Magic Johnson averaged the most assists per game in 1985-86, with 12.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA assist with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leader 1986

	NAME	APG	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	12.6	1985-86	LAL	72	35.8	18.8	5.9	1.6	0.2	6.7	12.8	52.6	0.1	0.6	23.3	5.3	6.0	87.1	61.0	1.2	4.7	3.8	2,578	1,354	426	907	113	16	273	133
2	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	10.8	1985-86	DET	77	36.2	20.9	3.6	2.2	0.3	7.9	16.2	48.8	0.3	1.1	31.0	4.7	6.0	79.0	55.4	1.1	2.5	3.8	2,790	1,609	277	830	171	20	289	245
3	Reggie Theus R. Theus	9.6	1985-86	SAC	82	35.6	18.3	3.7	1.4	0.2	6.7	13.9	48.0	0.1	0.4	17.1	4.9	6.0	82.7	55.6	0.9	2.8	4.0	2,919	1,503	304	788	112	20	327	231
4	John Bagley J. Bagley	9.4	1985-86	CLE	78	31.7	11.7	3.5	1.6	0.1	4.7	11.1	42.3	0.1	0.5	24.3	2.2	2.8	79.1	47.5	1.0	2.6	3.1	2,472	911	275	735	122	10	239	165
5	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	9.2	1985-86	PHI	82	39.9	15.4	2.9	2.5	0.3	6.0	11.1	53.7	0.0	0.2	23.5	3.4	4.1	84.2	59.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	3,270	1,266	235	753	207	27	238	160
6	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	9.1	1985-86	GSW	82	33.7	17.2	3.6	1.9	0.2	6.2	12.3	50.6	0.5	1.5	32.8	4.3	5.4	79.6	58.7	0.9	2.7	3.5	2,764	1,410	297	746	157	16	290	199
7	John Lucas J. Lucas	8.8	1985-86	HOU	65	32.6	15.5	2.2	1.2	0.1	5.6	12.6	44.6	0.7	2.2	30.8	3.6	4.6	77.5	53.0	0.5	1.7	2.3	2,120	1,006	143	571	77	5	149	124
8	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	8.6	1985-86	LAC	67	31.9	14.6	2.7	1.3	0.0	6.0	13.7	43.8	0.6	1.8	34.7	2.0	2.4	80.9	49.3	0.7	2.0	2.8	2,138	979	180	576	84	3	190	143
9	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	8.0	1985-86	POR	75	34.3	18.5	5.6	2.6	0.6	7.2	15.2	47.5	0.2	0.8	20.0	3.9	5.1	76.9	53.0	2.3	3.3	3.8	2,576	1,389	421	600	197	46	282	270
10	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	7.8	1985-86	MIL	80	33.8	14.3	5.0	2.1	0.9	5.1	10.5	48.8	0.1	0.6	18.2	4.0	4.9	80.6	56.4	1.6	3.4	3.0	2,704	1,146	399	623	168	71	240	247
11	Fat Lever F. Lever	7.5	1985-86	DEN	78	33.5	13.8	5.4	2.3	0.2	6.0	13.6	44.1	0.2	0.5	31.6	1.7	2.3	72.5	47.3	1.7	3.6	2.7	2,616	1,080	420	584	178	15	210	204
12	John Stockton J. Stockton	7.4	1985-86	UTA	82	23.6	7.7	2.2	1.9	0.1	2.8	5.7	48.9	0.0	0.2	13.3	2.1	2.5	83.9	56.6	0.4	1.8	2.0	1,935	630	179	610	157	10	168	227
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	6.8	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
14	Jay Humphries J. Humphries	6.4	1985-86	PHX	82	33.3	11.0	3.2	1.6	0.1	4.3	9.0	47.9	0.0	0.4	13.8	2.4	3.1	76.7	53.4	0.7	2.5	2.3	2,733	905	260	526	132	9	190	222
15	Rory Sparrow R. Sparrow	6.4	1985-86	NYK	74	31.7	10.8	2.3	1.1	0.2	4.7	9.8	47.7	0.1	0.3	25.0	1.4	1.7	79.5	51.1	0.7	1.6	2.1	2,344	796	170	472	85	14	154	182
16	Wes Matthews W. Matthews	6.3	1985-86	SAS	75	24.7	10.9	1.7	1.2	0.4	4.3	8.0	53.1	0.1	0.3	16.0	2.3	2.8	82.0	58.7	0.4	1.3	3.1	1,853	817	131	476	87	32	232	168
17	Vern Fleming V. Fleming	6.3	1985-86	IND	80	35.9	14.2	4.8	1.6	0.1	5.5	10.8	50.6	0.0	0.1	16.7	3.3	4.4	74.5	55.8	1.3	3.6	2.6	2,870	1,136	386	505	131	5	208	230
18	Gerald Henderson G. Henderson	5.9	1985-86	SEA	82	31.3	13.1	2.3	1.7	0.1	5.3	11.0	48.2	0.2	0.6	34.6	2.3	2.7	83.0	53.7	1.1	1.2	2.2	2,568	1,071	187	487	138	12	184	230
19	Gus Williams G. Williams	5.9	1985-86	WAS	77	29.7	13.5	2.2	1.2	0.2	5.6	13.2	42.8	0.4	1.5	25.9	1.8	2.4	73.4	47.3	0.7	1.5	2.1	2,284	1,036	166	453	96	15	160	113
20	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	5.8	1985-86	BOS	78	35.0	15.6	3.4	1.4	0.4	6.2	13.6	45.5	0.1	0.5	14.3	3.1	3.8	81.8	50.9	0.9	2.6	2.2	2,732	1,213	268	456	110	35	173	206
21	Brad Davis B. Davis	5.7	1985-86	DAL	82	24.0	9.3	1.8	0.7	0.2	3.3	6.1	53.2	0.4	1.1	36.0	2.4	2.8	86.8	63.4	0.3	1.5	1.3	1,971	764	146	467	57	15	110	174
22	Michael Cooper M. Cooper	5.7	1985-86	LAL	82	27.7	9.2	3.0	1.1	0.5	3.3	7.4	45.2	0.8	2.0	38.7	1.8	2.1	86.5	55.7	0.5	2.4	1.8	2,269	758	244	466	89	43	151	238
23	Alvin Robertson A. Robertson	5.5	1985-86	SAS	82	35.1	17.0	6.3	3.7	0.5	6.9	13.3	51.4	0.1	0.4	27.6	3.2	4.0	79.5	56.3	2.2	4.0	3.1	2,878	1,392	516	448	301	40	256	296
24	Kyle Macy K. Macy	5.4	1985-86	CHI	82	29.6	8.6	2.2	1.0	0.1	3.5	7.2	48.3	0.7	1.7	41.4	0.9	1.1	81.1	55.7	0.5	1.7	1.4	2,426	703	178	446	81	11	117	201
25	Derek Harper D. Harper	5.3	1985-86	DAL	79	27.2	12.2	2.9	1.9	0.3	4.9	9.2	53.4	0.2	0.6	23.5	2.2	2.9	74.7	58.0	0.9	1.9	1.8	2,150	963	226	416	153	23	144	166