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

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

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 and Nick Van Exel.

Kobe Bryant is the only 2011-12 Laker you can find on this list.

Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson

989 assists
in 1990-91

Notes:
- Stats updated on Jun 18, 2024.
- 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 Single Regular Season Total Assists

Player Assists Season Games Rebounds Steals TOV Points
1. Magic Johnson 989 1991 79 551 102 314 1,531
2. Magic Johnson 988 1989 77 607 138 312 1,730
3. Magic Johnson 977 1987 80 504 138 300 1,909
4. Magic Johnson 968 1985 77 476 113 305 1,406
5. Magic Johnson 907 1986 72 426 113 273 1,354
Magic Johnson 907 1990 79 522 132 289 1,765
7. Magic Johnson 875 1984 67 491 150 306 1,178
8. Magic Johnson 858 1988 72 449 114 269 1,408
9. Magic Johnson 829 1983 79 683 176 301 1,326
10. Jerry West 747 1972 77 327 1,985
11. Magic Johnson 743 1982 78 751 208 286 1,447
12. Norm Nixon 737 1979 82 231 201 231 1,404
13. Norm Nixon 696 1981 79 232 146 285 1,350
14. LeBron James 684 2020 67 525 78 261 1,698
15. Nick Van Exel 672 1997 79 226 75 212 1,206
16. Nick Van Exel 660 1995 80 223 97 220 1,348
17. Jerry West 655 1971 69 320 1,859
18. Norm Nixon 652 1982 82 176 132 238 1,440
19. Norm Nixon 642 1980 82 229 147 288 1,446
20. Jerry West 607 1973 69 289 1,575
21. Sedale Threatt 593 1992 82 253 168 182 1,240
22. LeBron James 589 2024 71 518 89 245 1,822
23. Norm Nixon 566 1983 79 205 104 237 1,191
24. Sedale Threatt 564 1993 82 273 142 173 1,235
25. Magic Johnson 563 1980 77 596 187 305 1,387
Player Assists Season Games Rebounds Steals TOV Points
26. Jerry West 554 1970 74 338 2,309
27. Norm Nixon 553 1978 81 239 138 251 1,107
28. Russell Westbrook 550 2022 78 580 75 295 1,441
29. Nick Van Exel 509 1996 74 181 70 156 1,099
30. Michael Cooper 482 1984 82 262 113 148 739
D'Angelo Russell 482 2024 76 236 69 156 1,369
32. Kobe Bryant 481 2003 82 564 181 288 2,461
33. Jerry West 480 1966 79 562 2,476
34. Kendall Marshall 477 2014 54 155 48 150 430
35. Kobe Bryant 469 2013 78 433 106 287 2,133
36. Michael Cooper 466 1986 82 244 89 151 758
Nick Van Exel 466 1994 81 238 85 145 1,099
38. LeBron James 454 2019 55 465 72 197 1,505
39. Austin Reaves 450 2024 82 352 66 174 1,300
40. Gary Payton 449 2004 82 342 96 151 1,199
41. Jerry West 447 1967 66 392 1,892
42. Slater Martin 445 1956 72 260 947
43. Lamar Odom 443 2006 80 738 75 213 1,186
44. Nick Van Exel 442 1998 64 194 64 104 881
45. Kobe Bryant 441 2008 82 517 151 257 2,323
46. Kobe Bryant 438 2002 80 441 118 223 2,019
47. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 431 1979 80 1,025 76 282 1,903
48. Michael Cooper 429 1985 82 255 93 156 702
49. Gail Goodrich 427 1974 82 250 126 2,076
Slater Martin 427 1955 72 260 976
51. Jerry West 423 1969 61 262 1,580
52. Gail Goodrich 421 1976 75 214 123 1,459
53. Gail Goodrich 420 1975 72 219 102 1,630