Since 1999-00, Trae Young has averaged the most assists per game, with 9.8 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest assist per game with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player since 2000

	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	Trae Young T. Young	9.8	488	34.3	25.2	3.5	1.0	0.2	8.0	18.5	43.2	2.6	7.5	35.1	6.6	7.6	87.3	57.8	0.6	2.9	4.2	16,760	12,309	1,697	4,787	509	75	2,061	850	-145
2	Steve Nash S. Nash	9.4	1,036	33.3	15.6	3.2	0.8	0.1	5.7	11.4	49.6	1.5	3.4	43.1	2.8	3.1	90.8	61.1	0.5	2.6	3.1	34,452	16,168	3,305	9,716	779	96	3,234	1,647	+4893
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	9.2	1,370	33.5	16.8	4.4	2.0	0.2	6.0	12.7	46.9	1.4	3.7	37.0	3.5	4.1	87.0	58.0	0.6	3.8	2.3	45,836	23,058	6,006	12,552	2,728	222	3,109	3,208	+6029
4	John Wall J. Wall	8.9	647	34.9	18.7	4.2	1.6	0.7	6.8	15.7	43.0	1.0	3.1	32.2	4.2	5.4	77.6	51.7	0.6	3.6	3.7	22,588	12,088	2,704	5,735	1,045	439	2,412	1,394	-125
5	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	8.8	333	33.0	17.5	3.7	1.5	0.6	6.3	13.3	47.7	2.6	6.6	39.2	2.3	2.7	85.5	60.6	0.6	3.0	2.1	10,997	5,842	1,218	2,947	490	199	711	440	-26
6	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	8.5	1,044	35.7	12.3	6.4	1.9	0.3	4.3	10.8	39.9	1.5	4.3	35.5	2.1	2.6	81.2	51.3	1.1	5.3	2.8	37,267	12,860	6,644	8,921	1,958	335	2,872	1,907	+3269
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	8.3	328	29.5	12.0	2.8	1.7	0.2	4.3	8.5	50.2	0.5	1.3	38.4	2.9	3.5	84.0	59.5	0.6	2.1	2.4	9,670	3,920	906	2,719	564	76	772	779	+1481
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8.3	468	35.0	28.9	8.6	1.2	0.5	9.7	20.8	46.8	3.1	8.8	34.9	6.3	8.4	75.4	58.9	0.9	7.7	4.0	16,381	13,508	4,043	3,862	583	214	1,854	1,075	+1313
9	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	8.2	181	35.2	15.8	3.5	1.9	0.3	6.4	14.0	45.3	0.5	1.4	36.6	2.6	2.9	90.1	51.6	0.7	2.8	2.1	6,370	2,859	629	1,476	347	57	382	345	+615
10	Deron Williams D. Williams	8.1	845	34.2	16.3	3.1	1.0	0.2	5.8	13.0	44.5	1.4	3.9	35.7	3.4	4.1	82.2	55.2	0.4	2.7	2.8	28,865	13,804	2,619	6,819	867	206	2,402	2,132	+1013
11	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	8.0	1,262	33.2	21.0	7.0	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.3	43.9	1.1	3.6	30.7	4.8	6.2	77.1	52.6	1.6	5.4	3.9	41,890	26,555	8,847	10,105	1,988	410	4,911	3,216	+2873
12	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	7.9	957	29.9	9.8	4.5	1.6	0.1	4.1	8.9	45.6	0.5	1.4	32.4	1.2	1.9	61.1	50.1	1.0	3.6	2.7	28,570	9,337	4,349	7,584	1,518	125	2,586	1,997	+1331
13	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	7.5	229	34.0	22.6	5.5	1.1	0.6	8.4	18.9	44.7	1.9	5.7	33.5	3.8	4.4	85.1	54.2	0.8	4.7	3.8	7,779	5,165	1,255	1,725	246	142	876	651	-360
14	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	7.5	247	31.7	20.9	6.0	1.4	0.3	7.4	17.6	41.9	3.0	8.4	35.9	3.2	3.8	83.9	54.3	1.2	4.7	3.3	7,837	5,169	1,475	1,846	358	79	822	776	-395
15	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	7.4	648	37.9	19.7	3.0	1.2	0.1	7.0	15.9	43.8	1.1	3.5	32.2	4.6	5.8	79.5	53.2	0.7	2.4	3.0	24,560	12,746	1,960	4,808	792	87	1,917	1,508	-970
16	LeBron James L. James	7.4	1,570	37.8	27.0	7.5	1.5	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.6	1.6	4.7	34.9	5.5	7.5	73.7	59.0	1.1	6.4	3.5	59,310	42,316	11,779	11,645	2,350	1,155	5,487	2,793	+7385
17	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	7.4	698	29.6	10.8	4.1	1.8	0.1	3.5	9.1	38.8	0.9	2.8	32.4	2.9	3.4	84.3	51.1	0.6	3.4	2.5	20,693	7,570	2,830	5,160	1,226	94	1,768	1,738	+1000
18	Ja Morant J. Morant	7.4	319	31.8	22.4	4.7	1.0	0.3	8.1	17.4	46.5	1.3	4.3	31.0	4.9	6.4	77.2	55.6	0.9	3.7	3.4	10,146	7,157	1,490	2,358	327	87	1,082	542	+770
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	7.3	769	31.8	22.0	11.0	1.3	0.7	8.4	15.0	56.2	1.1	3.1	36.3	4.0	4.8	82.5	64.1	2.7	8.3	2.9	24,471	16,917	8,435	5,644	982	554	2,258	2,063	+4320
20	James Harden J. Harden	7.2	1,175	34.8	24.1	5.6	1.5	0.6	7.1	16.2	43.9	2.8	7.6	36.3	7.1	8.2	86.2	60.8	0.8	4.9	3.7	40,864	28,325	6,601	8,513	1,745	665	4,355	2,909	+4554
21	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
22	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	7.2	383	31.1	13.1	7.4	1.5	0.7	5.4	9.7	55.8	0.0	0.1	13.9	2.3	3.8	59.2	57.6	1.7	5.7	3.0	11,910	5,021	2,840	2,754	568	255	1,151	1,059	+840
23	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	6.7	900	36.2	25.1	4.3	1.0	0.3	8.1	18.4	43.9	3.1	8.4	37.1	5.8	6.5	89.9	59.0	0.6	3.7	2.8	32,612	22,598	3,845	6,069	874	267	2,541	1,708	+2415
24	Darius Garland D. Garland	6.7	391	33.1	18.7	2.7	1.2	0.1	6.8	15.2	45.1	2.3	6.1	38.6	2.7	3.1	86.7	56.6	0.5	2.2	2.9	12,948	7,330	1,042	2,614	453	45	1,152	719	+868
25	Gary Payton G. Payton	6.6	631	35.4	16.3	4.1	1.3	0.2	6.4	14.2	45.4	1.0	2.9	32.4	2.5	3.3	74.8	52.1	0.8	3.3	2.1	22,352	10,310	2,563	4,150	842	134	1,296	1,298	+656