most assists by a player in regular season and postseason in nba from 1976-77 to 1985-86

Between the 1976-77 and 1985-86 seasons, Norm Nixon had the most assists in the regular-season and playoffs, with 6,512 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	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	6,512	773	36.5	16.5	2.7	8.4	1.6	0.1	7.1	14.7	48.5	0.2	0.5	29.8	2.1	2.7	77.2	51.8	0.7	2.1	3.1	28,219	12,730	2,108	1,230	79	2,401	2,115
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6,480	589	37.4	18.3	7.8	11.0	2.2	0.5	6.8	12.6	53.8	0.1	0.4	16.5	4.7	5.7	81.1	60.5	2.1	5.7	3.9	22,045	10,768	4,611	1,306	288	2,303	1,520
3	John Lucas J. Lucas	5,404	705	30.2	11.5	2.5	7.7	1.5	0.1	4.6	10.1	45.5	0.2	0.9	27.1	2.2	2.9	77.4	50.9	0.6	1.9	2.4	21,308	8,134	1,760	1,042	66	1,449	1,448
4	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	5,209	742	33.3	12.2	3.0	7.0	2.3	0.3	4.9	9.2	53.4	0.1	0.2	25.0	2.3	2.9	78.4	58.0	0.7	2.3	2.4	24,729	9,047	2,262	1,743	254	1,790	1,868
5	Gus Williams G. Williams	4,661	803	33.0	18.6	2.9	5.8	2.0	0.4	7.6	16.4	46.7	0.2	0.9	23.6	3.2	4.2	75.6	51.0	1.1	1.8	2.5	26,473	14,907	2,317	1,644	300	1,793	1,662
6	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	4,270	411	36.8	20.9	3.9	10.4	2.3	0.3	7.9	17.2	46.3	0.3	1.1	29.2	4.7	6.2	74.9	52.5	1.2	2.7	3.9	15,128	8,588	1,590	952	137	1,593	1,506
7	Reggie Theus R. Theus	4,199	647	33.5	18.2	3.4	6.5	1.3	0.2	6.7	14.1	47.6	0.2	0.9	21.8	4.7	5.7	81.3	54.9	1.2	2.1	3.6	21,671	11,804	2,199	833	143	2,336	2,006
8	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	4,028	574	33.6	14.9	5.5	7.0	2.6	0.4	6.1	13.5	45.5	0.3	1.2	21.9	2.4	3.4	69.0	49.5	1.8	3.7	3.3	19,301	8,535	3,155	1,513	210	1,904	1,922
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	3,986	666	38.7	24.0	10.6	6.0	1.9	0.9	9.5	19.2	49.4	0.5	1.3	35.8	4.5	5.2	87.2	55.8	2.4	8.2	3.2	25,799	15,952	7,063	1,248	573	2,140	1,867
10	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	3,975	929	33.5	15.7	4.3	4.3	1.4	0.7	5.9	13.2	44.5	0.1	0.5	19.8	3.9	4.9	78.9	51.1	1.6	2.6	2.5	31,113	14,584	3,952	1,324	668	2,162	2,720
11	Johnny Moore J. Moore	3,845	439	28.7	10.8	3.4	8.8	2.2	0.3	4.4	9.4	46.9	0.2	0.7	25.9	1.8	2.5	70.9	51.3	0.9	2.6	2.5	12,617	4,739	1,511	962	122	1,082	1,282
12	Ray Williams R. Williams	3,796	663	28.0	15.5	3.6	5.7	1.8	0.3	6.0	13.4	44.8	0.2	0.8	23.3	3.3	4.1	80.2	50.8	1.2	2.4	3.2	18,551	10,265	2,405	1,203	201	2,111	2,182
13	Kevin Porter K. Porter	3,791	412	30.1	11.9	1.8	9.2	1.3	0.1	4.9	10.0	48.8	0.0	0.1	17.6	2.1	2.7	75.4	52.8	0.5	1.3	3.5	12,385	4,888	740	552	49	1,137	1,337
14	Rickey Green R. Green	3,747	572	28.8	11.6	2.4	6.6	1.8	0.1	4.7	9.9	47.4	0.0	0.2	17.8	2.2	2.8	79.7	52.3	0.7	1.7	2.0	16,477	6,626	1,365	1,049	42	1,161	1,049
15	Julius Erving J. Erving	3,610	912	34.9	22.3	6.9	4.0	1.8	1.6	8.8	17.3	50.6	0.1	0.2	24.2	4.8	6.1	77.5	55.8	2.5	4.4	3.1	31,867	20,356	6,306	1,660	1,432	2,552	2,533
16	Johnny Davis J. Davis	3,525	793	28.1	12.8	2.0	4.4	0.9	0.2	4.9	10.9	44.8	0.1	0.4	17.4	3.0	3.6	81.9	51.2	0.7	1.3	2.0	22,270	10,155	1,583	722	121	1,426	1,549
17	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	3,426	674	29.9	15.3	2.3	5.1	1.1	0.1	6.0	12.7	47.6	0.2	0.6	32.3	3.0	3.9	79.0	53.1	0.7	1.6	2.6	20,171	10,298	1,538	775	94	1,725	1,733
18	Alvan Adams A. Adams	3,378	817	27.9	14.4	7.2	4.1	1.3	0.8	5.9	11.8	50.1	0.0	0.0	8.3	2.6	3.3	78.9	54.4	2.1	5.1	2.8	22,831	11,759	5,904	1,088	665	2,069	2,679
19	Brad Davis B. Davis	3,348	564	27.1	9.7	2.2	5.9	0.9	0.1	3.7	6.9	53.1	0.3	0.7	33.7	2.1	2.5	83.4	60.2	0.4	1.8	1.6	15,278	5,461	1,216	504	72	929	1,311
20	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	3,348	753	28.4	13.7	2.5	4.4	1.3	0.2	5.4	11.7	45.9	0.3	0.9	28.9	2.8	3.3	84.5	52.2	0.8	1.7	3.0	21,406	10,324	1,889	988	156	1,997	2,414
21	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	3,284	787	22.0	8.0	2.6	4.2	1.8	0.1	3.4	7.5	45.9	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.1	1.7	65.4	48.6	0.8	1.9	2.1	17,302	6,275	2,084	1,401	81	1,477	2,267
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3,276	902	35.8	24.2	9.7	3.6	1.0	2.7	10.0	17.3	57.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.8	74.3	61.1	2.4	7.3	3.0	32,336	21,842	8,773	870	2,436	2,426	2,720
23	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	3,251	484	31.1	12.7	1.9	6.7	0.9	0.1	4.4	9.5	46.5	0.1	0.3	20.6	3.8	4.8	78.6	54.4	0.5	1.4	2.8	15,039	6,133	905	448	54	1,245	1,047
24	World B. Free W. B. Free	3,222	766	33.3	22.6	3.0	4.2	1.1	0.3	8.2	17.9	45.7	0.4	1.2	34.3	6.0	8.0	75.6	52.9	1.2	1.8	2.7	25,504	17,320	2,315	870	224	1,834	2,134
25	Phil Ford P. Ford	3,168	497	28.0	11.5	1.8	6.4	1.2	0.1	4.4	9.5	46.4	0.1	0.3	22.6	2.7	3.3	81.7	52.8	0.3	1.4	2.8	13,919	5,730	880	611	29	1,370	1,299