most apg by a rookie ever with under 30 mpg minimum 41 games

Ennis Whatley has the most assists per game by a rookie with 41+ games played and fewer than 30.0 minutes per game, with 8.3 per game in 1983-84.

	NAME	APG	MPG	GP	SEASON	TM	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	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	8.3	27.0	80	1983-84	CHI	8.4	2.5	1.5	0.2	3.3	7.0	46.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.5	73.0	51.9	0.8	1.7	3.4	2,159	668	197	662	119	17	268	223
2	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	8.2	27.8	71	1986-87	SEA	5.3	4.7	1.8	0.6	2.0	4.2	47.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.2	2.0	61.7	51.4	1.4	3.2	2.2	1,972	373	331	583	125	44	155	238
3	Gary Grant G. Grant	7.1	27.1	71	1988-89	LAC	11.9	3.4	2.0	0.1	5.1	11.7	43.5	0.1	0.3	22.7	1.7	2.3	73.5	46.9	1.1	2.2	3.6	1,924	846	238	506	144	9	258	170
4	T.J. Ford	6.5	26.8	55	2003-04	MIL	7.1	3.2	1.1	0.1	2.8	7.2	38.4	0.1	0.4	23.8	1.5	1.8	81.6	44.3	0.7	2.5	2.5	1,472	391	177	356	60	3	139	123	+7
5	Gary Payton G. Payton	6.4	27.4	82	1990-91	SEA	7.2	3.0	2.0	0.2	3.2	7.0	45.0	0.0	0.2	7.7	0.8	1.2	71.1	47.6	1.3	1.6	2.2	2,243	588	243	528	165	15	180	249
6	Isaiah Collier I. Collier	6.3	25.9	71	2024-25	UTA	8.7	3.3	0.9	0.2	3.3	7.8	42.2	0.6	2.4	24.9	1.5	2.2	68.2	49.4	0.5	2.9	2.9	1,839	615	235	446	66	16	208	149	-403
7	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	6.1	28.8	51	2020-21	CHA	15.7	5.9	1.6	0.4	5.7	13.2	43.6	1.8	5.1	35.2	2.5	3.2	75.8	53.9	1.2	4.7	2.8	1,468	803	302	313	81	18	145	136	-84
8	Andre Miller A. Miller	5.8	25.5	82	1999-00	CLE	11.1	3.4	1.0	0.2	4.1	9.2	44.9	0.1	0.6	20.4	2.8	3.6	77.4	51.7	1.0	2.4	2.0	2,093	914	280	476	84	17	166	194	-107
9	Brian Shaw B. Shaw	5.8	28.2	82	1988-89	BOS	8.6	4.6	0.9	0.3	3.6	8.4	43.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.3	1.6	82.6	47.2	1.5	3.1	2.3	2,311	703	376	472	77	27	187	211
10	Darren Collison D. Collison	5.7	27.8	76	2009-10	NOH	12.4	2.5	1.0	0.1	4.9	10.4	47.7	0.6	1.5	40.0	1.9	2.3	85.1	54.6	0.5	2.0	2.7	2,109	946	192	432	78	4	202	92	-175
11	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	5.5	24.0	80	1987-88	TOT	9.2	2.4	1.3	0.3	3.4	7.5	46.1	0.1	0.3	20.8	2.2	2.6	83.9	53.1	0.5	1.9	1.8	1,917	732	191	437	103	24	146	156
12	Scoot Henderson S. Henderson	5.4	28.5	62	2023-24	POR	14.0	3.1	0.8	0.2	5.0	12.9	38.5	1.4	4.3	32.5	2.7	3.3	81.9	48.9	0.9	2.3	3.4	1,765	868	194	336	48	13	212	195	-495
13	Fat Lever F. Lever	5.3	24.9	81	1982-83	POR	7.8	2.8	1.9	0.2	3.2	7.3	43.1	0.1	0.2	33.3	1.4	2.0	73.0	47.7	1.0	1.7	1.7	2,020	633	225	426	153	15	137	179
14	Dennis Smith Jr. D. Smith Jr.	5.2	29.7	69	2017-18	DAL	15.2	3.8	1.0	0.3	5.9	14.8	39.5	1.5	4.9	31.3	1.9	2.8	69.4	47.3	0.7	3.0	2.8	2,049	1,048	260	358	71	18	194	152	-329
15	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	5.1	20.6	79	1987-88	WAS	5.0	1.7	1.6	0.0	2.1	5.4	39.0	0.0	0.2	20.0	0.7	0.9	78.4	42.9	0.4	1.3	1.3	1,628	393	136	404	127	3	101	138
16	John Stockton J. Stockton	5.1	18.2	82	1984-85	UTA	5.6	1.3	1.3	0.1	1.9	4.1	47.1	0.0	0.1	18.2	1.7	2.4	73.6	54.8	0.3	1.0	1.8	1,490	458	105	415	109	11	150	203
17	Rob Williams R. Williams	4.9	19.5	74	1982-83	DEN	7.0	1.8			2.6	6.3	40.8	0.0			1.8	2.4	75.3	47.3			2.5	1,443	515	136	361			186	221
18	Chris Duhon C. Duhon	4.9	26.5	82	2004-05	CHI	5.9	2.6	1.0	0.0	2.1	6.0	35.2	1.1	3.2	35.5	0.6	0.8	73.1	47.1	0.3	2.3	1.5	2,177	487	213	398	82	3	119	205	+113
19	Ed Sherod E. Sherod	4.8	25.4	64	1982-83	NYK	6.2	2.3			2.7	6.6	40.6	0.0			0.8	1.3	65.0	43.3				1,624	395	149	310				112
20	Jalen Rose J. Rose	4.8	22.2	81	1994-95	DEN	8.2	2.7	0.8	0.3	2.8	6.2	45.4	0.4	1.4	31.6	2.1	2.9	73.9	55.0	0.7	2.0	2.0	1,798	663	217	389	65	22	160	206
21	Anthony Carter A. Carter	4.8	23.5	79	1999-00	MIA	6.3	2.5	1.2	0.1	2.5	6.4	39.5	0.0	0.3	13.0	1.2	1.6	75.0	44.2	0.6	1.9	2.2	1,859	498	199	378	93	5	173	167	+22
22	Lindsey Hunter L. Hunter	4.8	26.5	82	1993-94	DET	10.3	2.3	1.5	0.1	4.1	10.9	37.5	0.8	2.5	33.3	1.3	1.7	73.2	44.1	0.6	1.7	2.2	2,172	843	189	390	121	10	184	174
23	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	4.8	23.9	82	1985-86	DET	9.4	1.5	0.8	0.1	3.5	7.3	48.1	0.1	0.2	31.3	2.3	2.9	79.8	54.8	0.7	0.7	1.9	1,957	769	119	390	66	11	157	200
24	Jay Williams J. Williams	4.7	26.1	75	2002-03	CHI	9.5	2.6	1.1	0.2	3.6	9.1	39.9	0.9	2.7	32.2	1.4	2.1	64.0	47.2	0.4	2.2	2.3	1,961	714	195	350	86	17	171	179	-380
25	Milos Teodosic M. Teodosic	4.6	25.2	45	2017-18	LAC	9.5	2.8	0.5	0.1	3.4	8.0	41.9	2.0	5.2	37.9	0.9	1.0	84.8	56.4	0.4	2.4	2.2	1,134	429	126	209	23	5	97	103	+87