# 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. The top25 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 four 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 three players who have competed in five seasons: Lauren Park-Lane (2019–20 to 2023–24) and the currently active Emily Ryan and Georgia Amoore (since 2020–21). The latter three 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 and Amoore are the only individuals in the top 25 to have played at more than one school. Both played four seasons at their original schools (Park-Lane at Seton Hall, Amoore at Virginia Tech) before transferring for their final seasons (respectively Mississippi State and Kentucky).

## 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

Current through games of March 8, 2025.
| Player | Pos. | Team | Career start | Career end | Games played | Assists | APG |
| 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 |
| Emily Ryan^ | G | Iowa State | 2020 | present | 151 | 982 | 6.5 |
| 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 |
| Georgia Amoore^ | G | Virginia Tech / Kentucky | 2020 | present | 155 | 855 | 5.5 |
| Stephany Raines | G | Mercer | 1988 | 1992 | 109 | 851 | 7.8 |
| Sara Nord | G | Louisville | 2000 | 2004 | 118 | 848 | 7.2 |

## Footnotes

* ↑ 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.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ 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.