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

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

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

Career Total

In this page you can find the top 50 list with the best career total assists. The list includes both the Minneapolis Lakers and the Los Angeles Lakers players.

When Magic Johnson retired in 1996, he was the NBA all-time leader in total assists. Later he was surpassed by John Stockton and Mark Jackson but his 10,141 assists are still the best in Lakers history by far.

In 2007-08, Kobe Bryant climbed from 7th to 3rd in the Lakers all-time list for total assists, surpassing Norm Nixon, Michael Cooper, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Elgin Baylor.

Other Lakers from 2011-12 on this list are Derek Fisher, Luke Walton, Pau Gasol and Ron Artest.

Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson

10,141 assists
1979-80 to 1990-91, 1995-96

Notes:
- Stats updated on Jun 10, 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 Total Career Assists in the NBA Regular Season

Player Assists Seasons Games Rebounds Steals TOV Points
1. Magic Johnson 10,141 13 906 6,559 1,724 3,506 17,707
2. Kobe Bryant 6,306 20 1,346 7,047 1,944 4,010 33,643
3. Jerry West 6,238 14 932 5,366 81 25,192
4. Norm Nixon 3,846 6 485 1,312 868 1,530 7,938
5. Michael Cooper 3,666 12 873 2,769 1,033 1,429 7,729
6. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 3,652 14 1,093 10,279 983 2,527 24,176
7. Elgin Baylor 3,650 14 846 11,463 23,149
8. Gail Goodrich 2,863 9 687 2,081 351 13,044
9. James Worthy 2,791 12 926 4,708 1,041 1,859 16,320
10. Nick Van Exel 2,749 5 378 1,062 391 837 5,633
11. Derek Fisher 2,685 13 915 1,892 968 974 7,223
12. Byron Scott 2,365 11 846 2,534 1,038 1,275 12,780
13. LeBron James 2,212 5 278 2,252 321 1,000 7,614
14. Sedale Threatt 2,018 5 386 898 542 605 4,594
15. Slater Martin 2,007 7 484 1,346 4,813
16. Lamar Odom 1,944 7 519 4,906 444 1,120 7,092
17. Shaquille O'Neal 1,593 8 514 6,090 317 1,446 13,895
18. Vern Mikkelsen 1,515 10 699 5,940 10,063
19. Pau Gasol 1,508 7 429 4,240 239 873 7,610
20. Jamaal Wilkes 1,474 8 575 3,119 706 1,195 10,601
21. Wilt Chamberlain 1,461 5 339 6,524 5,985
22. Hot Rod Hundley 1,455 6 431 1,420 3,625
23. Jim Pollard 1,417 7 438 2,487 5,762
24. Rick Fox 1,399 7 486 1,784 415 781 4,207
25. Vlade Divac 1,375 8 535 4,545 649 1,167 6,531
Player Assists Seasons Games Rebounds Steals TOV Points
26. George Mikan 1,245 7 439 4,167 10,156
27. Rudy LaRusso 1,215 8 582 5,571 8,231
28. Frank Selvy 1,157 6 364 1,301 3,756
29. Luke Walton 1,121 9 493 1,408 268 512 2,434
30. Lucius Allen 1,081 3 210 712 339 3,351
31. Robert Horry 986 7 448 2,462 497 526 2,842
32. Eddie Jones 951 5 314 1,186 644 510 4,784
33. Russell Westbrook 941 2 130 901 128 479 2,268
34. Happy Hairston 920 6 394 4,885 116 5,993
35. Slick Leonard 906 5 324 950 2,852
36. Keith Erickson 903 5 309 1,392 2,851
Whitey Skoog 903 6 341 1,133 2,800
38. Mahdi Abdul-Rahman 856 3 225 561 2,109
39. Jordan Farmar 843 5 342 654 268 435 2,492
40. Dick Garmaker 821 5 324 1,347 4,156
41. A.C. Green 808 9 735 5,632 657 935 7,789
42. Jordan Clarkson 784 4 273 909 266 490 3,904
43. Jim Price 747 4 225 659 244 100 2,227
44. Bob Harrison 730 5 309 543 1,754
45. Steve Blake 723 4 204 476 147 278 1,178
46. Ron Artest 699 6 358 1,297 453 400 3,197
47. Elden Campbell 688 9 618 3,604 426 758 6,408
48. Rajon Rondo 674 3 112 434 109 252 821
49. D Russell 672 3 160 545 190 411 2,334
50. Brian Shaw 651 4 284 751 141 258 1,145
51. Dennis Schroder 649 2 127 376 120 275 1,771
52. Lonzo Ball 631 2 99 611 157 239 993
53. Darrall Imhoff 628 4 316 2,982 2,387