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Games: Records / Schedule and Scores
Team Rankings: Points / 3-Pointers / Rebounds / Assists
1996-97 NBA Regular Season: Total Assists Leaders
Information about which players led the NBA with more total assists in the 1996-1997 Regular Season, including leaders, average, totals and games played.
Who had the most total assists in the 1996-97 Regular Season?
Playing for 2 teams, Mark Jackson led the NBA with a total of 935 assists in 82 games.
Total Assists Leaders - TOP 50
1996-97 Regular Season
| Assists | ||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 1 | (2 teams) |
935 | 11.4 | 82 |
| 2 | (Jazz) |
860 | 10.5 | 82 |
| 3 | (Bullets) |
727 | 8.9 | 82 |
| 4 | (Raptors) |
709 | 8.8 | 81 |
| 5 | (Heat) |
695 | 8.6 | 81 |
| 6 | (Lakers) |
672 | 8.5 | 79 |
| 7 | (Suns) |
653 | 9.3 | 70 |
| 8 | (Trail Blazers) |
584 | 7.1 | 82 |
| 9 | (Pistons) |
583 | 7.3 | 80 |
(Supersonics) |
583 | 7.1 | 82 | |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 11 | (76ers) |
567 | 7.5 | 76 |
| 12 | (Celtics) |
537 | 7.3 | 74 |
| 13 | (Timberwolves) |
522 | 7.8 | 67 |
| 14 | (Spurs) |
513 | 6.8 | 76 |
| 15 | (Warriors) |
507 | 6.3 | 80 |
| 16 | (2 teams) |
496 | 9.0 | 55 |
| 17 | (Cavaliers) |
490 | 6.3 | 78 |
| 18 | (Hornets) |
469 | 7.2 | 65 |
| 19 | (Bulls) |
467 | 5.7 | 82 |
| 20 | (Hawks) |
463 | 5.9 | 78 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 21 | (2 teams) |
452 | 8.4 | 54 |
| 22 | (Bucks) |
427 | 5.4 | 79 |
| 23 | (Hornets) |
414 | 5.7 | 73 |
| 24 | (Grizzlies) |
407 | 6.3 | 65 |
| 25 | (Knicks) |
398 | 6.1 | 65 |
| 26 | (Cavaliers) |
390 | 4.8 | 82 |
| 27 | (Jazz) |
368 | 4.5 | 82 |
| 28 | (Jazz) |
361 | 4.4 | 82 |
| 29 | (Rockets) |
354 | 5.7 | 62 |
| 30 | (Bulls) |
352 | 4.3 | 82 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 31 | (Warriors) |
342 | 4.9 | 70 |
| 32 | (Clippers) |
339 | 4.1 | 82 |
| 33 | (Kings) |
338 | 4.2 | 81 |
| 34 | (Timberwolves) |
335 | 4.1 | 81 |
| 35 | (Magic) |
332 | 5.6 | 59 |
| 36 | (Bullets) |
331 | 4.6 | 72 |
| 37 | (Grizzlies) |
329 | 4.1 | 80 |
| 38 | (Nets) |
326 | 4.0 | 82 |
(Knicks) |
326 | 4.1 | 79 | |
| 40 | (Warriors) |
322 | 4.1 | 79 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 41 | (Mavericks) |
321 | 4.3 | 75 |
| 42 | (Magic) |
319 | 4.1 | 77 |
| 43 | (Pacers) |
318 | 4.2 | 76 |
(Pistons) |
318 | 4.0 | 79 | |
| 45 | (2 teams) |
316 | 4.1 | 77 |
| 46 | (Raptors) |
315 | 3.9 | 81 |
| 47 | (Bullets) |
311 | 3.8 | 82 |
| 48 | (Rockets) |
310 | 4.0 | 78 |
| 49 | (3 teams) |
305 | 5.0 | 61 |
(Hawks) |
305 | 4.2 | 72 |