Between the 1967-68 and 1985-86 seasons, Nate Archibald had the most assists, with 6,476 assists.

Interpreted as:

most NBA assists by a player 1967-68 to 1985-86

	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	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
2	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	6,047	715	36.3	16.4	2.7	8.5	1.6	0.1	7.1	14.6	48.5	0.2	0.6	29.6	2.1	2.7	77.3	51.9	0.6	2.0	3.1	25,932	11,703	1,913	1,141	71	2,250	1,914
3	Kevin Porter K. Porter	5,314	659	29.0	11.6	1.8	8.1	1.4	0.1	4.8	10.0	48.3	0.0	0.1	18.8	1.9	2.6	73.7	51.9	0.6	1.3	3.5	19,107	7,645	1,179	830	72	1,133	2,251
4	John Lucas J. Lucas	5,274	681	30.3	11.5	2.5	7.7	1.5	0.1	4.6	10.1	45.4	0.2	0.9	27.5	2.3	2.9	77.6	50.9	0.6	1.9	2.4	20,652	7,859	1,698	1,009	61	1,438	1,395
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	5,248	1,328	38.4	26.4	12.1	4.0	1.0	2.9	10.9	19.4	56.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	6.4	72.0	59.5	2.6	8.4	3.0	51,002	35,108	16,105	1,025	2,915	2,087	4,000
6	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	5,217	746	35.1	11.8	4.8	7.0	1.8	0.2	4.4	10.7	41.4				2.9	3.7	78.0	47.6	1.3	3.0	2.1	26,171	8,770	3,596	767	71	249	2,661
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	5,202	487	36.9	18.3	7.7	10.7	2.2	0.5	6.8	12.5	54.2	0.1	0.4	18.8	4.6	5.7	81.2	60.8	2.1	5.6	3.9	17,990	8,896	3,743	1,074	239	1,919	1,198
8	Dave Bing D. Bing	5,067	821	36.5	20.4	3.7	6.2	1.3	0.2	7.7	17.4	44.2				5.0	6.5	77.7	50.4	1.1	1.9	2.7	30,007	16,726	3,061	483	89	216	2,398
9	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	5,040	825	37.5	18.9	5.9	6.1	1.9	0.2	7.4	15.2	49.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	4.0	5.1	78.6	54.2	1.1	4.2	2.1	30,965	15,581	4,830	681	63	139	2,180
10	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	5,010	883	39.3	21.8	6.5	5.7	1.2	0.3	8.6	19.3	44.7				4.5	5.5	83.1	50.2	1.5	3.5	2.5	34,738	19,218	5,719	476	117	204	2,297
11	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	4,841	604	35.9	17.9	4.5	8.0	1.3	0.2	6.2	14.1	44.2				5.5	7.0	78.6	52.3	0.8	2.0		21,681	10,819	2,727	174	26		1,653
12	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	4,492	889	34.6	19.9	3.3	5.1	1.3	0.2	7.7	16.9	45.8				4.5	5.5	81.4	51.6	1.1	1.6	2.5	30,739	17,715	2,898	545	72	390	2,478
13	Randy Smith R. Smith	4,487	976	32.2	16.7	3.7	4.6	1.7	0.1	6.8	14.6	47.0	0.1	0.3	15.5	3.0	3.8	78.1	51.3	1.1	2.4	2.4	31,444	16,262	3,597	1,403	57	1,158	2,556
14	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	4,485	635	32.7	11.7	3.0	7.1	2.3	0.3	4.7	8.8	53.9	0.1	0.2	29.6	2.2	2.8	78.9	58.5	0.7	2.2	2.4	20,790	7,458	1,887	1,490	218	1,521	1,595
15	Gus Williams G. Williams	4,458	792	31.8	17.6	2.8	5.6	2.0	0.4	7.2	15.7	46.2	0.2	0.9	23.6	3.0	4.0	75.7	50.6	1.0	1.7	2.5	25,164	13,955	2,182	1,621	286	1,592	1,584
16	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	4,402	1,002	30.5	17.9	2.1	4.4	1.5	0.1	7.2	15.0	48.2	0.0	0.3	13.9	3.4	3.9	89.2	53.6	0.7	1.3	1.9	30,607	17,949	2,103	1,165	51	822	3,250
17	Reggie Theus R. Theus	4,126	635	33.5	18.3	3.4	6.5	1.3	0.2	6.7	14.1	47.7	0.2	0.9	22.0	4.7	5.7	81.2	55.0	1.3	2.1	3.6	21,256	11,597	2,159	816	141	2,298	1,966
18	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	4,119	501	39.7	20.6	5.5	8.2	1.1	0.1	7.5	15.5	48.3				5.6	6.6	84.2	55.8	1.0	3.0		19,889	10,300	2,739	77	4		1,223
19	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	4,095	837	35.8	17.2	4.0	4.9	1.3	0.2	7.4	16.6	44.4	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.5	3.0	83.4	48.1	0.9	2.7	2.4	29,941	14,399	3,345	686	112	504	2,056
20	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	4,066	393	36.7	20.8	3.8	10.3	2.3	0.3	7.9	17.1	46.2	0.3	1.1	29.1	4.6	6.2	74.9	52.4	1.2	2.6	3.9	14,412	8,156	1,502	911	124	1,523	1,428
21	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	3,899	556	33.4	14.8	5.5	7.0	2.6	0.4	6.1	13.5	45.7	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.3	3.4	69.0	49.7	1.8	3.7	3.3	18,589	8,253	3,056	1,463	206	1,854	1,859
22	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	3,822	984	36.4	10.8	14.0	3.9	1.1	0.6	4.4	8.7	50.9	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.9	3.0	63.3	53.7	3.5	8.4	1.9	35,832	10,624	13,769	628	367	579	2,762
23	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	3,754	1,002	31.8	10.3	9.7	3.7	1.3	1.5	4.3	9.7	44.1	0.0	0.1	18.8	1.7	2.4	73.8	48.0	2.2	6.9	2.2	31,873	10,303	9,687	999	1,160	978	3,473
24	Alvan Adams A. Adams	3,606	838	28.5	15.0	7.4	4.3	1.4	0.9	6.1	12.3	49.8	0.0	0.0	8.3	2.7	3.4	78.5	54.1	2.2	5.3	2.8	23,867	12,543	6,234	1,145	730	1,915	2,762
25	Ray Williams R. Williams	3,594	623	28.3	15.8	3.7	5.8	1.9	0.3	6.1	13.7	45.0	0.2	0.8	23.6	3.4	4.2	80.1	51.0	1.3	2.4	3.2	17,662	9,840	2,295	1,160	199	2,005	2,054