Before 1958-59, Dolph Schayes had the most assists + rebounds, with 9,191.

Interpreted as:

most ast+reb by a player before 1959

	NAME	AST+REB	AST	REB	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	MIN	PTS	PF
1	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	9,191	1,740	7,451	560	36.7	19.1	13.3	3.1	5.9	15.6	37.9	7.3	8.7	84.3	49.3	18,139	10,692	1,948
2	Harry Gallatin H. Gallatin	7,773	1,089	6,684	562	31.9	13.5	11.9	1.9	4.3	10.5	40.4	5.0	6.5	77.8	50.6	15,813	7,606	1,744
3	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	7,272	3,987	3,285	550	38.6	19.4	6.0	7.2	6.8	18.5	36.8	5.7	7.1	81.2	44.8	18,583	10,647	1,444
4	Larry Foust L. Foust	7,102	1,026	6,076	548	32.6	15.2	11.1	1.9	5.1	12.7	40.3	5.0	6.8	72.9	48.4	15,632	8,334	2,064
5	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	6,965	1,248	5,717	488	36.7	20.2	11.7	2.6	6.7	14.9	44.7	6.9	8.9	76.8	53.6	17,905	9,846	1,631
6	Jack Coleman J. Coleman	6,782	1,596	5,186	565	33.1	10.9	9.2	2.8	4.5	10.8	42.0	1.8	2.6	69.1	45.5	16,479	6,131	1,704
7	Vern Mikkelsen V. Mikkelsen	6,603	1,233	5,370	559	32.9	14.8	9.6	2.2	5.2	12.9	40.4	4.4	5.8	76.3	48.1	16,304	8,280	2,344
8	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	6,151	1,866	4,285	560	36.3	18.0	7.7	3.3	6.0	13.6	44.1	6.0	7.8	76.7	52.8	17,875	10,088	1,426
9	Arnie Risen A. Risen	5,877	866	5,011	515	28.3	11.7	9.7	1.7	4.0	10.6	37.9	3.7	5.2	71.0	45.5	12,690	6,013	2,005
10	Nathaniel Clifton N. Clifton	5,836	1,367	4,469	544	30.0	10.0	8.2	2.5	3.8	10.6	36.1	2.4	3.7	63.3	40.9	14,369	5,444	1,840
11	Joe Graboski J. Graboski	5,560	1,086	4,474	492	35.4	13.6	9.1	2.2	5.0	14.1	35.3	3.6	5.1	70.3	41.5	17,435	6,671	1,804
12	Mel Hutchins M. Hutchins	5,484	1,298	4,186	437	37.9	11.1	9.6	3.0	4.4	11.4	38.9	2.3	3.4	67.3	43.2	16,574	4,851	1,246
13	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	5,384	2,989	2,395	544	32.2	8.4	4.4	5.5	3.0	7.8	37.8	2.5	3.5	70.3	44.7	15,378	4,562	1,435
14	Dick McGuire D. McGuire	5,253	3,018	2,235	531	29.2	7.9	4.2	5.7	2.7	7.1	38.6	2.5	3.9	63.3	45.1	13,641	4,200	1,276
15	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	5,119	708	4,411	285	36.7	23.8	15.5	2.5	8.3	19.9	41.5	7.3	9.7	75.2	49.3	10,472	6,789	863
16	George Mikan G. Mikan	4,997	830	4,167	311	34.4	21.2	13.4	2.7	7.4	18.6	40.0	6.3	8.1	78.5	47.9	8,350	6,593	1,305
17	Chuck Share C. Share	4,752	644	4,108	483	22.1	9.0	8.5	1.3	2.8	7.0	40.2	3.3	4.8	68.9	49.1	10,659	4,324	1,703
18	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	4,655	992	3,663	414	39.4	22.4	8.8	2.4	7.6	18.0	42.1	7.2	8.9	80.7	51.0	13,760	9,271	1,595
19	Clyde Lovellette C. Lovellette	4,595	588	4,007	353	31.8	18.5	11.4	1.7	7.4	17.0	43.3	3.7	5.2	71.5	47.8	11,215	6,518	1,204
20	Maurice Stokes M. Stokes	4,554	1,062	3,492	202	37.3	16.4	17.3	5.3	6.2	17.7	35.1	4.0	5.8	69.8	40.6	7,544	3,315	789
21	Slater Martin S. Martin	4,208	2,346	1,862	543	37.1	11.0	3.4	4.3	3.9	10.7	36.7	3.1	4.1	76.8	43.9	17,629	5,982	1,672
22	Ray Felix R. Felix	4,017	284	3,733	360	27.0	13.7	10.4	0.8	4.6	10.8	42.5	4.6	6.8	67.4	49.9	9,729	4,938	1,399
23	George Yardley G. Yardley	3,838	628	3,210	338	34.1	18.9	9.5	1.9	6.5	15.8	41.3	5.9	7.6	77.3	49.5	11,526	6,381	1,040
24	Paul Seymour P. Seymour	3,764	2,110	1,654	513	31.2	10.1	3.2	4.1	3.5	9.9	35.4	3.1	3.9	80.1	43.5	14,394	5,194	1,146
25	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	3,648	1,632	2,016	507	33.5	17.5	4.0	3.2	6.4	15.1	42.4	4.6	5.3	87.5	50.0	15,957	8,853	1,471