Top 20 Best Passers in NBA History

2. John Stockton

John Stockton is the NBA’s all-time assist king, with 15,806 career assists. To give those numbers some context, Chris Paul would need to rack up nearly 7,000 assists to catch Stockton on the all-time list. Stockton had benefit of playing with one of the greatest scorers in NBA history in Karl Malone and the duo sure helped each other rack up some gaudy numbers. Stockton played 19 years in the NBA and led the league in assists nine times.