1979 NBA Leaders & Stats - Assists Stats | FOX Sports

1	Micheal Ray Richardson ^NYK	82	3,060	37.3	832	10.1	-	-	-	-	34.1
2	Tiny Archibald ^BOS	80	2,864	35.8	671	8.4	-	-	-	-	30.2
3	Foots Walker ^CLE	76	2,422	31.9	607	8.0	-	-	-	-	29.5
4	Norm Nixon ^LAL	82	3,226	39.3	642	7.8	-	-	-	-	25.3
5	John Lucas ^GSW	80	2,763	34.5	602	7.5	-	-	-	-	29.2
6	Phil Ford ^KCK	82	2,621	32.0	610	7.4	-	-	-	-	32.4
7	Magic Johnson ^LAL	77	2,795	36.3	563	7.3	-	-	-	-	25.2
8	Maurice Cheeks ^PHI	79	2,623	33.2	556	7.0	-	-	-	-	28.2
9	Eddie Jordan ^NJN	82	2,657	32.4	557	6.8	-	-	-	-	29.6
10	Kevin Porter ^WSB	70	1,494	21.3	457	6.5	-	-	-	-	40.0
11	Reggie Theus ^CHI	82	3,029	36.9	515	6.3	-	-	-	-	25.9
12	Ray Williams ^NYK	82	2,582	31.5	512	6.2	-	-	-	-	28.5
13	Sam Lacey ^KCK	81	2,412	29.8	460	5.7	-	-	-	-	24.5
14	Allen Leavell ^HOU	77	2,123	27.6	417	5.4	-	-	-	-	26.3
15	Armond Hill ^ATL	79	2,092	26.5	424	5.4	-	-	-	-	27.4
16	Johnny Davis ^IND	82	2,912	35.5	440	5.4	-	-	-	-	20.3
17	John Johnson ^SEA	81	2,533	31.3	424	5.2	-	-	-	-	22.4
18	Ricky Sobers ^CHI	82	2,673	32.6	426	5.2	-	-	-	-	23.8
19	Paul Westphal ^PHX	82	2,665	32.5	416	5.1	-	-	-	-	24.2
20	John Roche ^DEN	82	2,286	27.9	405	4.9	-	-	-	-	24.7
21	Gus Williams ^SEA	82	2,969	36.2	397	4.8	-	-	-	-	20.7
22	Eddie Johnson ^ATL	79	2,622	33.2	370	4.7	-	-	-	-	23.5
23	George McGinnis ^DEN	73	2,208	30.2	333	4.6	-	-	-	-	-
24	Julius Erving ^PHI	78	2,812	36.1	355	4.6	-	-	-	-	21.4
25	Brian Winters ^MIL	80	2,623	32.8	362	4.5	-	-	-	-	19.0

GP - Games

MIN - Minutes

MPG - Minutes Per Game

AST - Assists

APG - Assists Per Game

TO - Turnovers

TPG - Turnovers Per Game

TO% - Turnover Percentage

AST/TO - Assist to Turnover Ratio

AST% - Assist Percentage