1972 NBA Total Assists Leaders

Nate Archibald led the NBA in total assists in 1972 with 910, 273 ahead of Dave Bing (637). It stands 21st among all single seasons in NBA history.

Led the NBA in 1972 Nate Archibald KCK

910 Total Assists 273 clear of Dave Bing

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#	Player	Team	AST	GP	MPG	APG
1	Nate Archibald	KCK	910	80	46.0	11.4
2	Dave Bing	DET	637	82	41.0	7.8
3	Lenny Wilkens	CLE	628	75	39.6	8.4
4	Jerry West	LAL	607	69	35.7	8.8
5	Norm Van Lier	CHI	567	80	36.0	7.1
6	Oscar Robertson	MIL	551	73	37.5	7.6
7	Pete Maravich	ATL	546	79	39.1	6.9
8	John Havlicek	BOS	529	80	42.1	6.6
9	Jojo White	BOS	498	82	39.6	6.1
10	Charlie Scott	PHX	495	81	37.8	6.1
11	HG Herm Gilliam	ATL	482	76	36.1	6.3
12	Walt Frazier	NYK	461	78	40.8	5.9
13	Jimmy Walker	HOU	442	81	38.0	5.5
14	Sidney Wicks	POR	440	80	39.4	5.5
15	FB Fred Brown	SEA	438	79	29.4	5.5
16	MR Mike Riordan	BLT	426	82	42.3	5.2
17	Lucius Allen	MIL	426	80	33.7	5.3
18	RS Randy Smith	BUF	422	82	31.7	5.2
19	Mike Newlin	HOU	409	82	32.4	5.0
20	Matt Guokas	KCK	403	79	36.0	5.1
21	Rick Barry	GOS	399	82	37.5	4.9
22	Bob Kauffman	BUF	396	77	39.6	5.1
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	MIL	379	76	42.8	5.0
24	Bill Bradley	NYK	367	82	36.6	4.5
25	Wilt Chamberlain	LAL	365	82	43.2	4.5
26	Geoff Petrie	POR	350	79	39.7	4.4
27	FC Fred Carter	PHL	349	81	37.0	4.3
28	Wes Unseld	BLT	347	79	39.1	4.4
29	Jeff Mullins	GOS	337	81	37.1	4.2
30	Dave Cowens	BOS	333	82	41.8	4.1
31	Gail Goodrich	LAL	332	76	35.5	4.4
32	Jerry Lucas	NYK	317	71	28.2	4.5
33	DS Dick Snyder	SEA	311	82	37.3	3.8
34	John Johnson	CLE	309	82	34.3	3.8
35	Connie Hawkins	PHX	304	75	36.9	4.1
36	Jim Barnett	GOS	301	82	27.0	3.7
37	FB Fred Boyd	PHL	301	82	28.7	3.7
38	Phil Chenier	BLT	301	71	39.1	4.2
39	Bob Weiss	CHI	295	82	25.4	3.6
40	Rick Adelman	POR	294	76	24.0	3.9
41	Jack Marin	HOU	291	81	37.3	3.6
42	EM Earl Monroe	NYK	288	75	31.6	3.8
43	Neal Walk	PHX	287	81	38.4	3.5
44	Nate Thurmond	GOS	280	79	43.3	3.5
45	Austin Carr	CLE	279	82	37.8	3.4
46	AC Archie Clark	BLT	275	39	37.9	7.1
47	Clifford Ray	CHI	271	73	27.5	3.7
48	Dick Van Arsdale	PHX	268	81	36.8	3.3
49	Calvin Murphy	HOU	262	77	22.0	3.4
50	BL Bob Lanier	DET	260	81	38.9	3.2

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