1979-80 NBA Regular Season: Total Assists Leaders
Information about which players led the NBA with more total assists in the 1979-1980 Regular Season, including leaders, average, totals and games played.
Who had the most total assists in the 1979-80 Regular Season?
Playing for the New York Knicks, Micheal Ray Richardson led the NBA with a total of 832 assists in 82 games.
Total Assists Leaders - TOP 50
1979-80 Regular Season
| Assists | ||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 1 | (Knicks) |
832 | 10.1 | 82 |
| 2 | (Celtics) |
671 | 8.4 | 80 |
| 3 | (Lakers) |
642 | 7.8 | 82 |
| 4 | (Kings) |
610 | 7.4 | 82 |
| 5 | (Cavaliers) |
607 | 8.0 | 76 |
| 6 | (Warriors) |
602 | 7.5 | 80 |
| 7 | (Lakers) |
563 | 7.3 | 77 |
| 8 | (Nets) |
557 | 6.8 | 82 |
| 9 | (76ers) |
556 | 7.0 | 79 |
| 10 | (Bulls) |
515 | 6.3 | 82 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 11 | (Knicks) |
512 | 6.2 | 82 |
| 12 | (Kings) |
460 | 5.7 | 81 |
| 13 | (Bullets) |
457 | 6.5 | 70 |
| 14 | (Pacers) |
440 | 5.4 | 82 |
| 15 | (Bulls) |
426 | 5.2 | 82 |
| 16 | (Hawks) |
424 | 5.4 | 79 |
(Supersonics) |
424 | 5.2 | 81 | |
| 18 | (Rockets) |
417 | 5.4 | 77 |
| 19 | (Suns) |
416 | 5.1 | 82 |
| 20 | (Nuggets) |
405 | 4.9 | 82 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 21 | (Supersonics) |
397 | 4.8 | 82 |
| 22 | (Bucks) |
383 | 5.7 | 67 |
| 23 | (Lakers) |
371 | 4.5 | 82 |
| 24 | (Celtics) |
370 | 4.5 | 82 |
(Hawks) |
370 | 4.7 | 79 | |
| 26 | (Bullets) |
366 | 4.5 | 82 |
| 27 | (Cavaliers) |
363 | 4.4 | 82 |
| 28 | (Bucks) |
362 | 4.5 | 80 |
| 29 | (76ers) |
355 | 4.6 | 78 |
| 30 | (Spurs) |
347 | 4.5 | 77 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 31 | (Pacers) |
344 | 4.2 | 82 |
| 32 | (Jazz) |
341 | 4.2 | 82 |
| 33 | (Suns) |
337 | 4.5 | 75 |
| 34 | (Clippers) |
335 | 4.3 | 78 |
| 35 | (2 teams) |
333 | 4.6 | 73 |
| 36 | (Supersonics) |
332 | 4.1 | 81 |
| 37 | (Spurs) |
327 | 4.4 | 75 |
| 38 | (Suns) |
322 | 4.3 | 75 |
| 39 | (Suns) |
320 | 4.0 | 81 |
| 40 | (Nets) |
314 | 4.0 | 78 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 41 | (Spurs) |
312 | 4.7 | 67 |
| 42 | (2 teams) |
309 | 3.8 | 81 |
| 43 | (76ers) |
307 | 3.7 | 82 |
| 44 | (Rockets) |
299 | 3.9 | 76 |
| 45 | (2 teams) |
293 | 3.9 | 76 |
| 46 | (2 teams) |
288 | 3.6 | 79 |
| 47 | (Bucks) |
285 | 3.8 | 76 |
| 48 | (Clippers) |
283 | 4.2 | 68 |
| 49 | (Pacers) |
279 | 3.6 | 77 |
(Supersonics) |
279 | 3.4 | 82 |