who had the most assists in the nba in the 1970 to 2020s

Between January 1, 1970 and December 31, 2029, John Stockton has 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	4,245	3,941	+2941
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	12,519	1,359	33.6	16.9	4.4	9.2	2.0	0.2	6.0	12.8	46.9	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.6	4.1	87.1	58.1	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,675	23,024	5,985	2,724	222	3,097	3,194	+6093
3	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	12,091	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	50,110	17,529	8,725	2,684	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
4	LeBron James L. James	11,584	1,562	37.8	27.0	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	59,041	42,184	11,731	2,345	1,150	5,471	2,781	+7389
5	Steve Nash S. Nash	10,335	1,217	31.3	14.3	3.0	8.5	0.7	0.1	5.2	10.6	49.0	1.4	3.2	42.8	2.5	2.8	90.4	60.5	0.5	2.5	2.9	38,069	17,387	3,642	899	102	3,478	1,982	+5043
6	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
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	9,954	1,243	33.2	21.1	7.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.3	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.6	4.8	6.2	77.2	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,326	26,276	8,706	1,963	407	4,840	3,171	+3041
8	Gary Payton G. Payton	8,966	1,335	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	6.5	14.0	46.6	0.8	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.4	72.9	52.8	1.0	2.9	2.3	47,116	21,813	5,269	2,445	285	3,030	3,217	+1928
9	Andre Miller A. Miller	8,524	1,304	30.9	12.5	3.7	6.5	1.2	0.2	4.6	10.0	46.1	0.1	0.7	21.7	3.1	3.8	80.7	53.2	1.1	2.6	2.4	40,268	16,278	4,795	1,546	227	3,121	2,882	+810
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	8,518	714	36.5	19.7	6.9	11.9			6.8	13.1	51.6	0.4	1.4	31.0	5.7	6.6	86.4	61.4				26,094	14,075	4,893				1,509
11	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	8,496	907	36.5	19.4	3.6	9.4			7.4	16.4	45.4	0.4			4.1	5.4	76.4	51.8				33,083	17,597	3,269				2,717
12	James Harden J. Harden	8,362	1,156	34.8	24.0	5.6	7.2	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,175	27,796	6,497	1,722	656	4,280	2,866	+4623
13	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	7,987	1,094	30.7	13.2	3.7	7.3	1.5	0.2	5.0	10.9	45.4	0.2	0.6	28.2	3.1	4.4	72.1	51.6	1.1	2.7	2.6	33,637	14,463	4,084	1,616	215	2,862	2,048	-270
14	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	7,584	957	29.9	9.8	4.5	7.9	1.6	0.1	4.1	8.9	45.6	0.5	1.4	32.4	1.2	1.9	61.1	50.1	1.0	3.6	2.7	28,570	9,337	4,349	1,518	125	2,586	1,997	+1331
15	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
16	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	7,100	1,174	31.2	13.9	4.2	6.0	1.3	0.3	4.5	10.6	42.3	1.9	5.1	36.8	3.1	3.8	81.5	56.9	0.8	3.5	2.2	36,685	16,359	4,961	1,500	351	2,628	3,161	+2833
17	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
18	Tony Parker T. Parker	7,036	1,254	30.5	15.5	2.7	5.6	0.8	0.1	6.2	12.6	49.1	0.4	1.3	32.4	2.7	3.6	75.1	54.6	0.4	2.4	2.3	38,278	19,473	3,396	1,053	98	2,865	2,059	+5690
19	Deron Williams D. Williams	6,819	845	34.2	16.3	3.1	8.1	1.0	0.2	5.8	13.0	44.5	1.4	3.9	35.7	3.4	4.1	82.2	55.2	0.4	2.7	2.8	28,865	13,804	2,619	867	206	2,402	2,132	+1013
20	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	27.9	1.2	1.4	82.7	50.6	0.6	2.0	1.6	25,429	6,858	2,317	1,369	39	1,433	1,582	-40
21	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	25,056	13,127	2,404	1,082	176	2,258	1,542	+348
22	Mike Conley M. Conley	6,646	1,178	31.2	14.0	2.9	5.6	1.4	0.2	4.9	11.2	43.8	1.6	4.2	38.9	2.5	3.1	82.5	55.7	0.5	2.5	1.9	36,724	16,507	3,469	1,609	245	2,188	2,285	+2717
23	Derek Harper D. Harper	6,581	1,199	31.5	13.4	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	16,008	2,886	1,955	304	2,326	2,754	-353
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	6,571	1,033	34.1	24.8	4.7	6.4	1.5	0.3	8.4	17.9	47.1	4.0	9.4	42.3	3.9	4.3	91.2	62.5	0.6	4.0	3.1	35,191	25,572	4,844	1,564	269	3,208	2,322	+6186
25	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	6,492	1,043	32.9	15.8	4.2	6.2	1.4	0.5	6.2	13.4	46.2	1.5	4.1	37.0	1.9	2.4	78.8	54.6	1.0	3.2	2.6	34,351	16,531	4,370	1,481	537	2,691	2,211	+2965