leading assist per season nba last 5 seasons

Since 2021-22, Trae Young has the most assists per game in a season, with 11.6 per game in 2024-25.

Interpreted as:

leading assist with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player per season NBA last 5 seasons

	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	Trae Young T. Young	11.6	2024-25	ATL	76	36.0	24.2	3.1	1.2	0.2	7.4	18.1	41.1	2.9	8.4	34.0	6.5	7.4	87.5	56.7	0.5	2.6	4.7	2,739	1,841	236	880	91	12	355	145	+34
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	11.1	2025-26	DEN	21	34.9	28.7	12.6	1.4	0.8	10.3	16.8	61.6	2.0	4.8	43.0	6.0	7.0	85.7	72.4	3.1	9.4	3.5	732	603	264	234	29	17	74	61	+232
3	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	10.9	2023-24	IND	69	32.2	20.1	3.9	1.2	0.7	7.2	15.2	47.7	2.8	7.8	36.4	2.8	3.3	85.5	60.5	0.5	3.4	2.3	2,224	1,389	271	752	83	48	159	75	+294
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	10.8	2021-22	PHX	65	32.9	14.7	4.4	1.9	0.3	5.6	11.3	49.3	1.0	3.1	31.7	2.6	3.1	83.7	58.1	0.3	4.0	2.4	2,139	958	283	702	121	20	153	134	+460
5	James Harden J. Harden	10.7	2022-23	PHI	58	36.8	21.0	6.1	1.2	0.5	6.4	14.5	44.1	2.8	7.2	38.5	5.4	6.2	86.7	60.7	0.7	5.4	3.4	2,135	1,216	354	618	71	31	195	112	+277
6	James Harden J. Harden	10.3	2021-22	TOT	65	37.2	22.0	7.7	1.3	0.6	6.3	15.3	41.0	2.3	6.9	33.0	7.2	8.2	87.7	58.3	0.8	6.8	4.4	2,419	1,432	500	667	82	36	284	153	+173
7	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	10.2	2024-25	DEN	70	36.7	29.6	12.7	1.8	0.6	11.2	19.5	57.6	2.0	4.7	41.7	5.2	6.4	80.0	66.3	2.9	9.9	3.3	2,571	2,071	892	716	127	45	230	160	+594
8	Trae Young T. Young	10.2	2022-23	ATL	73	34.8	26.2	3.0	1.1	0.1	8.2	19.0	42.9	2.1	6.3	33.5	7.8	8.8	88.6	57.3	0.8	2.2	4.1	2,541	1,914	217	741	80	9	300	104	+100
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	9.8	2022-23	DEN	69	33.7	24.5	11.8	1.3	0.7	9.4	14.8	63.2	0.8	2.2	38.3	4.9	6.0	82.2	70.1	2.4	9.4	3.6	2,323	1,690	817	678	87	47	247	174	+640
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	9.8	2023-24	DAL	70	37.5	33.9	9.2	1.4	0.5	11.5	23.6	48.7	4.1	10.6	38.2	6.8	8.7	78.6	61.7	0.8	8.4	4.0	2,624	2,370	647	686	99	38	282	149	+319
11	Trae Young T. Young	9.7	2021-22	ATL	76	34.9	28.4	3.7	0.9	0.1	9.4	20.3	46.0	3.1	8.0	38.2	6.6	7.3	90.4	60.3	0.7	3.1	4.0	2,652	2,155	284	737	72	7	303	128	+158
12	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	9.2	2021-22	SAS	68	34.8	21.1	8.3	2.0	0.3	8.4	18.3	46.2	1.4	4.3	32.7	2.9	3.6	79.4	53.3	1.2	7.1	2.6	2,366	1,438	563	627	138	23	180	138	+49
13	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	9.2	2024-25	IND	73	33.6	18.6	3.5	1.4	0.7	6.5	13.8	47.3	3.0	7.7	38.8	2.6	3.0	85.1	61.6	0.6	3.0	1.6	2,451	1,359	258	673	105	49	120	92	+222
14	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	9.2	2025-26	CHI	19	34.2	21.0	10.0	1.0	0.4	7.3	15.1	48.6	1.8	4.6	39.1	4.6	6.2	73.7	59.0	1.4	8.6	3.6	649	399	190	175	19	8	68	36	-8
15	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	9.2	2025-26	DET	19	36.7	27.6	6.5	1.5	0.8	9.7	21.5	45.2	1.8	6.3	29.2	6.3	7.6	82.8	55.5	1.4	5.2	4.1	697	525	124	174	28	15	78	64	+126
16	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	9.1	2024-25	DET	70	35.0	26.1	6.1	1.0	0.8	9.8	20.8	46.9	2.1	6.0	35.6	4.5	5.3	84.6	56.5	0.8	5.3	4.4	2,452	1,830	425	638	71	53	309	195	+175
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	9.0	2023-24	DEN	79	34.6	26.4	12.4	1.4	0.9	10.4	17.9	58.3	1.1	2.9	35.9	4.5	5.5	81.7	65.0	2.8	9.5	3.0	2,737	2,085	976	708	108	68	238	195	+684
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8.9	2025-26	LAL	16	36.9	35.3	8.9	1.6	0.6	10.9	22.9	47.8	3.7	10.8	34.1	9.7	11.9	81.2	62.7	0.8	8.1	4.3	591	564	142	143	26	9	69	41	+67
19	Chris Paul C. Paul	8.9	2022-23	PHX	59	32.0	13.9	4.3	1.5	0.4	5.0	11.3	44.0	1.7	4.4	37.5	2.3	2.7	83.1	55.5	0.5	3.8	1.9	1,889	819	251	524	91	22	114	126	+84
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8.7	2021-22	DAL	65	35.4	28.4	9.1	1.2	0.6	9.9	21.6	45.7	3.1	8.8	35.3	5.6	7.5	74.4	57.1	0.9	8.3	4.5	2,301	1,847	593	568	75	36	292	145	+146
21	James Harden J. Harden	8.7	2024-25	LAC	79	35.3	22.8	5.8	1.5	0.7	6.7	16.4	41.0	3.0	8.5	35.2	6.4	7.3	87.4	58.2	0.7	5.1	4.3	2,789	1,802	456	687	118	55	341	162	+344
22	Darius Garland D. Garland	8.6	2021-22	CLE	68	35.7	21.7	3.3	1.3	0.1	8.0	17.3	46.2	2.6	6.7	38.3	3.2	3.5	89.2	57.6	0.6	2.7	3.6	2,430	1,473	224	583	89	7	248	115	+376
23	James Harden J. Harden	8.5	2023-24	LAC	72	34.3	16.6	5.1	1.1	0.8	4.9	11.4	42.8	2.6	6.8	38.1	4.2	4.8	87.8	61.2	0.5	4.7	2.6	2,470	1,192	369	614	77	57	185	127	+291
24	James Harden J. Harden	8.4	2025-26	LAC	21	35.1	26.9	5.6	1.1	0.4	7.7	17.7	43.7	3.7	10.0	36.8	7.8	8.6	90.6	62.6	0.6	5.0	4.0	738	564	118	177	23	8	83	41	-50
25	LeBron James L. James	8.3	2023-24	LAL	71	35.3	25.7	7.3	1.3	0.5	9.6	17.9	54.0	2.1	5.1	41.0	4.3	5.7	75.0	63.0	0.9	6.4	3.5	2,504	1,822	518	589	89	38	245	78	+220