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

In basketball, an assist is a pass to a teammate that directly leads to a score by field goal.[1] 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 1985–86.

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 three other women have recorded 1,000 career assists at the Division I level: Courtney Vandersloot of Gonzaga (1,118), Sabrina Ionescu of Oregon (1,091), and Tine Freil of Pacific (1,088).

All but one of the players listed compiled their totals in the standard four seasons. The exception is Neacole Hall of Alabama State, who compiled 869 assists despite playing only three seasons in Division I (1986–87 to 1988–89). Hall is also the all-time Division I leader in assists per game with 10.35, slightly ahead of McConnell's 10.21.[2] In all, 16 of the top 25 players in career assists are also in the top 25 for assists per game.[2][lower-alpha 1]

Two schools have two players represented in the top 25 of the all-time career assists leader board — FIU with Nagy and Dalma Ivanyi, and Ohio State with Samantha Prahalis and Carmen Grande. Grande is also the only individual in the top 25 to have played at more than one school; she played three years at Ball State before transferring to Ohio State for her final season.

Key

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 third-most all-time.
Player Pos. Team Career start[lower-alpha 2] Career end Games
played		 Assists APG Ref.[lower-alpha 3]
Suzie McConnell G Penn State 1984 1988 128 1,307 10.2 
Andrea Nagy G FIU 1991 1995 125 1,165 9.3 
Courtney Vandersloot G Gonzaga 2007 2011 136 1,118 8.2 
Sabrina Ionescu G Oregon 2016 2020 142 1,091 7.7  [3]
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 
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 2011 2015 135 898 6.7 
Dalma Ivanyi 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 
Sara Nord G Louisville 2000 2004 118 852 7.2 
Stephany Raines G Mercer 1988 1992 109 851 7.8 
Erin Grant G Texas Tech 2002 2006 128 844 6.6 
Kim Skala G East Tennessee State 1983 1987 106 842 7.9 
Lindsay Allen G Notre Dame 2013 2017 149 841 5.6 
Carmen Grande G Ball State / Ohio State (2)[lower-alpha 4] 2015 2019 124 841 6.8  [4]

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.
  4. Grande played at Ball State from 2015–18 seasons and Ohio State as a graduate transfer in 2018–19.

References
General
  • "Career Records: Assists" (PDF). 2019–20 Division I Women's Basketball Records. NCAA. p. 17. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
Specific
  1. "Basketball glossary". FIBA.com. 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. "2019–20 Oregon Women's Basketball Individual Career Summaries" (PDF). Oregon Ducks. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  4. "Ohio State adds fifth graduate transfer in Carmen Grande". Bucknuts. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
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