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The 50 players with the most assists, 2002–2026

Every player on this list is ranked on one number: assists in the regular season between 2002 and 2026. That window is the whole of this site’s NBA data and it is not the whole of the league’s history.

Chris PaulChris Paul: 12,55212,552LeBron JamesLeBron James: 12,01212,012Russell WestbrookRussell Westbrook: 10,34810,348Steve NashSteve Nash: 8,9168,916James HardenJames Harden: 8,8738,873Rajon RondoRajon Rondo: 7,5847,584Jason KiddJason Kidd: 7,4907,490Andre MillerAndre Miller: 7,3917,391Kyle LowryKyle Lowry: 7,1047,104Tony ParkerTony Parker: 7,0317,031Deron WilliamsDeron Williams: 6,8146,814Mike ConleyMike Conley: 6,7826,782Jrue HolidayJrue Holiday: 6,7626,762Stephen CurryStephen Curry: 6,7436,743Nikola JokicNikola Jokic: 6,0806,080
Assists — the leading 15. Every one of the 50 is in the table below.
#PlayerPosSeasonsAssistsGamesPointsRebounds
1Chris PaulG2006–202612,5521,51223,0586,005
2LeBron JamesF2004–202612,0121,68343,43512,098
3Russell WestbrookG2009–202610,3481,32927,1559,014
4Steve NashPG2002–20158,91698314,5622,951
5James HardenG2010–20268,8731,26329,3396,809
6Rajon RondoPG2007–20227,5841,0779,3374,349
7Jason KiddPG2002–20137,49094310,6025,667
8Andre MillerPG2002–20167,3911,21114,0684,155
9Kyle LowryG2007–20267,1041,39216,3684,967
10Tony ParkerG2002–20197,0311,37219,4353,392
11Deron WilliamsPG2006–20176,81493413,7902,615
12Mike ConleyG2008–20266,7821,31216,7153,547
13Jrue HolidayG2010–20266,7621,19217,2874,585
14Stephen CurryG2010–20266,7431,14126,5284,973
15Nikola JokicC2016–20266,08081618,0098,977
16Damian LillardG2013–20266,06596522,6113,848
17John WallPG2011–20235,73568212,0882,704
18Dwyane WadeG2004–20195,6461,18922,9144,896
19Draymond GreenF2013–20265,3221,0058,2286,456
20Kevin DurantF2008–20265,2771,22732,5648,247
21DeMar DeRozanG2010–20265,1851,29226,7115,434
22Ricky RubioPG2012–20235,1577637,5702,830
23Jose CalderonG2006–20195,1481,0497,9212,148
24Andre IguodalaF2005–20235,1441,30213,9546,044
25Kobe BryantSF2002–20165,1411,08427,3555,570
26Baron DavisPG2002–20125,11084411,8152,604
27Raymond FeltonG2006–20195,0961,08410,8532,867
28Joe JohnsonG2002–20225,0011,35120,4075,059
29Trae YoungG2019–20264,86852612,4891,717
30Chauncey BillupsPG2002–20144,85094213,4602,514
31Jason TerryG2002–20184,6661,32716,6052,839
32Jeff TeaguePG2010–20214,58589110,0611,990
33Jameer NelsonG2005–20184,5081,0929,9402,595
34Giannis AntetokounmpoF2014–20264,49491921,5578,901
35Dennis SchroderG2014–20264,42396812,4712,620
36Goran DragicPG2009–20234,4061,06412,5682,816
37Jamal CrawfordG2002–20204,3991,36919,1372,859
38Kyrie IrvingG2012–20254,35981918,3913,162
39Kirk HinrichSG2004–20164,2371,0069,5782,575
40Luka DoncicG2019–20264,23052015,0214,376
41Paul PierceSF2002–20174,1191,28122,1086,300
42Manu GinobiliG2003–20183,9961,21514,0353,696
43Mo WilliamsPG2004–20163,98899610,7352,262
44Jimmy Butler IIIF2012–20263,9571,01016,6584,858
45Vince CarterG2002–20203,9501,48420,6295,428
46Jarrett JackG2006–20183,9409229,3232,486
47Kemba WalkerPG2012–20233,93577914,4712,826
48Pau GasolPF2002–20203,9171,36020,87611,291
49Devin BookerG2016–20263,90878418,1202,966
50Earl WatsonPG2002–20143,8711,0295,5931,985

How this list is made

Ranked on assists in the regular season, 2002–2026. Players are ranked on that number alone and on nothing else: there is no judgement here about who was better. Where two are level they share a rank, and the list runs past fifty when fiftieth place is shared, because splitting a tie would mean choosing between them on no stated basis.

This is not an all-time list, and the gap is a large one. The figures begin in 2002: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West and Bill Russell are not in this data at all; Hakeem Olajuwon and Michael Jordan appear only for the part of their career that falls inside it. A ranking of the whole history of the league would look very different, which is why the years are in the title of this page.

Some of these totals are part of a career, not all of it. Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Andre Miller, Tony Parker, Kobe Bryant and Baron Davis — and 8 others on this list — were already playing when these figures begin in 2002, so what is counted here starts part-way through. Their season tables show where this site’s figures start.

Some of these players are still playing. 19 of them appear in 2026, the last season counted, so their totals are not final either.

Counting statistics only. A rate — an average, a percentage — needs a minimum number of appearances before it means anything, and no such minimum is published that this site could cite. Inventing one would put a number nobody chose at the centre of a ranking. A total needs no cut-off: most goals is a fact with nothing hidden in it.

Player and team figures from hoopR open data, CC BY 4.0, counted from the box scores. Championships from Wikidata (public domain). Regular season only; the play-offs are counted separately where they appear at all.

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