Before 2004-05, John Stockton had the most assists, with 15,806 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	John Stockton J. Stockton	15,806	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	2.2	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	60.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	47,764	19,711	4,051	3,265	315	4,244	3,942	+2941
2	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	10,334	1,296	30.2	9.6	3.8	8.0	1.2	0.1	3.7	8.3	44.7	0.6	1.7	33.2	1.7	2.2	77.0	52.2	1.0	2.8	2.4	39,121	12,489	4,963	1,608	117	3,155	2,230	+402
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	10,141	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
4	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	9,887	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		43,886	26,710	7,804	77	4		2,931
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	9,061	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	1.9	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	51.6	1.0	2.6	3.8	35,516	18,822	3,478	1,861	249	3,682	2,971
6	Gary Payton G. Payton	8,039	1,109	36.8	18.0	4.2	7.2	2.0	0.2	7.2	15.4	46.9	0.9	2.8	32.1	2.7	3.7	72.6	52.9	1.2	3.0	2.4	40,768	19,956	4,668	2,243	260	2,714	2,810	+1960
7	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	7,948	1,078	31.0	13.4	3.8	7.4	1.5	0.2	5.0	11.0	45.5	0.2	0.6	28.2	3.2	4.4	72.1	51.6	1.1	2.7	2.6	33,438	14,435	4,057	1,613	213	2,846	2,033	-283
8	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	7,392	1,101	31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	2.1	0.3	4.5	8.5	52.3	0.1	0.2	25.5	2.1	2.7	79.3	57.2	0.6	2.2	2.1	34,845	12,195	3,088	2,310	294	2,268	2,258
9	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	7,211	1,077	35.3	16.5	4.7	6.7	1.3	0.2	5.7	13.3	43.2				5.0	6.5	77.4	51.1	0.8	2.0		38,064	17,772	5,030	174	26		3,285
10	Terry Porter T. Porter	7,160	1,274	27.8	12.2	3.0	5.6	1.2	0.1	4.3	9.2	46.3	1.0	2.6	38.6	2.7	3.2	83.6	57.6	0.6	2.5	2.1	35,354	15,586	3,872	1,583	181	2,666	2,203	+1405
11	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	7,095	867	35.3	17.7	3.3	8.2	1.6	0.1	6.5	15.1	43.1	1.8	5.0	35.5	2.9	3.8	78.2	53.0	0.6	2.7	2.9	30,626	15,373	2,855	1,428	129	2,481	2,027	+1691
12	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	6,955	924	35.3	18.4	5.2	7.5			6.7	17.8	37.5				5.0	6.2	80.3	44.6				30,165	16,960	4,786				2,242
13	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	6,917	892	32.1	11.7	4.3	7.8			4.6	12.2	37.8				2.4	3.4	72.1	42.6				28,663	10,415	3,791				2,630
14	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	6,738	720	37.5	14.8	6.4	9.4	2.1	0.3	5.3	13.2	40.2	1.2	3.6	32.5	3.0	3.8	78.0	49.6	1.6	4.8	3.4	27,020	10,666	4,585	1,502	225	2,439	1,357	+2247
15	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	6,726	889	28.6	7.7	2.6	7.6	1.5	0.0	3.2	7.0	45.8	0.1	0.4	27.8	1.2	1.4	82.7	50.6	0.6	2.0	1.6	25,429	6,858	2,318	1,369	39	1,433	1,582	-40
16	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	6,711	735	34.1	17.9	3.3	9.1	1.5	0.2	6.1	12.5	49.3	0.2	0.7	30.5	5.4	6.4	84.1	58.5	0.7	2.6	3.1	25,061	13,127	2,404	1,082	176	2,258	1,541	+348
17	Derek Harper D. Harper	6,577	1,199	31.5	13.3	2.4	5.5	1.6	0.3	5.2	11.2	46.3	0.9	2.5	35.4	2.1	2.9	74.5	53.7	0.6	1.8	1.9	37,786	16,006	2,884	1,957	304	2,334	2,755	-353
18	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	6,476	876	35.6	18.8	2.3	7.4	1.1	0.1	6.7	14.4	46.7	0.1	0.3	22.4	5.3	6.6	81.0	54.3	0.5	1.6	2.7	31,159	16,481	2,046	719	81	1,123	2,002
19	John Lucas J. Lucas	6,454	928	27.5	10.7	2.3	7.0	1.4	0.1	4.2	9.4	44.9	0.4	1.2	30.3	2.0	2.6	77.6	50.9	0.5	1.8	2.1	25,556	9,951	2,151	1,273	73	1,803	1,691
20	Reggie Theus R. Theus	6,453	1,026	33.7	18.5	3.3	6.3	1.2	0.2	6.9	14.6	47.1	0.3	1.0	25.2	4.5	5.5	82.6	54.5	1.2	2.1	3.4	34,603	19,015	3,349	1,206	236	3,493	3,008
21	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	6,386	768	35.5	15.7	2.6	8.3	1.5	0.1	6.8	14.1	48.3	0.2	0.6	29.4	2.0	2.6	77.2	51.7	0.6	2.0	3.1	27,250	12,065	1,991	1,187	71	2,368	1,983
22	Jerry West J. West	6,238	932	39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7	9.7	20.4	47.4				7.7	9.4	81.4	55.0	1.0	2.8		36,571	25,192	5,376	81	23		2,435
23	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	6,135	1,178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.6	1.8	4.6	2.8	41,069	18,940	7,494	2,307	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
24	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	6,125	1,086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	54.7	2.4	3.7	2.7	37,537	22,195	6,677	2,207	719	2,977	3,285	+434
25	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	6,114	1,270	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	1.2	0.3	8.3	18.8	43.9				4.2	5.2	81.5	49.2	1.5	3.5	2.5	46,471	26,395	8,007	476	117	204	3,281