1998-99 NOTES
Stockton started all 50 games for the Jazz, one of only two players, with Bryon Russell, to do so. It was the 13th time in 15 years that he has played in every game during the season. His 28.2 minutes per game, however, was his lowest figure since his rookie year. He averaged 11.1 points, 7.5 assists and 1.62 steals per game, shooting .488 from the field, .320 from three-point range and .838 from the free throw line. He ranked eighth in the league in assists and 15th in field goal percentage. He led the Jazz in assists and steals, was second in field goal percentage and fourth in scoring and free throw percentage. Stockton scored in double figures 31 times and had 10 or more assists 13 times, resulting in nine double-doubles. He posted season-highs of 26 points at the Lakers on February 7 and 15 assists against Sacramento on February 15. The NBA's all-time leader in steals as well as assists, he had a season-high eight steals at Portland on March 2. In 11 playoff starts, Stockton averaged 11.1 points, 8.4 assists and 1.64 steals in 32.0 minutes per game, shooting.400 from the field, .333 on three-pointers and .739 from the free throw line. He led the team in assists, was second in steals and fourth in scoring.

1997-98 NOTES
After missing only four games in his first 13 seasons, Stockton was forced to sit out the first 18 games following preseason knee surgery. Upon returning to the lineup he averaged 12.0 points, 8.5 assists and 1.39 steals per game, leading the team in the last two categories while ranking third in scoring. Although his assists average dropped below double figures for the first time since 1986-87, Stockton still ranked fifth in the NBA in playmaking. When he sat out the season opener, it ended a streak of 609 consecutive games played, the third-longest active streak in the NBA and the eighth-longest of all time. He averaged just 29.0 minutes per game, his lowest figure since 1986-87. He shot .528 from the field, his fifth year in a row over the .500 mark, while connecting on .827 from the foul line and .429 from three-point range. He would have tied for eighth in the NBA in three-point accuracy, but his 39 treys did not qualify him for the leader list. Stockton netted a season-high 24 points against Houston on Christmas Day, one of seven games of 20 points or more. He reached double figures in assists 22 times, with a season-high 18 against Chicago on February 4. In the playoffs, he was Utah's second-leading scorer at 11.1 points per game and led the team with 7.8 assists and 1.55 steals per game. His field goal percentage of .494 was third-best on the team.Totaled 22 points, a game-high 14 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals in a 124-119 double-overtime win over the New York Knicks on 3/22 Recorded 22 points (7-11 FG), 8 assists and 5 rebounds in a 102-96 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on 3/16 Scored his 15,000th career point, posting 16 points, a game-high 11 assists and 3 rebounds, in a 110-101 win over the Vancouver Grizzlies on 3/18 Scored 17 points and notched a game-high 14 assists in a 106-100 victory over the Houston Rockets on 3/1 Registered 17 points, a season-high 18 assists, 5 steals and 3 rebounds in a 101-93 win over the Chicago Bulls on 2/4 Totaled 22 points and a game-high 10 assists against the L.A. Clippers on 2/3 Recorded 17 points, 10 assists, 4 steals and 3 rebounds in a 104-94 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on 1/30 Posted 18 points, a team-high 11 assists and 3 rebounds against the Indiana Pacers on 1/23 Registered 21 points (7-9 FG, 6-6 FT) and game-highs of 10 assists and 3 steals in a 107-93 win over the Orlando Magic on 1/17 Totaled 22 points (7-9 FG, 3-4 3FG, 5-6 FT) and a game-high 12 assists in a 106-99 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on 1/12 Recorded 16 points (5-7 FG, 6-6 FT), a game-high 14 assists and 6 rebounds in a 98-95 overtime win over the Philadelphia 76ers on 1/6 Posted 17 points (6-9 FG, 4-5 FT), a game-high 12 assists and 4 rebounds in a 97-82 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on 1/3 Scored a team-high 24 points and added 3 assists in a 107-103 victory over the Houston Rockets on 12/25 Registered 10 points and 7 assists in 20 minutes, in his first game of the season, in a 106-97 win over the Indiana Pacers on 12/8 On the injured list from 10/30 to 12/8, missing the first 18 games of the season, while recovering from off-season left knee arthroscopic surgery.

1996-97 NOTES
Stockton averaged 14.4 points, 10.5 assists and 2.02 steals for the Jazz, who posted a franchise-best 64-18 record and won the Western Conference crown for the first time ever. He finished second in the NBA in assists behind Mark Jackson, ending his record streak of nine consecutive seasons leading the league, and ranked eighth in the NBA in steals. He increased his record career totals to 12,170 assists and 2,531 steals and was voted to the All-NBA Third Team and the All-Defensive Second Team. For the 12th time in his 13 seasons he played in all 82 games--he missed four games in the 1989-90 season. His streak of 609 consecutive games played is the third-longest active streak in the league, and the longest for games started. He shot .548 from the field, seventh in the NBA (one notch behind teammate Karl Malone) and tops among backcourtmen. He sank 76 three-pointers to rank second on the team and shot a team-high .422 from behind the arc that would have ranked eighth in the NBA if he had made enough treys to qualify for the leader list. Stockton posted a season-high 18 assists in a 104-96 victory over Vancouver on Nov. 15, one of 53 games in which he handed out 10 or more. Utah's third-leading scorer, he tallied 20+ points 11 times, incuding a season-high 31 points in a 117-102 win at New Jersey on March 12. He recorded a season-high six steals on three occasions. Stockton was voted to the West's starting lineup for the All-Star Game and had 12 points and five assists in 20 minutes. In Utah's 20 playoff games, Stockton averaged 16.9 points, 9.6 assists and 1.65 steals per game, ranking second on the team in scoring and leading the club in assists and steals. He had 26 points and 12 assists in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals against the Houston Rockets and scored 25 points, including the game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer, in a Game 6 against the Rockets to close out the series. He had 17 points and 12 assists in Game 3 of the NBA Finals against Chicago and came back with 17 points, including a crucial late three-pointer, in Game 4.

1995-96 NOTES
Stockton led the NBA in assists for a record ninth consecutive year, averaging 11.2 apg and raising his record career total to 11,310. He finished 13th in the league in steals at 1.71 per game and on Feb. 20 passed Maurice Cheeks to become the NBA's all-time leader, finishing the season with 2,365. For the second year in a row Stockton averaged 14.7 ppg to place third on the team in scoring. His field goal percentage of .538 ranked 10th in the NBA and tops among guards for the third year in a row, while his three-point percentage of .422 ranked 15th in the league. Stockton scored 20 points or more 15 times, with a season-high 31 against the Clippers on Feb. 2. He reached double figures in assists 58 times, posting a season-high 17 on three occasions. He had 44 double-doubles. Stockton played and started all 82 games for the sixth year in a row. His streak of 527 consecutive games started is the longest active streak in the NBA and the fourth-longest of all time. He has appeared in 980 of a possible 984 games in his 12-year career. In the playoffs, Stockton averaged 11.1 points and an NBA-high 10.8 assists per game, with highs of 21 points in Game 5 against Portland and 23 assists in Game 1 of that series, just one shy of the playoff record he shares with Magic Johnson.

1994-95 NOTES
Stockton became the NBAs all-time assists leader in 1994û95, surpassing Magic Johnson 9,921 dishes on February 1 and topping the 10,000 mark for his career by seasons end. Stockton also moved within 85 steals of Maurice Cheekss all-time record in that category. Those were only the highlights of another excellent season for Stockton with the Utah Jazz. He led the league in assists with 12.3 per contest, his eighth straight season atop the assists chart and eighth overall, tying Bob Cousy for the most seasons leading the league and the most consecutive seasons leading the league. With a scoring average of 14.7 points per game, Stockton also had an outstanding year shooting the basketball. His .542 field-goal percentage was the second highest of his career, 11th in the league, and tops among NBA guards. In the first year of the shortened three-point arc, he nailed treys at a .449 clip to finish fifth in the league in that category. Stockton played all 82 games for the 10th time in his 11 NBA seasons. From a team perspective, Stockton experienced success. The Jazz won a franchise-high 60 games and went 14-1 in January. In December and January the team captured 15 road wins in a row, the second-highest such streak in NBA history. For the season, Utah registered a .512 team field-goal percentage, best in the NBA. Despite the 60 wins, the Jazz finished second in the Midwest Division and were matched against the NBA defending-champion Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs. The Jazz had championship hopes entering the postseason but were eliminated by the Rockets in five games.

1993-94 NOTES
Stockton joined some lofty company in 1993û94 when he handed out a game-high 12 assists for the Utah Jazz against the Los Angeles Clippers on February 16. The 12 assists made him only the third player in NBA history to record 9,000 career assists and put him behind only Magic Johnson (9,921) and Oscar Robertson (9,887) on the NBAall-time list. In that same game against the Clippers, Stockton also moved into second place on the NBAs all-time steals list. By seasons end he had 9,383 assists and 2,031 steals. He is on pace to become the NBAÆs all-time assists leader in 1994û95 and to pass Maurice Cheeks (2,310) as the all-time steals leader in 1995û96. For 1993û94, Stockton led the NBA in assists (12.6 apg) for a seventh consecutive season, becoming the first player since Bob Cousy to accomplish that feat. (Cousy topped the league for eight straight years from 1952û53 through 1959û60.) He also extended his streak of consecutive games started to 362, tops among all active players. In fact, during his 10-year, 820-game career Stockton had only missed 4 contests. In addition to his league-leading assists average, Stockton also contributed 15.1 points and 2.43 steals per game while shooting .528 from the floor. He ranked fourth in the NBA in steals and led all guards in field-goal percentage. He played in his sixth consecutive NBA All-Star Game and was named to the All-NBA First Team for the first time in his career. Stocktons continued excellence helped Utah all the way to the Western Conference Finals, which the Jazz lost to the Houston Rockets in five games.

1992-93 NOTES
Stockton fell just short of recording 1,000 assists for the sixth consecutive season, but his 987 total and 12.0 average were still good enough to lead the league again. He was Utah No. 3 scorer (15.1 ppg), shooting .486 from the field and .798 from the free-throw line. On March 23 against the Indiana Pacers he became the third player in NBA history to reach the 1,800 career steals mark, and on February 23 against the Houston Rockets he became the fourth player to surpass 8,000 career assists. Reaching double figures in assists in 68 of 82 games, Stockton dished for a season-high 22 assists against the 76ers in Philadelphia on December 18. He was named to the All-NBA Second Team for the fifth time in six years and won the inaugural Court Vision Award. The Utah Jazz played host to the NBAs best when the All-Star Game came to Salt Lake City in 1993. Appropriately, Stockton and Jazz teammate Karl Malone were named the games co-MVPs. Malone had 28 points and 10 rebounds while Stockton contributed 9 points and 15 assists in the Wests 135-132 overtime victory. Stockton led the way in the overtime period, scoring a pair of baskets and setting up two more as the West outscored the East, 16-13, in the extra frame.

1991-92 NOTES
Stockton notched his fifth consecutive assists title this season, recording 1,126 assists for a 13.7 average. On the final day of the season he edged past the Minnesota TimberwolvesÆ Micheal Williams for the NBA lead in steals (2.98 per game). Stockton, who averaged 15.8 points for the year, moved into fourth place on the NBA all-time assists list and into sixth on the all-time steals list. He made his fourth straight All-Star appearance and was named to the All-NBA Second Team and the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. After a slow start, Utah went 26-10 over the seasons final three months. The Jazz advanced to the Western Conference Finals for the first time ever after beating the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs and the Seattle SuperSonics in the Western Conference Semifinals. However, Stockton & Co. fell just short of the championship series after losing to the Portland Trail Blazers in six games. Stocktons 16-game playoff averages were quite impressive: 14.8 points, 13.6 assists, and 2.13 steals. Stockton barely had time to catch his breath before going on to join the Dream Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Along with teammate Karl Malone and the likes of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird, Stockton helped the United States romp to the gold medal.

1990-91 NOTES
Karl Malone banged in 29.0 points per game on .527 field-goal shooting and Jeff Malone averaged 18.6 points on .508 shooting from the field, but Stockton was the player responsible for feeding the Malones the ball. He rang up another 1,000-assist season. For his efforts he was selected by Western Conference coaches to the NBA All-Star Game for the third consecutive season. Stockton season total of 1,164 assists in 82 games still stands as a single-season NBA record. He also tied a career high with 17.2 points per game and ranked second in the NBA with 2.85 steals per contest. He was named to the All-NBA Third Team at seasons end as Magic Johnson and Kevin Johnson were selected to the first and second teams, respectively. Stockton took care of Kevin Johnson and the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, but the Jazz didnt have enough firepower to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Semifinals. Stockton had a tremendous postseason, averaging 18.2 points and 13.8 assists.

1989-90 NOTES
In 10 seasons in the NBA (through 1993û94) Stockton has missed only four gamesùand this was the season he missed all four. On November 21 his consecutive-game streak was broken at 418 when he missed 2 games after going down with a sprained ankle against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Stockton nevertheless broke his own single-season assists record, compiling 1,134 for the season and averaging an NBA-record 14.5 per game. By reaching 1,000 total assists for the third straight season Stockton became the first man ever to notch at least 1,000 assists more than two times. (He wouldnt stop there, cementing his place in history by reaching four digits in assists in each of the next two seasons.) For the third straight season Stockton shot better than 50 percent (.514) from the field and racked up at least 200 (207) steals. He averaged a career-high 17.2 points and was selected by the fans to start at guard in the NBA All-Star Game. At seasons end he was named to the All-NBA Second Team. The Jazz finished a game out of first place in the Midwest Division standings, partly because of a dismal April that saw the club go 5-7. Utah continued to slump in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, falling to the Phoenix Suns in five games. Stockton shot only .420 from the field in the postseason, averaging 15.0 points and 15.0 assists.

1988-89 NOTES
Stockton was selected to his first NBA All-Star Game when coaches added him to the Western Conference squad. After an 11-point, 17-assist performance, he finished second to Karl Malone in the games Most Valuable Player voting. Postseason honors rolled in for Stockton, who led the NBA in steals (3.21 per game) and assists (13.6 apg) while finishing 10th in field-goal percentage (.538). He was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team and the All-NBA Second Team. He also averaged 17.1 points, ranking him third on the Jazz behind Malone (29.1 ppg) and Thurl Bailey (19.5). Stockton scored 30-plus points twice during the season against the Mavericks in Dallas on January 31 and versus the Denver Nuggets on April 12. The Jazz posted at least a .500 record in each month of the regular season and finished with an overall mark of 51-31, good enough for the Midwest Division crown. The Jazz were heavy favorites against the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, but despite a super performance by Stockton, Utah was eliminated in three straight games. Stockton averaged 27.3 points and 13.7 assists in the series.

1987-88 NOTES
Stockton finally won Utah starting point guard duties from Rickey Green, and he responded in record fashion. The reliable Karl Malone averaged 27.7 points and shot .520 from the floor, taking many of Stocktons dishes and depositing them in the basket. The Jazz shot a respectable .491 as a club, one reason why the the once-obscure Gonzaga product compiled a dazzling total of 1,128 assists, breaking the NBA record of 1,123 set by Detroits Isiah Thomas in the 1984û85 season. Stockton averaged an astonishing 13.8 assists for the season (a mark he would eclipse twice over the next three years). Although his passing skills were what put him on the NBA map, Stockton developed into a complete player, ranking third in the NBA in steals (2.95 per game) and fourth in field-goal percentage (.574). He also averaged 14.7 points, nearly doubling his output of the previous season. His numbers earned him selection to the All-NBA Second Team along with his teammate, Karl Malone. The Jazz finished with a then franchise-best 47-35 record. They decked the Portland Trail Blazers in a four-game first-round series, then locked horns with the defending NBA-champion Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Semifinals. In a 111-109 Game 5 loss on May 17, Stockton dished out 24 assists, tying Magic Johnsons playoff record. In 11 postseason games Stockton averaged 19.5 points and 14.8 assists.

1986-87 NOTES
Stockton opened the season as the starter, although the job wasnt his just yet. That was because he had to platoon with Rickey Green, and this tandem intimidated every club in the league. Stockton averaged 7.9 points and 8.2 assists in 22.7 minutes per game, while Green averaged 9.6 points and 6.7 assists in 25.8 minutes. The two combined for 287 steals, with Stocktons 177 (2.16 per game) ranking eighth in the NBA. Stockton led the team in scoring only once all seasonùith 16 points against the Trail Blazers in Portland on November 16ùut he averaged only 5.6 field-goal attempts. Prior to the season the Jazz had acquired Kelly Tripucka and Kent Benson in exchange for Adrian Dantley, the club scoring leader in each of the previous seven seasons. Karl Malone assumed more of the scoring responsibilities, averaging 21.7 points. But not even he Mailmanö could deliver a series victory in the NBA Playoffs. After Utah took two straight games from Golden State in a first-round series, the Warriors answered with three consecutive wins to end the Jazzs season. Stockton shot a sizzling .621 from the field in the five games, averaging 10.0 points and 8.0 assists.

1985-86 NOTES
Stockton had to wait his turn this season behind incumbent point guard Rickey Green, but he took advantage of increased playing time (23.6 minutes per game compared to 18.2 the previous year) and averaged 7.7 points and 7.4 assists to Green 11.7 points and 5.1 assists in 25.1 minutes per game. This was Karl Malones first season in Utah, and his 14.9 points and 8.9 rebounds per game brought him NBA All-Rookie Team honors. The Jazz won one more game than they had the previous season, but they were beaten by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. For the second consecutive season Stockton averaged 6.8 points in the postseason, to go along with his 3.5 assists per game.

1984-85 NOTES
As a senior at Gonzaga University, John Stockton averaged 20.9 points, improving on his marks of 13.9 as a junior, 11.2 as a sophomore, and 3.1 in his freshman year. There were more than a few doubters when the Utah Jazz went for this little-known guard from a little-known school with the 16th overall pick in the 1984 NBA Draft. Of course, the Utah Jazz front office had the last laugh when this diamond in the rough set club rookie records for steals (109) and assists ( 415) while earning votes toward the NBA All-Rookie Team. He was second in assists and third in steals among NBA rookies. Playing in all 82 games as a backup to starting point guard Rickey Green, Stockton averaged 5.6 points in 18.2 minutes per game. Utah finished in a fourth-place tie in the Midwest Division, then upset the Houston Rockets in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Subsequently, the Jazz were overwhelmed by the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals. Stockton averaged 6.8 points and 4.3 assists in 10 playoff games.