Lakers Historical Records and Statistics:
Assists in the NBA Playoffs |
| Career Total |
In this page you can find the top 50 list with the best career total assists in the NBA Playoffs. The list includes both the Minneapolis Lakers and the Los Angeles Lakers players.
Magic Johnson retired in 1996 with a total of 2,346 assists in the playoffs, the best in NBA history. John Stockton who played 6 years more than Magic is the player who got "closer", 507 assists below. No other player in NBA history has reached at least half the assist Magic dished in the Playoffs.
Jerry West is second in franchise history and Kobe Bryant 3rd. Derek Fisher, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol, Luke Walton and Jordan Farmar are the other current Lakers on this list. |

Magic Johnson
2,346 assists
1979-80 to 1990-91, 1995-96 |
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Note: includes 2009 NBA playoffs.
Lakers Top 50 Players for Total Career Assists in the NBA Playoffs |
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Player |
Assists |
Seasons |
Games |
Points |
Rebounds |
Steals |
TO |
| 1 |
Magic Johnson |
2,346 |
13 |
190 |
3,701 |
1,465 |
358 |
696 |
| 2 |
Jerry West |
973 |
13 |
153 |
4,457 |
855 |
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| 3 |
Kobe Bryant |
829 |
12 |
175 |
4,381 |
889 |
247 |
503 |
| 4 |
Michael Cooper |
703 |
11 |
168 |
1,581 |
574 |
203 |
256 |
| 5 |
Elgin Baylor |
541 |
12 |
134 |
3,623 |
1,725 |
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| 6 |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
540 |
13 |
180 |
4,070 |
1,525 |
150 |
404 |
| 7 |
Norm Nixon |
465 |
6 |
58 |
1,027 |
195 |
89 |
122 |
| 8 |
James Worthy |
463 |
9 |
143 |
3,022 |
747 |
177 |
298 |
| 9 |
Derek Fisher |
407 |
10 |
160 |
1,381 |
386 |
177 |
154 |
| 10 |
Shaquille O'Neal |
360 |
8 |
122 |
3,383 |
1,630 |
63 |
348 |
| 11 |
Byron Scott |
354 |
11 |
150 |
2,223 |
478 |
204 |
219 |
| 12 |
Gail Goodrich |
295 |
7 |
73 |
1,308 |
218 |
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| 13 |
Wilt Chamberlain |
289 |
5 |
80 |
1,265 |
1,783 |
|
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| 14 |
Jim Pollard |
259 |
7 |
72 |
977 |
407 |
|
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| 15 |
Slater Martin |
255 |
7 |
67 |
620 |
174 |
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| 16 |
Robert Horry |
251 |
7 |
100 |
724 |
608 |
120 |
131 |
| 17 |
Rick Fox |
237 |
7 |
99 |
683 |
328 |
80 |
145 |
| 18 |
Nick Van Exel |
212 |
4 |
36 |
528 |
117 |
41 |
73 |
| 19 |
Frank Selvy |
186 |
5 |
50 |
560 |
222 |
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| 20 |
Jamaal Wilkes |
173 |
7 |
73 |
1,203 |
416 |
83 |
119 |
| 21 |
Keith Erickson |
166 |
4 |
60 |
568 |
267 |
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| 22 |
Slick Leonard |
165 |
4 |
34 |
334 |
90 |
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| 23 |
Brian Shaw |
164 |
4 |
69 |
282 |
179 |
30 |
50 |
| 24 |
Rudy LaRusso |
162 |
7 |
77 |
1,032 |
629 |
|
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| 25 |
Hot Rod Hundley |
157 |
5 |
53 |
270 |
149 |
|
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| 26 |
George Mikan |
155 |
7 |
70 |
1,680 |
665 |
|
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| 27 |
Vern Mikkelsen |
152 |
9 |
85 |
1,141 |
585 |
|
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| 28 |
Lamar Odom |
149 |
4 |
56 |
815 |
561 |
35 |
119 |
| 29 |
Pau Gasol |
141 |
2 |
44 |
774 |
444 |
30 |
88 |
| 30 |
Luke Walton |
137 |
5 |
71 |
358 |
195 |
46 |
80 |
| 31 |
Gary Payton |
116 |
1 |
22 |
171 |
72 |
23 |
28 |
| 32 |
Vlade Divac |
113 |
6 |
51 |
655 |
359 |
54 |
119 |
| 33 |
Happy Hairston |
105 |
5 |
51 |
578 |
438 |
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| 34 |
A.C. Green |
100 |
9 |
126 |
1,040 |
858 |
82 |
126 |
| 35 |
Mel Counts |
96 |
6 |
71 |
596 |
468 |
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| 36 |
Kurt Rambis |
93 |
7 |
119 |
648 |
627 |
72 |
120 |
| 37 |
Johnny Egan |
92 |
2 |
34 |
307 |
49 |
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| 38 |
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman |
90 |
3 |
24 |
239 |
67 |
|
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| 39 |
Eddie Jones |
87 |
4 |
36 |
478 |
135 |
51 |
51 |
| 40 |
Jim McMillian |
81 |
3 |
44 |
808 |
232 |
|
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| 41 |
Darrall Imhoff |
78 |
4 |
43 |
218 |
324 |
|
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| 42 |
Ron Harper |
77 |
2 |
29 |
211 |
93 |
27 |
29 |
| 43 |
Pep Saul |
77 |
3 |
38 |
294 |
91 |
|
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| 44 |
Archie Clark |
75 |
2 |
18 |
306 |
60 |
|
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| 45 |
Karl Malone |
72 |
1 |
21 |
242 |
185 |
24 |
47 |
| 46 |
Dick Barnett |
71 |
3 |
28 |
463 |
76 |
|
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| 47 |
Tom Hawkins |
70 |
6 |
65 |
479 |
313 |
|
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| 48 |
Whitey Skoog |
70 |
4 |
34 |
280 |
125 |
|
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| 49 |
Bob Harrison |
69 |
4 |
43 |
230 |
69 |
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| 50 |
Jordan Farmar |
68 |
3 |
46 |
245 |
75 |
22 |
40 |
| 51 |
Arnie Ferrin |
67 |
3 |
29 |
205 |
33 |
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| 52 |
Dick Garmaker |
67 |
3 |
21 |
284 |
98 |
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| 53 |
Sedale Threatt |
63 |
4 |
14 |
161 |
28 |
18 |
26 |
| 52 |
Jim King |
61 |
3 |
28 |
165 |
73 |
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