Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Magic Johnson had the most assists, with 8,025 assists.

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NBA most assists by a player in 80s

	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	8,025	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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