- John Stockton's assists records (15,806 career) will never be touched because of how the ball is shared now.
This record is kind of crazy. Stockton has 3715 more assists than Jason Kidd (#2 all time) and Kidd has a 1756 assist lead on #3 (Steve Nash, with Mark Jackson just 1 assist behind him in 4th).
That 3715 assist gap between #1 and #2 would be the equivalent of a player averaging 10 apg for more than four and a half seasons, without missing a game.
Stockton's whole career is nuts. He was a 22 year old rookie and wasn't a full time starter until his 4th year when he was 25 and still put up these counting stats. The most of it happened during a 5 year period (from '87 to '92) where he missed only 4 games and averaged 14 apg, totalling 5670 assists over that span.
That's 5670 assists in 5 seasons. That's more assists than Chauncey Billups (5636), Allen Iverson (5624), Mike Bibby (5517), Dennis Johnson (5499), Doc Rivers (4889), Joe Dumars (4612), Jason Williams (4611), Jojo White (4095), or Scott Skiles (3881) amassed in their entie careers.