Between the 1977-78 and 1986-87 seasons, Magic Johnson had the most assists, with 6,179 assists.

Interpreted as:

most NBA assists by a player 1977-78 to 1986-87

	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	6,179	567	36.9	19.1	7.5	10.9	2.1	0.5	7.0	13.1	53.9	0.1	0.4	19.1	4.9	6.0	81.8	60.7	2.0	5.5	3.9	20,894	10,805	4,247	1,212	275	2,219	1,366
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	John Lucas J. Lucas	5,101	642	30.3	12.0	2.5	7.9	1.5	0.1	4.7	10.4	45.2	0.3	1.0	29.8	2.4	3.1	77.5	51.1	0.6	1.9	2.4	19,479	7,701	1,604	955	48	1,527	1,303
4	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	5,023	703	33.3	12.1	3.0	7.1	2.4	0.3	4.9	9.1	53.7	0.1	0.2	28.8	2.3	2.9	78.7	58.4	0.7	2.3	2.4	23,414	8,519	2,102	1,670	233	1,694	1,704
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	4,879	474	36.8	20.7	3.8	10.3	2.2	0.3	7.9	17.0	46.2	0.3	1.1	27.4	4.7	6.2	75.3	52.5	1.1	2.7	3.9	17,425	9,827	1,821	1,064	144	1,866	1,679
6	Reggie Theus R. Theus	4,818	714	33.8	18.5	3.4	6.7	1.3	0.2	6.8	14.2	47.6	0.2	0.9	21.9	4.7	5.8	81.9	55.1	1.2	2.2	3.6	24,128	13,197	2,425	894	157	2,587	2,174
7	Rickey Green R. Green	4,071	628	28.3	11.2	2.3	6.5	1.8	0.1	4.5	9.5	47.3	0.0	0.2	20.6	2.2	2.7	79.9	52.3	0.6	1.7	2.0	17,742	7,043	1,455	1,126	40	1,240	1,116
8	Gus Williams G. Williams	4,065	666	33.0	18.7	2.7	6.1	2.1	0.4	7.7	16.5	46.3	0.2	0.9	23.8	3.2	4.2	75.8	50.8	1.0	1.7	2.5	21,987	12,428	1,830	1,377	246	1,646	1,276
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	3,900	635	38.4	24.4	10.4	6.1	1.8	0.9	9.7	19.3	50.0	0.6	1.5	36.8	4.6	5.2	87.4	56.5	2.3	8.1	3.2	24,406	15,508	6,579	1,169	541	2,037	1,731
10	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
11	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	3,821	795	34.3	15.8	4.2	4.8	1.4	0.7	5.9	13.4	44.4	0.1	0.5	17.4	3.9	4.8	80.3	51.0	1.5	2.7	2.5	27,272	12,563	3,316	1,086	554	1,961	2,272
12	Ray Williams R. Williams	3,779	655	28.2	15.5	3.6	5.8	1.8	0.3	6.0	13.4	45.1	0.2	0.8	23.7	3.3	4.1	80.2	50.9	1.2	2.4	3.2	18,462	10,158	2,370	1,198	208	2,099	2,165
13	Johnny Moore J. Moore	3,772	462	27.8	10.3	3.2	8.2	2.1	0.2	4.2	9.1	46.3	0.2	0.7	25.4	1.7	2.4	71.5	50.8	0.8	2.4	2.4	12,853	4,764	1,490	982	113	1,117	1,269
14	Brad Davis B. Davis	3,626	622	26.2	9.4	2.1	5.8	0.9	0.1	3.5	6.8	52.4	0.3	0.8	31.9	2.1	2.5	83.7	59.8	0.4	1.7	1.6	16,280	5,839	1,284	554	81	1,004	1,419
15	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	3,436	675	29.6	15.1	2.3	5.1	1.1	0.1	5.9	12.5	47.6	0.2	0.6	32.6	3.0	3.8	79.1	53.1	0.7	1.6	2.5	19,975	10,163	1,522	761	89	1,717	1,706
16	Alex English A. English	3,236	812	34.0	23.3	6.3	4.0	1.0	0.9	9.6	18.7	51.5	0.0	0.1	22.2	4.1	4.9	82.8	56.0	2.7	3.6	2.8	27,648	18,932	5,131	823	732	2,248	2,311
17	Johnny Davis J. Davis	3,220	671	29.4	13.5	2.1	4.8	1.0	0.2	5.2	11.5	44.8	0.1	0.4	17.6	3.1	3.8	82.3	51.2	0.7	1.3	2.1	19,749	9,076	1,379	642	105	1,398	1,341
18	Kevin Porter K. Porter	3,173	326	31.2	12.7	1.9	9.7	1.4	0.1	5.2	10.7	48.5	0.0	0.1	18.8	2.3	3.0	76.0	52.6	0.5	1.4	3.5	10,158	4,139	634	460	41	1,133	1,052
19	Phil Ford P. Ford	3,083	482	28.0	11.6	1.8	6.4	1.2	0.1	4.4	9.5	46.7	0.1	0.3	21.0	2.7	3.3	82.0	53.1	0.3	1.4	2.8	13,503	5,594	854	589	29	1,326	1,269
20	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	3,072	664	28.7	13.7	2.5	4.6	1.3	0.2	5.4	11.8	45.6	0.3	0.9	29.1	2.8	3.3	84.5	51.9	0.8	1.7	3.0	19,089	9,113	1,639	886	140	1,973	2,111
21	Walter Davis W. Davis	3,062	698	30.4	20.7	3.3	4.4	1.4	0.2	8.6	16.4	52.4	0.1	0.6	25.2	3.4	4.0	83.8	56.9	1.0	2.3	2.9	21,192	14,449	2,313	954	112	2,048	1,757
22	Alvan Adams A. Adams	3,057	754	27.4	13.9	6.9	4.1	1.3	0.7	5.7	11.3	50.6	0.0	0.0	7.7	2.5	3.1	79.8	54.9	2.0	4.9	2.7	20,623	10,484	5,193	991	564	2,054	2,435
23	Larry Drew L. Drew	2,984	512	28.4	13.3	2.0	5.8	1.3	0.1	5.4	11.4	47.1	0.1	0.4	22.9	2.4	3.0	80.2	52.0	0.4	1.5	2.5	14,517	6,788	1,014	664	40	1,269	1,040
24	Julius Erving J. Erving	2,918	754	34.1	22.0	6.5	3.9	1.8	1.6	8.7	17.1	50.8	0.1	0.3	26.1	4.6	5.9	77.7	55.9	2.5	4.0	3.1	25,737	16,594	4,906	1,349	1,180	2,323	2,035
25	World B. Free W. B. Free	2,889	679	33.6	23.2	3.0	4.3	1.1	0.3	8.3	18.2	45.7	0.4	1.1	34.3	6.2	8.1	76.0	53.1	1.2	1.8	2.7	22,837	15,723	2,024	778	189	1,820	1,882