Between the 1996-97 and 2015-16 seasons, Jason Kidd had the most assists, with 10,701 assists.

Interpreted as:

Most assists by a player 1996-97 to 2015-16

	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	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	10,701	1,231	36.1	12.4	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	4.4	10.9	40.2	1.5	4.1	35.4	2.2	2.7	80.1	51.3	1.1	5.1	2.8	44,409	15,259	7,742	2,358	400	3,425	2,271	+3868
2	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
3	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
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	7,688	773	35.9	18.8	4.4	9.9	2.3	0.1	6.6	14.0	47.3	1.1	3.1	36.5	4.4	5.1	86.4	57.8	0.7	3.7	2.4	27,725	14,506	3,380	1,793	82	1,877	1,909	+3439
5	LeBron James L. James	6,815	987	39.0	27.2	7.2	6.9	1.7	0.8	9.8	19.7	49.8	1.4	4.0	34.0	6.2	8.3	74.4	58.1	1.2	6.0	3.4	38,478	26,833	7,067	1,657	773	3,316	1,843	+5696
6	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	6,471	846	37.7	19.3	3.0	7.6	1.2	0.1	6.8	15.7	43.3	1.2	3.6	32.5	4.5	5.7	78.4	52.8	0.7	2.3	3.0	31,891	16,297	2,516	1,022	121	2,547	2,014	-1016
7	Deron Williams D. Williams	6,459	781	34.8	16.8	3.2	8.3	1.1	0.3	5.9	13.3	44.5	1.4	3.9	35.7	3.6	4.3	82.2	55.3	0.4	2.7	2.9	27,208	13,103	2,472	836	198	2,264	1,994	+1105
8	Tony Parker T. Parker	6,349	1,080	32.1	16.6	2.9	5.9	0.9	0.1	6.6	13.3	49.4	0.4	1.3	32.7	2.9	3.9	75.3	55.0	0.4	2.5	2.4	34,618	17,884	3,105	970	88	2,633	1,862	+5506
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	6,306	1,346	36.1	25.0	5.2	4.7	1.4	0.5	8.7	19.5	44.7	1.4	4.1	32.9	6.2	7.4	83.7	55.0	1.1	4.1	3.0	48,637	33,643	7,047	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
10	Baron Davis B. Davis	6,025	835	34.2	16.1	3.8	7.2	1.8	0.4	5.9	14.3	40.9	1.6	5.0	32.0	2.8	3.9	71.1	50.2	0.9	2.9	2.8	28,592	13,447	3,183	1,530	360	2,308	2,361	+866
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	5,848	845	36.4	17.5	4.2	6.9	1.6	0.2	6.8	15.0	45.5	1.1	3.4	32.2	2.7	3.7	74.1	52.6	0.9	3.3	2.2	30,718	14,750	3,561	1,333	177	1,894	1,816	+1928
12	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	5,636	1,043	31.6	15.2	2.9	5.4	1.0	0.2	4.5	10.9	41.5	1.8	4.5	38.7	4.3	4.8	89.4	58.0	0.5	2.4	2.0	33,008	15,802	2,992	1,051	168	2,138	2,169	+2655
13	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	5,624	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
14	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	5,614	645	32.9	11.0	4.8	8.7	1.8	0.1	4.6	9.8	46.8	0.3	1.0	28.9	1.5	2.5	60.6	50.4	1.1	3.7	2.9	21,202	7,068	3,128	1,185	85	1,901	1,467	+1661
15	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	5,517	1,001	33.9	14.7	3.1	5.5	1.2	0.1	5.4	12.4	43.6	1.5	4.0	37.9	2.4	2.9	80.2	53.6	0.5	2.6	2.1	33,962	14,698	3,103	1,172	149	2,134	1,931	+793
16	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	5,300	1,382	34.8	18.3	10.2	3.8	1.3	1.4	7.3	14.8	49.7	0.1	0.4	27.5	3.5	4.4	79.2	54.7	2.2	8.1	2.2	48,125	25,236	14,161	1,773	1,906	3,069	3,372	+4913
17	Jason Terry J. Terry	5,258	1,285	31.0	14.3	2.4	4.1	1.2	0.2	5.3	11.8	44.4	1.7	4.5	37.9	2.1	2.5	84.5	55.4	0.4	2.1	1.8	39,855	18,408	3,120	1,515	242	2,354	2,430	+1591
18	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	5,064	784	32.0	17.3	3.4	6.5	1.1	0.2	6.4	13.9	45.7	0.7	2.0	33.1	3.9	4.5	86.6	54.3	0.6	2.8	2.6	25,126	13,526	2,688	852	138	2,000	2,233	+1319
19	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	4,944	855	35.7	23.7	4.8	5.8	1.7	0.9	8.6	17.6	48.8	0.5	1.6	28.4	6.1	7.9	76.7	56.2	1.3	3.6	3.4	30,560	20,221	4,126	1,414	759	2,882	1,974	+2941
20	Jose Calderon J. Calderon	4,828	748	28.8	9.9	2.6	6.5	0.9	0.1	3.8	8.0	47.4	1.1	2.7	41.2	1.2	1.3	87.5	57.5	0.4	2.2	1.6	21,558	7,412	1,930	662	65	1,222	1,295	-988
21	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	4,774	1,143	36.0	16.9	4.1	4.2	0.9	0.2	6.5	14.6	44.2	1.6	4.3	37.2	2.3	2.9	80.1	53.1	0.9	3.2	2.0	41,186	19,318	4,644	1,017	235	2,333	2,092	+799
22	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	4,718	808	32.5	12.9	3.4	5.8	1.1	0.1	4.8	11.8	40.4	1.4	3.9	35.3	2.0	2.4	83.8	50.2	0.8	2.6	2.2	26,241	10,432	2,758	855	62	1,772	1,539	+124
23	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	4,698	1,318	34.6	20.0	5.7	3.6	1.3	0.6	6.6	14.7	44.5	1.6	4.4	36.9	5.2	6.5	80.7	56.8	0.8	4.8	2.7	45,603	26,316	7,479	1,748	740	3,516	3,603	+3317
24	Raymond Felton R. Felton	4,650	776	32.7	12.4	3.2	6.0	1.3	0.2	4.6	11.3	41.2	1.0	3.1	32.7	2.1	2.6	78.9	49.7	0.6	2.5	2.4	25,385	9,608	2,459	1,019	163	1,835	1,625	+176
25	Jason Williams J. Williams	4,611	788	29.4	10.5	2.3	5.9	1.2	0.1	3.9	9.8	39.8	1.6	4.8	32.7	1.1	1.4	81.3	50.5	0.2	2.1	2.1	23,188	8,266	1,810	933	60	1,643	1,100	+20