John Stockton has the most career assists, with 15,806 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player all-time

NAME	AST	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
John Stockton	15,806	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	10.5	2.2	0.2	2.8	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	47,764	19,711	4,051	3,265	315	4,244	3,942	+2941
Jason Kidd	12,091	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	8.7	1.9	0.3	2.9	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50,111	17,529	8,725	2,684	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
Chris Paul	11,894	1,272	34.1	17.5	4.5	9.4	2.1	0.2	2.3	6.2	13.2	47.1	1.4	3.7	36.9	3.8	4.3	87.0	43,316	22,288	5,682	2,614	200	2,964	3,034	+6111
LeBron James	11,009	1,492	37.9	27.1	7.5	7.4	1.5	0.7	3.5	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.6	34.8	5.6	7.6	73.6	56,598	40,474	11,185	2,275	1,111	5,211	2,682	+7443
Steve Nash	10,335	1,217	31.3	14.3	3.0	8.5	0.7	0.1	2.9	5.2	10.6	49.0	1.4	3.2	42.8	2.5	2.8	90.4	38,069	17,387	3,642	899	102	3,478	1,982	+5043
Mark Jackson	10,334	1,296	30.2	9.6	3.8	8.0	1.2	0.1	2.4	3.7	8.3	44.7	0.6	1.7	33.2	1.7	2.2	77.0	39,121	12,489	4,963	1,608	117	3,155	2,230	+402
Magic Johnson	10,141	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	3.9	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	33,245	17,707	6,559	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
Oscar Robertson	9,887	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1		9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	43,886	26,710	7,804	77	4		2,931
Russell Westbrook	9,468	1,162	33.6	21.7	7.1	8.1	1.6	0.3	3.9	7.8	17.8	43.8	1.1	3.6	30.4	5.0	6.5	77.6	39,080	25,211	8,307	1,849	369	4,587	2,969	+3061
Isiah Thomas	9,061	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	1.9	0.3	3.8	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	35,516	18,822	3,478	1,861	249	3,682	2,971
Gary Payton	8,966	1,335	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	2.3	6.5	14.0	46.6	0.8	2.7	31.7	2.4	3.4	72.9	47,117	21,813	5,269	2,445	285	3,030	3,217	+1928
Andre Miller	8,524	1,304	30.9	12.5	3.7	6.5	1.2	0.2	2.4	4.6	10.0	46.1	0.1	0.7	21.7	3.1	3.8	80.7	40,268	16,278	4,795	1,546	227	3,121	2,882	+810
Rod Strickland	7,987	1,094	30.7	13.2	3.7	7.3	1.5	0.2	2.6	5.0	10.9	45.4	0.2	0.6	28.2	3.1	4.4	72.1	33,634	14,463	4,084	1,616	215	2,862	2,048	-270
James Harden	7,629	1,072	34.7	24.1	5.6	7.1	1.5	0.6	3.7	7.1	16.2	44.1	2.7	7.5	36.4	7.1	8.3	86.1	37,222	25,885	6,017	1,597	600	3,919	2,695	+4263
Rajon Rondo	7,584	957	29.9	9.8	4.5	7.9	1.6	0.1	2.7	4.1	8.9	45.6	0.5	1.4	32.4	1.2	1.9	61.1	28,570	9,337	4,349	1,518	125	2,586	1,997	+1331
Maurice Cheeks	7,392	1,101	31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	2.1	0.3	2.1	4.5	8.5	52.3	0.1	0.2	25.5	2.1	2.7	79.3	34,845	12,195	3,088	2,310	294	2,268	2,258
Lenny Wilkens	7,211	1,077	35.3	16.5	4.7	6.7	1.3	0.2		5.7	13.3	43.2				5.0	6.5	77.4	38,064	17,772	5,030	174	26		3,285
Terry Porter	7,160	1,274	27.8	12.2	3.0	5.6	1.2	0.1	2.1	4.3	9.2	46.3	1.0	2.6	38.6	2.7	3.2	83.6	35,354	15,586	3,872	1,583	181	2,666	2,203	+1405
Tim Hardaway	7,095	867	35.3	17.7	3.3	8.2	1.6	0.1	2.9	6.5	15.1	43.1	1.8	5.0	35.5	2.9	3.8	78.2	30,626	15,373	2,855	1,428	129	2,481	2,027	+1691
Tony Parker	7,036	1,254	30.5	15.5	2.7	5.6	0.8	0.1	2.3	6.2	12.6	49.1	0.4	1.3	32.4	2.7	3.6	75.1	38,279	19,473	3,396	1,053	98	2,865	2,059	+5690
Kyle Lowry	7,003	1,138	31.7	14.3	4.3	6.2	1.3	0.3	2.3	4.6	10.8	42.4	1.9	5.2	36.8	3.2	3.9	81.5	36,021	16,218	4,894	1,466	340	2,607	3,099	+2906
Bob Cousy	6,955	924	35.3	18.4	5.2	7.5				6.7	17.8	37.5				5.0	6.2	80.3	30,165	16,960	4,786				2,242
Guy Rodgers	6,917	892	32.1	11.7	4.3	7.8				4.6	12.2	37.8				2.4	3.4	72.1	28,663	10,415	3,791				2,630
Deron Williams	6,819	845	34.2	16.3	3.1	8.1	1.0	0.2	2.8	5.8	13.0	44.5	1.4	3.9	35.7	3.4	4.1	82.2	28,865	13,804	2,619	867	206	2,402	2,132	+1013
Muggsy Bogues	6,726	889	28.6	7.7	2.6	7.6	1.5	0.0	1.6	3.2	7.0	45.8	0.1	0.4	27.8	1.2	1.4	82.7	25,429	6,858	2,318	1,369	39	1,433	1,582	-40