most assists per game by a player before age 35

Magic Johnson has averaged the most career assists per game by a player younger than 35, with 12.2 per game.

	NAME	APG	GP	MPG	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12.2	682	36.9	20.0	6.9			6.9	13.3	51.8	0.4	1.4	30.6	5.7	6.6	86.4	61.4				25,136	13,607	4,710	8,298				1,461
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	11.5	1,049	32.8	13.6	2.7	2.4	0.2	4.9	9.4	51.9	0.6	1.6	38.3	3.3	4.0	82.2	61.1	0.7	2.0	3.0	34,406	14,291	2,794	12,037	2,502	213	3,168	2,890	+523
3	Trae Young T. Young	9.8	498	34.1	25.1	3.4	1.0	0.2	7.9	18.3	43.3	2.6	7.4	35.2	6.6	7.6	87.2	58.0	0.6	2.8	4.2	17,004	12,489	1,717	4,868	518	76	2,090	874	-187
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	9.5	1,013	34.9	18.5	4.5	2.2	0.1	6.5	13.8	47.0	1.4	3.7	37.0	4.2	4.8	87.0	58.2	0.7	3.9	2.4	35,352	18,711	4,572	9,607	2,220	131	2,441	2,481	+5110
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	9.4	907	36.5	19.4	3.6			7.4	16.4	45.4	0.4			4.1	5.4	76.4	51.8				33,083	17,597	3,269	8,496				2,717
6	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	9.3	1,013	37.3	14.3	6.7	2.0	0.3	5.1	12.7	40.1	1.3	3.9	33.6	2.7	3.5	78.0	50.0	1.5	5.2	3.2	37,803	14,436	6,821	9,374	2,012	305	3,241	1,902	+2819
7	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	9.1	735	34.1	17.9	3.3	1.5	0.2	6.1	12.5	49.3	0.2	0.7	30.5	5.4	6.4	84.1	58.5	0.7	2.6	3.1	25,056	13,127	2,404	6,711	1,082	176	2,258	1,542	+348
8	John Wall J. Wall	8.9	647	34.9	18.7	4.2	1.6	0.7	6.8	15.7	43.0	1.0	3.1	32.2	4.2	5.4	77.6	51.7	0.6	3.6	3.7	22,587	12,088	2,704	5,735	1,045	439	2,412	1,394	-125
9	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	8.8	333	33.0	17.5	3.7	1.5	0.6	6.3	13.3	47.7	2.6	6.6	39.2	2.3	2.7	85.5	60.6	0.6	3.0	2.1	10,996	5,842	1,218	2,947	490	199	711	440	-26
10	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	8.6	789	36.6	18.6	3.4	1.7	0.2	6.8	15.7	43.5	1.8	5.0	35.6	3.1	4.0	78.2	53.2	0.7	2.8	3.0	28,898	14,672	2,716	6,793	1,362	119	2,359	1,910	+1674
11	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	8.6	362	33.5	14.7	2.4			6.3	13.7	45.8	0.3			1.9	2.4	76.9	49.7				12,117	5,318	884	3,106				743
12	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	8.5	998	32.0	10.6	4.1	1.4	0.1	4.1	9.0	45.2	0.5	1.7	32.7	1.9	2.5	76.9	52.5	1.1	3.0	2.6	31,897	10,619	4,067	8,511	1,379	105	2,606	1,788	+651
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	8.4	1,102	34.3	22.3	7.3	1.6	0.3	8.0	18.2	43.8	1.1	3.7	30.5	5.2	6.7	77.7	52.6	1.6	5.7	4.1	37,802	24,577	8,019	9,211	1,789	349	4,469	2,871	+2985
14	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8.2	514	35.0	29.2	8.5	1.3	0.5	9.8	21.0	46.9	3.2	9.0	35.2	6.4	8.5	75.5	59.2	0.9	7.6	4.0	17,999	15,021	4,376	4,230	661	237	2,032	1,181	+1423
15	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	8.2	887	30.8	10.1	4.7	1.6	0.1	4.2	9.2	45.7	0.4	1.4	31.6	1.2	2.0	60.6	49.9	1.0	3.7	2.8	27,317	8,956	4,163	7,269	1,460	116	2,458	1,901	+1387
16	Deron Williams D. Williams	8.1	845	34.2	16.3	3.1	1.0	0.2	5.8	13.0	44.5	1.4	3.9	35.7	3.4	4.1	82.2	55.2	0.4	2.7	2.8	28,865	13,804	2,619	6,819	867	206	2,402	2,132	+1013
17	Steve Nash S. Nash	8.0	904	31.0	14.3	3.0	0.8	0.1	5.1	10.6	48.5	1.5	3.4	43.1	2.5	2.8	90.0	60.3	0.6	2.4	2.7	28,025	12,897	2,678	7,208	710	69	2,453	1,602	+4144
18	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	8.0	272	33.8	22.5	5.4	1.1	0.7	8.4	18.6	44.9	1.9	5.7	34.0	3.8	4.5	84.0	54.5	0.8	4.6	3.8	9,186	6,119	1,476	2,164	307	179	1,030	778	+8
19	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	7.9	894	32.4	14.5	4.0	1.6	0.2	5.4	11.8	45.8	0.2	0.7	28.4	3.5	4.9	71.8	52.0	1.2	2.8	2.8	28,994	12,939	3,575	7,026	1,450	185	2,526	1,788	-262
20	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	7.8	838	29.1	7.9	2.7	1.6	0.0	3.3	7.1	46.0	0.1	0.4	27.2	1.2	1.5	82.5	50.6	0.6	2.0	1.7	24,344	6,597	2,227	6,536	1,331	36	1,398	1,506	+3
21	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	7.6	846	37.7	19.3	3.0	1.2	0.1	6.8	15.7	43.3	1.2	3.6	32.5	4.5	5.7	78.4	52.8	0.7	2.3	3.0	31,892	16,297	2,516	6,471	1,022	121	2,547	2,014	-1016
22	Johnny Moore J. Moore	7.6	359	26.6	9.9	3.0	2.0	0.2	4.0	8.8	45.6	0.3	0.9	27.7	1.6	2.1	74.5	50.7				9,555	3,545	1,077	2,731	732	84		894
23	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	7.5	810	32.0	22.2	11.1	1.3	0.7	8.5	15.2	56.1	1.1	3.2	36.2	4.1	5.0	82.5	64.1	2.7	8.4	3.0	25,903	18,009	8,977	6,080	1,041	589	2,420	2,169	+4626
24	Ja Morant J. Morant	7.4	327	31.7	22.4	4.6	1.0	0.3	8.1	17.3	46.6	1.3	4.3	31.1	4.9	6.4	77.3	55.7	0.9	3.7	3.4	10,369	7,331	1,513	2,428	335	92	1,108	555	+770
25	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	7.4	698	29.6	10.8	4.1	1.8	0.1	3.5	9.1	38.8	0.9	2.8	32.4	2.9	3.4	84.3	51.1	0.6	3.4	2.5	20,693	7,570	2,830	5,160	1,226	94	1,768	1,738	+1000

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Team Leaders

PPG

33.5

Dončić

RPG

8.0

Ayton

APG

8.3

Dončić

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.2

9th

DRTG

116.4

19th

NETRTG

1.7

14th

3P%

35.9

15th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0

Last Game

Thunder

4 - 0

115

Final

110

Lakers

0 - 4

Mon 11 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

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FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

Magic Johnson has averaged the most career assists per game by a player younger than 35, with 12.2 per game.

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