most assists per game in a nba mvp season

Magic Johnson has averaged the most assists per game by an MVP in a season, with 12.8 per game in 1988-89.

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most assists per game by a player in a NBA mvp season

	NAME	APG	MVP	SEASON	TM	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	12.8	1	1988-89	LAL	77	37.5	22.5	7.9	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	988	138	22	312	172
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12.2	1	1986-87	LAL	80	36.3	23.9	6.3	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	977	138	36	300	168
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11.5	1	1989-90	LAL	79	37.2	22.3	6.6	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	907	132	34	289	167
4	Steve Nash S. Nash	11.5	1	2004-05	PHX	75	34.3	15.5	3.3	1.0	0.1	5.7	11.4	50.2	1.3	2.9	43.1	2.8	3.2	88.7	60.6	0.8	2.6	3.3	2,573	1,165	249	861	74	6	245	136	+664
5	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	11.0	1	1963-64	CIN	79	45.1	31.4	9.9			10.6	22.0	48.3				10.1	11.9	85.3	57.6				3,559	2,480	783	868				280
6	Steve Nash S. Nash	10.5	1	2005-06	PHX	79	35.4	18.8	4.2	0.8	0.2	6.8	13.4	51.2	1.9	4.3	43.9	3.3	3.5	92.1	63.2	0.6	3.6	3.5	2,796	1,489	333	826	61	12	276	120	+472
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	10.4	1	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	31.6	10.7	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	2,802	2,558	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	9.0	1	2023-24	DEN	79	34.6	26.4	12.4	1.4	0.9	10.4	17.9	58.3	1.1	2.9	35.9	4.5	5.5	81.7	65.0	2.8	9.5	3.0	2,737	2,085	976	708	108	68	238	195	+684
9	James Harden J. Harden	8.8	1	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	30.4	5.4	1.8	0.7	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	61.9	0.6	4.8	4.4	2,551	2,191	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
10	LeBron James L. James	8.6	1	2009-10	CLE	76	39.0	29.7	7.3	1.6	1.0	10.1	20.1	50.3	1.7	5.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.7	60.4	0.9	6.4	3.4	2,966	2,258	554	651	125	77	261	119	+648
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	8.6	1	1967-68	PHI	82	46.8	24.3	23.8			10.0	16.8	59.5				4.3	11.4	38.0	55.7				3,836	1,992	1,952	702				160
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	8.3	1	2020-21	DEN	72	34.5	26.4	10.8	1.3	0.7	10.2	18.0	56.6	1.3	3.3	38.8	4.8	5.5	86.8	64.7	2.8	8.0	3.1	2,487	1,898	780	599	95	48	222	192	+384
13	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	7.9	1	2021-22	DEN	74	33.4	27.1	13.8	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	584	109	63	281	191	+442
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	7.8	1	1966-67	PHI	81	45.5	24.1	24.2			9.7	14.2	68.3				4.8	10.8	44.1	63.7				3,682	1,956	1,957	630				143
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	7.7	1	2014-15	GSW	80	32.7	23.8	4.3	2.0	0.2	8.2	16.8	48.7	3.6	8.1	44.3	3.9	4.2	91.4	63.8	0.7	3.6	3.1	2,613	1,900	341	619	163	16	249	158	+920
16	Derrick Rose D. Rose	7.7	1	2010-11	CHI	81	37.4	25.0	4.1	1.0	0.6	8.8	19.7	44.5	1.6	4.8	33.2	5.9	6.9	85.8	55.0	1.0	3.1	3.4	3,026	2,026	330	623	85	51	278	136	+498
17	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	7.5	1	1956-57	BOS	64	36.9	20.6	4.8			7.5	19.8	37.8				5.7	6.9	82.1	45.2				2,364	1,319	309	478				134
18	LeBron James L. James	7.3	1	2012-13	MIA	76	37.9	26.8	8.0	1.7	0.9	10.1	17.8	56.5	1.4	3.3	40.6	5.3	7.0	75.3	64.0	1.3	6.8	3.0	2,877	2,036	610	551	129	67	226	110	+720
19	LeBron James L. James	7.2	1	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	28.4	7.6	1.7	1.1	9.7	19.9	48.9	1.6	4.7	34.4	7.3	9.4	78.0	59.1	1.3	6.3	3.0	3,054	2,304	613	587	137	93	241	139	+870
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	6.8	1	1985-86	BOS	82	38.0	25.8	9.8	2.0	0.6	9.7	19.6	49.6	1.0	2.4	42.3	5.4	6.0	89.6	58.0	2.3	7.5	3.2	3,113	2,115	805	557	166	51	266	182
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	6.7	1	2015-16	GSW	79	34.2	30.1	5.4	2.1	0.2	10.2	20.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	66.9	0.9	4.6	3.3	2,700	2,375	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	6.6	1	1984-85	BOS	80	39.5	28.7	10.5	1.6	1.2	11.5	22.0	52.2	0.7	1.6	42.7	5.0	5.7	88.2	58.5	2.1	8.5	3.1	3,161	2,295	842	531	129	98	248	208
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	6.6	1	1983-84	BOS	79	38.3	24.2	10.1	1.8	0.9	9.6	19.5	49.2	0.2	0.9	24.7	4.7	5.3	88.8	55.2	2.3	7.8	3.0	3,028	1,908	796	520	144	69	237	197
24	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	6.4	1	2024-25	OKC	76	34.2	32.7	5.0	1.7	1.0	11.3	21.8	51.9	2.1	5.7	37.5	7.9	8.8	89.8	63.7	0.9	4.1	2.4	2,598	2,484	379	486	131	77	183	164	+918
25	LeBron James L. James	6.2	1	2011-12	MIA	62	37.5	27.1	7.9	1.9	0.8	10.0	18.9	53.1	0.9	2.4	36.2	6.2	8.1	77.1	60.5	1.5	6.4	3.4	2,326	1,683	492	387	115	50	213	96	+473