Before 2015-16, Magic Johnson had the most assists per game, with 11.2 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest apg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player career before 2016

	NAME	APG	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	11.2	906	36.7	19.5	7.2	1.9	0.4	6.9	13.2	52.0	0.4	1.2	30.3	5.5	6.5	84.8	61.0	1.8	5.5	3.9	33,245	17,707	6,559	10,141	1,724	374	3,506	2,050
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	10.5	1,504	31.8	13.1	2.7	2.2	0.2	4.7	9.1	51.5	0.6	1.5	38.4	3.2	3.9	82.6	60.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	47,764	19,711	4,051	15,806	3,265	315	4,244	3,942	+2941
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	9.9	699	36.2	18.7	4.4	2.3	0.1	6.6	13.9	47.4	1.1	2.9	36.4	4.4	5.2	86.1	57.8	0.7	3.7	2.4	25,305	13,060	3,070	6,950	1,641	69	1,683	1,724	+2886
4	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	9.5	1,040	42.2	25.7	7.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	18.9	48.5				7.4	8.8	83.8	56.4	1.0	3.0		43,886	26,710	7,804	9,887	77	4		2,931
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	9.3	979	36.3	19.2	3.6	1.9	0.3	7.3	16.2	45.2	0.4	1.4	29.0	4.1	5.4	75.9	51.6	1.0	2.6	3.8	35,516	18,822	3,478	9,061	1,861	249	3,682	2,971
6	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	9.1	735	34.1	17.9	3.3	1.5	0.2	6.1	12.5	49.3	0.2	0.7	30.5	5.4	6.4	84.1	58.5	0.7	2.6	3.1	25,061	13,127	2,404	6,711	1,082	176	2,258	1,541	+348
7	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	8.7	1,391	36.0	12.6	6.3	1.9	0.3	4.5	11.2	40.0	1.4	4.1	34.9	2.2	2.8	78.5	50.7	1.3	5.0	2.9	50,111	17,529	8,725	12,091	2,684	450	4,003	2,572	+3868
8	John Wall J. Wall	8.7	345	36.0	17.6	4.4	1.6	0.6	6.4	14.8	43.1	0.6	2.1	30.5	4.2	5.4	78.9	51.4	0.6	3.8	3.7	12,411	6,083	1,512	2,990	568	214	1,272	828	-176
9	Deron Williams D. Williams	8.5	716	35.1	17.0	3.2	1.1	0.3	6.0	13.4	44.7	1.4	3.9	35.8	3.6	4.5	81.9	55.4	0.4	2.7	3.0	25,102	12,185	2,282	6,081	775	184	2,114	1,839	+1103
10	Steve Nash S. Nash	8.5	1,217	31.3	14.3	3.0	0.7	0.1	5.2	10.6	49.0	1.4	3.2	42.8	2.5	2.8	90.4	60.5	0.5	2.5	2.9	38,069	17,387	3,642	10,335	899	102	3,478	1,982	+5043
11	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	8.3	573	32.6	10.8	4.7	1.8	0.1	4.5	9.6	47.0	0.2	0.8	26.3	1.6	2.5	60.9	50.3	1.1	3.6	2.8	18,665	6,209	2,693	4,775	1,044	75	1,623	1,292	+1810
12	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	8.3	768	35.5	15.7	2.6	1.5	0.1	6.8	14.1	48.3	0.2	0.6	29.4	2.0	2.6	77.2	51.7	0.6	2.0	3.1	27,250	12,065	1,991	6,386	1,187	71	2,368	1,983
13	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	8.2	867	35.3	17.7	3.3	1.6	0.1	6.5	15.1	43.1	1.8	5.0	35.5	2.9	3.8	78.2	53.0	0.6	2.7	2.9	30,626	15,373	2,855	7,095	1,428	129	2,481	2,027	+1691
14	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	8.2	202	31.8	10.2	4.3	2.3	0.1	3.3	8.9	36.7	0.6	1.8	31.4	3.1	3.8	80.1	48.1	0.7	3.6	2.9	6,425	2,051	867	1,651	457	25	588	517	+336
15	Kevin Porter K. Porter	8.1	659	29.0	11.6	1.8	1.4	0.1	4.8	10.0	48.3	0.0	0.1	18.8	1.9	2.6	73.7	51.9	0.6	1.3	3.5	19,107	7,645	1,179	5,314	830	72	1,133	2,251
16	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	8.0	1,296	30.2	9.6	3.8	1.2	0.1	3.7	8.3	44.7	0.6	1.7	33.2	1.7	2.2	77.0	52.2	1.0	2.8	2.4	39,121	12,489	4,963	10,334	1,608	117	3,155	2,230	+402
17	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	7.8	892	32.1	11.7	4.3			4.6	12.2	37.8				2.4	3.4	72.1	42.6				28,663	10,415	3,791	6,917				2,630
18	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	7.6	846	37.7	19.3	3.0	1.2	0.1	6.8	15.7	43.3	1.2	3.6	32.5	4.5	5.7	78.4	52.8	0.7	2.3	3.0	31,891	16,297	2,516	6,471	1,022	121	2,547	2,014	-1016
19	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	7.6	889	28.6	7.7	2.6	1.5	0.0	3.2	7.0	45.8	0.1	0.4	27.8	1.2	1.4	82.7	50.6	0.6	2.0	1.6	25,429	6,858	2,318	6,726	1,369	39	1,433	1,582	-40
20	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	7.5	924	35.3	18.4	5.2			6.7	17.8	37.5				5.0	6.2	80.3	44.6				30,165	16,960	4,786	6,955				2,242
21	Johnny Moore J. Moore	7.4	520	25.8	9.4	3.0	2.0	0.2	3.8	8.4	46.0	0.2	0.7	25.1	1.5	2.2	71.2	50.5	0.8	2.2	2.2	13,430	4,890	1,548	3,866	1,017	116	1,163	1,325
22	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	7.4	876	35.6	18.8	2.3	1.1	0.1	6.7	14.4	46.7	0.1	0.3	22.4	5.3	6.6	81.0	54.3	0.5	1.6	2.7	31,159	16,481	2,046	6,476	719	81	1,123	2,002
23	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	7.3	1,094	30.7	13.2	3.7	1.5	0.2	5.0	10.9	45.4	0.2	0.6	28.2	3.1	4.4	72.1	51.6	1.1	2.7	2.6	33,634	14,463	4,084	7,987	1,616	215	2,862	2,048	-270
24	Baron Davis B. Davis	7.2	835	34.2	16.1	3.8	1.8	0.4	5.9	14.3	40.9	1.6	5.0	32.0	2.8	3.9	71.1	50.2	0.9	2.9	2.8	28,592	13,447	3,183	6,025	1,530	360	2,308	2,361	+866
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	7.1	507	34.0	21.1	5.2	1.7	0.3	7.4	17.2	43.2	0.8	2.6	30.4	5.5	6.7	81.9	52.5	1.6	3.6	3.6	17,234	10,720	2,659	3,619	858	146	1,840	1,226	+1592