.1	48.6	0.4	1.3	32.1	2.8	3.7	74.8	54.1	0.4	2.4	2.3	46,037	23,518	4,062	1,251	117	3,459	2,488	+6271
18	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	7,892	1,033	35.6	18.4	5.2	7.6			6.6	17.9	37.1				5.1	6.3	80.3	44.4				34,285	18,978	5,332				2,556
19	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	7,832	1,311	31.4	13.9	4.2	6.0	1.3	0.3	4.5	10.6	42.2	1.9	5.1	36.5	3.1	3.8	81.4	56.6	0.8	3.5	2.2	41,159	18,195	5,543	1,674	399	2,933	3,608	+3031
20	Terry Porter T. Porter	7,784	1,398	28.1	12.5	3.0	5.6	1.2	0.1	4.3	9.3	46.3	1.0	2.7	38.4	2.8	3.3	83.5	57.7	0.6	2.5	2.1	39,293	17,414	4,243	1,720	195	2,902	2,448	+1363
21	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	7,646	840	34.5	18.0	3.3	9.1	1.4	0.2	6.2	12.7	48.9	0.2	0.7	29.6	5.4	6.4	84.0	58.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	28,940	15,153	2,753	1,214	206	2,612	1,774	+252
22	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	7,583	1,141	35.5	16.5	4.7	6.6	1.3	0.2	5.7	13.3	43.0				5.0	6.5	77.3	50.9	0.8	2.0		40,467	18,803	5,403	174	26		3,543
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	7,557	1,197	34.5	25.0	4.8	6.3	1.5	0.3	8.5	18.1	46.9	4.0	9.5	41.9	4.0	4.4	90.8	62.3	0.7	4.1	3.1	41,243	29,979	5,706	1,805	324	3,753	2,733	+7176
24	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	7,477	923	35.4	17.7	3.3	8.1	1.6	0.1	6.5	15.1	42.9	1.8	5.1	35.2	3.0	3.8	78.0	52.8	0.6	2.7	2.9	32,678	16,316	3,027	1,516	138	2,646	2,149	+1615
25	Deron Williams D. Williams	7,449	935	34.1	16.3	3.1	8.0	1.0	0.2	5.7	12.9	44.4	1.4	3.9	36.1	3.4	4.2	82.0	55.3	0.4	2.7	2.8	31,867	15,216	2,903	958	227	2,646	2,371	+957