nba assists leader this season prior to january 2

I don't have anything for this season, but Trae Young had the most assists per game in 2024-25, with 12.0 per game.

	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	Trae Young T. Young	12.0	2024-25	ATL	32	35.8	22.3	3.6	1.3	0.2	6.7	16.8	39.9	2.9	8.5	33.8	6.0	6.8	87.6	56.1	0.6	3.1	4.5	1,145	713	116	384	42	6	143	65	+51
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	9.7	2024-25	DEN	29	36.9	30.7	13.0	1.7	0.6	11.7	20.8	56.1	2.2	4.6	49.2	5.1	6.4	80.1	65.1	3.4	9.6	3.3	1,070	890	377	282	49	17	97	59	+269
3	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	9.7	2024-25	DET	29	35.9	23.8	6.8	0.8	0.9	8.9	19.8	44.9	2.4	6.6	37.2	3.6	4.4	79.8	54.6	1.0	5.7	4.4	1,040	690	196	280	23	25	129	81	-43
4	LeBron James L. James	8.9	2024-25	LAL	29	35.0	23.4	7.7	0.8	0.6	9.0	18.0	49.7	2.0	5.6	36.2	3.5	4.5	77.1	58.6	0.9	6.8	3.8	1,015	680	224	259	23	18	110	38	-114
5	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	8.6	2024-25	IND	34	35.3	17.6	3.7	1.2	0.6	6.0	14.0	43.2	2.9	8.3	34.5	2.7	3.2	85.2	57.3	0.7	3.0	1.9	1,199	599	125	294	40	20	63	47	-9
6	Chris Paul C. Paul	8.3	2024-25	SAS	33	28.8	9.4	4.3	1.5	0.2	3.1	7.4	42.0	1.7	4.8	35.7	1.5	1.5	98.0	58.2	0.5	3.8	1.8	951	311	141	273	50	6	58	60	+142
7	Ja Morant J. Morant	7.9	2024-25	MEM	20	27.7	21.2	4.4	1.1	0.4	7.1	15.7	45.4	1.6	4.8	32.3	5.5	6.5	83.8	57.3	0.7	3.8	3.8	553	424	88	158	22	8	76	32	+152
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	7.8	2024-25	DAL	22	35.7	28.1	8.3	2.0	0.4	9.8	21.2	46.4	3.4	9.6	35.4	5.1	6.6	76.7	58.4	0.7	7.6	3.4	785	619	183	172	44	9	75	58	+168
9	James Harden J. Harden	7.8	2024-25	LAC	32	33.9	21.9	6.1	1.5	0.6	6.3	15.9	39.3	2.8	8.2	34.7	6.6	7.4	89.0	57.2	0.6	5.5	4.8	1,085	701	196	248	47	20	153	65	+60
10	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	7.7	2024-25	NYK	33	34.9	25.2	3.0	0.8	0.1	8.6	17.8	48.3	2.5	6.2	40.3	5.6	6.8	82.5	60.9	0.4	2.5	2.4	1,152	833	98	253	26	2	79	74	+207
11	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	7.6	2024-25	MIL	24	36.3	25.2	4.5	1.1	0.2	7.7	17.5	44.0	3.4	9.3	36.8	6.3	6.9	92.1	61.3	0.6	3.9	2.9	871	604	109	183	27	4	70	46	-17
12	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	7.5	2024-25	NOP	17	33.9	15.8	6.5	2.4	0.5	5.9	16.1	36.6	1.4	5.3	25.6	2.6	3.2	83.3	45.2	0.4	6.1	4.1	576	268	111	127	41	8	69	40	-203
13	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	7.4	2024-25	CHA	22	33.7	30.1	5.3	1.3	0.2	10.5	24.6	42.5	4.5	13.0	34.6	4.7	5.5	84.4	55.7	0.9	4.5	4.1	742	662	117	163	29	5	90	82	-40
14	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	6.9	2024-25	BKN	26	25.1	5.9	5.2	0.8	0.5	2.7	4.9	54.3	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.8	71.4	56.2	0.9	4.3	2.8	653	153	136	179	22	12	73	60	-65
15	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	6.9	2024-25	NOP	7	20.5	6.7	3.4	1.4	0.4	3.3	6.6	50.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	50.0	50.1	0.7	2.7	2.9	144	47	24	48	10	3	20	10	-11
16	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	6.8	2024-25	CHI	30	27.3	12.1	6.9	1.0	0.5	4.6	10.3	44.7	1.2	3.9	30.8	1.7	2.3	72.9	53.4	1.4	5.4	2.7	818	363	206	205	29	14	82	43	-65
17	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	6.8	2024-25	TOR	21	34.1	20.4	8.3	1.4	0.7	7.7	16.4	46.7	1.6	5.7	28.6	3.4	4.6	75.0	55.3	1.7	6.6	3.8	716	428	174	142	30	14	80	47	-119
18	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	6.8	2024-25	TOR	4	24.9	16.8	2.5	0.5	0.0	5.8	14.5	39.7	2.3	5.8	39.1	3.0	3.3	92.3	52.6	0.3	2.3	1.3	100	67	10	27	2	0	5	10	-6
19	Darius Garland D. Garland	6.7	2024-25	CLE	32	30.0	20.5	2.6	1.2	0.3	7.4	15.0	49.3	2.9	6.9	42.7	2.8	3.1	90.9	62.8	0.5	2.1	2.4	961	656	82	215	37	8	76	69	+229
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	6.6	2024-25	DEN	32	26.4	12.2	4.5	1.7	0.5	4.5	9.9	45.4	1.1	3.5	31.5	2.1	3.3	64.2	53.8	1.1	3.4	2.7	844	391	143	212	54	17	87	82	-12
21	Devin Booker D. Booker	6.5	2024-25	PHX	27	36.3	24.7	3.7	1.1	0.3	7.8	18.2	42.9	2.6	7.7	34.1	6.5	7.2	90.2	57.8	1.1	2.5	2.3	981	668	99	175	30	9	62	58	-42
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	6.4	2024-25	GSW	26	31.2	22.0	4.7	1.2	0.5	7.3	16.7	43.7	4.2	10.5	40.1	3.2	3.5	92.3	60.3	0.5	4.3	3.1	812	573	123	166	30	14	80	29	+134
23	Tyus Jones T. Jones	6.3	2024-25	PHX	32	31.3	12.6	2.6	1.0	0.2	4.8	9.7	49.2	2.3	5.3	43.5	0.8	0.9	85.7	62.3	0.6	2.1	1.3	1,003	403	84	201	32	5	41	35	-88
24	Jamal Murray J. Murray	6.2	2024-25	DEN	26	36.7	19.8	4.1	1.5	0.7	7.1	16.1	43.9	2.2	5.9	36.6	3.5	4.2	85.2	55.3	0.5	3.6	2.3	954	516	107	162	40	18	60	46	+124
25	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	6.2	2024-25	SAC	34	37.2	26.8	5.0	1.6	0.4	9.9	20.2	49.2	2.1	6.3	32.9	4.8	6.0	80.4	58.6	1.1	3.9	3.4	1,265	910	170	211	54	12	114	94	+21