Magic Johnson had the most assists per game in 1982-83, with 10.5 per game.

Interpreted as:

assists with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leader 1983

	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	10.5	1982-83	LAL	79	36.8	16.8	8.6	2.2	0.6	6.5	11.8	54.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.8	4.8	80.0	60.3	2.7	5.9	3.8	2,907	1,326	683	829	176	47	301	200
2	Johnny Moore J. Moore	9.8	1982-83	SAS	77	33.1	12.2	3.6	2.5	0.4	5.1	10.9	46.8	0.1	0.3	22.7	1.9	2.6	74.4	50.7	0.8	2.8	2.9	2,552	941	277	753	194	32	226	247
3	Rickey Green R. Green	8.9	1982-83	UTA	78	35.7	14.3	2.9	2.8	0.1	5.9	12.1	49.3	0.0	0.2	15.4	2.4	3.0	79.7	53.4	0.8	2.1	2.8	2,783	1,115	223	697	220	4	222	154
4	Larry Drew L. Drew	8.1	1982-83	KCK	75	35.9	20.1	2.8	1.7	0.1	8.0	16.2	49.2	0.0	0.2	12.5	4.1	5.0	82.0	54.5	0.6	2.2	3.6	2,690	1,510	207	610	126	10	272	207
5	Frank Johnson F. Johnson	8.1	1982-83	WAS	68	34.2	12.5	2.6	1.6	0.1	4.7	11.6	40.8	0.2	0.9	23.0	2.9	3.8	75.1	47.3	0.7	1.9	3.5	2,324	852	178	549	110	6	238	170
6	Gus Williams G. Williams	8.0	1982-83	SEA	80	34.5	20.0	2.6	2.3	0.3	8.3	17.3	47.7	0.0	0.5	4.7	3.5	4.6	75.1	51.7	0.9	1.7	2.9	2,761	1,600	205	643	182	26	230	117
7	Ray Williams R. Williams	7.9	1982-83	KCK	72	30.1	15.4	4.5	1.7	0.4	5.8	14.8	39.2	0.2	1.0	20.3	3.6	4.6	76.9	45.7	1.3	3.3	4.7	2,170	1,109	327	569	120	26	335	248
8	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	7.8	1982-83	DET	81	38.2	22.9	4.0	2.5	0.4	9.0	19.0	47.2	0.4	1.5	28.8	4.5	6.4	71.0	52.5	1.3	2.8	4.0	3,093	1,854	328	634	199	29	326	318
9	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	7.2	1982-83	LAL	79	34.3	15.1	2.6	1.3	0.1	6.7	14.2	47.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.6	2.1	74.4	49.8	0.8	1.8	3.0	2,711	1,191	205	566	104	4	237	176
10	Brad Davis B. Davis	7.2	1982-83	DAL	79	29.4	11.6	2.5	1.0	0.1	4.5	7.9	57.2	0.1	0.5	25.6	2.4	2.8	84.5	63.1	0.4	2.1	1.8	2,323	915	198	565	80	11	143	176
11	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	6.9	1982-83	PHI	79	31.2	12.5	2.6	2.3	0.4	5.1	9.4	54.2	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.3	3.0	75.4	58.2	0.7	2.0	2.3	2,465	990	209	543	184	31	179	182
12	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	6.8	1982-83	TOT	64	32.4	12.6	4.6	2.8	0.4	5.4	12.7	42.5	0.1	0.8	15.7	1.7	2.5	65.0	45.4	1.8	2.8	3.8	2,076	806	295	432	182	24	244	240
13	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	6.7	1982-83	HOU	79	32.9	14.8	2.5	2.1	0.2	5.6	13.4	41.5	0.5	2.2	24.0	3.1	3.8	83.2	49.0	0.8	1.7	2.5	2,602	1,167	195	530	165	14	198	215
14	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	6.2	1982-83	BOS	66	27.4	10.5	1.4	0.6	0.1	3.6	8.4	42.5	0.1	0.4	20.8	3.3	4.5	74.3	50.9	0.4	1.0	2.5	1,811	695	91	409	38	4	163	110
15	Geoff Huston G. Huston	6.1	1982-83	CLE	80	34.0	12.2	2.0	0.9	0.1	5.0	10.4	48.2	0.1	0.2	33.3	2.1	3.1	68.6	51.8	0.5	1.5	2.4	2,716	974	159	487	74	4	195	215
16	Reggie Theus R. Theus	5.9	1982-83	CHI	82	34.8	23.8	3.7	1.7	0.2	9.1	19.1	47.8	0.3	1.1	23.1	5.3	6.6	80.1	54.1	1.1	2.5	3.9	2,856	1,953	300	484	143	17	321	281
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	5.8	1982-83	BOS	79	37.7	23.6	11.0	1.9	0.9	9.5	18.7	50.4	0.3	1.0	28.6	4.4	5.3	84.0	56.1	2.4	8.6	3.0	2,982	1,867	870	458	148	71	240	197
18	Jerry Sichting J. Sichting	5.6	1982-83	IND	78	31.2	9.3	2.0	1.3	0.0	4.1	8.5	47.8	0.0	0.2	16.7	1.2	1.4	86.0	51.3	0.4	1.6	1.8	2,435	727	155	433	104	2	138	185
19	Lorenzo Romar L. Romar	5.5	1982-83	GSW	82	26.0	7.6	1.7	1.2	0.1	3.2	7.0	46.5	0.1	0.4	30.3	1.0	1.3	74.3	50.1	0.3	1.4	1.7	2,130	620	138	455	98	5	141	142
20	Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	5.5	1982-83	SAS	79	20.5	7.8	1.7	0.9	0.1	2.7	6.5	41.8	0.8	2.5	34.5	1.5	1.9	77.9	53.0	0.2	1.5	2.0	1,619	613	134	437	74	4	160	210
21	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	5.5	1982-83	NYK	80	24.7	10.0	1.4	1.1	0.2	4.0	8.7	45.9	0.2	0.6	29.2	1.9	2.3	80.4	51.6	0.2	1.2	2.5	1,978	798	115	439	87	16	196	180
22	Darwin Cook D. Cook	5.5	1982-83	NJN	82	32.0	13.2	2.9	2.4	0.6	5.4	12.0	44.9	0.1	0.5	21.1	2.3	3.0	76.9	49.4	0.9	2.0	2.9	2,625	1,080	240	448	194	48	238	213
23	Fat Lever F. Lever	5.3	1982-83	POR	81	24.9	7.8	2.8	1.9	0.2	3.2	7.3	43.1	0.1	0.2	33.3	1.4	2.0	73.0	47.7	1.0	1.7	1.7	2,020	633	225	426	153	15	137	179
24	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	5.2	1982-83	ATL	61	29.7	16.0	2.0	1.0	0.1	6.4	14.1	45.3	0.2	0.7	34.1	3.0	3.9	78.5	50.8	0.4	1.6	2.6	1,813	978	124	318	61	6	156	138
25	Ronnie Lester R. Lester	5.1	1982-83	CHI	65	22.1	8.1	2.6	0.8	0.1	3.1	6.9	45.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.9	2.6	72.5	50.6	0.7	1.9	2.1	1,437	528	172	332	51	6	134	121