Cade Cunningham had the most assists by a rookie in 2021-22, with 356 assists.

	NAME	AST	SEASON	TM	GP	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	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	356	2021-22	DET	64	32.6	17.4	5.5	5.6	1.2	0.7	6.7	16.1	41.6	1.8	5.7	31.4	2.2	2.6	84.5	50.4	0.9	4.6	3.7	2,088	1,114	354	78	43	234	200	-275
2	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	345	2021-22	OKC	54	31.5	12.5	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	5.2	12.4	41.9	1.0	3.9	26.3	1.0	1.5	70.9	47.8	1.8	6.0	3.2	1,700	674	421	51	20	171	88	-299
3	Davion Mitchell D. Mitchell	313	2021-22	SAC	75	27.7	11.5	2.2	4.2	0.7	0.3	4.7	11.2	41.8	1.3	4.3	31.6	0.7	1.1	65.9	48.9	0.4	1.8	1.5	2,076	861	166	55	24	114	141	-273
4	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	256	2021-22	TOR	74	35.4	15.3	7.5	3.5	1.1	0.7	6.2	12.6	49.2	0.8	2.6	30.1	2.1	2.9	73.5	55.2	2.6	4.9	1.8	2,617	1,134	557	80	55	136	192	+66
5	Ayo Dosunmu A. Dosunmu	256	2021-22	CHI	77	27.4	8.8	2.8	3.3	0.8	0.4	3.6	6.9	52.0	0.9	2.4	37.6	0.7	1.0	67.9	59.6	0.4	2.4	1.4	2,110	679	214	60	29	108	182	-199
6	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	231	2021-22	ORL	79	30.7	15.2	4.5	2.9	0.9	0.4	5.8	12.3	46.8	1.2	3.4	35.4	2.4	2.8	86.3	55.9	1.1	3.4	1.5	2,429	1,197	356	68	34	119	164	-243
7	Jalen Suggs J. Suggs	209	2021-22	ORL	48	27.2	11.8	3.6	4.4	1.2	0.4	4.1	11.4	36.1	0.9	4.1	21.4	2.6	3.4	77.3	45.5	0.5	3.0	3.0	1,307	564	171	59	19	143	142	-206
8	Bones Hyland B. Hyland	191	2021-22	DEN	69	19.0	10.1	2.7	2.8	0.6	0.3	3.3	8.3	40.3	1.9	5.2	36.6	1.6	1.8	85.6	55.8	0.2	2.5	1.2	1,310	698	188	41	20	86	153	+39
9	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	185	2021-22	HOU	72	20.7	9.6	5.5	2.6	0.8	0.9	3.5	7.3	47.4	0.4	1.6	24.8	2.3	3.2	71.1	55.2	1.9	3.5	2.0	1,489	692	393	59	68	145	214	-309
10	Jalen Green J. Green	176	2021-22	HOU	67	31.9	17.3	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	6.1	14.2	42.6	2.3	6.8	34.3	2.8	3.5	79.7	54.7	0.5	2.9	2.0	2,138	1,157	226	44	18	135	103	-519
11	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	174	2021-22	CLE	69	33.8	15.0	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	6.1	12.0	50.8	0.3	1.3	25.0	2.4	3.7	66.3	54.9	2.1	6.2	1.9	2,331	1,034	570	56	115	133	147	+94
12	Herbert Jones H. Jones	167	2021-22	NOP	78	29.9	9.5	3.8	2.1	1.7	0.8	3.5	7.4	47.6	0.7	2.2	33.7	1.8	2.1	84.0	57.3	1.3	2.5	1.3	2,335	742	296	130	60	100	238	+68
13	Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	152	2021-22	NOP	54	15.4	6.1	1.9	2.8	1.3	0.1	2.4	5.4	44.6	0.6	2.0	29.1	0.7	1.0	67.9	52.0	0.5	1.4	0.7	834	330	100	71	7	40	73	+143
14	Josh Christopher J. Christopher	150	2021-22	HOU	74	18.0	7.9	2.5	2.0	0.9	0.2	3.0	6.8	44.8	0.8	2.6	29.6	1.1	1.5	73.5	53.4	0.7	1.8	1.5	1,334	587	186	65	13	114	97	-272
15	Chris Duarte C. Duarte	114	2021-22	IND	55	28.0	13.1	4.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	4.9	11.3	43.2	1.7	4.6	36.9	1.6	2.0	80.4	53.7	0.7	3.4	1.6	1,541	720	226	56	10	90	95	-55
16	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	110	2021-22	LAL	61	23.2	7.3	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	2.4	5.2	45.9	0.9	2.7	31.7	1.6	1.9	83.9	60.0	0.7	2.4	0.7	1,418	444	193	29	20	40	87	+54
17	Dalano Banton D. Banton	99	2021-22	TOR	64	10.9	3.2	1.9	1.5	0.4	0.2	1.3	3.2	41.1	0.2	0.8	25.5	0.4	0.7	59.1	46.3	0.6	1.3	0.8	696	205	124	28	10	53	68	+32
18	Brandon Williams B. Williams	94	2021-22	POR	24	26.7	12.9	3.1	3.9	1.0	0.4	4.4	11.8	37.2	1.3	4.4	29.2	2.8	4.0	70.1	47.6	0.8	2.3	2.4	640	309	74	24	10	58	52	-272
19	Tre Mann T. Mann	91	2021-22	OKC	60	22.8	10.4	2.9	1.5	0.8	0.2	3.9	9.8	39.3	1.6	4.5	36.0	1.1	1.4	79.3	50.1	0.4	2.4	1.2	1,367	625	171	47	12	71	102	-278
20	Corey Kispert C. Kispert	85	2021-22	WAS	77	23.4	8.2	2.7	1.1	0.5	0.3	3.0	6.7	45.5	1.5	4.2	35.0	0.7	0.8	87.1	58.6	0.7	2.0	0.6	1,801	634	209	35	22	50	93	+40
21	Duane Washington Jr. D. Washington Jr.	85	2021-22	IND	48	20.2	9.9	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.1	3.6	8.9	40.5	1.7	4.5	37.7	1.0	1.3	75.4	52.1	0.1	1.6	1.2	968	473	83	26	3	57	66	-125
22	Joshua Primo J. Primo	81	2021-22	SAS	50	19.3	5.8	2.3	1.6	0.4	0.5	2.0	5.4	37.4	0.8	2.7	30.7	0.9	1.2	74.6	48.7	0.6	1.6	1.1	965	288	113	20	23	57	79	-81
23	Trendon Watford T. Watford	81	2021-22	POR	48	18.1	7.6	4.1	1.7	0.5	0.6	3.0	5.6	53.2	0.2	0.8	23.7	1.5	2.0	75.5	59.0	1.2	3.0	0.9	869	364	199	25	28	44	116	-349
24	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	78	2021-22	BKN	67	17.6	8.5	2.4	1.2	0.5	0.1	3.3	7.5	43.3	0.7	2.6	27.0	1.3	1.6	82.9	51.9	0.2	2.2	0.8	1,176	570	161	33	8	55	66	-139
25	Keon Johnson K. Johnson	76	2021-22	TOT	37	18.8	7.2	2.2	2.1	0.8	0.3	2.6	7.4	35.3	0.9	2.7	34.0	1.1	1.4	80.4	45.3	0.6	1.5	1.2	697	267	81	28	12	46	69	-287