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Men's Independent Career Assists Leaders

Known as: Independent

Record: 124 Seasons, 67310-47918, (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

NCAA Tournament: 260 Teams (296-298), 37 Final Fours, 6 Championships

Ranked in AP Poll: 94 (Preseason), 150 (Final), 2262 (Total)

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Leaders are based on stats from the 1985-86 through 2023-24 seasons.
Not all leaderboards are available for seasons prior to 1992-93.

Statistical coverage for seasons prior to 1992-93 is mostly complete, however some statistics may be incomplete.

Since 1973-74

Since 1973-74 Table
Rank	Player	AST	From	To	Last School
1	Kenny Patterson	669	1982	1985	DePaul
2	Joe DeSantis	668	1976	1979	Fairfield
3	Clyde Bradshaw	606	1978	1981	DePaul
4	Ron Jones	597	1977	1980	Illinois State
5	David Rivers	586	1985	1988	Notre Dame
6	Oscar Williams	562	1975	1978	Utah State
7	Rod Strickland	557	1986	1988	DePaul
8	Tim Singleton	549	1988	1991	Notre Dame
9	Jack Gilloon	518	1975	1978	South Carolina
10	Elmer Bennett	516	1989	1992	Notre Dame
11	Derrick Mayes	506	1976	1979	Illinois State
12	Arnold Dugger	501	1975	1977	Oral Roberts
13	Kevin Conrad	498	1980	1983	Dayton
14	Mark Woods	491	1989	1993	Wright State
15	Bob Misevicius	490	1975	1978	Providence
16	Mike Bonczyk	482	1973	1976	Illinois State
17	Andre Chevalier	481	1991	1994	Cal State Northridge
18	Lloyd Walton	480	1974	1976	Marquette
19	Chris Potter	470	1975	1978	Holy Cross
20	Rich Branning	466	1977	1980	Notre Dame
21	Larry Schellenberg	465	1982	1985	Dayton
22	Franklin Edwards	459	1978	1981	Cleveland State
23	Terence Greene	449	1986	1989	DePaul
24	David Holston	446	2006	2009	Chicago State
25	Steve Smith	440	1987	1990	U.S. International
26	Barry McLeod	428	1974	1976	Centenary (LA)
27	Bob Djokovich	427	1975	1978	Air Force
28	Earl McClellan	413	1994	1997	Oral Roberts
	Larry Simmons	413	1987	1990	UMBC
30	Kevin Presto	412	1986	1989	Miami (FL)
31	John Paxson	411	1980	1983	Notre Dame
32	Doc Rivers	409	1981	1983	Marquette
33	Brad Weston	407	1979	1982	Stetson
34	Ken Slappy	404	1974	1977	St. Peter's
35	George Almones	402	1983	1985	Louisiana
36	Reggie Theus	401	1976	1978	UNLV
37	Kevin McAuley	392	1974	1977	Holy Cross
38	Wilbert McCormick	391	1977	1980	Detroit Mercy
	Michael Wilson	391	1979	1982	Marquette
40	Buzz O'Connell	390	1974	1977	Stetson
41	Jack Zimmerman	389	1977	1980	Dayton
42	Gary Garland	385	1976	1979	DePaul
43	Thomas Hocker	384	1988	1990	Miami (FL)
	Sam Worthen	384	1979	1980	Marquette
45	Frank Alagia	381	1973	1976	St. John's (NY)
46	Gerald Peacock	379	1981	1983	South Carolina
47	Butch Lee	378	1975	1978	Marquette
	Paul Stoll	378	2007	2008	Texas-Rio Grande Valley
49	Dan Christie	369	1984	1987	Dayton
	Kerry Trotter	369	1983	1986	Marquette
51	Mandy Johnson	368	1982	1985	Marquette
52	Michael Sims	362	1985	1988	Marquette
53	Dave Corzine	360	1975	1978	DePaul
54	Dale Shackleford	358	1976	1979	Syracuse
55	Ron Norwood	356	1973	1977	DePaul
56	John Duren	355	1977	1980	Georgetown
57	Dennis Boyd	353	1974	1977	Detroit Mercy
	Jack Phelan	353	1974	1977	Saint Francis (PA)
59	Robert Smith	352	1975	1977	UNLV
60	Glen James	351	1983	1985	Brooklyn
61	Walter Johnson	350	1976	1977	North Texas
62	Marc Mitchell	345	1992	1993	Milwaukee
63	Tony Dumas	344	1991	1994	Kansas City
64	Joe Hassett	341	1974	1977	Providence
65	Ross Kindel	340	1975	1978	Syracuse
66	Roosevelt Chapman	338	1981	1984	Dayton
67	Ron Perry	337	1977	1980	Holy Cross
68	Kwasinda Curtis	331	2000	2001	Texas-Rio Grande Valley
69	Glynn Myrick	323	1981	1984	Stetson
70	Gabe Corchiani	320	1985	1988	New Orleans
71	Jesus Guerra	313	1973	1976	Texas-Rio Grande Valley
72	Jim Sweeney	312	1977	1980	Boston College
73	Mel Weldon	306	1974	1975	Boston College
74	Eddie Jordan	305	1974	1977	Rutgers
75	Pat McGeary	303	1973	1976	Saint Francis (PA)
76	Tony Smith	302	1987	1990	Marquette
77	John Ryan	301	1972	1974	Fairfield
78	Melvon Foster	299	1989	1991	DePaul
79	Ronnie Schmitz	297	1990	1993	Kansas City
80	Tony Jackson	295	1983	1986	DePaul
81	Mark Aguirre	294	1979	1981	DePaul
	Eric McLaughlin	294	1986	1989	Akron
	Norm Nixon	294	1974	1977	Duquesne
84	Bobby Martin	292	1977	1978	UNC Wilmington
85	Mike Dunleavy	291	1973	1976	South Carolina
86	Kent Denmon	290	1990	1992	Kansas City
87	Jim Williams	284	1974	1977	Syracuse
88	Rod Dixon	282	1991	1992	Southern Utah
89	Michael Vicens	281	1975	1978	Holy Cross
90	Glenn Vickers	280	1977	1980	Iona
	Dwight Williams	280	1977	1978	Providence
92	Negele Knight	279	1986	1990	Dayton
	Andrew Wisniewski	279	2000	2004	Centenary (LA)
94	Ron Davidson	277	1974	1975	Portland
95	Brian Jolivette	276	1983	1987	Louisiana
96	Mike Carroll	275	1980	1981	Texas-Rio Grande Valley
	Ray Edwards	275	1974	1975	South Alabama
	Davor Marcelic	275	1989	1992	Southern Utah
99	Jim Paxson	274	1976	1979	Dayton
	Tyrone Scott	274	1985	1987	Texas-Rio Grande Valley
101	Randy LaVigne	273	1976	1979	UConn
102	Charlie Mahoney	272	1973	1975	Manhattan
	Phil Scaffidi	272	1976	1980	Niagara
104	Danny Odums	270	1973	1976	Fairfield
105	Bob Faulkner	269	1973	1975	Ball State
106	Blair Reed	266	1974	1976	Utah State
	Keith Starr	266	1973	1975	Pitt
108	Joe Ponsetto	264	1975	1978	DePaul
109	Drexal Allen	263	1982	1985	Louisiana
110	Tony Smith	262	1975	1979	UNLV
	Danny Tarkanian	262	1982	1984	UNLV
	Glenn Wilkes	262	1977	1980	Stetson
113	Jeremiah Bowman	261	2011	2012	Longwood
	Ray Martin	261	1974	1977	Notre Dame
	Tom Richards	261	1973	1976	Pitt
116	Kenny Smith	260	1977	1980	Southern Miss
117	Steve Makwinski	259	1975	1978	FDU
118	Jim Boylan	258	1977	1978	Marquette
	Darron Brittman	258	1985	1986	Chicago State
	Billy Martin	258	1977	1978	UNC Wilmington
121	Terry Dickerson	257	1991	1995	Kansas City
122	Preston Blackman	256	2010	2013	Savannah State
123	Kevin Cluess	254	1973	1975	St. John's (NY)
	Kelvin Lee	254	1989	1990	Southern Utah
125	Ralph Bobik	252	1972	1974	Creighton
	Kevin Brown	252	1974	1976	Fordham

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