most assists per 36 minutes in nba active centers

Nikola Jokić has the most career assists / minutes played / 36 by an active center, with 8.36.

Interpreted as:
most assists per 36 minutes with a minimum of 5000 minutes played by a player in NBA active centers
NAMEAST/(MIN/36)MINASTGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
8.36
25,042
5,813
786
31.9
22.1
11.0
7.4
1.3
0.7
8.5
15.1
56.1
1.1
3.1
36.4
4.1
4.9
82.4
64.1
2.7
8.3
3.0
17,383
8,647
1,006
566
2,329
2,110
+4449
2Domantas Sabonis
D. Sabonis
6.28
9,962
1,739
307
32.4
17.4
11.8
5.7
0.8
0.5
6.9
12.2
56.2
0.5
1.5
35.8
3.2
4.3
73.1
61.8
3.1
8.7
2.9
5,352
3,622
255
143
875
968
-28
3Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
5.41
9,692
1,456
333
29.1
16.7
8.6
4.4
1.1
0.9
6.5
12.6
51.3
0.4
1.4
27.5
3.3
4.7
69.9
56.6
2.9
5.7
2.5
5,548
2,879
354
293
841
1,045
+35
4Kelly Olynyk
K. Olynyk
4.3
13,783
1,647
615
22.4
10.2
5.1
2.7
0.8
0.5
3.7
7.5
49.2
1.1
3.0
36.8
1.8
2.2
78.4
60.4
1.2
3.9
1.6
6,301
3,138
511
284
1,014
1,733
+211
5Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
4.16
15,380
1,779
483
31.8
27.6
10.8
3.7
0.9
1.6
9.1
18.2
50.1
1.2
3.5
33.8
8.3
10.0
83.0
61.3
2.2
8.6
3.4
13,348
5,219
431
772
1,639
1,436
+2618
6Mason Plumlee
M. Plumlee
4.16
17,184
1,987
792
21.7
7.9
6.7
2.5
0.7
0.8
3.1
5.2
59.8
0.0
0.1
4.2
1.7
2.8
58.9
61.2
2.0
4.7
1.4
6,227
5,295
536
639
1,101
2,088
-445
7Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
3.95
16,744
1,837
552
30.3
15.6
8.9
3.3
1.1
0.8
6.0
11.4
52.2
0.3
1.0
32.4
3.4
4.5
75.2
58.3
2.2
6.7
2.1
8,628
4,934
582
457
1,138
1,302
+948
8Jusuf Nurkić
J. Nurkić
3.88
15,429
1,664
631
24.5
11.8
8.9
2.6
0.9
1.1
4.6
9.2
50.2
0.2
0.8
29.4
2.3
3.5
66.1
54.8
2.5
6.4
2.2
7,438
5,644
588
669
1,362
1,990
+698
9Isaiah Hartenstein
I. Hartenstein
3.82
8,172
868
410
19.9
7.1
6.6
2.1
0.7
0.9
3.0
5.0
59.7
0.1
0.3
24.3
1.1
1.6
68.1
62.5
2.3
4.3
1.2
2,912
2,721
304
373
476
1,046
+1448
10Al Horford
A. Horford
3.58
34,620
3,442
1,106
31.3
12.8
7.8
3.1
0.8
1.2
5.3
10.3
51.1
0.8
2.2
37.7
1.4
1.8
76.4
57.5
1.9
5.9
1.4
14,170
8,662
840
1,276
1,524
2,317
+3440
11Nikola Vučević
N. Vučević
3.37
32,087
3,000
1,024
31.3
17.2
10.4
2.9
0.8
0.9
7.3
14.7
49.8
1.0
2.7
35.1
1.6
2.1
77.3
55.1
2.5
7.9
1.7
17,579
10,635
857
879
1,746
2,463
-1558
12Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
3.34
23,599
2,189
697
33.9
22.8
11.1
3.1
0.8
1.2
8.3
16.0
52.0
1.7
4.3
39.6
4.5
5.3
83.9
62.2
2.8
8.3
2.7
15,911
7,754
568
802
1,876
2,380
+1578
13Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
3.05
6,578
558
198
33.2
15.6
8.8
2.8
0.8
1.5
6.4
11.8
54.4
0.3
1.3
26.5
2.5
3.7
68.1
58.4
2.2
6.6
1.9
3,096
1,749
161
306
369
499
+466
14Jakob Poeltl
J. Poeltl
2.93
13,886
1,129
618
22.5
8.9
7.0
1.8
0.6
1.2
3.9
6.2
63.3
0.0
0.0
42.9
1.0
1.9
55.7
63.3
2.7
4.3
1.2
5,526
4,321
397
768
757
1,550
+462
15Goga Bitadze
G. Bitadze
2.86
5,277
419
361
14.6
5.5
4.2
1.2
0.5
1.1
2.2
3.9
55.6
0.2
0.8
22.9
0.9
1.4
66.9
60.3
1.6
2.6
0.7
1,978
1,531
167
384
251
675
+74
16Nic Claxton
N. Claxton
2.85
8,706
689
314
27.7
11.3
8.1
2.2
0.7
1.7
4.9
7.8
63.0
0.0
0.1
21.4
1.5
2.8
55.6
63.2
2.4
5.7
1.2
3,562
2,552
233
549
384
764
-1007
17Jalen Duren
J. Duren
2.73
6,699
508
250
26.8
12.6
10.3
2.0
0.7
0.9
5.2
8.0
64.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.3
3.2
70.4
67.1
3.4
6.8
1.8
3,148
2,569
171
229
440
750
-273
18Wendell Carter Jr.
W. Carter Jr.
2.63
11,977
874
435
27.5
11.9
8.2
2.0
0.7
0.7
4.4
8.8
50.7
0.8
2.4
31.8
2.2
3.0
73.6
58.8
2.3
5.9
1.5
5,159
3,556
289
316
644
1,292
-672
19Moritz Wagner
M. Wagner
2.6
6,224
449
377
16.5
9.2
3.9
1.2
0.5
0.3
3.3
6.2
52.4
0.7
2.2
32.9
1.9
2.4
80.9
63.1
1.0
2.9
1.1
3,459
1,480
194
110
427
815
-460
20Naz Reid
N. Reid
2.47
9,970
685
463
21.5
11.9
5.1
1.5
0.7
0.9
4.5
9.3
48.5
1.5
4.1
37.6
1.4
1.9
72.8
58.9
1.1
3.9
1.2
5,513
2,349
314
421
576
1,113
+245
21Robert Williams III
R. Williams III
2.47
5,385
369
273
19.7
7.1
6.8
1.4
0.7
1.6
3.2
4.3
72.6
0.0
0.1
34.8
0.8
1.1
67.8
73.3
2.4
4.3
0.9
1,938
1,852
195
444
233
492
+455
22Onyeka Okongwu
O. Okongwu
2.46
7,961
543
309
25.8
11.6
7.4
1.8
0.8
1.1
4.5
7.8
57.8
0.6
1.7
35.7
1.9
2.5
76.7
64.8
2.6
4.9
1.2
3,574
2,293
241
346
359
938
+22
23Daniel Theis
D. Theis
2.38
5,889
390
282
20.9
7.8
5.1
1.4
0.5
0.9
3.1
5.8
53.5
0.5
1.7
31.9
1.0
1.4
71.9
60.3
1.5
3.6
0.8
2,199
1,440
139
249
236
701
+67
24Drew Eubanks
D. Eubanks
2.19
5,185
315
318
16.3
5.9
4.5
1.0
0.4
0.8
2.4
4.0
60.8
0.1
0.2
34.5
1.0
1.5
70.3
64.1
1.4
3.1
0.9
1,886
1,437
123
261
275
512
-825
25Ivica Zubac
I. Zubac
2.17
14,760
890
627
23.5
10.5
8.3
1.4
0.4
1.0
4.3
7.0
61.6
0.0
0.0
8.3
1.8
2.5
72.4
64.4
2.7
5.6
1.3
6,572
5,215
234
611
787
1,479
+897
StatMuse has season-level data for minutes played going back to the 1951-52 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.6

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

RPG

12.3

Jokić

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APG

10.5

Jokić

Nikola Jokić
Team Rankings

ORTG

122.3

1st

DRTG

117.5

23rd

NETRTG

4.9

8th

3P%

39.6

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings
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1
43
14
.754
2
39
16
.709
3.0
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36
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.632
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7.5
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34
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.618
8.0
Schedule
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2/22
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3:30 PM
Wed
2/25
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10:00 PM
Fri
2/27
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9:30 PM
Sun
3/1
@
3:30 PM
Mon
3/2
@
9:00 PM
Last Game
DEN Nuggets

36 - 21

157

Final

103

Fri 20 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

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NBA 2025-26 Standings

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13
.759
2
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.655
5.5
3
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21
.632
6.5
4
35
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.625
7.0
5
33
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.589
9.0
6
30
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.545
11.5
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30
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12.5
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.466
16.0
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.456
16.5
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24
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.444
17.0
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.429
18.0
13
16
39
.291
25.5
14
15
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.273
26.5
15
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42
.263
27.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
43
14
.754
2
39
16
.709
3.0
3
36
21
.632
7.0
4
34
20
.630
7.5
5
34
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.618
8.0
6
35
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.614
8.0
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32
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.571
10.5
8
29
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.518
13.5
9
27
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.482
15.5
10
27
30
.474
16.0
11
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.389
20.5
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.345
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.263
28.0
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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
1/18
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110-123
Sun
1/18
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126-117
Sun
1/18
@
112-135
Mon
1/19
@
116-110
Mon
1/19
@
110-138

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
2/21
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5:00 PM
Sat
2/21
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7:00 PM
Sat
2/21
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8:00 PM
Sat
2/21
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8:00 PM
Sat
2/21
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8:00 PM