Lakers Historical Records and Statistics:
Assists in the NBA Regular Season |
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In this page you can find the top 50 list with the best career assists averages. The list includes both the Minneapolis Lakers and the Los Angeles Lakers players.
Magic Johnson retired in 1996 with the best assist average in NBA history. He still holds this record and obviously his 11.2 assists per game are the best in Lakers history
Kobe Bryant (9th.), Lamar Odom (20th.), Pau Gasol (23rd.), Derek Fisher (35th.) and Ron Artest (50th) are the 2010-11 Lakers on this list. |
Magic Johnson
11.2 assists
1979-80 to 1990-91, 1995-96
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Notes:
- These stats include the 2011 Regular Season.
- Total Rebounds were not recorded until 1950-51, steals, blocks, offensive and defensive rebounds until 1973-74, turnovers until 1977-78 and 3-pointers started in 1979-80.
Lakers Top 50 Players for
Career Assists Average in the NBA Regular Season |
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Assists |
Seasons |
Games |
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| 1. |
Magic Johnson |
11.19 |
13 |
906 |
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| 2. |
Norm Nixon |
7.93 |
6 |
485 |
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| 3. |
Nick Van Exel |
7.27 |
5 |
378 |
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| 4. |
Jerry West |
6.69 |
14 |
932 |
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| 5. |
Gary Payton |
5.48 |
1 |
82 |
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| 6. |
Sedale Threatt |
5.23 |
5 |
386 |
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Lucius Allen |
5.15 |
3 |
210 |
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| 8. |
Charlie Scott |
4.90 |
1 |
48 |
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| 9. |
Kobe Bryant |
4.67 |
15 |
1103 |
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| 10. |
Connie Hawkins |
4.38 |
2 |
114 |
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| 11. |
Chucky Atkins |
4.37 |
1 |
82 |
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| 12. |
Elgin Baylor |
4.31 |
14 |
846 |
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Wilt Chamberlain |
4.31 |
5 |
339 |
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Michael Cooper |
4.20 |
12 |
873 |
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Gail Goodrich |
4.17 |
9 |
687 |
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Derek Harper |
4.16 |
1 |
45 |
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Slater Martin |
4.15 |
7 |
484 |
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| 18. |
Karl Malone |
3.88 |
1 |
42 |
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Mahdi Abdul-Rahman |
3.80 |
3 |
225 |
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Lamar Odom |
3.75 |
7 |
519 |
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| 21. |
Don Chaney |
3.61 |
2 |
90 |
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Archie Clark |
3.55 |
2 |
157 |
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Pau Gasol |
3.41 |
4 |
255 |
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| 24. |
Hot Rod Hundley |
3.38 |
6 |
431 |
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| 25. |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
3.34 |
14 |
1093 |
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Assists |
Seasons |
Games |
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| 26. |
Jim Price |
3.32 |
4 |
225 |
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Jim Pollard |
3.24 |
7 |
438 |
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| 28. |
Smush Parker |
3.23 |
2 |
164 |
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Frank Selvy |
3.18 |
6 |
364 |
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Herm Schaefer |
3.15 |
2 |
123 |
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| 31. |
Shaquille O'Neal |
3.10 |
8 |
514 |
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Eddie Jones |
3.03 |
5 |
314 |
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| 33. |
Ron Harper |
3.02 |
2 |
127 |
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James Worthy |
3.01 |
12 |
926 |
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| 35. |
Keith Erickson |
2.92 |
5 |
309 |
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Derek Fisher |
2.92 |
12 |
872 |
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Rick Fox |
2.88 |
7 |
486 |
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| 38. |
Brian Winters |
2.87 |
1 |
68 |
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Ernie DiGregorio |
2.84 |
1 |
25 |
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George Mikan |
2.84 |
7 |
439 |
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| 41. |
Adrian Dantley |
2.81 |
2 |
116 |
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| 42. |
Johnny Egan |
2.80 |
2 |
154 |
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Slick Leonard |
2.80 |
5 |
324 |
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Byron Scott |
2.80 |
11 |
846 |
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| 45. |
Dick Barnett |
2.68 |
3 |
232 |
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| 46. |
Donnie Freeman |
2.67 |
1 |
64 |
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| 47. |
Whitey Skoog |
2.65 |
6 |
341 |
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| 48. |
Eddie Jordan |
2.63 |
4 |
156 |
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Larry Drew |
2.62 |
2 |
128 |
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| 50. |
Ron Artest |
2.57 |
2 |
159 |
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Vlade Divac |
2.57 |
8 |
535 |
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| 52. |
Jamaal Wilkes |
2.56 |
8 |
575 |
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| 53. |
Dick Garmaker |
2.53 |
5 |
324 |
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