Before October 9, 2020, John Stockton had the most assists, with 15,806 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player all-time before 10/9/2020

	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	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
3	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
4	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
5	Chris Paul C. Paul	9,653	1,020	34.9	18.5	4.5	9.5	2.2	0.1	6.5	13.7	47.1	1.4	3.7	37.0	4.2	4.8	87.0	58.2	0.7	3.9	2.4	35,557	18,829	4,611	2,233	133	2,465	2,500	+5145
6	LeBron James L. James	9,346	1,265	38.4	27.1	7.4	7.4	1.6	0.8	9.9	19.6	50.4	1.5	4.3	34.4	5.9	8.0	73.4	58.6	1.2	6.2	3.5	48,552	34,241	9,405	2,015	957	4,424	2,325	+6839
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	7,298	878	34.6	23.2	7.1	8.3	1.7	0.3	8.2	18.8	43.7	1.1	3.7	30.5	5.7	7.1	79.9	53.0	1.7	5.4	4.1	30,377	20,412	6,211	1,535	270	3,581	2,261	+3278
13	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	7,215	873	31.0	10.2	4.7	8.3	1.7	0.1	4.3	9.3	45.8	0.4	1.4	31.6	1.2	2.0	60.6	50.0	1.0	3.7	2.8	27,103	8,909	4,131	1,451	115	2,439	1,888	+1420
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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	31,892	16,297	2,516	1,022	121	2,547	2,014	-1016
22	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	48,638	33,643	7,047	1,944	640	4,010	3,353	+4153
23	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	6,135	1,178	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	2.0	0.8	6.3	13.3	47.3	0.8	2.5	32.6	2.7	3.8	70.4	53.6	1.8	4.6	2.8	41,069	18,940	7,493	2,307	947	3,257	3,329	+2022
24	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	6,125	1,086	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	2.0	0.7	7.7	16.3	47.2	0.8	2.4	31.8	4.3	5.5	78.8	54.7	2.4	3.7	2.7	37,536	22,195	6,677	2,207	719	2,977	3,285	+434
25	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	28,593	13,447	3,183	1,530	360	2,308	2,361	+866