centers with most assists per game in a single season in the 80s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Sam Lacey averaged the most assists per game by a center in a season, with 5.7 per game in 1979-80.

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	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	Sam Lacey S. Lacey	5.7	1979-80	KCK	81	29.8	9.2	8.0	1.4	1.3	3.7	8.4	44.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.3	74.1	49.0	2.1	5.8	2.6	2,412	743	645	460	111	109	211	307
2	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
3	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	4.8	1982-83	POR	80	37.7	15.7	9.4	0.9	1.4	6.3	12.9	48.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	5.0	62.1	52.0	2.3	7.1	3.5	3,017	1,259	753	380	68	110	281	213
4	Alvan Adams A. Adams	4.7	1982-83	PHX	80	30.6	14.2	6.9	1.4	0.9	6.0	12.3	48.6	0.0	0.0	33.3	2.3	2.7	82.9	52.7	2.0	4.8	3.0	2,447	1,135	548	376	114	74	242	287
5	Alvan Adams A. Adams	4.6	1980-81	PHX	75	27.4	14.9	7.3	1.4	0.9	6.1	11.6	52.6	0.0	0.0		2.7	3.5	76.8	56.7	2.1	5.2	3.0	2,054	1,115	546	344	106	69	226	226
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4.5	1979-80	LAL	82	38.3	24.8	10.8	1.0	3.4	10.2	16.9	60.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.8	76.5	63.9	2.3	8.5	3.6	3,143	2,034	886	371	81	280	297	216
7	Alvan Adams A. Adams	4.5	1981-82	PHX	79	30.3	15.1	7.4	1.4	1.0	6.4	13.0	49.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	2.9	78.1	52.9	1.7	5.7	2.5	2,393	1,196	586	356	114	78	196	269
8	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	4.5	1979-80	WAS	82	36.3	9.7	13.3	0.8	0.7	4.0	7.8	51.3	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.7	2.5	66.5	54.5	4.1	9.3	1.9	2,973	794	1,094	366	65	61	153	249
9	Alvan Adams A. Adams	4.3	1979-80	PHX	75	28.9	14.9	8.1	1.4	0.7	6.2	11.7	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.1	79.7	57.1	2.1	6.0	2.9	2,168	1,118	609	322	108	55	218	237
10	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	4.2	1987-88	CLE	79	37.4	18.7	8.4	0.6	0.7	7.0	13.7	51.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	6.7	71.6	56.3	1.9	6.5	3.4	2,957	1,480	665	333	48	56	267	235
11	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	4.2	1984-85	SEA	68	35.3	18.5	10.6	1.2	1.3	6.8	13.9	48.9	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.9	5.8	85.2	56.4	2.4	8.2	2.4	2,402	1,259	723	285	83	91	160	239
12	Alvan Adams A. Adams	4.2	1985-86	PHX	78	25.7	10.8	6.1	1.3	0.6	4.4	8.7	50.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.6	78.3	54.7	1.9	4.2	2.6	2,005	841	477	324	103	46	206	272
13	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	4.0	1981-82	POR	79	39.6	20.8	11.7	0.9	1.4	8.6	16.5	52.3	0.0	0.0		3.5	5.6	62.8	54.8	3.3	8.4	3.1	3,129	1,642	921	319	69	107	245	233
14	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	4.0	1983-84	SEA	82	36.5	19.1	11.1	1.2	1.1	7.0	14.1	49.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.9	85.6	57.2	2.7	8.4	2.9	2,993	1,563	911	327	95	92	236	301
15	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	3.9	1983-84	WAS	75	41.1	22.2	12.3	0.9	1.0	8.0	13.8	57.9	0.0	0.1	14.3	6.2	8.5	73.3	63.3	3.5	8.8	4.6	3,082	1,665	922	296	68	72	342	285
16	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	3.9	1983-84	POR	79	33.5	15.7	8.7	1.1	1.4	6.2	11.8	52.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	5.1	66.7	56.1	3.0	5.7	3.0	2,648	1,240	688	308	84	108	235	237
17	Frank Brickowski F. Brickowski	3.8	1987-88	SAS	70	31.8	16.0	6.9	1.1	0.5	6.1	11.5	52.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.8	5.0	76.8	58.4	2.4	4.5	3.0	2,227	1,119	483	266	74	36	207	275
18	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	3.8	1986-87	CLE	80	33.7	15.7	8.1	0.6	0.8	6.1	11.3	53.8	0.0	0.0		3.5	5.0	69.6	57.9	1.9	6.2	3.1	2,695	1,253	647	304	49	63	248	248
19	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	3.8	1985-86	SEA	80	34.9	17.1	9.4	1.2	0.9	6.4	13.8	46.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.4	5.1	86.4	53.5	1.8	7.5	2.7	2,790	1,371	748	301	92	73	214	293
20	Alvan Adams A. Adams	3.8	1984-85	PHX	82	26.0	14.7	6.1	1.4	0.6	5.8	11.2	52.0	0.0	0.0		3.0	3.5	88.3	57.8	1.9	4.2	2.4	2,136	1,202	500	308	115	48	197	254
21	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	3.7	1988-89	CLE	78	36.2	18.9	9.2	0.8	0.5	7.0	13.0	53.8	0.0	0.0	33.3	4.9	6.7	73.7	59.4	2.1	7.1	2.9	2,821	1,475	718	285	63	40	230	175
22	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	3.6	1988-89	MIL	80	32.3	13.4	7.8	1.1	0.8	4.5	10.4	43.1	1.0	2.7	38.0	3.3	3.7	90.5	55.4	1.8	6.0	1.8	2,587	1,068	623	289	85	61	145	300
23	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	3.6	1980-81	POR	79	35.3	17.0	8.7	0.8	2.2	7.2	14.6	49.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	4.1	64.1	52.0	2.8	5.9	3.1	2,790	1,345	686	284	62	170	241	260
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3.5	1985-86	LAL	79	33.3	23.4	6.1	0.8	1.6	9.6	16.9	56.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.6	76.5	60.3	1.7	4.4	2.6	2,629	1,846	478	280	67	130	203	248
25	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	3.5	1980-81	PHX	81	20.8	7.0	5.4	1.0	0.8	2.4	4.8	50.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	2.9	75.8	58.0	1.6	3.8	2.6	1,686	567	441	282	79	63	209	210

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