nba players to average 9 assists in a season since 1980

Micheal Ray Richardson had 10.15 assists per game played in 1979-80.

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NBA players to average 9 or more assists per game in a season since 1980

	NAME	AST/GP	AST	GP	SEASON	TM	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	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	10.15	832	82	1979-80	NYK	37.3	15.3	6.6	10.1	3.2	0.4	6.1	13.0	47.2	0.3	1.3	24.5	2.7	4.1	66.0	51.7	1.8	4.7	4.4	3,060	1,254	539	265	35	359	260
2	Kevin Porter K. Porter	9.06	734	81	1980-81	WAS	31.8	13.4	1.5	9.1	1.4	0.1	5.5	10.6	51.9	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.4	3.0	77.3	56.1	0.4	1.1	3.1	2,577	1,086	124	110	10	251	257
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	9.53	743	78	1981-82	LAL	38.3	18.6	9.6	9.5	2.7	0.4	7.1	13.3	53.7	0.1	0.4	20.7	4.2	5.6	76.0	59.0	3.2	6.4	3.7	2,991	1,447	751	208	34	286	223
4	Johnny Moore J. Moore	9.65	762	79	1981-82	SAS	29.0	9.4	3.5	9.6	2.1	0.2	3.9	8.4	46.3	0.0	0.3	4.8	1.5	2.3	67.0	49.6	0.8	2.7	2.2	2,294	741	275	163	12	175	254
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	10.49	829	79	1982-83	LAL	36.8	16.8	8.6	10.5	2.2	0.6	6.5	11.8	54.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.8	4.8	80.0	60.3	2.7	5.9	3.8	2,907	1,326	683	176	47	301	200
6	Johnny Moore J. Moore	9.78	753	77	1982-83	SAS	33.1	12.2	3.6	9.8	2.5	0.4	5.1	10.9	46.8	0.1	0.3	22.7	1.9	2.6	74.4	50.7	0.8	2.8	2.9	2,552	941	277	194	32	226	247
7	Rickey Green R. Green	9.23	748	81	1983-84	UTA	34.2	13.2	2.8	9.2	2.7	0.2	5.4	11.2	48.6	0.0	0.2	11.8	2.4	2.9	82.1	53.2	0.7	2.1	2.1	2,768	1,072	230	215	13	172	155
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13.06	875	67	1983-84	LAL	38.3	17.6	7.3	13.1	2.2	0.7	6.6	11.6	56.5	0.1	0.4	20.7	4.3	5.3	81.0	62.8	1.5	5.9	4.6	2,567	1,178	491	150	49	306	169
9	John Lucas J. Lucas	10.68	673	63	1983-84	SAS	28.7	10.9	2.9	10.7	1.5	0.1	4.4	9.4	46.2	0.3	1.1	27.5	1.9	2.5	76.4	51.9	0.4	2.5	2.3	1,807	689	180	92	5	147	123
10	Johnny Moore J. Moore	9.59	566	59	1983-84	SAS	28.0	10.1	3.0	9.6	2.1	0.3	3.9	8.8	44.6	0.5	1.5	32.2	1.8	2.4	75.5	51.4	0.6	2.4	2.4	1,650	595	178	123	20	143	168
11	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	11.15	914	82	1983-84	SDC	37.2	17.0	2.5	11.1	1.1	0.0	7.2	15.5	46.2	0.1	0.6	23.9	2.5	3.3	76.0	50.1	0.7	1.8	3.1	3,053	1,391	203	94	4	257	180
12	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	11.15	914	82	1983-84	DET	36.7	21.3	4.0	11.1	2.5	0.4	8.2	17.7	46.2	0.3	0.8	33.8	4.7	6.5	73.3	52.0	1.3	2.7	3.7	3,007	1,748	327	204	33	307	324
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12.57	968	77	1984-85	LAL	36.1	18.3	6.2	12.6	1.5	0.3	6.5	11.7	56.1	0.1	0.5	18.9	5.1	6.0	84.3	63.7	1.2	5.0	4.0	2,781	1,406	476	113	25	305	155
14	Johnny Moore J. Moore	9.95	816	82	1984-85	SAS	32.8	12.8	4.6	10.0	2.8	0.2	5.1	11.1	45.7	0.3	1.1	28.1	2.3	3.0	76.2	51.3	1.1	3.5	2.9	2,689	1,046	378	229	18	236	247
15	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	13.86	1,123	81	1984-85	DET	38.1	21.2	4.5	13.9	2.3	0.3	8.0	17.4	45.8	0.4	1.4	25.7	4.9	6.1	80.9	52.9	1.4	3.0	3.7	3,089	1,720	361	187	25	302	288
16	John Bagley J. Bagley	9.42	735	78	1985-86	CLE	31.7	11.7	3.5	9.4	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	122	10	239	165
17	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	9.18	753	82	1985-86	PHI	39.9	15.4	2.9	9.2	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	207	27	238	160
18	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	9.1	746	82	1985-86	GSW	33.7	17.2	3.6	9.1	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	157	16	290	199
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12.6	907	72	1985-86	LAL	35.8	18.8	5.9	12.6	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	113	16	273	133
20	Johnny Moore J. Moore	9	252	28	1985-86	SAS	30.6	13.0	3.1	9.0	2.5	0.2	5.4	10.8	49.5	0.1	0.8	18.2	2.1	3.1	68.6	53.3	0.9	2.2	2.9	856	363	86	70	6	81	78
21	Reggie Theus R. Theus	9.61	788	82	1985-86	SAC	35.6	18.3	3.7	9.6	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	112	20	327	231
22	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	10.78	830	77	1985-86	DET	36.2	20.9	3.6	10.8	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	171	20	289	245
23	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	10.34	848	82	1986-87	GSW	37.4	18.8	3.3	10.3	1.8	0.2	6.1	12.6	48.8	0.9	2.3	38.4	5.6	6.5	86.0	60.8	0.7	2.6	3.4	3,064	1,541	268	146	18	280	199
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12.21	977	80	1986-87	LAL	36.3	23.9	6.3	12.2	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	138	36	300	168
25	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	10.04	823	82	1986-87	ATL	31.6	12.8	3.6	10.0	2.1	0.4	4.2	9.2	45.1	0.0	0.3	19.0	4.5	5.4	82.8	55.3	1.0	2.6	2.6	2,590	1,053	299	171	30	217	287

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