nba forwards with most assists per 48 minutes in a season before 2010

48 by a forward in a season, with 10.57 in 1981-82.

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2,000+ minutes per 82 team games

	NAME	AST/(MIN/48)	AST	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Allan Bristow A. Bristow	10.57	448	2,035	1981-82	DAL	82	24.8	7.0	4.1	5.5	0.8	0.1	2.7	6.1	43.7	0.0	0.2	16.7	1.6	2.0	81.7	50.2	1.5	2.7	2.0	573	339	65	6	165	222
2	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	10.29	441	2,057	1986-87	MIL	61	33.7	13.9	4.9	7.2	1.8	0.8	4.8	10.1	47.7	0.3	0.9	29.1	4.0	5.4	73.8	55.6	1.6	3.2	3.0	846	296	110	47	186	213
3	Rick Barry R. Barry	9.39	502	2,566	1978-79	HOU	80	32.1	13.5	3.5	6.3	1.2	0.5	5.8	12.5	46.1				2.0	2.1	94.7	50.4	0.5	3.0	2.5	1,082	277	95	38	198	195
4	LeBron James L. James	9.23	587	3,054	2008-09	CLE	81	37.7	28.4	7.6	7.2	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	2,304	613	137	93	241	139	+870
5	Allan Bristow A. Bristow	9.19	383	2,001	1980-81	UTA	82	24.4	8.7	5.2	4.7	0.8	0.0	3.3	7.5	44.4	0.1	0.2	27.8	2.0	2.4	83.8	51.1	1.3	4.0	2.1	713	430	63	3	171	190
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	9.16	562	2,944	1989-90	BOS	75	39.3	24.3	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.8	9.6	20.2	47.3	0.9	2.6	33.3	4.3	4.6	93.0	54.6	1.2	8.3	3.2	1,820	712	106	61	243	173
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	9.09	431	2,277	1990-91	BOS	60	38.0	19.4	8.5	7.2	1.8	1.0	7.7	17.0	45.4	1.3	3.3	38.9	2.7	3.1	89.1	53.0	0.9	7.6	3.1	1,164	509	108	58	187	118
8	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	9.06	543	2,876	1984-85	MIL	80	36.0	16.1	5.4	6.8	1.6	0.7	6.0	11.6	51.7	0.1	0.3	35.0	4.0	5.2	75.8	57.7	1.9	3.5	3.1	1,284	429	129	56	247	258
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	9.04	566	3,005	1986-87	BOS	74	40.6	28.1	9.2	7.6	1.8	0.9	10.6	20.2	52.5	1.2	3.0	40.0	5.6	6.1	91.0	61.2	1.7	7.5	3.2	2,076	682	135	70	240	185
10	Grant Hill G. Hill	8.89	583	3,147	1996-97	DET	80	39.3	21.4	9.0	7.3	1.8	0.6	7.8	15.7	49.6	0.1	0.4	30.3	5.6	7.9	71.1	55.6	1.5	7.5	3.2	1,710	721	144	48	259	186	+413
11	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	8.68	572	3,164	1991-92	CHI	82	38.6	21.0	7.7	7.0	1.9	1.1	8.4	16.6	50.6	0.2	1.0	20.0	4.0	5.3	76.0	55.5	2.3	5.4	3.1	1,720	630	155	93	253	242
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	8.59	557	3,113	1985-86	BOS	82	38.0	25.8	9.8	6.8	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	2,115	805	166	51	266	182
13	LeBron James L. James	8.55	539	3,027	2007-08	CLE	75	40.4	30.0	7.9	7.2	1.8	1.1	10.6	21.9	48.4	1.5	4.8	31.5	7.3	10.3	71.2	56.8	1.8	6.1	3.4	2,250	592	138	81	255	165	+139
14	Boris Diaw B. Diaw	8.4	503	2,874	2005-06	PHX	81	35.5	13.3	6.9	6.2	0.7	1.0	5.5	10.5	52.6	0.1	0.4	26.7	2.1	2.9	73.1	56.4	2.0	4.9	2.3	1,080	558	58	85	189	260	+490
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	8.24	520	3,028	1983-84	BOS	79	38.3	24.2	10.1	6.6	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	1,908	796	144	69	237	197
16	LeBron James L. James	8.17	577	3,388	2004-05	CLE	80	42.4	27.2	7.4	7.2	2.2	0.7	9.9	21.1	47.2	1.4	3.9	35.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	55.4	1.4	6.0	3.3	2,175	588	177	52	262	146	+152
17	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	8.14	511	3,014	1990-91	CHI	82	36.8	17.8	7.3	6.2	2.4	1.1	7.3	14.1	52.0	0.3	0.8	30.9	2.9	4.1	70.6	56.1	2.0	5.3	2.8	1,461	595	193	93	232	270
18	Grant Hill G. Hill	8.07	548	3,260	1995-96	DET	80	40.8	20.2	9.8	6.9	1.3	0.6	7.1	15.3	46.2	0.1	0.3	19.2	6.1	8.1	75.1	53.7	1.6	8.2	3.3	1,618	783	100	48	263	242
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	8.06	531	3,161	1984-85	BOS	80	39.5	28.7	10.5	6.6	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	2,295	842	129	98	248	208
20	John Johnson J. Johnson	8.03	424	2,533	1979-80	SEA	81	31.3	11.3	5.3	5.2	0.9	0.4	4.7	9.5	48.8	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.5	80.1	53.2	2.0	3.2	3.0	915	426	76	35	247	213
21	Grant Hill G. Hill	8.03	551	3,294	1997-98	DET	81	40.7	21.1	7.7	6.8	1.8	0.7	7.6	16.8	45.2	0.0	0.3	14.3	5.9	8.0	74.0	52.0	1.1	6.5	3.5	1,712	623	143	53	285	196	+214
22	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	7.97	614	3,698	1971-72	BOS	82	45.1	27.5	8.2	7.5			10.9	23.9	45.8				5.6	6.7	83.4	51.2				2,252	672				183
23	Rick Barry R. Barry	7.96	484	2,918	1973-74	GSW	80	36.5	25.1	6.8	6.1	2.1	0.5	10.0	21.8	45.6				5.2	5.8	89.9	51.5	1.3	5.5		2,009	540	169	40		265
24	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	7.92	607	3,678	1970-71	BOS	81	45.4	28.9	9.0	7.5			11.0	24.5	45.0				6.8	8.4	81.8	51.3				2,338	730				200
25	Maurice Stokes M. Stokes	7.86	403	2,460	1957-58	CIN	63	39.0	16.9	18.1	6.4			6.6	18.7	35.1				3.8	5.3	71.5	40.2				1,066	1,142				226

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