most 8 assist games by a rookie this sewson

Mark Jackson has the most games by a rookie with 8+ assists in a season, with 63 games in 1987-88.

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	NAME	GP	AST	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	63	759	1987-88	NYK	41.4	14.4	5.0	12.0	2.6	0.1	5.7	13.1	43.2	0.4	1.6	23.8	2.7	3.5	77.7	49.3	1.6	3.4	3.3	2,606	907	316	161	5	208	184
2	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	50	547	1995-96	TOR	42.6	20.1	4.3	10.9	1.5	0.3	7.4	17.2	43.0	2.0	5.1	39.9	3.3	4.3	76.5	52.6	0.8	3.5	3.7	2,128	1,004	215	73	13	187	122
3	Trae Young T. Young	47	489	2018-19	ATL	32.6	21.0	3.9	10.4	0.8	0.2	7.1	16.5	43.1	2.3	6.5	35.7	4.4	5.2	85.2	55.8	0.7	3.1	3.6	1,533	987	181	37	9	169	83	+48
4	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	46	534	1989-90	GSW	36.2	16.2	4.7	11.6	2.5	0.2	6.4	13.2	48.4	0.2	1.2	18.5	3.2	3.9	80.6	54.1	0.9	3.8	3.9	1,666	745	215	117	8	179	144
5	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	45	465	2017-18	PHI	34.1	16.1	8.9	10.3	1.8	0.8	7.0	12.6	55.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.1	3.9	54.0	56.1	1.9	7.0	3.4	1,536	724	401	80	38	154	107	+356
6	Brevin Knight B. Knight	43	470	1997-98	CLE	33.2	9.0	3.3	10.9	2.7	0.3	3.2	7.4	43.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.3	79.4	51.0	0.9	2.3	2.5	1,428	388	140	116	13	106	154	+332
7	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	42	482	1983-84	CHI	32.4	9.7	3.1	11.5	1.9	0.3	4.0	8.2	48.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.5	71.4	52.0	1.0	2.1	4.0	1,362	407	130	79	12	166	126
8	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	40	445	2001-02	IND	35.2	11.3	4.4	11.1	2.1	0.8	4.4	11.1	40.0	0.6	2.4	24.2	1.9	2.8	68.5	46.1	1.2	3.2	3.5	1,407	453	175	83	30	141	128	+149
9	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	39	383	1996-97	MIN	35.9	16.4	2.9	9.8	1.2	0.2	5.5	13.0	42.6	1.6	4.3	36.9	3.8	5.3	70.7	53.5	0.8	2.0	3.2	1,401	641	112	46	8	123	90	-19
10	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	39	379	1996-97	PHI	41.6	23.1	4.2	9.7	2.2	0.3	8.1	20.3	39.9	1.8	5.8	31.9	5.1	6.8	74.1	49.6	1.5	2.6	4.8	1,623	899	162	85	12	189	119	-154
11	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	39	397	1989-90	MIA	33.6	16.0	3.0	10.2	1.9	0.2	6.5	13.1	49.5	0.1	0.4	13.3	2.9	4.3	68.9	53.3	1.1	1.9	3.2	1,312	623	117	76	6	123	104
12	Chris Paul C. Paul	38	391	2005-06	NOK	39.3	17.9	5.8	10.3	2.3	0.1	5.7	12.6	45.0	0.8	2.6	30.6	5.8	7.0	83.0	57.2	0.9	4.8	2.4	1,495	682	219	86	4	93	120	+30
13	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	37	388	1994-95	DAL	36.7	13.0	6.0	10.5	2.4	0.4	4.6	11.8	38.9	1.1	3.4	33.1	2.7	3.7	72.5	48.4	2.1	3.9	3.6	1,357	480	222	90	14	134	78
14	John Wall J. Wall	36	391	2010-11	WAS	39.7	17.2	4.5	10.9	2.0	0.4	6.1	15.1	40.2	0.5	1.9	28.4	4.6	6.1	74.9	48.5	0.5	4.0	3.7	1,429	619	163	73	16	133	82	-199
15	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	36	431	1986-87	SEA	33.3	5.7	5.2	12.0	2.2	0.7	2.2	4.5	49.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.3	2.0	62.5	53.2	1.4	3.8	2.4	1,199	205	188	79	26	85	128
16	Gary Grant G. Grant	32	373	1988-89	LAC	33.3	15.0	4.0	11.7	2.6	0.2	6.5	14.3	45.3	0.1	0.3	20.0	2.0	2.8	71.9	48.4	1.3	2.7	4.0	1,064	480	128	84	5	129	76
17	Ja Morant J. Morant	31	306	2019-20	MEM	33.5	19.4	4.8	9.9	0.9	0.4	7.3	15.6	47.0	1.0	3.5	29.9	3.7	4.6	79.2	54.9	1.0	3.8	3.2	1,038	600	148	28	11	98	45	+115
18	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	31	316	2003-04	CHI	40.5	13.3	3.6	10.2	1.6	0.4	4.7	12.8	36.8	2.1	5.6	37.1	1.8	2.1	84.8	48.5	0.6	3.0	2.6	1,256	413	112	51	13	81	108	-64
19	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	31	292	1993-94	ORL	38.2	16.5	5.6	9.4	2.7	0.7	6.3	13.8	45.7	0.5	2.4	18.7	3.4	4.6	73.6	52.0	2.4	3.2	3.7	1,185	512	175	83	21	114	70
20	Pooh Richardson P. Richardson	29	311	1989-90	MIN	41.9	17.0	3.2	10.7	1.6	0.6	7.8	16.4	47.6	0.4	1.4	26.2	1.0	1.5	63.6	49.7	0.8	2.4	2.0	1,216	493	94	47	17	59	52
21	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	27	261	2014-15	ORL	35.5	11.6	5.3	9.7	2.0	0.3	4.7	10.1	47.1	0.3	0.7	42.1	1.8	3.4	52.7	50.0	1.6	3.7	2.6	959	312	143	55	8	69	70	-15
22	Derrick Rose D. Rose	27	245	2008-09	CHI	38.1	16.6	3.6	9.1	1.0	0.3	6.9	14.8	46.5	0.3	1.1	24.1	2.6	3.1	81.2	51.2	1.1	2.6	2.4	1,028	448	98	28	8	66	36	+73
23	Gary Payton G. Payton	27	268	1990-91	SEA	30.6	7.7	3.4	9.9	2.5	0.2	3.7	8.0	45.6	0.0	0.1	25.0	0.3	0.6	50.0	46.2	1.4	2.0	2.3	827	207	93	68	6	62	97
24	Isaiah Collier I. Collier	26	253	2024-25	UTA	31.1	11.5	4.2	9.7	0.9	0.3	4.4	10.0	44.4	0.6	2.6	23.5	2.1	2.7	78.3	51.8	0.6	3.6	3.2	810	300	108	24	8	83	62	-78
25	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	26	239	2012-13	POR	39.6	18.4	3.2	9.2	1.0	0.2	6.5	15.2	42.9	2.2	6.2	34.6	3.2	3.8	82.0	54.3	0.5	2.7	3.1	1,029	478	82	25	4	80	51	+152

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

Brunson

RPG

11.9

Towns

APG

6.8

Brunson

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.8

3rd

DRTG

113.3

7th

NETRTG

6.5

5th

3P%

37.3

4th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sun 10/25	ORL	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/27	DET	@	NYK	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 1

Final

Spurs

1 - 4

Sat 13 Jun 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

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50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0