most assists per game in a season by an nba player since 1997 minimum 12 points per game

Since 1996-97, Russell Westbrook has averaged the most assists per game with 12.0+ points per game in a season, with 11.7 per game in 2020-21.

	NAME	APG	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	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	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	11.7	22.2	2020-21	WAS	65	36.4	11.5	1.4	0.4	8.4	19.0	43.9	1.3	4.2	31.5	4.2	6.4	65.6	50.9	1.7	9.9	4.8	2,369	1,445	750	763	89	23	312	190	-87
2	Steve Nash S. Nash	11.6	18.6	2006-07	PHX	76	35.3	3.5	0.8	0.1	6.8	12.8	53.2	2.1	4.5	45.5	2.9	3.3	89.9	65.4	0.4	3.1	3.8	2,682	1,412	269	884	57	6	287	117	+609
3	Trae Young T. Young	11.6	24.2	2024-25	ATL	76	36.0	3.1	1.2	0.2	7.4	18.1	41.1	2.9	8.4	34.0	6.5	7.4	87.5	56.7	0.5	2.6	4.7	2,739	1,841	236	880	91	12	355	145	+34
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	11.6	21.1	2007-08	NOH	80	37.6	4.0	2.7	0.1	7.9	16.1	48.8	1.2	3.1	36.9	4.2	4.9	85.1	57.6	0.8	3.2	2.5	3,006	1,684	321	925	217	4	201	185	+479
5	Steve Nash S. Nash	11.5	15.5	2004-05	PHX	75	34.3	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
6	Steve Nash S. Nash	11.4	14.7	2010-11	PHX	75	33.3	3.5	0.6	0.1	5.3	10.8	49.2	1.1	2.7	39.5	3.0	3.3	91.2	60.1	0.5	2.9	3.5	2,497	1,106	260	855	48	4	265	87	+287
7	James Harden J. Harden	11.2	29.1	2016-17	HOU	81	36.4	8.1	1.5	0.5	8.3	18.9	44.0	3.2	9.3	34.7	9.2	10.9	84.7	61.3	1.2	7.0	5.7	2,947	2,356	659	907	121	38	464	215	+425
8	Steve Nash S. Nash	11.1	16.9	2007-08	PHX	81	34.3	3.5	0.7	0.1	6.0	11.9	50.4	2.2	4.7	47.0	2.7	3.0	90.6	64.1	0.3	3.1	3.6	2,780	1,371	282	898	53	5	295	113	+548
9	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	11.1	13.7	2012-13	BOS	38	37.4	5.6	1.8	0.2	5.9	12.2	48.4	0.3	1.3	24.0	1.6	2.4	64.5	51.6	1.1	4.4	3.9	1,423	522	212	420	70	9	148	96	-57
10	Chris Paul C. Paul	11.0	22.8	2008-09	NOH	78	38.5	5.5	2.8	0.1	8.1	16.1	50.3	0.8	2.3	36.4	5.8	6.7	86.8	59.9	0.9	4.7	3.0	3,002	1,781	432	861	216	10	231	212	+350
11	Steve Nash S. Nash	11.0	16.5	2009-10	PHX	81	32.8	3.3	0.5	0.1	6.2	12.2	50.7	1.5	3.6	42.6	2.6	2.8	93.8	61.5	0.4	2.9	3.6	2,660	1,333	268	892	42	12	295	108	+379
12	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	10.9	20.1	2023-24	IND	69	32.2	3.9	1.2	0.7	7.2	15.2	47.7	2.8	7.8	36.4	2.8	3.3	85.5	60.5	0.5	3.4	2.3	2,224	1,389	271	752	83	48	159	75	+294
13	Andre Miller A. Miller	10.9	16.5	2001-02	CLE	81	37.3	4.7	1.6	0.4	5.9	12.9	45.4	0.3	1.1	25.3	4.5	5.5	81.7	53.8	1.3	3.3	3.0	3,023	1,335	379	882	126	34	245	228	-102
14	Chris Paul C. Paul	10.8	14.7	2021-22	PHX	65	32.9	4.4	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	702	121	20	153	134	+460
15	Trae Young T. Young	10.8	25.7	2023-24	ATL	54	36.0	2.8	1.3	0.2	8.0	18.7	43.0	3.2	8.7	37.2	6.4	7.5	85.5	58.5	0.4	2.3	4.4	1,942	1,389	149	583	72	11	235	109	-116
16	James Harden J. Harden	10.8	24.6	2020-21	TOT	44	36.6	7.9	1.2	0.8	7.8	16.7	46.6	2.8	7.6	36.2	6.3	7.3	86.1	61.8	0.8	7.1	4.0	1,609	1,083	348	475	53	33	177	99	+102
17	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	10.8	16.9	1998-99	PHX	50	41.2	6.8	2.3	0.4	6.2	14.0	44.4	0.9	2.5	36.6	3.6	4.8	75.7	52.7	1.7	5.0	3.0	2,060	846	339	539	114	19	150	108	+214
18	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	10.7	22.9	2018-19	OKC	73	36.0	11.1	1.9	0.5	8.6	20.2	42.8	1.6	5.6	29.0	4.1	6.2	65.6	50.1	1.5	9.6	4.5	2,630	1,675	807	784	142	33	325	245	+292
19	Steve Nash S. Nash	10.7	12.5	2011-12	PHX	62	31.6	3.0	0.6	0.1	4.8	9.0	53.2	0.9	2.3	39.0	2.0	2.3	89.4	62.5	0.4	2.6	3.7	1,961	772	186	664	38	8	229	53	+175
20	Chris Paul C. Paul	10.7	19.1	2013-14	LAC	62	35.0	4.3	2.5	0.1	6.5	14.0	46.7	1.3	3.4	36.8	4.8	5.6	85.5	58.0	0.6	3.7	2.3	2,171	1,185	268	663	154	4	145	157	+528
21	Chris Paul C. Paul	10.7	18.7	2009-10	NOH	45	38.0	4.2	2.1	0.2	7.0	14.2	49.3	1.2	2.8	40.9	3.6	4.2	84.7	58.4	0.4	3.8	2.5	1,712	841	191	480	96	8	112	118	+9
22	Deron Williams D. Williams	10.7	19.4	2008-09	UTA	68	36.8	2.9	1.1	0.3	6.8	14.5	47.1	1.0	3.3	31.0	4.8	5.6	84.9	57.3	0.4	2.5	3.4	2,505	1,322	195	725	73	20	228	134	+159
23	James Harden J. Harden	10.7	21.0	2022-23	PHI	58	36.8	6.1	1.2	0.5	6.4	14.5	44.1	2.8	7.2	38.5	5.4	6.2	86.7	60.7	0.7	5.4	3.4	2,135	1,216	354	618	71	31	195	112	+277
24	John Wall J. Wall	10.7	23.1	2016-17	WAS	78	36.4	4.2	2.0	0.6	8.3	18.4	45.1	1.1	3.5	32.7	5.4	6.8	80.1	54.1	0.8	3.4	4.1	2,836	1,805	326	831	157	49	322	151	+248
25	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	10.5	17.8	1997-98	WAS	76	39.7	5.3	1.7	0.3	6.4	14.9	43.4	0.2	0.6	25.0	4.7	6.5	72.6	50.1	1.5	3.9	3.5	3,020	1,349	405	801	126	25	266	182	+100