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.
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| 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 11.2 assists 1979-80 to 1990-91, 1995-96 |
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Notes:
- Stats updated on May 13, 2025.
- 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 | 8.06 | 7 | 419 | ||||||
| 4. | Norm Nixon | 7.93 | 6 | 485 | ||||||
| 5. | Luka Doncic | 7.54 | 1 | 28 | ||||||
| 6. | Nick Van Exel | 7.27 | 5 | 378 | ||||||
| 7. | Russell Westbrook | 7.24 | 2 | 130 | ||||||
| 8. | Jerry West | 6.69 | 14 | 932 | ||||||
| 9. | Steve Nash | 6.45 | 2 | 65 | ||||||
| 10. | Lonzo Ball | 6.37 | 2 | 99 | ||||||
| 11. | Ramon Sessions | 6.17 | 1 | 23 | ||||||
| 12. | Rajon Rondo | 6.02 | 3 | 112 | ||||||
| 13. | Gary Payton | 5.48 | 1 | 82 | ||||||
| 14. | Sedale Threatt | 5.23 | 5 | 386 | ||||||
| 15. | Lucius Allen | 5.15 | 3 | 210 |
| Player | Assists | Seasons | Games | |||||||
| 16. | Dennis Schroder | 5.11 | 2 | 127 | ||||||
| 17. | Charlie Scott | 4.90 | 1 | 48 | ||||||
| 18. | D Russell | 4.87 | 5 | 265 | ||||||
| 19. | Kobe Bryant | 4.68 | 20 | 1346 | ||||||
| 20. | Jeremy Lin | 4.58 | 1 | 74 | ||||||
| 21. | Connie Hawkins | 4.38 | 2 | 114 | ||||||
| 22. | Chucky Atkins | 4.37 | 1 | 82 | ||||||
| 23. | Isaiah Thomas | 4.33 | 2 | 21 | ||||||
| 24. | Elgin Baylor | 4.31 | 14 | 846 | ||||||
| Wilt Chamberlain | 4.31 | 5 | 339 | |||||||
| 26. | Austin Reaves | 4.27 | 4 | 280 | ||||||
| 27. | Michael Cooper | 4.20 | 12 | 873 | ||||||
| 28. | Gail Goodrich | 4.17 | 9 | 687 | ||||||
| 29. | Derek Harper | 4.16 | 1 | 45 | ||||||
| 30. | Slater Martin | 4.15 | 7 | 484 |
| Player | Assists | Seasons | Games | |||||||
| 31. | Karl Malone | 3.88 | 1 | 42 | ||||||
| 32. | Ronnie Price | 3.84 | 1 | 43 | ||||||
| 33. | Mahdi Abdul-Rahman | 3.80 | 3 | 225 | ||||||
| 34. | Lamar Odom | 3.75 | 7 | 519 | ||||||
| 35. | Don Chaney | 3.61 | 2 | 90 | ||||||
| 36. | Archie Clark | 3.55 | 2 | 157 | ||||||
| 37. | Steve Blake | 3.54 | 4 | 204 | ||||||
| 38. | Pau Gasol | 3.52 | 7 | 429 | ||||||
| 39. | Hot Rod Hundley | 3.38 | 6 | 431 | ||||||
| 40. | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 3.34 | 14 | 1093 | ||||||
| 41. | Jim Price | 3.32 | 4 | 225 | ||||||
| 42. | Jim Pollard | 3.24 | 7 | 438 | ||||||
| 43. | Smush Parker | 3.23 | 2 | 164 | ||||||
| 44. | Frank Selvy | 3.18 | 6 | 364 | ||||||
| 45. | Anthony Davis | 3.16 | 6 | 312 |
| Player | Assists | Seasons | Games | |||||||
| 46. | Herm Schaefer | 3.15 | 2 | 123 | ||||||
| 47. | Shaquille O'Neal | 3.10 | 8 | 514 | ||||||
| 48. | Marcelo Huertas | 3.08 | 2 | 76 | ||||||
| 49. | Eddie Jones | 3.03 | 5 | 314 | ||||||
| 50. | Ron Harper | 3.02 | 2 | 127 | ||||||
| 51. | James Worthy | 3.01 | 12 | 926 | ||||||
| 52. | Derek Fisher | 2.93 | 13 | 915 | ||||||
| 53. | Keith Erickson | 2.92 | 5 | 309 |