List of NBA single-season assists per game leaders

This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top single-season assist averages based on at least 70 games played or 400 assists.^[1] The NBA did not record assists until the 1946-47 season.^[2]

List

^	Active NBA player
*	Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
†	Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration

Rank	Season	Player	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1	1989–90	John Stockton*	Utah Jazz	78	1,134	14.5
2	1990–91	John Stockton*	Utah Jazz	82	1,164	14.2
3	1984–85	Isiah Thomas*	Detroit Pistons	81	1,123	13.9
4	1987–88	John Stockton*	Utah Jazz	82	1,128	13.8
5	1991–92	John Stockton*	Utah Jazz	82	1,126	13.7
6	1988–89	John Stockton*	Utah Jazz	82	1,118	13.6
7	1978–79	Kevin Porter	Detroit Pistons	82	1,099	13.4
8	1983–84	Magic Johnson*	Los Angeles Lakers	67	875	13.1
9	1988–89	Magic Johnson*	Los Angeles Lakers	77	988	12.8
10	1985–86	Magic Johnson*	Los Angeles Lakers	72	907	12.6
11	1993–94	John Stockton*	Utah Jazz	82	1,031	12.6
12	1984–85	Magic Johnson*	Los Angeles Lakers	77	968	12.6
13	1990–91	Magic Johnson*	Los Angeles Lakers	79	989	12.5
14	1994–95	John Stockton*	Utah Jazz	82	1,011	12.3
15	1988–89	Kevin Johnson	Phoenix Suns	81	991	12.2
16	1986–87	Magic Johnson*	Los Angeles Lakers	80	977	12.2
17	1992–93	John Stockton*	Utah Jazz	82	987	12.0
18	1987–88	Magic Johnson*	Los Angeles Lakers	72	858	11.9
19	2020–21	Russell Westbrook^	Washington Wizards	65	763	11.7
20	2011–12	Rajon Rondo^†	Boston Celtics	53	620	11.7
21	2015–16	Rajon Rondo^†	Sacramento Kings	72	839	11.7
22	2006–07	Steve Nash*	Phoenix Suns	76	884	11.6
23	2007–08	Chris Paul^	New Orleans Hornets	80	925	11.6
24	1989–90	Magic Johnson*	Los Angeles Lakers	79	907	11.5
25	2004–05	Steve Nash*	Phoenix Suns	75	861	11.5
25	1964–65	Oscar Robertson*	Cincinnati Royals	75	861	11.5

^ "NBA & ABA Single Season Leaders and Records for Assists Per Game". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
^ "Regular Season Records: Assists". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on May 11, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2010.