John Stockton has the most assists in a season, with 1,164 assists in 1990-91.

	NAME	AST	SEASON	TM	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	1,164	1990-91	UTA	82	37.8	17.2	2.9	14.2	2.9	0.2	6.0	11.9	50.7	0.7	2.0	34.5	4.4	5.3	83.6	60.4	0.6	2.3	3.6	3,103	1,413	237	234	16	298	233
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,134	1989-90	UTA	78	37.4	17.2	2.6	14.5	2.7	0.2	6.1	11.8	51.4	0.6	1.4	41.6	4.5	5.5	81.9	60.7	0.7	1.9	3.5	2,915	1,345	206	207	18	272	233
3	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,128	1987-88	UTA	82	34.7	14.7	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	5.5	9.6	57.4	0.3	0.8	35.8	3.3	4.0	84.0	64.5	0.7	2.2	3.2	2,842	1,204	237	242	16	262	247
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,126	1991-92	UTA	82	36.6	15.8	3.3	13.7	3.0	0.3	5.5	11.5	48.2	1.0	2.5	40.7	3.8	4.5	84.2	59.0	0.8	2.5	3.5	3,002	1,297	270	244	22	286	234
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1,123	1984-85	DET	81	38.1	21.2	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	8.0	17.4	45.8	0.4	1.4	25.7	4.9	6.1	80.9	52.9	1.4	3.0	3.7	3,089	1,720	361	187	25	302	288
6	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,118	1988-89	UTA	82	38.7	17.1	3.0	13.6	3.2	0.2	6.1	11.3	53.8	0.2	0.8	24.2	4.8	5.5	86.3	62.4	1.0	2.0	3.8	3,171	1,400	248	263	14	308	241
7	Kevin Porter K. Porter	1,099	1978-79	DET	82	37.4	15.4	2.5	13.4	1.9	0.1	6.5	13.5	48.1				2.3	3.2	72.2	51.3	0.8	1.8	4.1	3,064	1,260	209	158	5	337	302
8	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,031	1993-94	UTA	82	36.2	15.1	3.1	12.6	2.4	0.3	5.6	10.6	52.8	0.6	1.8	32.2	3.3	4.1	80.5	60.8	0.9	2.3	3.2	2,969	1,236	258	199	22	266	236
9	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,011	1994-95	UTA	82	35.0	14.7	3.1	12.3	2.4	0.3	5.2	9.6	54.2	1.2	2.8	44.9	3.0	3.7	80.4	65.1	0.7	2.4	3.3	2,867	1,206	251	194	22	267	215
10	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	991	1988-89	PHX	81	39.2	20.4	4.2	12.2	1.7	0.3	7.0	13.9	50.5	0.0	0.3	9.1	6.3	7.1	88.2	59.7	0.6	3.6	4.0	3,179	1,650	340	135	24	322	226
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	989	1990-91	LAL	79	37.1	19.4	7.0	12.5	1.3	0.2	5.9	12.4	47.7	1.0	3.2	32.0	6.6	7.3	90.6	62.3	1.3	5.6	4.0	2,933	1,531	551	102	17	314	150
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	988	1988-89	LAL	77	37.5	22.5	7.9	12.8	1.8	0.3	7.5	14.8	50.9	0.8	2.4	31.4	6.7	7.3	91.1	62.5	1.4	6.4	4.1	2,886	1,730	607	138	22	312	172
13	John Stockton J. Stockton	987	1992-93	UTA	82	34.9	15.1	2.9	12.0	2.4	0.3	5.3	11.0	48.6	0.9	2.3	38.5	3.6	4.5	79.8	58.4	0.8	2.1	3.2	2,863	1,239	237	199	21	266	224
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	977	1986-87	LAL	80	36.3	23.9	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	8.5	16.4	52.2	0.1	0.5	20.5	6.7	7.9	84.8	60.2	1.5	4.8	3.8	2,904	1,909	504	138	36	300	168
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	968	1984-85	LAL	77	36.1	18.3	6.2	12.6	1.5	0.3	6.5	11.7	56.1	0.1	0.5	18.9	5.1	6.0	84.3	63.7	1.2	5.0	4.0	2,781	1,406	476	113	25	305	155
16	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	935	1996-97	TOT	82	37.2	9.9	4.8	11.4	1.2	0.1	3.5	8.3	42.6	0.8	2.2	37.1	2.0	2.6	78.9	52.5	1.1	3.7	3.3	3,054	812	395	97	12	274	161	-65
17	Chris Paul C. Paul	925	2007-08	NOH	80	37.6	21.1	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	7.9	16.1	48.8	1.2	3.1	36.9	4.2	4.9	85.1	57.6	0.8	3.2	2.5	3,006	1,684	321	217	4	201	185	+479
18	John Stockton J. Stockton	916	1995-96	UTA	82	35.5	14.7	2.8	11.2	1.7	0.2	5.4	10.0	53.8	1.2	2.7	42.2	2.9	3.4	83.0	64.2	0.7	2.1	3.0	2,915	1,209	226	140	15	246	207
19	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	914	1983-84	SDC	82	37.2	17.0	2.5	11.1	1.1	0.0	7.2	15.5	46.2	0.1	0.6	23.9	2.5	3.3	76.0	50.1	0.7	1.8	3.1	3,053	1,391	203	94	4	257	180
20	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	914	1983-84	DET	82	36.7	21.3	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	8.2	17.7	46.2	0.3	0.8	33.8	4.7	6.5	73.3	52.0	1.3	2.7	3.7	3,007	1,748	327	204	33	307	324
21	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	910	1972-73	KCO	80	46.0	34.0	2.8	11.4			12.9	26.3	48.8				8.3	9.8	84.7	55.5				3,681	2,719	223				207
22	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	908	1966-67	CHI	81	37.8	18.0	4.3	11.2			6.6	17.0	39.1				4.7	5.9	80.6	46.0				3,063	1,459	346				243
23	James Harden J. Harden	907	2016-17	HOU	81	36.4	29.1	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	8.3	18.9	44.0	3.2	9.3	34.7	9.2	10.9	84.7	61.3	1.2	7.0	5.7	2,947	2,356	659	121	38	464	215	+425
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	907	1989-90	LAL	79	37.2	22.3	6.6	11.5	1.7	0.4	6.9	14.4	48.0	1.3	3.5	38.4	7.2	8.1	89.0	62.2	1.6	5.0	3.7	2,937	1,765	522	132	34	289	167
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	907	1985-86	LAL	72	35.8	18.8	5.9	12.6	1.6	0.2	6.7	12.8	52.6	0.1	0.6	23.3	5.3	6.0	87.1	61.0	1.2	4.7	3.8	2,578	1,354	426	113	16	273	133