Mark Jackson had the most assists - turnovers in 1996-97, with 661.

	NAME	AST-TOV	AST	TOV	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	PF	+/-
1	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	661	935	274	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	161	-65
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	612	860	248	1996-97	UTA	82	35.3	14.4	2.8	10.5	2.0	0.2	5.1	9.3	54.8	0.9	2.2	42.2	3.4	4.0	84.6	65.6	0.5	2.2	3.0	2,896	1,183	228	166	15	194	+658
3	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	465	695	230	1996-97	MIA	81	38.7	20.3	3.4	8.6	1.9	0.1	7.1	17.1	41.5	2.5	7.3	34.4	3.6	4.5	79.9	53.2	0.6	2.8	2.8	3,136	1,644	277	151	9	165	+535
4	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	460	672	212	1996-97	LAL	79	37.2	15.3	2.9	8.5	0.9	0.1	5.5	13.6	40.2	2.2	5.9	37.8	2.1	2.5	82.5	51.8	0.6	2.3	2.7	2,937	1,206	226	75	10	110	+256
5	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	457	727	270	1996-97	WAS	82	36.5	17.2	4.1	8.9	1.7	0.2	6.3	13.5	46.6	0.2	0.9	16.9	4.5	6.1	73.8	53.3	1.2	2.9	3.3	2,997	1,410	335	143	14	166	+78
6	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	436	653	217	1996-97	PHX	70	38.0	20.1	3.6	9.3	1.5	0.2	6.3	12.7	49.6	1.3	2.9	44.1	6.3	7.4	85.2	63.1	0.8	2.8	3.1	2,658	1,410	253	102	12	141	+145
7	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	421	709	288	1996-97	TOR	81	40.9	20.2	4.1	8.8	1.5	0.2	7.0	17.4	40.1	2.2	6.1	35.5	4.1	5.0	82.3	51.6	1.1	3.0	3.6	3,311	1,634	330	123	13	162	-213
8	Kenny Anderson K. Anderson	391	584	193	1996-97	POR	82	37.6	17.5	4.4	7.1	2.0	0.2	5.9	13.9	42.7	1.6	4.5	36.1	4.1	5.3	76.8	54.0	1.1	3.3	2.4	3,081	1,436	363	162	15	222	+342
9	Gary Payton G. Payton	368	583	215	1996-97	SEA	82	39.2	21.8	4.6	7.1	2.4	0.2	8.6	18.1	47.6	1.5	4.6	31.3	3.1	4.3	71.5	54.5	1.3	3.3	2.6	3,213	1,785	378	197	13	208	+624
10	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	367	513	146	1996-97	SAS	76	32.5	10.5	1.9	6.8	1.3	0.2	4.3	9.0	47.7	0.1	0.3	23.1	1.8	2.7	69.0	51.7	0.4	1.5	1.9	2,472	800	147	96	15	158	-377
11	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	361	469	108	1996-97	CHA	65	28.9	8.0	2.2	7.2	1.3	0.0	3.1	6.8	46.0	0.9	2.2	41.7	0.8	1.0	84.4	55.4	0.4	1.8	1.7	1,880	522	141	82	2	114	+192
12	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	354	496	142	1996-97	TOT	55	35.7	10.9	4.5	9.0	2.3	0.4	3.9	9.6	40.3	1.1	3.0	37.0	2.0	3.0	67.9	49.8	1.2	3.4	2.6	1,964	599	249	124	20	114	+80
13	David Wesley D. Wesley	326	537	211	1996-97	BOS	74	40.4	16.8	3.6	7.3	2.2	0.2	6.2	13.2	46.8	1.4	3.9	36.0	3.0	3.9	78.1	56.3	0.9	2.7	2.9	2,991	1,240	264	162	13	221	-407
14	Grant Hill G. Hill	324	583	259	1996-97	DET	80	39.3	21.4	9.0	7.3	1.8	0.6	7.8	15.7	49.6	0.1	0.4	30.3	5.6	7.9	71.1	55.6	1.5	7.5	3.2	3,147	1,710	721	144	48	186	+413
15	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	312	490	178	1996-97	CLE	78	36.8	19.5	3.9	6.3	1.8	0.4	7.4	16.8	43.8	1.3	3.5	37.3	3.4	3.8	90.2	52.6	0.6	3.2	2.3	2,868	1,519	301	138	30	177	+128
16	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	312	522	210	1996-97	MIN	67	34.7	15.8	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	5.3	13.0	40.8	1.5	4.3	35.4	3.7	5.0	72.7	51.9	0.8	1.9	3.1	2,324	1,057	184	67	19	159	-157
17	Greg Anthony G. Anthony	278	407	129	1996-97	VAN	65	28.7	9.5	2.8	6.3	2.0	0.1	3.1	7.8	39.3	1.4	3.7	37.0	2.0	2.7	73.0	52.6	0.4	2.4	2.0	1,863	616	184	129	4	122	-315
18	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	278	463	185	1996-97	ATL	78	39.2	17.4	5.3	5.9	2.7	0.3	6.4	14.9	43.2	2.8	7.7	36.6	1.7	2.2	75.3	54.8	1.5	3.8	2.4	3,056	1,354	413	212	20	141	+585
19	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	274	427	153	1996-97	MIL	79	29.3	9.7	2.4	5.4	1.0	0.1	3.9	7.7	50.2	0.5	1.4	33.3	1.4	2.2	66.7	55.7	0.7	1.7	1.9	2,316	764	193	78	10	191	-121
20	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	253	467	214	1996-97	CHI	82	37.7	20.2	6.5	5.7	1.9	0.5	7.9	16.7	47.4	1.9	5.2	36.8	2.5	3.5	70.1	55.4	2.0	4.5	2.6	3,095	1,656	531	154	45	213	+807
21	Anthony Mason A. Mason	249	414	165	1996-97	CHA	73	43.1	16.2	11.4	5.7	1.0	0.5	5.9	11.3	52.5	0.0	0.0	33.3	4.4	5.9	74.5	58.5	2.5	8.8	2.3	3,143	1,186	829	76	33	202	+118
22	Lee Mayberry L. Mayberry	239	329	90	1996-97	VAN	80	24.4	5.1	1.7	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.9	4.6	40.3	1.0	2.8	37.6	0.4	0.6	63.0	52.5	0.4	1.3	1.1	1,952	410	134	60	8	159	-419
23	Robert Pack R. Pack	235	452	217	1996-97	TOT	54	33.0	14.3	2.7	8.4	1.7	0.1	5.0	12.8	39.2	0.6	2.1	27.7	3.6	4.5	80.7	48.2	0.5	2.2	4.0	1,782	771	146	94	6	139	-269
24	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	230	567	337	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	8.2	19.8	41.6	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	3,045	1,787	312	157	24	233	-439
25	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	227	361	134	1996-97	UTA	82	31.6	14.5	2.9	4.4	1.5	0.3	5.0	10.4	48.2	0.9	2.4	36.9	3.6	4.0	89.9	59.6	0.7	2.2	1.6	2,592	1,191	241	124	26	188	+775