{"id":547905,"date":"2026-03-18T07:23:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547905\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T07:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:23:34","slug":"russell-westbrook-climbs-to-no-5-on-all-time-assist-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547905\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Westbrook climbs to No. 5 on all-time assist list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2110895\" class=\"wp-image-2110895 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/westbrook-iso-031726-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1446\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2110895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russell Westbrook is one of just two players in league history with at least 25,000 points and 10,000 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Russell Westbrook went into Tuesday\u2019s matchup against the San Antonio Spurs in seventh place on the all-time assist list with 10,333.<\/p>\n<p>With three assists, Westbrook passed both Mark Jackson and Steve Nash to secure his spot in the top five for assists.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/russwest44?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@russwest44<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SacramentoKings?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@SacramentoKings<\/a> for moving into 5th on the all-time ASSISTS list! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KE7TseoWGZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/KE7TseoWGZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/2034101152766116096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\">Westbrook now trails four NBA legends on the leaderboard:<\/p>\n<p>John Stockton \u2013 15,806<br \/>\nChris Paul \u2013 12,552<br \/>\nJason Kidd \u2013 12,091<br \/>\nLeBron James \u2013 11,909<br \/>\nRussell Westbrook \u2013 10,336<\/p>\n<p>Westbrook is one of just two players in league history with at least 25,000 points and 10,000 assists. The other? LeBron James.<\/p>\n<p>Westbrook also recently became the first guard in NBA history to surpass 9,000 career rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>In 62 games this season, Westbrook has averaged 15.4 points, 6.6 assists and 5.5 rebounds per game while shooting 42.8% from the floor. His six triple-doubles this year rank fifth among all players, and two of them have come in his last three games.<\/p>\n<p>The all-time triple-double leader is cementing his legacy as one of the greatest point guards the NBA has ever seen.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russell Westbrook is one of just two players in league history with at least 25,000 points and 10,000&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,10113,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-547905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-russell-westbrook","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}