Chris Paul had the most assists per game played in 2021-22, with 10.8.

Interpreted as:

most assists per game by a player in NBA 2022 average

	NAME	AST/GP	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	Chris Paul C. Paul	10.8	702	65	2021-22	PHX	32.9	14.7	4.4	10.8	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	121	20	153	134	+460
2	James Harden J. Harden	10.26	667	65	2021-22	TOT	37.2	22.0	7.7	10.3	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	82	36	284	153	+173
3	Trae Young T. Young	9.7	737	76	2021-22	ATL	34.9	28.4	3.7	9.7	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	72	7	303	128	+158
4	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	9.22	627	68	2021-22	SAS	34.8	21.1	8.3	9.2	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	138	23	180	138	+49
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8.74	568	65	2021-22	DAL	35.4	28.4	9.1	8.7	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	75	36	292	145	+146
6	Darius Garland D. Garland	8.57	583	68	2021-22	CLE	35.7	21.7	3.3	8.6	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	89	7	248	115	+376
7	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	8.16	628	77	2021-22	TOT	35.0	15.3	4.0	8.2	1.7	0.6	5.6	11.8	47.3	2.1	5.1	41.4	2.1	2.5	84.2	59.5	0.8	3.2	2.6	2,693	1,181	311	134	49	199	121	-327
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	7.89	584	74	2021-22	DEN	33.4	27.1	13.8	7.9	1.5	0.9	10.3	17.7	58.3	1.3	3.9	33.7	5.1	6.3	81.0	66.1	2.8	11.0	3.8	2,475	2,004	1,019	109	63	281	191	+442
9	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	7.61	571	75	2021-22	CHA	32.3	20.1	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	7.2	16.7	42.9	2.9	7.5	38.9	2.8	3.2	87.2	55.4	1.4	5.2	3.3	2,422	1,508	501	119	30	245	237	+99
10	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	7.52	474	63	2021-22	MIA	33.9	13.4	4.5	7.5	1.1	0.3	4.4	10.0	44.0	2.3	6.1	37.7	2.3	2.8	85.1	60.0	0.5	4.0	2.7	2,133	844	282	67	17	168	177	+250
11	Zavier Simpson Z. Simpson	7.5	30	4	2021-22	OKC	43.5	11.0	5.3	7.5	1.3	1.0	4.8	13.0	36.5	0.3	2.0	12.5	1.3	1.3	100.0	40.6	0.5	4.8	2.5	174	44	21	5	4	10	15	-95
12	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	7.31	212	29	2021-22	POR	36.4	24.0	4.1	7.3	0.6	0.4	7.7	19.0	40.2	3.2	9.8	32.4	5.5	6.2	87.8	55.0	0.4	3.7	2.9	1,056	695	120	17	11	83	37	-30
13	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	7.08	460	65	2021-22	MIN	31.9	18.1	3.3	7.1	1.0	0.3	6.2	15.0	41.1	2.7	8.0	34.0	3.0	3.7	82.5	54.4	0.4	2.9	2.5	2,076	1,176	216	62	22	165	130	+211
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	7.05	550	78	2021-22	LAL	34.3	18.5	7.4	7.1	1.0	0.3	7.0	15.8	44.4	1.0	3.4	29.8	3.4	5.1	66.7	51.2	1.4	6.0	3.8	2,678	1,441	580	75	20	295	235	-211
15	Derrick Walton Jr. D. Walton Jr.	7	21	3	2021-22	DET	36.0	6.3	3.3	7.0	2.3	1.3	2.0	8.7	23.1	1.0	4.3	23.1	1.3	1.3	100.0	34.2	0.7	2.7	3.7	108	19	10	7	4	11	8	-3
16	Draymond Green D. Green	6.96	320	46	2021-22	GSW	28.9	7.5	7.3	7.0	1.3	1.1	2.9	5.6	52.5	0.3	1.2	29.6	1.3	2.0	65.9	58.2	1.0	6.3	3.0	1,329	346	336	61	50	139	136	+190
17	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	6.82	457	67	2021-22	MIL	32.9	18.3	4.5	6.8	1.6	0.4	7.1	14.2	50.1	2.0	4.8	41.1	2.0	2.7	76.1	59.3	1.0	3.5	2.7	2,207	1,225	301	108	29	183	133	+426
18	Ja Morant J. Morant	6.74	384	57	2021-22	MEM	33.1	27.4	5.7	6.7	1.2	0.4	10.2	20.6	49.3	1.5	4.5	34.4	5.5	7.3	76.1	57.5	1.4	4.4	3.4	1,889	1,564	325	66	22	196	86	+189
19	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	6.68	434	65	2021-22	TOR	37.9	20.3	4.4	6.7	1.7	0.5	6.8	16.9	40.3	3.7	9.9	37.7	3.0	3.4	87.4	55.2	0.7	3.8	2.6	2,462	1,320	289	111	35	170	162	+212
20	Bradley Beal B. Beal	6.63	265	40	2021-22	WAS	36.0	23.2	4.7	6.6	0.9	0.4	8.7	19.3	45.1	1.6	5.3	30.0	4.2	5.1	83.3	53.9	1.0	3.8	3.4	1,439	928	189	36	15	135	95	-102
21	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	6.62	225	34	2021-22	CLE	28.5	13.1	4.1	6.6	1.4	0.2	4.4	12.1	36.3	1.7	5.1	33.9	2.6	3.0	85.4	48.8	0.4	3.7	2.6	970	445	141	49	7	90	75	+186
22	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	6.39	345	54	2021-22	OKC	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
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	6.38	351	55	2021-22	BKN	37.2	29.9	7.4	6.4	0.9	0.9	10.5	20.3	51.8	2.1	5.5	38.3	6.8	7.4	91.0	63.4	0.5	6.9	3.5	2,047	1,643	407	48	52	191	113	+269
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	6.31	404	64	2021-22	GSW	34.5	25.5	5.2	6.3	1.3	0.4	8.4	19.1	43.7	4.5	11.7	38.0	4.3	4.7	92.3	60.1	0.5	4.7	3.2	2,211	1,630	335	85	23	206	130	+507
25	LeBron James L. James	6.23	349	56	2021-22	LAL	37.2	30.3	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	11.4	21.8	52.4	2.9	8.0	35.9	4.5	6.0	75.6	61.9	1.1	7.1	3.5	2,084	1,695	459	73	59	196	121	-117