Before 1974-75, Oscar Robertson had the most assists, with 9,887 assists.

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NBA most career assists by a player before 1974-75

	NAME	AST	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	PF
1	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	9,887	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5	7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0	43,886	26,710	7,804	77	4	2,931
2	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	6,976	1,012	36.5	17.1	4.9	6.9	1.3	0.2	6.0	13.9	43.2	5.2	6.7	77.4	51.0	1.1	2.7	36,903	17,352	4,910	97	17	3,189
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	4,676	951	36.8	21.9	6.8	4.9	1.3	0.4	8.7	19.9	43.6	4.6	5.6	80.8	49.0	1.8	4.6	35,031	20,816	6,495	95	32	2,453
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	4,643	1,045	45.8	30.1	22.9	4.4			12.1	22.5	54.0	5.8	11.4	51.1	54.7			47,859	31,419	23,924			2,075
8	Hal Greer H. Greer	4,540	1,122	35.5	19.2	5.0	4.0			7.6	16.8	45.2	4.1	5.1	80.1	50.6			39,788	21,586	5,665			3,855
9	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	4,206	848	32.5	17.3	5.0	5.0			6.1	14.7	41.6	5.1	6.5	78.0	49.3			27,569	14,676	4,278			2,782
10	Dick McGuire D. McGuire	4,205	738	28.3	8.0	4.2	5.7			2.8	7.1	38.9	2.5	3.8	64.4	45.5			17,170	5,921	2,784			1,695
11	Bill Russell B. Russell	4,100	963	42.3	15.1	22.5	4.3			5.9	13.4	44.0	3.3	5.8	56.1	47.1			40,726	14,522	21,620			2,592
12	Andy Phillip A. Phillip	3,759	701	32.2	9.1	4.4	5.4			3.3	9.0	36.8	2.5	3.6	69.5	43.0			15,378	6,384	2,395			1,925
13	Dave Bing D. Bing	3,720	596	38.3	23.0	4.3	6.2	1.3	0.2	8.7	19.8	44.1	5.6	7.3	76.7	50.1	1.3	2.1	22,830	13,736	2,542	109	17	1,734
14	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	3,650	846	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3			10.3	23.8	43.1	6.8	8.7	78.0	49.4			33,863	23,149	11,463			2,596
15	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	3,563	546	37.9	19.2	6.3	6.5	2.0	0.2	7.4	15.1	49.4	4.3	5.6	77.5	54.9	1.5	5.2	20,677	10,493	3,440	161	15	1,470
16	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman M. Abdul-Rahman	3,555	724	26.5	12.6	3.0	4.9	0.5	0.1	5.0	11.3	44.1	2.6	3.5	75.7	49.1	0.4	0.8	19,202	9,087	2,146	26	6	2,027
17	Larry Costello L. Costello	3,215	706	30.0	12.2	3.8	4.6			4.4	10.0	43.8	3.4	4.1	84.1	51.7			21,198	8,622	2,705			2,326
18	Slater Martin S. Martin	3,160	745	35.9	9.8	3.4	4.2			3.5	9.7	36.4	2.8	3.7	76.2	43.6			21,889	7,337	2,302			2,238
19	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	3,145	702	32.7	19.2	3.5	4.5	1.5	0.1	7.3	16.2	45.4	4.6	5.7	79.9	51.5	1.2	1.9	22,921	13,510	2,425	126	12	1,917
20	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	3,072	996	34.4	18.5	12.1	3.1			5.9	15.5	38.0	6.7	7.9	84.9	48.8			29,800	18,438	11,256			3,432
21	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	2,989	402	35.8	13.0	5.4	7.4	2.0	0.1	5.0	11.8	42.3	3.0	3.8	78.7	48.2	1.4	3.3	14,379	5,246	2,164	162	7	1,462
22	Tom Gola T. Gola	2,962	698	32.3	11.3	8.0	4.2			4.2	9.9	43.1	2.8	3.7	76.0	49.1			22,529	7,871	5,617			2,688
23	Howard Komives H. Komives	2,941	742	27.2	10.2	2.4	4.0	0.7	0.1	4.0	10.3	38.8	2.2	2.6	83.0	44.4	0.2	0.8	20,213	7,550	1,804	32	3	2,046
24	K.C. Jones	2,908	676	25.9	7.4	3.5	4.3			2.8	7.3	38.7	1.7	2.7	64.7	43.5			17,501	5,011	2,399			1,816
25	Carl Braun C. Braun	2,892	788	29.8	13.5	3.4	3.7			5.0	13.0	38.3	3.6	4.4	80.4	45.2			18,409	10,625	2,122			2,174