Trae Young had the most assists in 2021-22, with 737 assists.

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NBA most assists by a player 2022

	NAME	AST	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Trae Young T. Young	737	2021-22	ATL	76	34.9	28.4	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	9.4	20.3	46.0	3.1	8.0	38.2	6.6	7.3	90.4	60.3	0.7	3.1	4.0	2,652	2,155	284	72	7	303	128	+158
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	702	2021-22	PHX	65	32.9	14.7	4.4	10.8	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	121	20	153	134	+460
3	James Harden J. Harden	667	2021-22	TOT	65	37.2	22.0	7.7	10.3	1.3	0.6	6.3	15.3	41.0	2.3	6.9	33.0	7.2	8.2	87.7	58.3	0.8	6.8	4.4	2,419	1,432	500	82	36	284	153	+173
4	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	628	2021-22	TOT	77	35.0	15.3	4.0	8.2	1.7	0.6	5.6	11.8	47.3	2.1	5.1	41.4	2.1	2.5	84.2	59.5	0.8	3.2	2.6	2,693	1,181	311	134	49	199	121	-327
5	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	627	2021-22	SAS	68	34.8	21.1	8.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	8.4	18.3	46.2	1.4	4.3	32.7	2.9	3.6	79.4	53.3	1.2	7.1	2.6	2,366	1,438	563	138	23	180	138	+49
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	584	2021-22	DEN	74	33.4	27.1	13.8	7.9	1.5	0.9	10.3	17.7	58.3	1.3	3.9	33.7	5.1	6.3	81.0	66.1	2.8	11.0	3.8	2,475	2,004	1,019	109	63	281	191	+442
7	Darius Garland D. Garland	583	2021-22	CLE	68	35.7	21.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	8.0	17.3	46.2	2.6	6.7	38.3	3.2	3.5	89.2	57.6	0.6	2.7	3.6	2,430	1,473	224	89	7	248	115	+376
8	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	571	2021-22	CHA	75	32.3	20.1	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	7.2	16.7	42.9	2.9	7.5	38.9	2.8	3.2	87.2	55.4	1.4	5.2	3.3	2,422	1,508	501	119	30	245	237	+99
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	568	2021-22	DAL	65	35.4	28.4	9.1	8.7	1.2	0.6	9.9	21.6	45.7	3.1	8.8	35.3	5.6	7.5	74.4	57.1	0.9	8.3	4.5	2,301	1,847	593	75	36	292	145	+146
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	550	2021-22	LAL	78	34.3	18.5	7.4	7.1	1.0	0.3	7.0	15.8	44.4	1.0	3.4	29.8	3.4	5.1	66.7	51.2	1.4	6.0	3.8	2,678	1,441	580	75	20	295	235	-211
11	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	474	2021-22	MIA	63	33.9	13.4	4.5	7.5	1.1	0.3	4.4	10.0	44.0	2.3	6.1	37.7	2.3	2.8	85.1	60.0	0.5	4.0	2.7	2,133	844	282	67	17	168	177	+250
12	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	460	2021-22	MIN	65	31.9	18.1	3.3	7.1	1.0	0.3	6.2	15.0	41.1	2.7	8.0	34.0	3.0	3.7	82.5	54.4	0.4	2.9	2.5	2,076	1,176	216	62	22	165	130	+211
13	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	457	2021-22	MIL	67	32.9	18.3	4.5	6.8	1.6	0.4	7.1	14.2	50.1	2.0	4.8	41.1	2.0	2.7	76.1	59.3	1.0	3.5	2.7	2,207	1,225	301	108	29	183	133	+426
14	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	434	2021-22	TOR	65	37.9	20.3	4.4	6.7	1.7	0.5	6.8	16.9	40.3	3.7	9.9	37.7	3.0	3.4	87.4	55.2	0.7	3.8	2.6	2,462	1,320	289	111	35	170	162	+212
15	Marcus Smart M. Smart	417	2021-22	BOS	71	32.3	12.1	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	4.2	10.1	41.8	1.7	5.1	33.1	2.0	2.5	79.3	54.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	2,296	861	270	119	18	159	160	+443
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	404	2021-22	GSW	64	34.5	25.5	5.2	6.3	1.3	0.4	8.4	19.1	43.7	4.5	11.7	38.0	4.3	4.7	92.3	60.1	0.5	4.7	3.2	2,211	1,630	335	85	23	206	130	+507
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	388	2021-22	MIL	67	32.9	29.9	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	10.3	18.6	55.3	1.1	3.6	29.3	8.3	11.4	72.2	63.3	2.0	9.6	3.3	2,204	2,002	778	72	91	219	212	+397
18	Mike Conley M. Conley	385	2021-22	UTA	72	28.6	13.7	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.3	4.8	11.0	43.5	2.3	5.8	40.8	1.8	2.3	79.6	57.2	0.7	2.4	1.7	2,058	986	217	96	21	123	142	+348
19	Ja Morant J. Morant	384	2021-22	MEM	57	33.1	27.4	5.7	6.7	1.2	0.4	10.2	20.6	49.3	1.5	4.5	34.4	5.5	7.3	76.1	57.5	1.4	4.4	3.4	1,889	1,564	325	66	22	196	86	+189
20	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	377	2021-22	DAL	79	31.9	16.3	3.9	4.8	0.8	0.0	6.4	12.8	50.2	1.2	3.2	37.3	2.3	2.7	84.0	58.3	0.5	3.4	1.6	2,524	1,285	309	66	3	124	151	+231
21	Kevin Porter Jr. K. Porter Jr.	376	2021-22	HOU	61	31.3	15.6	4.4	6.2	1.1	0.4	5.5	13.2	41.5	2.5	6.8	37.5	2.0	3.2	64.2	53.1	0.7	3.7	3.1	1,907	949	267	69	22	192	156	-281
22	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	374	2021-22	CHI	76	36.1	27.9	5.2	4.9	0.9	0.3	10.2	20.2	50.4	0.7	1.9	35.2	6.8	7.8	87.7	59.0	0.7	4.4	2.4	2,743	2,118	392	68	24	181	178	+77
23	Julius Randle J. Randle	370	2021-22	NYK	72	35.3	20.1	9.9	5.1	0.7	0.5	7.1	17.3	41.1	1.7	5.4	30.8	4.2	5.6	75.6	50.9	1.7	8.2	3.4	2,544	1,447	716	53	39	245	205	-164
24	Cole Anthony C. Anthony	369	2021-22	ORL	65	31.7	16.3	5.4	5.7	0.7	0.3	5.5	14.0	39.1	2.0	6.0	33.8	3.3	3.9	85.4	51.9	0.5	4.9	2.6	2,059	1,062	348	46	17	170	171	-230
25	Derrick White D. White	366	2021-22	TOT	75	29.3	13.2	3.5	4.9	0.9	0.8	4.5	10.7	42.1	1.5	4.9	31.2	2.7	3.1	86.4	54.9	0.5	3.0	1.6	2,199	992	261	64	58	119	172	+202