Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Chris Paul averaged the most assists per game, with 9.9 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA total assists with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games leaders in 2000s

	NAME	APG	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Chris Paul C. Paul	9.9	300	11,169	5,827	1,433	2,966	726	23	2,049	4,364	47.0	256	745	34.4	1,473	1,736	84.9	56.8	246	1,187	776	769	+603	37.2	19.4	4.8	2.4	0.1	2.6
2	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	9.2	760	28,311	10,649	5,327	7,029	1,472	236	3,766	9,372	40.2	1,104	3,174	34.8	2,013	2,483	81.1	50.9	1,006	4,321	2,331	1,438	+2576	37.3	14.0	7.0	1.9	0.3	3.1
3	Steve Nash S. Nash	9.1	753	25,394	12,219	2,420	6,886	614	65	4,400	8,899	49.4	1,207	2,767	43.6	2,212	2,445	90.5	61.2	433	1,987	2,288	1,311	+4078	33.7	16.2	3.2	0.8	0.1	3.0
4	Deron Williams D. Williams	8.7	310	10,821	5,028	899	2,691	301	73	1,862	3,989	46.7	326	910	35.8	978	1,226	79.8	55.5	134	765	898	821	+624	34.9	16.2	2.9	1.0	0.2	2.9
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	8.3	328	9,670	3,920	906	2,719	564	76	1,401	2,791	50.2	158	411	38.4	960	1,143	84.0	59.5	209	697	772	779	+1481	29.5	12.0	2.8	1.7	0.2	2.4
6	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	8.2	181	6,370	2,859	629	1,476	347	57	1,152	2,541	45.3	90	246	36.6	465	516	90.1	51.6	121	508	382	345	+615	35.2	15.8	3.5	1.9	0.3	2.1
7	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	7.4	648	24,560	12,746	1,960	4,808	792	87	4,523	10,333	43.8	728	2,259	32.2	2,972	3,739	79.5	53.2	430	1,530	1,917	1,508	-970	37.9	19.7	3.0	1.2	0.1	3.0
8	Andre Miller A. Miller	7.4	815	28,462	11,896	3,434	6,020	1,121	171	4,388	9,541	46.0	118	561	21.0	3,002	3,742	80.2	53.2	1,005	2,429	2,200	2,026	-64	34.9	14.6	4.2	1.4	0.2	2.7
9	Baron Davis B. Davis	7.3	673	23,825	11,364	2,705	4,901	1,292	286	4,119	10,059	40.9	1,143	3,539	32.3	1,983	2,846	69.7	50.2	662	2,043	1,875	1,947	+1028	35.4	16.9	4.0	1.9	0.4	2.8
10	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	7.0	398	12,016	4,144	1,368	2,786	660	128	1,560	3,946	39.5	340	1,108	30.7	684	959	71.3	47.4	309	1,059	1,145	1,076	+582	30.2	10.4	3.4	1.7	0.3	2.9
11	Jose Calderon J. Calderon	6.7	291	7,918	2,812	705	1,960	266	22	1,082	2,168	49.9	193	504	38.3	455	509	89.4	58.8	101	604	480	477	+8	27.2	9.7	2.4	0.9	0.1	1.6
12	LeBron James L. James	6.7	472	19,142	12,993	3,307	3,159	830	405	4,647	9,875	47.1	642	1,957	32.8	3,057	4,144	73.8	55.5	607	2,700	1,541	951	+1669	40.6	27.5	7.0	1.8	0.9	3.3
13	Raymond Felton R. Felton	6.7	319	11,296	4,343	1,078	2,127	442	60	1,592	3,987	39.9	315	990	31.8	844	1,075	78.5	48.7	219	859	853	736	-441	35.4	13.6	3.4	1.4	0.2	2.7
14	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	6.7	394	14,925	9,922	1,925	2,625	720	379	3,465	7,167	48.3	173	608	28.5	2,819	3,650	77.2	56.5	487	1,438	1,497	1,019	+1026	37.9	25.2	4.9	1.8	1.0	3.8
15	Gary Payton G. Payton	6.6	631	22,352	10,310	2,563	4,150	842	134	4,069	8,963	45.4	602	1,857	32.4	1,570	2,100	74.8	52.1	504	2,059	1,296	1,298	+656	35.4	16.3	4.1	1.3	0.2	2.1
16	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	6.5	370	9,189	2,462	1,156	2,410	299	22	931	2,214	42.1	272	759	35.8	328	420	78.1	51.3	226	930	704	543	-172	24.8	6.7	3.1	0.8	0.1	1.9
17	T.J. Ford	6.5	327	9,729	4,039	1,083	2,129	408	34	1,533	3,526	43.5	111	349	31.8	862	1,045	82.5	50.7	235	848	871	778	-23	29.8	12.4	3.3	1.2	0.1	2.7
18	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	6.4	640	20,607	10,961	2,263	4,120	645	99	4,108	8,887	46.2	412	1,219	33.8	2,333	2,690	86.7	54.4	379	1,884	1,543	1,749	+1216	32.2	17.1	3.5	1.0	0.2	2.4
19	Derrick Rose D. Rose	6.3	81	3,000	1,361	317	512	66	18	574	1,208	47.5	16	72	22.2	197	250	78.8	51.6	96	221	202	125	-121	37.0	16.8	3.9	0.8	0.2	2.5
20	Jason Williams J. Williams	6.3	629	19,385	7,078	1,501	3,962	774	55	2,623	6,589	39.8	1,044	3,202	32.6	788	958	82.3	50.5	168	1,333	1,395	936	-247	30.8	11.3	2.4	1.2	0.1	2.2
21	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	6.2	682	28,534	19,154	2,471	4,227	1,521	106	6,622	15,623	42.4	767	2,469	31.1	5,143	6,484	79.3	51.8	462	2,009	2,450	1,198	+1187	41.8	28.1	3.6	2.2	0.2	3.6
22	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	6.1	440	15,019	6,097	1,492	2,674	570	124	2,202	5,300	41.5	708	1,864	38.0	985	1,210	81.4	52.3	179	1,313	1,003	1,395	+82	34.1	13.9	3.4	1.3	0.3	2.3
23	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	6.0	752	27,167	12,515	2,529	4,537	956	129	4,599	10,463	44.0	1,196	3,168	37.8	2,121	2,625	80.8	53.9	457	2,072	1,777	1,432	+620	36.1	16.6	3.4	1.3	0.2	2.4
24	Ramon Sessions R. Sessions	6.0	96	2,623	1,114	327	579	100	10	396	892	44.4	9	41	22.0	313	395	79.2	52.3	72	255	188	184	-70	27.3	11.6	3.4	1.0	0.1	2.0
25	Steve Francis S. Francis	6.0	576	21,632	10,446	3,215	3,473	846	223	3,543	8,267	42.9	575	1,684	34.1	2,785	3,494	79.7	53.3	960	2,255	2,030	1,813	+51	37.6	18.1	5.6	1.5	0.4	3.5