Before 1965-66, Bill Russell had the most assists + rebounds, with 17,732.

Interpreted as:

most ast+reb by a player before 1966

	NAME	AST+REB	AST	REB	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	MIN	PTS	PF
1	Bill Russell B. Russell	17,732	2,526	15,206	649	42.8	16.5	23.4	3.9	6.6	14.8	44.3	3.4	6.0	56.2	47.2	27,799	10,703	1,640
2	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	15,218	2,369	12,849	792	38.8	26.4	16.2	3.0	9.3	21.3	43.6	7.8	10.3	76.1	51.1	30,690	20,880	2,529
3	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	14,069	2,813	11,256	932	34.4	18.6	12.1	3.0	5.9	15.6	38.0	6.8	8.0	85.4	48.8	29,800	17,366	3,207
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	12,984	1,436	11,548	464	47.0	40.6	24.9	3.1	16.5	32.5	50.7	7.7	13.8	55.3	52.6	21,789	18,837	867
5	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	11,726	6,945	4,781	917	35.5	18.5	5.2	7.6	6.7	18.0	37.5	5.0	6.3	80.3	44.6	30,131	16,955	2,231
6	Johnny Kerr J. Kerr	11,285	1,779	9,506	834	31.2	14.0	11.4	2.1	5.5	13.3	41.8	2.9	4.1	71.9	46.6	26,014	11,699	2,139
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	9,707	2,136	7,571	493	41.7	30.2	15.4	4.3	11.2	26.3	42.5	7.8	10.0	78.3	49.2	20,580	14,901	1,634
8	Larry Foust L. Foust	9,409	1,368	8,041	817	29.2	13.7	9.8	1.7	4.7	11.5	40.5	4.4	5.9	74.1	48.5	21,890	11,198	2,909
9	Tom Gola T. Gola	8,099	2,771	5,328	624	34.3	12.1	8.5	4.4	4.6	10.6	43.0	3.0	3.9	75.9	49.1	21,402	7,545	2,481
10	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	8,069	4,076	3,993	384	44.4	30.3	10.4	10.6	10.7	21.9	48.6	8.9	10.8	82.6	56.7	17,036	11,620	1,255
11	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	7,794	1,665	6,129	713	38.4	22.8	8.6	2.3	7.9	18.7	42.1	7.0	8.7	81.0	50.6	24,897	16,266	2,764
12	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
13	Clyde Lovellette C. Lovellette	7,760	1,097	6,663	704	27.1	17.0	9.5	1.6	6.8	15.3	44.3	3.4	4.5	75.7	49.1	19,075	11,947	2,289
14	Joe Graboski J. Graboski	7,446	1,447	5,999	743	30.5	12.0	8.1	1.9	4.4	12.6	35.3	3.2	4.5	70.8	41.4	22,665	8,952	2,410
15	Vern Mikkelsen V. Mikkelsen	7,332	1,392	5,940	631	32.5	14.7	9.4	2.2	5.2	12.8	40.3	4.4	5.7	76.8	47.9	18,443	9,272	2,590
16	Willie Naulls W. Naulls	7,229	1,040	6,189	645	29.7	16.3	9.6	1.6	6.5	16.0	40.6	3.3	4.1	81.3	45.9	19,187	10,545	2,019
17	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	7,125	1,269	5,856	516	35.5	19.4	11.3	2.5	6.4	14.4	44.4	6.6	8.6	76.8	53.4	18,298	10,023	1,681
18	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	7,073	3,362	3,711	653	34.3	18.7	5.7	5.1	6.6	16.0	41.4	5.5	7.1	78.1	49.1	22,395	12,236	2,204
19	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	7,067	1,318	5,749	654	29.4	18.6	8.8	2.0	7.3	18.0	40.5	4.0	5.1	79.0	46.0	19,254	12,194	2,454
20	Jack Twyman J. Twyman	7,057	1,801	5,256	750	33.6	20.4	7.0	2.4	8.0	17.8	45.0	4.4	5.6	77.7	50.2	25,204	15,297	2,660
21	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	6,960	2,078	4,882	671	29.6	18.5	7.3	3.1	7.2	15.9	45.1	4.2	5.2	79.4	50.8	19,880	12,433	2,211
22	Walter Dukes W. Dukes	6,831	608	6,223	553	26.5	10.4	11.3	1.1	3.5	9.4	36.9	3.5	5.0	70.0	45.1	14,671	5,765	2,260
23	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
24	Dick McGuire D. McGuire	6,603	3,819	2,784	670	28.3	8.0	4.2	5.7	2.8	7.0	39.6	2.4	3.8	64.2	46.0	17,170	5,337	1,535
25	Wayne Embry W. Embry	6,602	870	5,732	523	30.0	15.1	11.0	1.7	5.8	12.9	44.9	3.4	5.3	64.7	49.3	15,709	7,881	1,938