Micheal Ray Richardson had the most assists in 1979-80, with 832 assists.

Interpreted as:

most total assists by a player 1979/80 NBA

	NAME	AST	SEASON	TM	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	832	1979-80	NYK	82	3,060	1,254	539	265	35	502	1,063	47.2	27	110	24.5	223	338	66.0	51.7	151	388	359	260	37.3	15.3	6.6	10.1	3.2	0.4	4.4
2	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	671	1979-80	BOS	80	2,864	1,131	197	106	10	383	794	48.2	4	18	22.2	361	435	83.0	57.4	59	138	242	218	35.8	14.1	2.5	8.4	1.3	0.1	3.0
3	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	642	1979-80	LAL	82	3,226	1,446	229	147	14	624	1,209	51.6	1	8	12.5	197	253	77.9	54.8	52	177	288	241	39.3	17.6	2.8	7.8	1.8	0.2	3.5
4	Phil Ford P. Ford	610	1979-80	KCK	82	2,621	1,328	172	136	4	489	1,058	46.2	4	23	17.4	346	423	81.8	53.4	29	143	282	208	32.0	16.2	2.1	7.4	1.7	0.0	3.4
5	Foots Walker F. Walker	607	1979-80	CLE	76	2,422	712	287	155	12	258	568	45.4	1	9	11.1	195	243	80.2	52.7	78	209	157	202	31.9	9.4	3.8	8.0	2.0	0.2	2.1
6	John Lucas J. Lucas	602	1979-80	GSW	80	2,763	1,010	220	138	3	388	830	46.7	12	42	28.6	222	289	76.8	52.8	61	159	184	196	34.5	12.6	2.8	7.5	1.7	0.0	2.3
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	563	1979-80	LAL	77	2,795	1,387	596	187	41	503	949	53.0	7	31	22.6	374	462	81.0	60.2	166	430	305	218	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	4.0
8	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	557	1979-80	NJN	82	2,657	1,087	270	223	27	437	1,017	43.0	12	48	25.0	201	258	77.9	48.1	62	208	258	238	32.4	13.3	3.3	6.8	2.7	0.3	3.1
9	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	556	1979-80	PHI	79	2,623	898	274	183	32	357	661	54.0	4	9	44.4	180	231	77.9	58.9	75	199	216	197	33.2	11.4	3.5	7.0	2.3	0.4	2.7
10	Reggie Theus R. Theus	515	1979-80	CHI	82	3,029	1,660	329	114	20	566	1,172	48.3	28	105	26.7	500	597	83.8	57.9	143	186	348	262	36.9	20.2	4.0	6.3	1.4	0.2	4.2
11	Ray Williams R. Williams	512	1979-80	NYK	82	2,582	1,714	412	167	24	687	1,384	49.6	7	37	18.9	333	423	78.7	54.6	149	263	256	295	31.5	20.9	5.0	6.2	2.0	0.3	3.1
12	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	460	1979-80	KCK	81	2,412	743	645	111	109	303	677	44.8	0	1	0.0	137	185	74.1	49.0	172	473	211	307	29.8	9.2	8.0	5.7	1.4	1.3	2.6
13	Kevin Porter K. Porter	457	1979-80	WAS	70	1,494	512	82	59	11	201	438	45.9	0	4	0.0	110	137	80.3	51.4	25	57	164	180	21.3	7.3	1.2	6.5	0.8	0.2	2.3
14	Johnny Davis J. Davis	440	1979-80	IND	82	2,912	1,300	226	110	23	496	1,159	42.8	4	42	9.5	304	352	86.4	49.5	102	124	202	178	35.5	15.9	2.8	5.4	1.3	0.3	2.5
15	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	426	1979-80	CHI	82	2,673	1,161	242	136	17	470	1,002	46.9	21	68	30.9	200	239	83.7	52.4	75	167	282	294	32.6	14.2	3.0	5.2	1.7	0.2	3.4
16	Armond Hill A. Hill	424	1979-80	ATL	79	2,092	479	138	107	8	177	431	41.1	1	4	25.0	124	146	84.9	48.4	31	107	171	261	26.5	6.1	1.7	5.4	1.4	0.1	2.2
17	John Johnson J. Johnson	424	1979-80	SEA	81	2,533	915	426	76	35	377	772	48.8	0	0		161	201	80.1	53.2	163	263	247	213	31.3	11.3	5.3	5.2	0.9	0.4	3.0
18	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	417	1979-80	HOU	77	2,123	843	184	127	28	330	656	50.3	3	19	15.8	180	221	81.4	56.0	57	127	205	197	27.6	10.9	2.4	5.4	1.6	0.4	2.7
19	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	416	1979-80	PHX	82	2,665	1,792	187	119	35	692	1,317	52.5	26	93	28.0	382	443	86.2	59.3	46	141	207	162	32.5	21.9	2.3	5.1	1.5	0.4	2.5
20	John Roche J. Roche	405	1979-80	DEN	82	2,286	932	115	82	12	354	741	47.8	49	129	38.0	175	202	86.6	56.2	24	91	159	139	27.9	11.4	1.4	4.9	1.0	0.1	1.9
21	Gus Williams G. Williams	397	1979-80	SEA	82	2,969	1,816	275	200	37	739	1,533	48.2	7	36	19.4	331	420	78.8	52.9	127	148	181	160	36.2	22.1	3.4	4.8	2.4	0.5	2.2
22	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	383	1979-80	MIL	67	1,690	719	238	135	4	306	655	46.7	2	5	40.0	105	143	73.4	50.1	69	169	149	202	25.2	10.7	3.6	5.7	2.0	0.1	2.2
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	371	1979-80	LAL	82	3,143	2,034	886	81	280	835	1,383	60.4	0	1	0.0	364	476	76.5	63.9	190	696	297	216	38.3	24.8	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	3.6
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	370	1979-80	BOS	82	2,955	1,745	852	143	53	693	1,463	47.4	58	143	40.6	301	360	83.6	53.8	216	636	263	279	36.0	21.3	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	3.2
25	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	370	1979-80	ATL	79	2,622	1,465	200	120	24	590	1,212	48.7	5	13	38.5	280	338	82.8	53.8	95	105	189	216	33.2	18.5	2.5	4.7	1.5	0.3	2.4

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PPG

26.9

Brunson

RPG

10.6

Towns

APG

6.2

Brunson

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.8

3rd

DRTG

113.3

7th

NETRTG

6.5

5th

3P%

37.3

4th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 6/10	SAS	@	NYK	8:30 PM
Sat 6/13	NYK	@	SAS	8:30 PM
Tue 6/16	SAS	@	NYK	8:30 PM
Fri 6/19	NYK	@	SAS	8:30 PM

Last Game

Spurs

1 - 2

115

Final

111

Knicks

2 - 1

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Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

26.9

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Tatum

10.6

Towns

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.5

Wembanyama

1.8

Thompson

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

Nnaji

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

121.8

119.3

115.1

113.7

111.7

111.5

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

104.9

106.5

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

16.9

8.6

7.4

3.0

1.7

-1.7

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Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

1,035.4

Wembanyama

734.2

Castle

730.7

Towns

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

1,019.5

Wembanyama

770

Castle

751.8

Towns

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

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Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

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Richardson

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Beringer

1.55

Wembanyama

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.58

Beringer

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60-43

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

56-43

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0