which nba player has the most assists in the 70s

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Norm Van Lier had the most assists, with 5,217 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	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	5,217	746	35.1	11.8	4.8	7.0	1.8	0.2	4.4	10.7	41.4	2.9	3.7	78.0	47.6	1.3	3.0	2.1	26,171	8,770	3,596	767	71	249	2,661
2	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	4,185	719	39.8	21.9	6.4	5.8	1.2	0.3	8.7	19.1	45.4	4.5	5.4	83.9	50.9	1.5	3.5	2.5	28,643	15,747	4,603	476	117	204	1,813
3	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	4,092	668	39.5	20.2	6.0	6.1	1.9	0.2	8.0	16.3	49.0	4.2	5.3	80.0	54.3	1.1	4.3	2.1	26,401	13,502	4,015	679	62	135	1,734
4	Kevin Porter K. Porter	4,077	497	29.8	12.1	1.9	8.2	1.5	0.1	5.1	10.6	47.8	1.9	2.6	72.3	51.2	0.7	1.4	4.3	14,826	6,000	968	651	51	697	1,784
5	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	4,077	536	38.2	23.0	2.6	7.6	1.4	0.2	8.3	17.9	46.5	6.4	7.8	82.1	54.0	0.6	1.7	2.9	20,459	12,351	1,390	415	46	197	1,264
6	Dave Bing D. Bing	4,012	665	35.7	19.2	3.5	6.0	1.3	0.2	7.2	16.2	44.5	4.8	6.0	79.9	51.0	1.1	1.9	2.7	23,759	12,784	2,306	483	89	216	1,888
7	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	3,819	746	37.1	18.2	4.2	5.1	1.3	0.2	7.8	17.6	44.3	2.6	3.1	83.5	47.9	0.9	2.9	2.7	27,653	13,546	3,143	587	98	329	1,849
8	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	3,769	729	34.9	20.2	3.1	5.2	1.3	0.2	7.9	17.1	46.2	4.3	5.2	83.0	51.9	1.1	1.6	2.5	25,446	14,692	2,262	545	72	390	1,997
9	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	3,560	722	32.3	19.0	2.4	4.9	1.7	0.1	7.6	15.6	48.6	3.8	4.3	88.4	54.1	0.7	1.5	2.3	23,290	13,692	1,731	809	31	360	2,467
10	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	3,488	440	34.2	16.7	4.0	7.9	1.3	0.2	5.8	13.2	44.3	5.0	6.3	79.5	52.3	0.8	2.0		15,049	7,346	1,778	174	26		1,104
11	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	3,480	615	38.0	25.0	4.3	5.7	1.4	0.3	9.7	21.9	44.1	5.6	6.9	81.9	50.0	1.1	3.5	4.5	23,352	15,359	2,669	563	102	448	1,786
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3,440	773	41.1	28.6	14.8	4.5	1.3	3.5	11.8	21.5	55.1	5.0	7.1	70.6	58.3	3.1	11.0	3.5	31,771	22,141	11,460	576	1,595	490	2,399
13	Randy Smith R. Smith	3,306	650	35.6	18.7	4.5	5.1	2.1	0.1	7.6	16.2	47.2	3.4	4.4	76.8	51.5	1.3	3.1	3.3	23,129	12,143	2,897	1,018	35	541	1,896
14	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
15	Lucius Allen L. Allen	3,174	702	28.7	13.4	3.1	4.5	1.5	0.3	5.5	11.9	46.3	2.3	3.1	76.0	50.4	1.0	2.3	2.3	20,159	9,407	2,205	604	124	247	1,799
16	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	3,073	757	36.8	10.8	13.9	4.1	1.1	0.6	4.5	8.7	51.2	1.9	2.9	63.5	53.9	3.5	8.4	2.1	27,857	8,192	10,511	511	270	329	2,066
17	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	2,786	713	32.1	18.3	2.8	3.9	1.1	0.3	7.3	15.5	46.9	3.7	4.5	81.8	52.1	0.6	2.3	2.0	22,916	13,020	2,015	452	118	277	1,827
18	Jerry West J. West	2,769	320	38.6	26.1	4.3	8.7	2.6	0.7	9.6	19.9	48.4	6.8	8.3	82.1	55.4	1.0	2.8		12,351	8,357	1,390	81	23		767
19	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	2,714	357	38.3	18.1	5.2	7.6	1.1	0.1	6.8	14.3	47.9	4.4	5.3	83.3	54.4	1.0	3.0		13,663	6,449	1,846	77	4		793
20	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	2,700	723	35.0	11.9	11.2	3.7	1.5	1.8	4.9	11.2	44.1	2.0	2.8	73.4	48.0	2.6	8.4	2.7	25,331	8,579	8,120	742	868	431	2,516
21	Slick Watts S. Watts	2,678	437	26.3	8.9	3.2	6.1	2.2	0.3	3.7	8.9	41.3	1.6	2.7	59.7	44.4	1.0	2.2	1.8	11,513	3,901	1,398	961	111	239	1,314
22	Archie Clark A. Clark	2,644	486	34.2	17.1	3.3	5.4	1.1	0.1	6.8	14.0	48.3	3.5	4.5	79.1	53.4	0.6	1.8		16,635	8,302	1,602	231	15		1,190
23	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	2,622	660	40.0	18.6	14.6	4.0	1.2	1.0	7.9	17.1	46.1	2.8	3.6	78.2	49.7	3.3	10.8	2.7	26,392	12,252	9,636	500	412	391	2,567
24	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
25	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	2,581	604	29.2	14.0	3.2	4.3	1.1	0.1	5.3	11.5	46.1	3.5	4.0	86.4	53.1	0.8	2.3	2.4	17,646	8,480	1,920	467	42	295	1,916