most ppg with 8 assists per game in a season by a player before turning 26 since 1973

Since 1972-73, Russell Westbrook has the most points per game by a player 26 or older with 8.0+ assists per game in a season, with 31.6 per game in 2016-17.

Interpreted as:

most ppg with 8 or higher assists per game in a season by a player before turning 26 years old since 1973

	NAME	PPG	APG	AGE	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	31.6	10.4	28	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	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
2	James Harden J. Harden	30.4	8.8	28	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	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
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	30.0	8.0	29	2019-20	POR	66	37.5	4.3	1.1	0.3	9.5	20.4	46.3	4.1	10.2	40.1	7.0	7.8	88.8	62.8	0.5	3.8	2.9	2,474	1,978	284	530	70	22	194	114	+84
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	29.6	10.2	29	2024-25	DEN	70	36.7	12.7	1.8	0.6	11.2	19.5	57.6	2.0	4.7	41.7	5.2	6.4	80.0	66.3	2.9	9.9	3.3	2,571	2,071	892	716	127	45	230	160	+594
5	James Harden J. Harden	29.1	11.2	27	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
6	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	28.1	8.6	26	2014-15	OKC	67	34.4	7.3	2.1	0.2	9.4	22.0	42.6	1.3	4.3	29.9	8.1	9.8	83.5	53.6	1.9	5.4	4.4	2,302	1,886	488	574	140	14	293	184	+247
7	LeBron James L. James	27.5	9.1	33	2017-18	CLE	82	36.9	8.6	1.4	0.9	10.5	19.3	54.2	1.8	5.0	36.7	4.7	6.5	73.1	62.1	1.2	7.5	4.2	3,026	2,251	709	747	116	71	347	136	+104
8	LeBron James L. James	27.4	8.3	34	2018-19	LAL	55	35.2	8.5	1.3	0.6	10.1	19.9	51.0	2.0	5.9	33.9	5.1	7.6	66.5	58.8	1.0	7.4	3.6	1,937	1,505	465	454	72	33	197	94	+115
9	Michael Adams M. Adams	26.5	10.5	28	1990-91	DEN	66	35.5	3.9	2.2	0.1	8.5	21.5	39.4	2.5	8.5	29.6	7.0	8.0	87.9	53.0	0.9	3.0	3.6	2,346	1,752	256	693	147	6	240	162
10	LeBron James L. James	26.4	8.7	32	2016-17	CLE	74	37.8	8.6	1.2	0.6	9.9	18.2	54.8	1.7	4.6	36.3	4.8	7.2	67.4	61.9	1.3	7.3	4.1	2,795	1,954	639	646	92	44	303	134	+483
11	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	26.4	9.0	28	2023-24	DEN	79	34.6	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
12	LeBron James L. James	25.7	8.3	39	2023-24	LAL	71	35.3	7.3	1.3	0.5	9.6	17.9	54.0	2.1	5.1	41.0	4.3	5.7	75.0	63.0	0.9	6.4	3.5	2,504	1,822	518	589	89	38	245	78	+220
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	25.4	10.3	29	2017-18	OKC	80	36.4	10.1	1.8	0.3	9.5	21.1	44.9	1.2	4.1	29.8	5.2	7.1	73.7	52.4	1.9	8.2	4.8	2,914	2,028	804	820	147	20	381	200	+383
14	LeBron James L. James	25.3	10.2	35	2019-20	LAL	67	34.6	7.8	1.2	0.5	9.6	19.4	49.3	2.2	6.3	34.8	3.9	5.7	69.3	57.7	1.0	6.9	3.9	2,316	1,698	525	684	78	36	261	118	+441
15	James Harden J. Harden	24.6	10.8	31	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
16	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	24.5	9.8	27	2022-23	DEN	69	33.7	11.8	1.3	0.7	9.4	14.8	63.2	0.8	2.2	38.3	4.9	6.0	82.2	70.1	2.4	9.4	3.6	2,323	1,690	817	678	87	47	247	174	+640
17	LeBron James L. James	24.4	8.2	40	2024-25	LAL	70	34.9	7.8	1.0	0.6	9.3	18.1	51.3	2.1	5.7	37.6	3.7	4.7	78.2	60.4	1.0	6.8	3.7	2,444	1,710	546	575	70	39	260	99	-54
18	Trae Young T. Young	24.2	11.6	26	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
19	Gary Payton G. Payton	24.2	8.9	31	1999-00	SEA	82	41.8	6.5	1.9	0.2	9.1	20.3	44.8	2.2	6.3	34.0	3.8	5.2	73.5	53.5	1.2	5.2	2.7	3,425	1,982	529	732	153	18	224	178	+224
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	23.9	12.2	27	1986-87	LAL	80	36.3	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
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	23.5	10.4	27	2015-16	OKC	80	34.4	7.8	2.0	0.3	8.2	18.1	45.4	1.3	4.3	29.6	5.8	7.2	81.2	55.4	1.8	6.0	4.3	2,749	1,878	626	834	163	20	342	200	+635
22	John Wall J. Wall	23.1	10.7	26	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
23	Gary Payton G. Payton	23.1	8.1	32	2000-01	SEA	79	41.1	4.6	1.6	0.3	9.2	20.1	45.6	1.3	3.4	37.5	3.4	4.5	76.6	52.2	0.9	3.6	2.6	3,244	1,823	361	642	127	26	209	184	-14
24	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	22.9	10.7	30	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
25	Jerry West J. West	22.8	8.8	34	1972-73	LAL	69	35.7	4.2			9.0	18.7	47.9				4.9	6.1	80.5	53.3				2,460	1,575	289	607				138