what forward recorded the most assists in the nba in the 1970s

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, John Havlicek had the most assists by a forward, with 3,635 assists.

	NAME	AST	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	3,635	638	39.6	21.6	6.2	5.7	1.2	0.3	8.6	19.1	45.3	4.3	5.2	83.9	50.6	1.5	3.5	2.5	25,274	13,787	3,968	476	117	204	1,602
2	Rick Barry R. Barry	3,294	564	37.0	22.5	6.0	5.8	2.1	0.5	9.2	20.3	45.1	4.2	4.6	91.3	50.4	0.9	4.5	2.6	20,844	12,695	3,368	1,024	241	422	1,527
3	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	2,595	760	36.0	19.0	7.1	3.4	1.4	0.6	7.9	16.2	48.7	3.3	4.2	78.0	52.8	1.8	4.6	3.0	27,326	14,465	5,369	611	256	463	2,749
4	John Johnson J. Johnson	2,520	694	29.7	13.4	5.7	3.6	0.8	0.4	5.5	12.4	44.4	2.5	3.2	77.4	48.8	1.6	3.5	2.7	20,637	9,307	3,972	350	172	423	2,070
5	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	2,113	640	35.2	18.7	9.4	3.3	1.0	0.7	7.4	16.0	46.1	4.0	5.7	69.9	50.6	2.8	6.0	2.5	22,533	11,974	5,988	476	340	406	2,115
6	Bill Bradley B. Bradley	2,094	615	31.7	12.7	3.1	3.4	0.7	0.2	5.5	12.2	45.2	1.8	2.1	85.4	48.8	0.6	2.1		19,512	7,837	1,891	209	65		1,930
7	Paul Silas P. Silas	2,060	809	31.5	10.7	10.8	2.5	0.7	0.3	3.9	8.9	43.5	2.9	4.2	69.4	49.7	3.7	6.1	1.5	25,490	8,619	8,737	333	133	250	2,135
8	Connie Hawkins C. Hawkins	2,052	499	34.5	16.5	8.0	4.1	1.2	0.8	6.0	12.9	46.7	4.4	5.6	78.5	53.5	1.7	4.5		17,234	8,233	3,971	244	150		1,459
9	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	1,739	337	37.6	22.4	11.4	5.2	1.2	0.5	8.5	18.8	45.4	5.4	7.3	73.6	51.0	1.6	7.1		12,683	7,554	3,838	115	45		1,281
10	Jim McMillian J. McMillian	1,557	631	32.1	13.8	5.3	2.5	1.1	0.2	5.8	12.0	48.2	2.3	2.8	83.2	52.5	1.6	3.6	1.2	20,227	8,736	3,319	435	80	120	1,200
11	Jack Marin J. Marin	1,397	611	30.3	15.4	4.9	2.3	0.5	0.2	6.3	13.4	46.9	2.8	3.3	85.9	51.8	0.9	2.3		18,520	9,420	3,011	155	59		1,696
12	Rudy Tomjanovich R. Tomjanovich	1,383	654	34.6	18.2	8.6	2.1	0.8	0.4	7.6	15.1	50.5	2.9	3.7	78.2	54.2	2.3	5.8	1.8	22,616	11,900	5,632	323	159	176	1,655
13	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	1,341	608	27.3	15.1	3.7	2.2	0.8	0.1	6.4	13.8	46.8	2.3	2.7	84.1	50.7	1.1	2.2	1.0	16,576	9,211	2,234	239	33	35	1,156
14	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	1,238	310	34.8	21.8	11.5	4.0	2.0	0.5	8.1	17.9	45.1	5.7	8.2	69.9	50.9	3.6	7.8	4.3	10,800	6,761	3,552	627	157	658	1,241
15	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	1,217	388	36.4	15.9	10.7	3.1	0.9	0.5	6.8	15.4	43.9	2.4	3.4	72.1	47.2	1.9	8.8		14,116	6,188	4,136	67	39		1,137
16	Bill Bridges B. Bridges	1,181	421	33.9	11.0	11.9	2.8	0.7	0.4	4.2	9.2	46.2	2.6	3.7	69.4	51.1	2.6	3.9		14,259	4,652	5,002	69	36		1,458
17	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	1,164	570	37.2	22.0	10.7	2.0	0.7	1.2	8.7	18.8	46.5	4.5	5.6	80.0	51.7	2.9	6.8	2.5	21,195	12,534	6,087	263	477	340	1,627
18	Mike Riordan M. Riordan	1,156	422	29.6	12.3	3.3	2.7	0.8	0.1	5.5	11.4	47.9	1.4	1.8	77.8	50.5	0.9	2.2		12,496	5,193	1,410	231	35		1,054
19	Keith Erickson K. Erickson	1,131	395	26.8	10.5	4.8	2.9	0.9	0.2	4.4	9.5	46.5	1.7	2.1	80.0	50.4	1.3	3.5		10,590	4,148	1,880	222	45		1,103
20	Tom Van Arsdale T. Van Arsdale	1,101	535	31.9	16.5	4.5	2.1	0.6	0.1	6.5	14.7	44.4	3.4	4.4	77.0	49.4	0.7	2.6		17,091	8,823	2,433	139	13		1,671
21	Chet Walker C. Walker	1,097	474	33.4	20.6	6.1	2.3	0.7	0.1	7.5	15.6	48.3	5.6	6.6	85.4	55.9	1.6	3.8		15,809	9,788	2,898	117	10		1,109
22	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	1,067	569	40.6	21.5	13.4	1.9	1.2	2.5	8.6	18.8	45.9	4.3	6.3	68.1	50.0	3.5	9.7	2.8	23,104	12,253	7,620	606	1,198	464	1,948
23	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	1,044	307	39.7	26.0	5.3	3.4	2.3	0.4	10.6	21.4	49.5	4.9	6.0	81.0	54.2	1.8	3.4		12,199	7,992	1,623	173	31		846
24	Don Nelson D. Nelson	1,015	554	23.0	12.3	5.3	1.8	0.3	0.1	4.6	9.3	49.3	3.2	4.1	78.7	55.8	1.2	3.1		12,732	6,840	2,930	65	35		1,388
25	Ollie Johnson O. Johnson	1,011	545	22.9	8.2	3.7	1.9	0.8	0.4	3.4	6.9	49.4	1.4	1.7	82.0	53.6	1.1	2.3	1.4	12,497	4,471	2,040	363	195	221	1,265

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4	Raptors	2	1	.667	1.0
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