Kevin Porter averaged the most assists per game in 1980-81, with 9.1 per game.

Interpreted as:

assists with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leader 1981

	NAME	APG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Kevin Porter K. Porter	9.1	1980-81	WAS	81	31.8	13.4	1.5	1.4	0.1	5.5	10.6	51.9	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.4	3.0	77.3	56.1	0.4	1.1	3.1	2,577	1,086	124	734	110	10	251	257
2	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	8.8	1980-81	LAL	79	37.5	17.1	2.9	1.8	0.1	7.3	15.3	47.6	0.0	0.2	16.7	2.5	3.2	77.8	51.1	0.8	2.1	3.6	2,962	1,350	232	696	146	11	285	226
3	Phil Ford P. Ford	8.8	1980-81	KCK	66	34.7	17.5	1.9	1.5	0.1	6.4	13.4	47.8	0.2	0.5	30.6	4.5	5.4	83.1	55.3	0.4	1.5	3.7	2,287	1,153	128	580	99	6	241	190
4	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	7.9	1980-81	NYK	79	40.2	16.4	6.9	2.9	0.4	6.6	14.1	46.9	0.3	1.3	22.5	2.8	4.3	66.3	51.1	2.2	4.7	3.8	3,175	1,293	545	627	232	35	302	258
5	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	7.7	1980-81	BOS	80	35.3	13.8	2.2	0.9	0.2	4.8	9.6	49.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.3	5.2	81.6	58.2	0.5	1.8	3.3	2,820	1,106	176	618	75	18	265	201
6	John Lucas J. Lucas	7.0	1980-81	GSW	66	29.1	8.4	2.3	1.3	0.0	3.4	7.7	43.9	0.1	0.4	16.7	1.6	2.2	73.8	48.7	0.5	1.8	2.8	1,919	555	154	464	83	2	185	140
7	Kelvin Ransey K. Ransey	6.9	1980-81	POR	80	30.4	15.2	2.4	1.1	0.1	6.6	14.5	45.2	0.0	0.4	9.7	2.1	2.7	74.9	48.4	0.5	1.9	2.9	2,431	1,217	195	555	88	9	232	201
8	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	6.9	1980-81	PHI	81	29.8	9.4	3.0	2.4	0.5	3.8	7.2	53.4	0.0	0.1	37.5	1.7	2.2	78.7	57.9	0.8	2.2	2.1	2,415	763	245	560	193	39	174	231
9	Johnny Davis J. Davis	6.3	1980-81	IND	76	33.4	14.4	2.2	1.3	0.2	5.6	12.1	46.5	0.1	0.4	12.1	3.1	3.9	79.6	52.2	0.7	1.5	2.2	2,536	1,094	170	480	95	14	167	179
10	Kenny Higgs K. Higgs	5.7	1980-81	DEN	72	23.5	7.8	2.0	1.4	0.1	2.9	6.6	44.1	0.1	0.5	11.8	1.9	2.4	81.4	51.1	0.3	1.7	2.3	1,689	562	145	408	101	6	166	243
11	Mike Bratz M. Bratz	5.7	1980-81	CLE	80	32.4	10.0	2.5	1.7	0.2	4.0	10.2	39.0	0.7	2.1	33.7	1.3	1.7	81.1	45.8	0.8	1.7	2.0	2,595	802	198	452	136	17	162	194
12	World B. Free W. B. Free	5.6	1980-81	GSW	65	36.5	24.1	2.4	1.3	0.2	7.9	17.8	44.6	0.1	0.5	16.1	8.1	10.0	81.4	54.2	0.7	1.7	3.0	2,370	1,565	159	361	85	11	195	183
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	5.5	1980-81	BOS	82	39.5	21.2	10.9	2.0	0.8	8.8	18.3	47.8	0.2	0.9	27.0	3.5	4.0	86.3	52.8	2.3	8.6	3.5	3,239	1,741	895	451	161	63	289	239
14	Brian Taylor B. Taylor	5.5	1980-81	SDC	80	28.9	10.1	1.9	1.5	0.3	3.9	7.4	52.5	0.6	1.4	38.3	1.8	2.3	78.9	60.2	0.7	1.2	1.4	2,312	810	151	440	118	23	111	212
15	Ray Williams R. Williams	5.5	1980-81	NYK	79	34.7	19.7	4.1	2.3	0.5	7.8	16.9	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.5	3.9	4.8	81.7	51.9	1.5	2.5	3.0	2,742	1,560	321	432	185	37	235	270
16	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	5.4	1980-81	ATL	75	35.9	19.1	2.4	1.7	0.1	7.6	15.1	50.4	0.1	0.3	30.0	3.7	4.7	78.4	55.4	0.8	1.6	2.6	2,693	1,431	179	407	126	11	197	188
17	Wes Matthews W. Matthews	5.2	1980-81	TOT	79	28.7	12.4	1.8	1.4	0.2	4.9	9.9	49.4	0.1	0.3	23.8	2.6	3.2	80.2	54.9	0.6	1.2	3.3	2,266	977	139	411	107	17	261	242
18	Reggie Theus R. Theus	5.2	1980-81	CHI	82	34.4	18.9	3.5	1.5	0.2	6.6	13.4	49.5	0.2	1.1	20.0	5.4	6.7	80.9	57.8	1.5	2.0	3.2	2,820	1,549	287	426	122	20	259	258
19	Phil Smith P. Smith	4.9	1980-81	SDC	76	31.3	16.8	2.1	1.1	0.2	6.8	13.9	49.1	0.1	0.2	22.2	3.1	4.1	75.7	53.5	0.6	1.4	2.3	2,378	1,279	156	372	84	18	176	231
20	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	4.9	1980-81	KCK	82	27.2	6.9	7.1	1.2	1.5	2.9	6.5	44.2	0.0	0.1	20.0	1.1	1.4	78.6	48.3	1.6	5.5	2.2	2,228	567	584	399	95	120	182	302
21	Geoff Huston G. Huston	4.9	1980-81	TOT	81	30.0	13.2	1.7	0.7	0.1	5.7	11.6	48.9	0.0	0.1	20.0	1.9	2.6	70.8	51.8	0.6	1.1	2.2	2,434	1,073	138	394	58	7	179	148
22	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	4.9	1980-81	HOU	79	21.3	8.1	1.7	1.2	0.2	3.3	6.9	47.1	0.0	0.2	11.8	1.6	1.9	83.2	52.3	0.4	1.3	2.4	1,686	642	134	384	97	15	189	160
23	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	4.7	1980-81	MIL	82	29.1	13.3	3.6	2.4	0.0	5.7	11.7	49.3	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.8	2.5	73.4	52.2	1.1	2.6	2.9	2,384	1,092	298	384	197	3	236	271
24	Allan Bristow A. Bristow	4.7	1980-81	UTA	82	24.4	8.7	5.2	0.8	0.0	3.3	7.5	44.4	0.1	0.2	27.8	2.0	2.4	83.8	51.1	1.3	4.0	2.1	2,001	713	430	383	63	3	171	190
25	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	4.7	1980-81	HOU	66	21.4	5.3	1.6	0.8	0.1	2.1	5.0	41.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.4	82.1	47.1	0.5	1.1	1.4	1,411	352	104	307	53	4	93	111