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List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career assists leaders

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In basketball, an assist is a pass to a teammate that directly leads to a score by field goal. The top 25 highest assists totals in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women's basketball history are listed below. The NCAA did not immediately record assists throughout women's college basketball when it began sponsoring women's sports in the 1981–82 school year; it began recording assists in Division I in 1984–85.

The all-time leader in career assists is Suzie McConnell of Penn State. She recorded 1,307 assists in 128 games (10.21 per game average) between 1984–85 and 1987–88. Second on the list is Andrea Nagy of FIU, who compiled 1,165 assists. Only four other women have recorded 1,000 career assists at the Division I level: Caitlin Clark of Iowa (1,144), Courtney Vandersloot of Gonzaga (1,118), Sabrina Ionescu of Oregon (1,091), and Tine Freil of Pacific (1,088).

All but two of the players listed compiled their totals in the standard four seasons. The exceptions are Neacole Hall of Alabama State, who compiled 869 assists despite playing only three seasons in Division I (1986–87 to 1988–89), and Lauren Park-Lane, who played in five seasons (2019–20 to 2023–24). Park-Lane benefited from a blanket NCAA waiver that did not count the 2020–21 season, heavily disrupted by COVID-19, against the eligibility of any basketball player. Hall is also the all-time Division I leader in assists per game with 10.35, slightly ahead of McConnell's 10.21. In all, 16 of the top 25 players in career assists are also in the top 25 for assists per game.

Two schools have two players represented in the top 25 of the all-time career assists leader board — FIU with Nagy and Dalma Iványi, and Iowa with Clark and Samantha Logic. The aforementioned Park-Lane is the only individual in the top 25 to have played at more than one school; she played four years at Seton Hall before transferring to Mississippi State for her final season.

Key

Pos. G F C Ref.
Position Guard Forward Center References
^ Player still competing in NCAA Division I
* Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Team (X) Denotes the number of times a player from that team is represented on this list

Top 25 career assists leaders

Andrea Nagy is second on the all-time list with 1,165 assists.
Courtney Vandersloot compiled 1,118 assists, the fourth-most all-time.
Player Pos. Team Career start Career end Games
played 		Assists APG Ref.
Suzie McConnell G Penn State 1984 1988 128 1,307 10.2 
Andrea Nagy G FIU 1991 1995 125 1,165 9.3 
Caitlin Clark G Iowa 2020 2024 139 1,144 8.2 
Courtney Vandersloot G Gonzaga 2007 2011 136 1,118 8.2 
Sabrina Ionescu G Oregon 2016 2020 142 1,091 7.7 
Tine Freil G Pacific 1989 1993 111 1,088 9.8 
Niya Johnson G Baylor 2012 2016 146 988 6.8 
Shanya Evans G Providence 1987 1991 121 987 8.2 
Temeka Johnson G LSU 2001 2005 129 945 7.3 
Ticha Penicheiro G Old Dominion 1994 1998 133 939 7.1 
La'Terrica Dobin G Northwestern State 2000 2004 113 921 8.2 
Lauren Park-Lane G Seton Hall / Mississippi State 2019 2024 155 911 5.9 
Yolanda Paige G West Virginia 2001 2005 120 902 7.5 
Samantha Prahalis G Ohio State 2008 2012 133 901 6.8 
Jackie Kemph G Saint Louis 2014 2018 132 899 6.8 
Samantha Logic G Iowa (2) 2011 2015 135 898 6.7 
Dalma Iványi G FIU (2) 1995 1999 106 896 8.5 
Nancy Kennelly G Northwestern 1989 1993 116 892 7.7 
Jamierra Faulkner G Southern Miss 2010 2014 124 883 7.1 
Neacole Hall G Alabama State 1986 1989 84 869 10.3 
Teresa Weatherspoon* G Louisiana Tech 1984 1988 131 858 6.5 
Stephany Raines G Mercer 1988 1992 109 851 7.8 
Sara Nord G Louisville 2000 2004 118 848 7.2 
Erin Grant G Texas Tech 2002 2006 128 844 6.6 
Kim Skala G East Tennessee State 1983 1987 106 842 7.9 

Footnotes

  1. The career leaderboards for total assists and assists average in the 2019–20 Division I record book have 15 names in common. Sabrina Ionescu has since entered both lists, without displacing any of the other 15 players alluded to.
  2. Reflects the calendar year in which the player's Division I career began. All listings of player records in official NCAA record books categorize seasons by the calendar years in which they ended.
  3. Except as otherwise noted, references for each entry are from the most recent edition of the NCAA Division I women's basketball record book, cited in the "General references" section below.

References

General
Specific
  1. "Basketball glossary". FIBA.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  2. ^ "Career Records: Assist Average" (PDF). 2019–20 Division I Women's Basketball Records. NCAA. p. 17. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  3. "Andrea Nagy". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  4. "Caitlin Clark". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  5. "Courtney Vandersloot". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  6. "Sabrina Ionescu". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  7. "Tine Freil". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  8. "Niya Johnson". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  9. "Shanya Evans". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  10. "Temeka Jonhson". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  11. "Ticha Penicheiro". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  12. "La'Terrica Dobin". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  13. "Lauren Park-Lane". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  14. "Yolanda Paige". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  15. "Samantha Prahalis". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  16. "Jackie Kemph". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  17. "Samantha Logic". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  18. "Dalma Iványi". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  19. "Nancy Kennelly". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  20. "Jamierra Faulkner". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  21. "Stephany Raines". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  22. "Sara Nord". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  23. "Erin Grant". Sports Reference CBB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
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