Lakers Top 50 Players for Career Assists Average in the NBA Regular Season

Minneapolis and Los Angeles Lakers players with the best average in career assists in the NBA Regular Season.

Lakers Historical Records and Statistics:
Assists in the NBA Regular Season

Career Average

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

Ramon Sessions, Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Derek Fisher and Steve Blake are the 2011-12 Lakers on this list.

Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson

11.2 assists
1979-80 to 1990-91, 1995-96

Notes:
- Stats updated on Mar 25, 2023.
- 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

Player Assists Seasons Games
1. Magic Johnson 11.19 13 906
2. Kendall Marshall 8.83 1 54
3. LeBron James 8.01 5 270
4. Norm Nixon 7.93 6 485
5. Nick Van Exel 7.27 5 378
6. Russell Westbrook 7.24 2 130
7. Jerry West 6.69 14 932
8. Steve Nash 6.45 2 65
9. Lonzo Ball 6.37 2 99
10. Ramon Sessions 6.17 1 23
11. Rajon Rondo 6.02 3 112
12. Gary Payton 5.48 1 82
13. Sedale Threatt 5.23 5 386
14. Dennis Schroder 5.17 2 120
15. Lucius Allen 5.15 3 210
16. Charlie Scott 4.90 1 48
17. Kobe Bryant 4.68 20 1346
18. Jeremy Lin 4.58 1 74
19. Connie Hawkins 4.38 2 114
20. Chucky Atkins 4.37 1 82
21. Isaiah Thomas 4.33 2 21
22. Elgin Baylor 4.31 14 846
Wilt Chamberlain 4.31 5 339
24. Michael Cooper 4.20 12 873
25. Gail Goodrich 4.17 9 687
Player Assists Seasons Games
26. Derek Harper 4.16 1 45
27. D Russell 4.15 3 154
Slater Martin 4.15 7 484
29. Karl Malone 3.88 1 42
30. Ronnie Price 3.84 1 43
31. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 3.80 3 225
32. Lamar Odom 3.75 7 519
33. Don Chaney 3.61 2 90
34. Archie Clark 3.55 2 157
35. Steve Blake 3.54 4 204
36. Pau Gasol 3.52 7 429
37. Hot Rod Hundley 3.38 6 431
38. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 3.34 14 1093
39. Jim Price 3.32 4 225
40. Jim Pollard 3.24 7 438
41. Smush Parker 3.23 2 164
42. Frank Selvy 3.18 6 364
43. Herm Schaefer 3.15 2 123
44. Shaquille O'Neal 3.10 8 514
45. Marcelo Huertas 3.08 2 76
46. Eddie Jones 3.03 5 314
47. Ron Harper 3.02 2 127
48. James Worthy 3.01 12 926
49. Anthony Davis 2.99 4 185
50. Derek Fisher 2.93 13 915
51. Keith Erickson 2.92 5 309
52. Brandon Ingram 2.89 3 190
Chris Duhon 2.89 1 46