John Stockton has the most assists in a season, with 1,164 assists in 1990-91.

Interpreted as:

most assist in a season per game by a player

	NAME	AST	GP	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	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,164	82	1990-91	UTA	37.8	17.2	2.9	14.2	2.9	0.2	6.0	11.9	50.7	0.7	2.0	34.5	4.4	5.3	83.6	60.4	0.6	2.3	3.6	3,103	1,413	237	234	16	298	233
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,134	78	1989-90	UTA	37.4	17.2	2.6	14.5	2.7	0.2	6.1	11.8	51.4	0.6	1.4	41.6	4.5	5.5	81.9	60.7	0.7	1.9	3.5	2,915	1,345	206	207	18	272	233
3	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,128	82	1987-88	UTA	34.7	14.7	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	5.5	9.6	57.4	0.3	0.8	35.8	3.3	4.0	84.0	64.5	0.7	2.2	3.2	2,842	1,204	237	242	16	262	247
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,126	82	1991-92	UTA	36.6	15.8	3.3	13.7	3.0	0.3	5.5	11.5	48.2	1.0	2.5	40.7	3.8	4.5	84.2	59.0	0.8	2.5	3.5	3,002	1,297	270	244	22	286	234
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1,123	81	1984-85	DET	38.1	21.2	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	8.0	17.4	45.8	0.4	1.4	25.7	4.9	6.1	80.9	52.9	1.4	3.0	3.7	3,089	1,720	361	187	25	302	288
6	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,118	82	1988-89	UTA	38.7	17.1	3.0	13.6	3.2	0.2	6.1	11.3	53.8	0.2	0.8	24.2	4.8	5.5	86.3	62.4	1.0	2.0	3.8	3,171	1,400	248	263	14	308	241
7	Kevin Porter K. Porter	1,099	82	1978-79	DET	37.4	15.4	2.5	13.4	1.9	0.1	6.5	13.5	48.1				2.3	3.2	72.2	51.3	0.8	1.8	4.1	3,064	1,260	209	158	5	337	302
8	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,031	82	1993-94	UTA	36.2	15.1	3.1	12.6	2.4	0.3	5.6	10.6	52.8	0.6	1.8	32.2	3.3	4.1	80.5	60.8	0.9	2.3	3.2	2,969	1,236	258	199	22	266	236
9	John Stockton J. Stockton	1,011	82	1994-95	UTA	35.0	14.7	3.1	12.3	2.4	0.3	5.2	9.6	54.2	1.2	2.8	44.9	3.0	3.7	80.4	65.1	0.7	2.4	3.3	2,867	1,206	251	194	22	267	215
10	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	991	81	1988-89	PHX	39.2	20.4	4.2	12.2	1.7	0.3	7.0	13.9	50.5	0.0	0.3	9.1	6.3	7.1	88.2	59.7	0.6	3.6	4.0	3,179	1,650	340	135	24	322	226
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	989	79	1990-91	LAL	37.1	19.4	7.0	12.5	1.3	0.2	5.9	12.4	47.7	1.0	3.2	32.0	6.6	7.3	90.6	62.3	1.3	5.6	4.0	2,933	1,531	551	102	17	314	150
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	988	77	1988-89	LAL	37.5	22.5	7.9	12.8	1.8	0.3	7.5	14.8	50.9	0.8	2.4	31.4	6.7	7.3	91.1	62.5	1.4	6.4	4.1	2,886	1,730	607	138	22	312	172
13	John Stockton J. Stockton	987	82	1992-93	UTA	34.9	15.1	2.9	12.0	2.4	0.3	5.3	11.0	48.6	0.9	2.3	38.5	3.6	4.5	79.8	58.4	0.8	2.1	3.2	2,863	1,239	237	199	21	266	224
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	977	80	1986-87	LAL	36.3	23.9	6.3	12.2	1.7	0.5	8.5	16.4	52.2	0.1	0.5	20.5	6.7	7.9	84.8	60.2	1.5	4.8	3.8	2,904	1,909	504	138	36	300	168
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	968	77	1984-85	LAL	36.1	18.3	6.2	12.6	1.5	0.3	6.5	11.7	56.1	0.1	0.5	18.9	5.1	6.0	84.3	63.7	1.2	5.0	4.0	2,781	1,406	476	113	25	305	155
16	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	935	82	1996-97	TOT	37.2	9.9	4.8	11.4	1.2	0.1	3.5	8.3	42.6	0.8	2.2	37.1	2.0	2.6	78.9	52.5	1.1	3.7	3.3	3,054	812	395	97	12	274	161	-65
17	Chris Paul C. Paul	925	80	2007-08	NOH	37.6	21.1	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	7.9	16.1	48.8	1.2	3.1	36.9	4.2	4.9	85.1	57.6	0.8	3.2	2.5	3,006	1,684	321	217	4	201	185	+479
18	John Stockton J. Stockton	916	82	1995-96	UTA	35.5	14.7	2.8	11.2	1.7	0.2	5.4	10.0	53.8	1.2	2.7	42.2	2.9	3.4	83.0	64.2	0.7	2.1	3.0	2,915	1,209	226	140	15	246	207
19	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	914	82	1983-84	SDC	37.2	17.0	2.5	11.1	1.1	0.0	7.2	15.5	46.2	0.1	0.6	23.9	2.5	3.3	76.0	50.1	0.7	1.8	3.1	3,053	1,391	203	94	4	257	180
20	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	914	82	1983-84	DET	36.7	21.3	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	8.2	17.7	46.2	0.3	0.8	33.8	4.7	6.5	73.3	52.0	1.3	2.7	3.7	3,007	1,748	327	204	33	307	324
21	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	910	80	1972-73	KCO	46.0	34.0	2.8	11.4			12.9	26.3	48.8				8.3	9.8	84.7	55.5				3,681	2,719	223				207
22	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	908	81	1966-67	CHI	37.8	18.0	4.3	11.2			6.6	17.0	39.1				4.7	5.9	80.6	46.0				3,063	1,459	346				243
23	James Harden J. Harden	907	81	2016-17	HOU	36.4	29.1	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	8.3	18.9	44.0	3.2	9.3	34.7	9.2	10.9	84.7	61.3	1.2	7.0	5.7	2,947	2,356	659	121	38	464	215	+425
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	907	79	1989-90	LAL	37.2	22.3	6.6	11.5	1.7	0.4	6.9	14.4	48.0	1.3	3.5	38.4	7.2	8.1	89.0	62.2	1.6	5.0	3.7	2,937	1,765	522	132	34	289	167
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	907	72	1985-86	LAL	35.8	18.8	5.9	12.6	1.6	0.2	6.7	12.8	52.6	0.1	0.6	23.3	5.3	6.0	87.1	61.0	1.2	4.7	3.8	2,578	1,354	426	113	16	273	133