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Games: Records / Schedule and Scores
Team Rankings: Points / 3-Pointers / Rebounds / Assists
Games: Records / Schedule and Scores
Team Rankings: Points / 3-Pointers / Rebounds / Assists
1986-87 NBA Regular Season: Total Assists Leaders
Information about which players led the NBA with more total assists in the 1986-1987 Regular Season, including leaders, average, totals and games played.
Who had the most total assists in the 1986-87 Regular Season?
Playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, Magic Johnson led the NBA with a total of 977 assists in 80 games.
Total Assists Leaders - TOP 50
1986-87 Regular Season
| Assists | ||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 1 | (Lakers) |
977 | 12.2 | 80 |
| 2 | (Warriors) |
848 | 10.3 | 82 |
| 3 | (Hawks) |
823 | 10.0 | 82 |
| 4 | (Pistons) |
813 | 10.0 | 81 |
| 5 | (Trail Blazers) |
715 | 8.9 | 80 |
| 6 | (Kings) |
692 | 8.8 | 79 |
| 7 | (Jazz) |
670 | 8.2 | 82 |
| 8 | (Nuggets) |
654 | 8.0 | 82 |
| 9 | (Suns) |
632 | 7.7 | 82 |
| 10 | (Mavericks) |
609 | 7.9 | 77 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 11 | (Celtics) |
594 | 7.5 | 79 |
| 12 | (Supersonics) |
583 | 8.2 | 71 |
| 13 | (Celtics) |
566 | 7.6 | 74 |
(Trail Blazers) |
566 | 6.9 | 82 | |
| 15 | (Jazz) |
541 | 6.7 | 81 |
| 16 | (76ers) |
538 | 7.9 | 68 |
| 17 | (Pacers) |
473 | 5.8 | 82 |
| 18 | (2 teams) |
471 | 6.4 | 74 |
| 19 | (Bulls) |
467 | 5.7 | 82 |
| 20 | (Clippers) |
447 | 6.9 | 65 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 21 | (Bucks) |
441 | 7.2 | 61 |
| 22 | (Rockets) |
434 | 5.4 | 81 |
| 23 | (Knicks) |
432 | 5.4 | 80 |
| 24 | (Nuggets) |
422 | 5.1 | 82 |
| 25 | (Spurs) |
421 | 5.2 | 81 |
| 26 | (Celtics) |
400 | 5.6 | 71 |
| 27 | (Cavaliers) |
394 | 4.8 | 82 |
| 28 | (Bullets) |
392 | 5.4 | 73 |
| 29 | (Cavaliers) |
379 | 5.3 | 72 |
| 30 | (Bulls) |
377 | 4.6 | 82 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 31 | (Lakers) |
373 | 4.5 | 82 |
(Mavericks) |
373 | 4.5 | 82 | |
| 33 | (Nets) |
370 | 4.9 | 76 |
| 34 | (Suns) |
364 | 4.6 | 79 |
| 35 | (Suns) |
361 | 4.5 | 80 |
| 36 | (Knicks) |
354 | 4.4 | 80 |
| 37 | (Supersonics) |
353 | 4.8 | 73 |
| 38 | (Pistons) |
352 | 4.5 | 79 |
| 39 | (2 teams) |
348 | 4.7 | 74 |
| 40 | (76ers) |
331 | 4.9 | 68 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 41 | (Clippers) |
326 | 5.4 | 60 |
| 42 | (Rockets) |
323 | 4.3 | 75 |
| 43 | (Spurs) |
315 | 4.1 | 76 |
| 44 | (Cavaliers) |
304 | 3.8 | 80 |
| 45 | (Nets) |
301 | 4.2 | 72 |
| 46 | (Pistons) |
300 | 3.8 | 78 |
| 47 | (Bullets) |
298 | 3.7 | 80 |
| 48 | (Bulls) |
296 | 3.6 | 82 |
| 49 | (Pacers) |
295 | 3.6 | 82 |
| 50 | (Spurs) |
290 | 3.6 | 81 |
(Bucks) |
290 | 6.7 | 43 |