Career Assists Per Game Leaders Rank Player Games Assists APG* 1 Bob Cousy 917 6,945 7.57 2 Nate Archibald 363 2,563 7.06 3 Sherman Douglas 269 1,829 6.80 4 Brian Shaw 178 1,163 6.53 5 Dennis Johnson 541 3,486 6.44 6 Larry Bird 897 5,695 6.35 7 John Bagley 137 796 5.81 8 David Wesley 207 1,193 5.76 9 Kenny Anderson 241 1,250 5.19 10 JoJo White 717 3,686 5.14 11 John Havlicek 1270 6,114 4.81 12 Charlie Scott 156 680 4.36 13 Danny Ainge 556 2,422 4.36 14 KC Jones 676 2,908 4.30 15 Bill Russell 963 4,100 4.26 16 Antoine Walker 514 2,115 4.11 17 Dee Brown 476 1,883 3.96 18 Dave Cowens 726 2,828 3.90 19 Jim Seminoff 123 478 3.89 20 Ed Macauley 416 1,521 3.66 21 Sidney Hertzberg 133 444 3.34 22 Dana Barros 306 1,014 3.31 23 Chris Ford 309 1,021 3.30 24 Larry Siegfried 466 1,532 3.29 25 Paul Pierce 350 1,137 3.25 26 Art Williams 303 959 3.17 27 Bill Sharman 680 2,062 3.03 28 Quinn Buckner 226 637 2.82 29 Rick Fox 444 1,250 2.82 30 Gerald Henderson 400 1,107 2.77 * - Minimum of 90 Games Played Record Index