Magic Johnson had the most assists in 1986-87, with 977 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in 1986/1987

	NAME	AST	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	TOV	PF
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	977	1986-87	LAL	80	36.3	23.9	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	8.5	16.4	52.2	0.1	0.5	20.5	6.7	7.9	84.8	60.2	1.5	4.8	3.8	2,904	1,909	504	138	36	300	168
2	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	848	1986-87	GSW	82	37.4	18.8	3.3	10.3	1.8	0.2	6.1	12.6	48.8	0.9	2.3	38.4	5.6	6.5	86.0	60.8	0.7	2.6	3.4	3,064	1,541	268	146	18	280	199
3	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	823	1986-87	ATL	82	31.6	12.8	3.6	10.0	2.1	0.4	4.2	9.2	45.1	0.0	0.3	19.0	4.5	5.4	82.8	55.3	1.0	2.6	2.6	2,590	1,053	299	171	30	217	287
4	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	813	1986-87	DET	81	37.2	20.6	3.9	10.0	1.9	0.2	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.2	1.2	19.4	4.9	6.4	76.8	52.8	1.0	2.9	4.2	3,013	1,671	319	153	20	343	251
5	Terry Porter T. Porter	715	1986-87	POR	80	33.9	13.1	4.2	8.9	2.0	0.1	4.7	9.6	48.8	0.2	0.8	21.7	3.5	4.2	83.8	57.0	0.9	3.3	3.2	2,714	1,045	337	159	9	255	192
6	Reggie Theus R. Theus	692	1986-87	SAC	79	36.4	20.3	3.4	8.8	1.0	0.2	7.3	15.5	47.2	0.2	1.0	21.8	5.4	6.3	86.7	55.5	1.1	2.3	3.7	2,872	1,600	266	78	16	289	208
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	670	1986-87	UTA	82	22.7	7.9	1.8	8.2	2.2	0.2	2.8	5.6	49.9	0.1	0.5	18.4	2.2	2.8	78.2	57.5	0.4	1.5	2.0	1,858	648	151	177	14	164	224
8	Fat Lever F. Lever	654	1986-87	DEN	82	37.2	18.9	8.9	8.0	2.5	0.4	7.8	16.7	46.9	0.3	1.1	23.9	3.0	3.8	78.2	51.5	2.6	6.3	2.0	3,054	1,552	729	201	34	167	219
9	Jay Humphries J. Humphries	632	1986-87	PHX	82	31.5	11.3	3.2	7.7	1.4	0.1	4.4	9.2	47.7	0.1	0.3	18.5	2.4	3.2	76.9	53.2	0.8	2.4	2.4	2,579	923	260	112	9	195	239
10	Derek Harper D. Harper	609	1986-87	DAL	77	33.2	16.0	2.6	7.9	2.2	0.3	6.5	12.9	50.1	1.0	2.8	35.8	2.1	3.0	68.4	56.1	0.7	1.9	1.8	2,556	1,230	199	167	25	138	195
11	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	594	1986-87	BOS	79	37.1	13.4	3.3	7.5	1.1	0.5	5.4	12.1	44.4	0.1	0.8	11.3	2.6	3.2	83.3	49.9	0.6	2.7	2.2	2,933	1,062	261	87	38	177	201
12	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	583	1986-87	SEA	71	27.8	5.3	4.7	8.2	1.8	0.6	2.0	4.2	47.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.2	2.0	61.7	51.4	1.4	3.2	2.2	1,972	373	331	125	45	155	238
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	566	1986-87	BOS	74	40.6	28.1	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	10.6	20.2	52.5	1.2	3.0	40.0	5.6	6.1	91.0	61.2	1.7	7.5	3.2	3,005	2,076	682	135	70	240	185
14	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	566	1986-87	POR	82	38.0	21.7	6.3	6.9	2.5	0.9	8.6	17.2	50.2	0.1	0.6	23.4	4.4	5.7	76.0	55.2	2.8	3.5	3.1	3,114	1,782	518	204	71	253	281
15	Rickey Green R. Green	541	1986-87	UTA	81	25.8	9.6	2.0	6.7	1.4	0.0	3.7	8.0	46.7	0.1	0.2	36.8	2.1	2.6	82.7	53.1	0.5	1.5	1.6	2,090	781	163	110	2	133	108
16	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	538	1986-87	PHI	68	38.6	15.6	3.2	7.9	2.6	0.2	6.1	11.6	52.7	0.1	0.3	23.5	3.3	4.3	77.7	57.9	0.7	2.5	2.5	2,624	1,061	215	180	15	173	109
17	Vern Fleming V. Fleming	473	1986-87	IND	82	31.1	12.0	4.1	5.8	1.3	0.2	4.5	8.9	50.9	0.0	0.1	20.0	2.9	3.7	78.8	57.0	1.3	2.7	2.0	2,549	980	334	109	18	167	222
18	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	471	1986-87	TOT	74	27.6	10.9	2.4	6.4	1.4	0.1	4.0	9.1	44.2	0.3	1.0	24.7	2.6	3.1	82.6	51.9	0.7	1.7	2.3	2,045	805	175	101	11	172	208
19	John Paxson J. Paxson	467	1986-87	CHI	82	32.8	11.3	1.7	5.7	0.8	0.1	4.7	9.7	48.7	0.6	1.7	37.1	1.3	1.6	80.9	54.7	0.3	1.4	1.3	2,689	930	139	66	8	105	207
20	Darnell Valentine D. Valentine	447	1986-87	LAC	65	27.1	11.2	2.3	6.9	1.8	0.2	4.2	10.3	41.0	0.2	0.9	23.2	2.5	3.1	81.5	47.8	0.6	1.7	2.6	1,759	726	150	116	10	167	148
21	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	441	1986-87	MIL	61	33.7	13.9	4.9	7.2	1.8	0.8	4.8	10.1	47.7	0.3	0.9	29.1	4.0	5.4	73.8	55.6	1.6	3.2	3.0	2,057	846	296	110	47	186	213
22	Rodney McCray R. McCray	434	1986-87	HOU	81	38.7	14.4	7.1	5.4	1.1	0.7	5.3	9.7	55.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.8	4.9	77.9	61.2	2.3	4.8	2.6	3,136	1,170	578	88	53	208	172
23	Rory Sparrow R. Sparrow	432	1986-87	NYK	80	24.4	7.6	1.4	5.4	0.8	0.1	3.3	7.4	44.6	0.1	0.5	26.2	0.9	1.1	79.8	48.3	0.4	1.1	1.8	1,951	608	115	67	6	140	160
24	Alex English A. English	422	1986-87	DEN	82	37.6	28.6	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	11.8	23.4	50.3	0.0	0.2	26.7	5.0	5.9	84.4	54.9	1.8	2.4	2.6	3,085	2,345	344	73	21	214	216
25	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	421	1986-87	SAS	81	33.3	17.7	5.2	5.2	3.2	0.4	7.3	15.6	46.6	0.2	0.6	27.1	3.0	4.0	75.3	51.0	2.3	2.9	3.0	2,697	1,435	424	260	35	243	264