Magic Johnson had the most assists per game by a point guard in 1986-87, with 12.2 per game.

Interpreted as:

assists with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leader for point guard in 1987

	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	12.2	1986-87	LAL	80	36.3	23.9	6.3	1.7	0.5	8.5	16.4	52.2	0.1	0.5	20.5	6.7	7.9	84.8	60.2	1.5	4.8	3.8	2,904	1,909	504	977	138	36	300	168
2	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	10.3	1986-87	GSW	82	37.4	18.8	3.3	1.8	0.2	6.1	12.6	48.8	0.9	2.3	38.4	5.6	6.5	86.0	60.8	0.7	2.6	3.4	3,064	1,541	268	848	146	18	280	199
3	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	10.0	1986-87	DET	81	37.2	20.6	3.9	1.9	0.2	7.7	16.7	46.3	0.2	1.2	19.4	4.9	6.4	76.8	52.8	1.0	2.9	4.2	3,013	1,671	319	813	153	20	343	251
4	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	10.0	1986-87	ATL	82	31.6	12.8	3.6	2.1	0.4	4.2	9.2	45.1	0.0	0.3	19.0	4.5	5.4	82.8	55.3	1.0	2.6	2.6	2,590	1,053	299	823	171	30	217	287
5	Terry Porter T. Porter	8.9	1986-87	POR	80	33.9	13.1	4.2	2.0	0.1	4.7	9.6	48.8	0.2	0.8	21.7	3.5	4.2	83.8	57.0	0.9	3.3	3.2	2,714	1,045	337	715	159	9	255	192
6	Reggie Theus R. Theus	8.8	1986-87	SAC	79	36.4	20.3	3.4	1.0	0.2	7.3	15.5	47.2	0.2	1.0	21.8	5.4	6.3	86.7	55.5	1.1	2.3	3.7	2,872	1,600	266	692	78	16	289	208
7	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	8.2	1986-87	SEA	71	27.8	5.3	4.7	1.8	0.6	2.0	4.2	47.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.2	2.0	61.7	51.4	1.4	3.2	2.2	1,972	373	331	583	125	45	155	238
8	John Stockton J. Stockton	8.2	1986-87	UTA	82	22.7	7.9	1.8	2.2	0.2	2.8	5.6	49.9	0.1	0.5	18.4	2.2	2.8	78.2	57.5	0.4	1.5	2.0	1,858	648	151	670	177	14	164	224
9	Fat Lever F. Lever	8.0	1986-87	DEN	82	37.2	18.9	8.9	2.5	0.4	7.8	16.7	46.9	0.3	1.1	23.9	3.0	3.8	78.2	51.5	2.6	6.3	2.0	3,054	1,552	729	654	201	34	167	219
10	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	7.9	1986-87	PHI	68	38.6	15.6	3.2	2.6	0.2	6.1	11.6	52.7	0.1	0.3	23.5	3.3	4.3	77.7	57.9	0.7	2.5	2.5	2,624	1,061	215	538	180	15	173	109
11	Derek Harper D. Harper	7.9	1986-87	DAL	77	33.2	16.0	2.6	2.2	0.3	6.5	12.9	50.1	1.0	2.8	35.8	2.1	3.0	68.4	56.1	0.7	1.9	1.8	2,556	1,230	199	609	167	25	138	195
12	Jay Humphries J. Humphries	7.7	1986-87	PHX	82	31.5	11.3	3.2	1.4	0.1	4.4	9.2	47.7	0.1	0.3	18.5	2.4	3.2	76.9	53.2	0.8	2.4	2.4	2,579	923	260	632	112	9	195	239
13	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	7.5	1986-87	BOS	79	37.1	13.4	3.3	1.1	0.5	5.4	12.1	44.4	0.1	0.8	11.3	2.6	3.2	83.3	49.9	0.6	2.7	2.2	2,933	1,062	261	594	87	38	177	201
14	Darnell Valentine D. Valentine	6.9	1986-87	LAC	65	27.1	11.2	2.3	1.8	0.2	4.2	10.3	41.0	0.2	0.9	23.2	2.5	3.1	81.5	47.8	0.6	1.7	2.6	1,759	726	150	447	116	10	167	148
15	Rickey Green R. Green	6.7	1986-87	UTA	81	25.8	9.6	2.0	1.4	0.0	3.7	8.0	46.7	0.1	0.2	36.8	2.1	2.6	82.7	53.1	0.5	1.5	1.6	2,090	781	163	541	110	2	133	108
16	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	6.4	1986-87	TOT	74	27.6	10.9	2.4	1.4	0.1	4.0	9.1	44.2	0.3	1.0	24.7	2.6	3.1	82.6	51.9	0.7	1.7	2.3	2,045	805	175	471	101	11	172	208
17	Vern Fleming V. Fleming	5.8	1986-87	IND	82	31.1	12.0	4.1	1.3	0.2	4.5	8.9	50.9	0.0	0.1	20.0	2.9	3.7	78.8	57.0	1.3	2.7	2.0	2,549	980	334	473	109	18	167	222
18	John Paxson J. Paxson	5.7	1986-87	CHI	82	32.8	11.3	1.7	0.8	0.1	4.7	9.7	48.7	0.6	1.7	37.1	1.3	1.6	80.9	54.7	0.3	1.4	1.3	2,689	930	139	467	66	8	105	207
19	Larry Drew L. Drew	5.4	1986-87	LAC	60	26.1	12.4	1.7	1.0	0.0	4.9	11.4	43.2	0.2	1.2	16.7	2.3	2.8	83.7	49.0	0.4	1.3	2.5	1,566	741	103	326	60	2	151	107
20	Rory Sparrow R. Sparrow	5.4	1986-87	NYK	80	24.4	7.6	1.4	0.8	0.1	3.3	7.4	44.6	0.1	0.5	26.2	0.9	1.1	79.8	48.3	0.4	1.1	1.8	1,951	608	115	432	67	6	140	160
21	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	5.4	1986-87	WAS	73	24.9	8.5	2.7	1.3	0.1	3.4	7.1	47.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.3	76.4	52.6	0.8	1.9	1.9	1,816	618	194	392	92	10	138	172
22	John Bagley J. Bagley	5.3	1986-87	CLE	72	30.3	10.7	3.5	1.3	0.1	4.3	10.2	42.6	0.4	1.4	30.1	1.6	1.9	83.1	48.5	0.8	2.7	2.3	2,182	768	252	379	91	7	163	114
23	Leon Wood L. Wood	4.9	1986-87	NJN	76	22.8	7.3	1.6	0.6	0.0	2.5	6.6	37.3	0.8	2.6	30.0	1.6	2.0	79.9	49.0	0.3	1.3	1.4	1,733	557	120	370	48	3	108	126
24	Danny Young D. Young	4.8	1986-87	SEA	73	20.3	4.8	1.5	1.0	0.0	1.8	3.9	45.8	0.4	1.1	36.7	0.8	1.0	83.1	55.1	0.3	1.2	1.2	1,482	352	113	353	74	3	85	72
25	Dirk Minniefield D. Minniefield	4.7	1986-87	TOT	74	21.6	6.9	1.9	1.0	0.1	2.9	6.5	45.2	0.1	0.5	28.2	0.8	1.2	68.9	48.8	0.4	1.5	2.1	1,600	509	140	348	72	7	157	174