1980-81 NBA Regular Season: Total Assists Leaders
Information about which players led the NBA with more total assists in the 1980-1981 Regular Season, including leaders, average, totals and games played.
Who had the most total assists in the 1980-81 Regular Season?
Playing for the Washington Bullets, Kevin Porter led the NBA with a total of 734 assists in 81 games.
Total Assists Leaders - TOP 50
1980-81 Regular Season
| Assists | ||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 1 | (Bullets) |
734 | 9.1 | 81 |
| 2 | (Lakers) |
696 | 8.8 | 79 |
| 3 | (Knicks) |
627 | 7.9 | 79 |
| 4 | (Celtics) |
618 | 7.7 | 80 |
| 5 | (Kings) |
580 | 8.8 | 66 |
| 6 | (76ers) |
560 | 6.9 | 81 |
| 7 | (Trail Blazers) |
555 | 6.9 | 80 |
| 8 | (Pacers) |
480 | 6.3 | 76 |
| 9 | (Warriors) |
464 | 7.0 | 66 |
| 10 | (Cavaliers) |
452 | 5.7 | 80 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 11 | (Celtics) |
451 | 5.5 | 82 |
| 12 | (Clippers) |
440 | 5.5 | 80 |
| 13 | (Knicks) |
432 | 5.5 | 79 |
| 14 | (Bulls) |
426 | 5.2 | 82 |
| 15 | (2 teams) |
411 | 5.2 | 79 |
| 16 | (Nuggets) |
408 | 5.7 | 72 |
| 17 | (Hawks) |
407 | 5.4 | 75 |
| 18 | (Kings) |
399 | 4.9 | 82 |
| 19 | (2 teams) |
394 | 4.9 | 81 |
| 20 | (Mavericks) |
385 | 6.9 | 56 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 21 | (Bucks) |
384 | 4.7 | 82 |
(Rockets) |
384 | 4.9 | 79 | |
| 23 | (Jazz) |
383 | 4.7 | 82 |
| 24 | (Spurs) |
373 | 4.5 | 82 |
| 25 | (Clippers) |
372 | 4.9 | 76 |
| 26 | (76ers) |
364 | 4.4 | 82 |
| 27 | (Pistons) |
362 | 4.4 | 82 |
| 28 | (Warriors) |
361 | 5.6 | 65 |
| 29 | (2 teams) |
360 | 4.3 | 84 |
| 30 | (Cavaliers) |
357 | 4.4 | 82 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 31 | (76ers) |
352 | 4.3 | 82 |
| 32 | (Bucks) |
346 | 4.6 | 76 |
| 33 | (Suns) |
344 | 4.6 | 75 |
(Rockets) |
344 | 4.2 | 82 | |
| 35 | (Supersonics) |
341 | 4.2 | 81 |
| 36 | (Lakers) |
332 | 4.1 | 81 |
| 37 | (Jazz) |
322 | 4.0 | 80 |
| 38 | (Lakers) |
317 | 8.6 | 37 |
| 39 | (Supersonics) |
312 | 3.9 | 80 |
| 40 | (Rockets) |
307 | 4.7 | 66 |
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Total | Per Game | Gms |
| 41 | (Suns) |
302 | 3.9 | 78 |
| 42 | (Bullets) |
300 | 4.0 | 75 |
| 43 | (Nets) |
299 | 3.8 | 79 |
(Trail Blazers) |
299 | 3.8 | 79 | |
| 45 | (Nets) |
297 | 3.7 | 81 |
| 46 | (Celtics) |
295 | 3.6 | 82 |
| 47 | (2 teams) |
292 | 3.9 | 75 |
| 48 | (Suns) |
291 | 3.7 | 79 |
| 49 | (Nuggets) |
290 | 3.6 | 81 |
| 50 | (Warriors) |
287 | 3.5 | 81 |