Johnny Moore had the most assists per game in 1981-82, with 9.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

assists with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leader 1982

	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	Johnny Moore J. Moore	9.6	1981-82	SAS	79	29.0	9.4	3.5	2.1	0.2	3.9	8.4	46.3	0.0	0.3	4.8	1.5	2.3	67.0	49.6	0.8	2.7	2.2	2,294	741	275	762	163	12	175	254
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	9.5	1981-82	LAL	78	38.3	18.6	9.6	2.7	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.7	0.1	0.4	20.7	4.2	5.6	76.0	59.0	3.2	6.4	3.7	2,991	1,447	751	743	208	34	286	223
3	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	8.4	1981-82	PHI	79	31.6	11.2	3.1	2.6	0.4	4.5	8.6	52.1	0.1	0.3	27.3	2.2	2.8	77.7	57.0	0.6	2.5	2.3	2,498	881	248	667	209	33	184	247
4	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	8.0	1981-82	BOS	68	31.9	12.6	1.7	0.8	0.0	4.5	9.6	47.2	0.1	0.2	37.5	3.5	4.6	74.7	54.2	0.4	1.3	2.6	2,167	858	116	541	52	3	178	131
5	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	8.0	1981-82	LAL	82	36.9	17.6	2.1	1.6	0.1	7.7	15.5	49.3	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.2	2.7	80.8	52.5	0.5	1.7	2.9	3,024	1,440	176	652	132	7	238	264
6	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	7.8	1981-82	DET	72	33.8	17.0	2.9	2.1	0.2	6.3	14.8	42.4	0.2	0.8	28.8	4.2	6.0	70.4	48.7	0.8	2.1	4.2	2,433	1,225	209	565	150	17	299	253
7	Rickey Green R. Green	7.8	1981-82	UTA	81	34.8	14.8	3.0	2.3	0.1	6.2	12.5	49.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.3	76.5	53.1	1.0	2.0	2.4	2,822	1,202	243	630	185	9	198	183
8	Geoff Huston G. Huston	7.6	1981-82	CLE	78	30.9	10.3	1.9	0.9	0.1	4.2	8.6	48.4	0.0	0.1	30.0	2.0	2.6	76.5	53.0	0.7	1.2	2.2	2,409	806	150	590	70	11	171	169
9	Kelvin Ransey K. Ransey	7.1	1981-82	POR	78	31.0	16.1	2.4	1.2	0.1	6.5	14.0	46.1	0.0	0.5	7.9	3.1	4.1	76.1	50.8	0.5	1.9	2.9	2,418	1,253	186	555	97	4	229	169
10	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	7.0	1981-82	NYK	82	37.1	17.9	6.9	2.6	0.5	7.5	16.4	46.1	0.2	1.2	18.8	2.6	3.7	70.0	49.8	2.2	4.7	3.5	3,044	1,469	565	572	213	41	291	317
11	John Lucas J. Lucas	7.0	1981-82	WAS	79	24.6	8.4	2.1	1.2	0.1	3.3	7.8	42.6	0.0	0.3	9.1	1.7	2.2	78.4	47.9	0.5	1.6	2.0	1,940	666	166	551	95	6	156	105
12	Gus Williams G. Williams	6.9	1981-82	SEA	80	36.0	23.4	3.1	2.2	0.5	9.7	19.9	48.6	0.1	0.5	22.5	4.0	5.5	73.4	52.6	1.2	1.9	2.5	2,876	1,875	244	549	172	36	197	163
13	Phil Ford P. Ford	6.3	1981-82	KCK	72	27.1	9.9	1.5	0.9	0.0	4.0	9.0	43.9	0.1	0.4	21.9	1.9	2.3	81.9	49.4	0.3	1.1	2.7	1,952	713	105	451	63	1	194	160
14	Brad Davis B. Davis	6.2	1981-82	DAL	82	31.9	12.1	2.8	0.9	0.1	4.8	9.4	51.5	0.2	0.6	28.6	2.3	2.8	80.4	56.9	0.4	2.3	1.9	2,614	993	226	509	73	6	159	218
15	Ray Williams R. Williams	6.0	1981-82	NJN	82	33.3	20.4	4.0	2.4	0.5	7.8	16.9	46.2	0.1	0.7	16.7	4.7	5.7	83.2	52.7	1.4	2.5	3.5	2,732	1,674	325	488	199	43	290	302
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	5.8	1981-82	BOS	77	38.0	22.9	10.9	1.9	0.9	9.2	18.4	50.3	0.1	0.7	21.2	4.3	4.9	86.3	55.7	2.6	8.3	3.3	2,923	1,761	837	447	143	66	254	244
17	Reggie Theus R. Theus	5.8	1981-82	CHI	82	34.6	18.4	3.8	1.1	0.2	6.8	14.6	46.9	0.3	1.2	25.0	4.4	5.5	80.8	54.2	1.4	2.4	3.4	2,838	1,508	312	476	87	16	277	243
18	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	5.8	1981-82	HOU	79	27.2	10.9	2.1	1.9	0.2	4.7	10.0	46.7	0.1	0.4	29.0	1.5	1.7	85.2	50.7	0.6	1.5	1.9	2,150	864	168	457	150	15	153	182
19	Allan Bristow A. Bristow	5.5	1981-82	DAL	82	24.8	7.0	4.1	0.8	0.1	2.7	6.1	43.7	0.0	0.2	16.7	1.6	2.0	81.7	50.2	1.5	2.7	2.0	2,035	573	339	448	65	6	165	222
20	Mike Bratz M. Bratz	5.4	1981-82	SAS	81	20.0	7.7	2.0	0.8	0.1	2.8	7.0	40.7	0.6	1.7	33.3	1.5	1.9	78.3	49.5	0.5	1.6	1.7	1,616	625	166	438	65	11	139	183
21	World B. Free W. B. Free	5.4	1981-82	GSW	78	35.8	22.9	3.2	0.9	0.1	8.3	18.6	44.8	0.1	0.7	17.9	6.1	8.3	74.0	51.5	1.5	1.7	2.7	2,796	1,789	248	419	71	8	208	222
22	Alex English A. English	5.3	1981-82	DEN	82	36.8	25.4	6.8	1.1	1.5	10.4	18.9	55.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	5.4	84.0	59.6	2.6	4.2	3.2	3,015	2,082	558	433	87	120	261	261
23	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	5.3	1981-82	ATL	68	34.0	17.8	2.8	1.5	0.2	6.7	14.9	45.0	0.1	0.4	23.3	4.3	5.7	76.4	51.3	0.9	1.9	2.7	2,314	1,211	191	358	102	16	186	188
24	Kenny Higgs K. Higgs	5.2	1981-82	DEN	76	22.3	7.5	1.9	0.9	0.1	2.7	6.2	43.2	0.1	0.3	19.0	2.1	2.6	81.7	51.3	0.3	1.6	2.1	1,696	569	144	395	72	6	156	263
25	Larry Drew L. Drew	5.2	1981-82	KCK	81	24.4	10.8	1.8	1.4	0.0	4.4	9.3	47.3	0.1	0.3	29.6	1.9	2.3	79.4	52.0	0.4	1.5	2.1	1,973	874	149	419	110	1	174	150