Lakers Historical Records and Statistics:
Assists in the NBA Regular Season |
| Single Season Total |
In this page you can find the top 50 players for total assists in single seasons in Lakers history. The list includes both the Minneapolis Lakers and the Los Angeles Lakers players.
Magic Johnson retired as the top assister in NBA history (later surpassed by John Stockton, Jason Kidd and Mark Jackson), so it's no surprise that 11 of his 13 seasons are in the top 50 in Lakers history. And this includes the first 9 spots of the list and 10 out of 11. His two missing seasons are 1980-81 (injury) and 1995-96 (retirement)
Jerry West, the top scorer in Lakers history, is the other highlight of the list with 8 appearances. Other assiters with many apperances are Norm Nixon (6 times) and Nick Van Exel (5 times).
Kobe Bryant 4 times (including 414 in 2007-08, 37th.) and Lamar Odom once are the only 2008-09 Lakers you can find on this list. |
Magic Johnson
989 assists
in 1990-91 |
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Note: This information includes the 2008-09 NBA season.
Lakers Top 50 Players for Single Season Total Assists |
| |
Player |
Assists |
Season |
Games |
Points |
Rebounds |
Steals |
Blocks |
TO |
| 1 |
Magic Johnson |
989 |
1991 |
79 |
1,531 |
551 |
102 |
17 |
314 |
| 2 |
Magic Johnson |
988 |
1989 |
77 |
1,730 |
607 |
138 |
22 |
312 |
| 3 |
Magic Johnson |
977 |
1987 |
80 |
1,909 |
504 |
138 |
36 |
300 |
| 4 |
Magic Johnson |
968 |
1985 |
77 |
1,406 |
476 |
113 |
25 |
305 |
| 5 |
Magic Johnson |
907 |
1990 |
79 |
1,765 |
522 |
132 |
34 |
289 |
| 6 |
Magic Johnson |
907 |
1986 |
72 |
1,354 |
426 |
113 |
16 |
273 |
| 7 |
Magic Johnson |
875 |
1984 |
67 |
1,178 |
491 |
150 |
49 |
306 |
| 8 |
Magic Johnson |
858 |
1988 |
72 |
1,408 |
449 |
114 |
13 |
269 |
| 9 |
Magic Johnson |
829 |
1983 |
79 |
1,326 |
683 |
176 |
47 |
301 |
| 10 |
Jerry West |
747 |
1972 |
77 |
1,985 |
327 |
|
0 |
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| 11 |
Magic Johnson |
743 |
1982 |
78 |
1,447 |
751 |
208 |
34 |
286 |
| 12 |
Norm Nixon |
737 |
1979 |
82 |
1,404 |
231 |
201 |
17 |
231 |
| 13 |
Norm Nixon |
696 |
1981 |
79 |
1,350 |
232 |
146 |
11 |
285 |
| 14 |
Nick Van Exel |
672 |
1997 |
79 |
1,206 |
226 |
75 |
10 |
212 |
| 15 |
Nick Van Exel |
660 |
1995 |
80 |
1,348 |
223 |
97 |
6 |
220 |
| 16 |
Jerry West |
655 |
1971 |
69 |
1,859 |
320 |
|
0 |
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| 17 |
Norm Nixon |
652 |
1982 |
82 |
1,440 |
176 |
132 |
7 |
238 |
| 18 |
Norm Nixon |
642 |
1980 |
82 |
1,446 |
229 |
147 |
14 |
288 |
| 19 |
Jerry West |
607 |
1973 |
69 |
1,575 |
289 |
|
0 |
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| 20 |
Sedale Threatt |
593 |
1992 |
82 |
1,240 |
253 |
168 |
16 |
182 |
| 21 |
Norm Nixon |
566 |
1983 |
79 |
1,191 |
205 |
104 |
4 |
237 |
| 22 |
Sedale Threatt |
564 |
1993 |
82 |
1,235 |
273 |
142 |
11 |
173 |
| 23 |
Magic Johnson |
563 |
1980 |
77 |
1,387 |
596 |
187 |
41 |
305 |
| 24 |
Jerry West |
554 |
1970 |
74 |
2,309 |
338 |
|
0 |
|
| 25 |
Norm Nixon |
553 |
1978 |
81 |
1,107 |
239 |
138 |
7 |
251 |
| 26 |
Nick Van Exel |
509 |
1996 |
74 |
1,099 |
181 |
70 |
10 |
156 |
| 27 |
Michael Cooper |
482 |
1984 |
82 |
739 |
262 |
113 |
67 |
148 |
| 28 |
Kobe Bryant |
481 |
2003 |
82 |
2,461 |
564 |
181 |
67 |
288 |
| 29 |
Jerry West |
480 |
1966 |
79 |
2,476 |
562 |
|
0 |
|
| 30 |
Michael Cooper |
466 |
1986 |
82 |
758 |
244 |
89 |
43 |
151 |
| 31 |
Nick Van Exel |
466 |
1994 |
81 |
1,099 |
238 |
85 |
8 |
145 |
| 32 |
Gary Payton |
449 |
2004 |
82 |
1,199 |
342 |
96 |
19 |
151 |
| 33 |
Jerry West |
447 |
1967 |
66 |
1,892 |
392 |
|
0 |
|
| 34 |
Slater Martin |
445 |
1956 |
72 |
947 |
260 |
|
0 |
|
| 35 |
Lamar Odom |
443 |
2006 |
80 |
1,186 |
738 |
75 |
64 |
213 |
| 36 |
Nick Van Exel |
442 |
1998 |
64 |
881 |
194 |
64 |
6 |
104 |
| 37 |
Kobe Bryant |
441 |
2008 |
82 |
2,323 |
517 |
151 |
40 |
257 |
| 38 |
Kobe Bryant |
438 |
2002 |
80 |
2,019 |
441 |
118 |
35 |
223 |
| 39 |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
431 |
1979 |
80 |
1,903 |
1,025 |
76 |
316 |
282 |
| 40 |
Michael Cooper |
429 |
1985 |
82 |
702 |
255 |
93 |
49 |
156 |
| 41 |
Gail Goodrich |
427 |
1974 |
82 |
2,076 |
250 |
126 |
12 |
|
| 42 |
Slater Martin |
427 |
1955 |
72 |
976 |
260 |
|
0 |
|
| 43 |
Jerry West |
423 |
1969 |
61 |
1,580 |
262 |
|
0 |
|
| 44 |
Gail Goodrich |
421 |
1976 |
75 |
1,459 |
214 |
123 |
17 |
|
| 45 |
Gail Goodrich |
420 |
1975 |
72 |
1,630 |
219 |
102 |
6 |
|
| 46 |
Kobe Bryant |
413 |
2007 |
77 |
2,430 |
439 |
111 |
36 |
255 |
| 47 |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
413 |
1976 |
82 |
2,275 |
1,383 |
119 |
338 |
|
| 48 |
Elgin Baylor |
408 |
1969 |
76 |
1,881 |
805 |
|
0 |
|
| 49 |
Lucius Allen |
405 |
1977 |
78 |
1,139 |
251 |
116 |
19 |
|
| 50 |
Jerry West |
403 |
1964 |
72 |
2,064 |
433 |
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0 |
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Single Season Total
