NBA Single-Season Assists per Game Record Progression

Every season that raised the bar, and the leader in every season between.

The NBA single-season assists per game record is 14.5, set by John Stockton in 1989. It has stood for 36 years. The mark has been raised 8 times since 1951.

APG AST TOV TOPG

Record Holders

9 marks since 1951

Year	Player	APG	Stood for
1989	John Stockton	14.5	still standing
1984	Isiah Thomas	13.9	5 years
1978	Kevin Porter	13.4	6 years
1964	Oscar Robertson	11.5	14 years
1961	Oscar Robertson	11.4	3 years
1960	Oscar Robertson	9.7	1 year
1959	Bob Cousy	9.5	1 year
1955	Bob Cousy	8.9	4 years
1951	Andy Phillip	8.2	4 years

The earliest marks here are records only in the sense that nobody had done better yet. Season length, schedule and the rules themselves have all changed, so a figure from the 1870s is not comparable with a modern one and is not offered as though it were.

Every Season

75 seasons

Year	Leader	APG
2025	Nikola Jokić	10.7
2024	Trae Young	11.6
2023	Tyrese Haliburton	10.9
2022	Trae Young	10.2
2021	Chris Paul	10.8
2020	Russell Westbrook	11.7
2019	LeBron James	10.2
2018	Russell Westbrook	10.7
2017	Russell Westbrook	10.3
2016	James Harden	11.2
2015	Rajon Rondo	11.7
2014	Chris Paul	10.2
2013	Chris Paul	10.7
2012	Chris Paul	9.7
2011	Rajon Rondo	11.7
2010	Steve Nash	11.4
2009	Steve Nash	11.0
2008	Chris Paul	11.0
2007	Chris Paul	11.6
2006	Steve Nash	11.6
2005	Steve Nash	10.5
2004	Steve Nash	11.5
2003	Jason Kidd	9.2
2002	Jason Kidd	8.9
2001	Andre Miller	10.9
2000	Jason Kidd	9.8
1999	Jason Kidd	10.1
1998	Jason Kidd	10.8
1997	Rod Strickland	10.5
1996	Mark Jackson	11.4
1995	John Stockton	11.2
1994	John Stockton	12.3
1993	John Stockton	12.6
1992	John Stockton	12.0
1991	John Stockton	13.7
1990	John Stockton	14.2
1989	John Stockton	14.5	new record
1988	John Stockton	13.6
1987	John Stockton	13.8
1986	Magic Johnson	12.2
1985	Magic Johnson	12.6
1984	Isiah Thomas	13.9	new record
1983	Magic Johnson	13.1
1982	Magic Johnson	10.5
1981	Johnny Moore	9.7
1980	Kevin Porter	9.1
1979	Micheal Ray Richardson	10.2
1978	Kevin Porter	13.4	new record
1977	John Lucas	9.4
1976	Don Buse	8.5
1975	Slick Watts	8.1
1974	Kevin Porter	8.0
1973	Ernie DiGregorio	8.2
1972	Nate Archibald	11.4
1971	Jerry West	9.7
1970	Norm Van Lier	10.2
1969	Lenny Wilkens	9.1
1968	Oscar Robertson	9.8
1967	Oscar Robertson	9.7
1966	Guy Rodgers	11.2
1965	Oscar Robertson	11.1
1964	Oscar Robertson	11.5	new record
1963	Oscar Robertson	11.0
1962	Guy Rodgers	10.4
1961	Oscar Robertson	11.4	new record
1960	Oscar Robertson	9.7	new record
1959	Bob Cousy	9.5	new record
1958	Bob Cousy	8.6
1957	Bob Cousy	7.1
1956	Bob Cousy	7.5
1955	Bob Cousy	8.9	new record
1954	Bob Cousy	7.9
1953	Bob Cousy	7.2
1952	Bob Cousy	7.7
1951	Andy Phillip	8.2	new record