most career assists, less than 1000 games played

Magic Johnson had the most assists when playing <1,000 games, with 10,141 assists.

Interpreted as:

most career assists by a player, less than 1000 games played

	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	10,141	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	1.9	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
2	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	9,061	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	1.9	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	51.6	1.0	2.6	3.8	35,516	18,822	3,478	1,861	249	3,682	2,971
3	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	7,584	957	29.9	9.8	4.5	7.9	1.6	0.1	4.1	8.9	45.6	0.5	1.4	32.4	1.2	1.9	61.1	50.1	1.0	3.6	2.7	28,570	9,337	4,349	1,518	125	2,586	1,997	+1331
4	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
5	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	6,955	924	35.3	18.4	5.2	7.5			6.7	17.8	37.5				5.0	6.2	80.3	44.6				30,165	16,960	4,786				2,242
6	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	6,917	892	32.1	11.7	4.3	7.8			4.6	12.2	37.8				2.4	3.4	72.1	42.6				28,663	10,415	3,791				2,630
7	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
8	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	27.8	1.2	1.4	82.7	50.6	0.6	2.0	1.6	25,429	6,858	2,318	1,369	39	1,433	1,582	-40
9	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	25,061	13,127	2,404	1,082	176	2,258	1,541	+348
10	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	6,476	876	35.6	18.8	2.3	7.4	1.1	0.1	6.7	14.4	46.7	0.1	0.3	22.4	5.3	6.6	81.0	54.3	0.5	1.6	2.7	31,159	16,481	2,046	719	81	1,123	2,002
11	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	31,891	16,297	2,516	1,022	121	2,547	2,014	-1016
12	John Lucas J. Lucas	6,454	928	27.5	10.7	2.3	7.0	1.4	0.1	4.2	9.4	44.9	0.4	1.2	30.3	2.0	2.6	77.6	50.9	0.5	1.8	2.1	25,556	9,951	2,151	1,273	73	1,803	1,691
13	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	6,386	768	35.5	15.7	2.6	8.3	1.5	0.1	6.8	14.1	48.3	0.2	0.6	29.4	2.0	2.6	77.2	51.7	0.6	2.0	3.1	27,250	12,065	1,991	1,187	71	2,368	1,983
14	Jerry West J. West	6,238	932	39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	2.6	0.7	9.7	20.4	47.4				7.7	9.4	81.4	55.0	1.0	2.8		36,571	25,192	5,376	81	23		2,435
15	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	6,069	900	36.2	25.1	4.3	6.7	1.0	0.3	8.1	18.4	43.9	3.1	8.4	37.1	5.8	6.5	89.9	59.0	0.6	3.7	2.8	32,612	22,598	3,845	874	267	2,541	1,708	+2415
16	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	28,592	13,447	3,183	1,530	360	2,308	2,361	+866
17	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	5,972	889	34.9	13.5	4.1	6.7	2.3	0.3	5.3	12.9	40.9	1.4	4.3	33.6	1.4	1.9	73.6	48.8	1.1	3.0	2.3	31,026	11,962	3,659	2,075	300	2,067	1,687	+347
18	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	5,939	993	30.0	15.7	3.2	6.0	1.1	0.2	5.7	12.6	45.4	0.7	2.0	33.1	3.6	4.2	86.1	54.4	0.6	2.6	2.4	29,812	15,635	3,221	1,058	163	2,418	2,744	+1319
19	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	5,777	880	32.9	14.4	2.9	6.6	0.8	0.1	5.3	13.0	40.5	1.7	4.9	35.7	2.1	2.7	79.4	50.7	0.4	2.5	2.1	28,969	12,658	2,545	726	92	1,850	1,380	+35
20	John Wall J. Wall	5,735	647	34.9	18.7	4.2	8.9	1.6	0.7	6.8	15.7	43.0	1.0	3.1	32.2	4.2	5.4	77.6	51.7	0.6	3.6	3.7	22,588	12,088	2,704	1,045	439	2,412	1,394	-125
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	5,695	897	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	9.6	19.3	49.6	0.7	1.9	37.6	4.4	5.0	88.6	56.4	2.0	8.0	3.1	34,443	21,791	8,974	1,556	755	2,816	2,279
22	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	5,624	914	41.1	26.7	3.7	6.2	2.2	0.2	9.3	21.8	42.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	7.0	8.9	78.0	51.8	0.8	2.9	3.6	37,584	24,368	3,394	1,983	164	3,262	1,777	+799
23	Dave Bing D. Bing	5,397	901	36.4	20.3	3.8	6.0	1.3	0.2	7.7	17.5	44.1				4.9	6.3	77.5	50.2	1.1	1.9	2.7	32,769	18,327	3,420	483	89	216	2,615
24	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5,383	745	31.7	21.8	10.9	7.2	1.3	0.7	8.4	15.0	56.0	1.1	3.0	36.0	3.9	4.8	82.4	63.8	2.7	8.3	2.9	23,639	16,210	8,141	949	536	2,177	1,996	+4071
25	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	5,371	878	33.2	13.4	3.5	6.1	1.1	0.1	4.9	12.1	40.6	1.4	3.9	35.7	2.1	2.6	83.3	50.5	0.8	2.7	2.3	29,106	11,763	3,039	953	81	2,039	1,705	+124