which nba player had the most assists in a season at age 23

Isiah Thomas has the most assists by a 23-year-old player in a season, with 1,123 assists in 1984-85.

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	NAME	AST	Age	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	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1,123	23	1984-85	DET	81	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
2	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	899	23	1961-62	CIN	79	44.3	30.8	12.5	11.4			11.0	22.9	47.8				8.9	11.0	80.3	55.4				3,503	2,432	985				258
3	Deron Williams D. Williams	862	23	2007-08	UTA	82	37.3	18.8	3.0	10.5	1.1	0.3	6.9	13.6	50.7	1.0	2.6	39.5	4.0	5.0	80.3	59.5	0.4	2.5	3.4	3,059	1,545	243	90	23	279	200	+420
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	861	23	2008-09	NOH	78	38.5	22.8	5.5	11.0	2.8	0.1	8.1	16.1	50.3	0.8	2.3	36.4	5.8	6.7	86.8	59.9	0.9	4.7	3.0	3,002	1,781	432	216	10	231	212	+350
5	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	846	23	1989-90	PHX	74	37.6	22.5	3.6	11.4	1.3	0.2	7.8	15.7	49.9	0.1	0.6	19.5	6.8	8.1	83.8	58.5	0.6	3.1	3.6	2,782	1,665	270	95	14	263	143
6	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	832	23	1970-71	CIN	82	40.5	16.0	7.1	10.1			5.8	13.9	42.0				4.4	5.4	81.6	49.4				3,324	1,315	583				343
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	829	23	1982-83	LAL	79	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
8	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	794	23	2009-10	BOS	81	36.6	13.7	4.4	9.8	2.3	0.1	5.7	11.2	50.8	0.2	1.0	21.3	2.2	3.5	62.1	54.0	1.2	3.2	3.0	2,963	1,110	360	189	11	246	198	+303
9	Kenny Anderson K. Anderson	784	23	1993-94	NJN	82	38.2	18.8	3.9	9.6	1.9	0.2	7.0	16.8	41.7	0.5	1.6	30.3	4.2	5.2	81.8	49.1	1.1	2.8	3.2	3,135	1,538	322	158	15	266	201
10	Johnny Moore J. Moore	762	23	1981-82	SAS	79	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
11	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	752	23	2023-24	IND	69	32.2	20.1	3.9	10.9	1.2	0.7	7.2	15.2	47.7	2.8	7.8	36.4	2.8	3.3	85.5	60.5	0.5	3.4	2.3	2,224	1,389	271	83	48	159	75	+294
12	Trae Young T. Young	737	23	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
13	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	737	23	1978-79	LAL	82	38.4	17.1	2.8	9.0	2.5	0.2	7.6	14.0	54.2				1.9	2.5	77.5	56.7	0.6	2.2	2.8	3,145	1,404	231	201	17	231	250
14	John Wall J. Wall	721	23	2013-14	WAS	82	36.3	19.3	4.1	8.8	1.8	0.5	7.1	16.3	43.3	1.3	3.8	35.1	3.9	4.8	80.5	52.4	0.5	3.6	3.6	2,980	1,583	333	149	40	295	219	+197
15	Terry Porter T. Porter	715	23	1986-87	POR	80	33.9	13.1	4.2	8.9	2.0	0.1	4.7	9.6	48.8	0.2	0.8	21.7	3.5	4.2	83.8	57.0	0.9	3.3	3.2	2,714	1,045	337	159	9	255	192
16	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	709	23	1996-97	TOR	81	40.9	20.2	4.1	8.8	1.5	0.2	7.0	17.4	40.1	2.2	6.1	35.5	4.1	5.0	82.3	51.6	1.1	3.0	3.6	3,311	1,634	330	123	13	288	162	-213
17	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	704	23	2013-14	MIN	82	32.2	9.5	4.2	8.6	2.3	0.1	3.1	8.2	38.1	0.5	1.6	33.1	2.8	3.5	80.2	49.1	0.7	3.4	2.7	2,638	781	342	191	11	221	218	+382
18	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	702	23	1987-88	SEA	82	29.9	7.6	4.1	8.6	2.1	0.6	2.9	6.0	47.4	0.1	0.3	37.5	1.8	2.5	70.7	53.2	1.4	2.7	2.3	2,453	624	338	169	47	189	238
19	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	701	23	1971-72	CIN	76	43.1	28.2	2.9	9.2			9.7	19.9	48.6				8.9	10.8	82.2	57.2				3,272	2,145	222				198
20	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	689	23	1989-90	GSW	79	33.7	14.7	3.9	8.7	2.1	0.2	5.9	12.5	47.1	0.3	1.1	27.4	2.7	3.5	76.4	52.5	0.7	3.2	3.3	2,663	1,162	310	165	12	260	232
21	Ernie DiGregorio E. DiGregorio	663	23	1973-74	BUF	81	35.9	15.2	2.7	8.2	0.7	0.1	6.5	15.6	42.1				2.1	2.4	90.2	45.9	0.6	2.1		2,910	1,234	219	59	9		242
22	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	660	23	1994-95	LAL	80	36.8	16.9	2.8	8.3	1.2	0.1	5.8	13.8	42.0	2.3	6.4	35.8	2.9	3.8	78.3	54.4	0.3	2.5	2.8	2,944	1,348	223	97	6	220	157
23	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	647	23	2001-02	IND	80	30.5	9.4	3.7	8.1	1.7	0.5	3.6	9.5	38.0	0.5	2.2	24.0	1.6	2.3	70.4	44.6	1.0	2.8	3.4	2,442	751	298	138	40	270	248	+43
24	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	638	23	2024-25	DET	70	35.0	26.1	6.1	9.1	1.0	0.8	9.8	20.8	46.9	2.1	6.0	35.6	4.5	5.3	84.6	56.5	0.8	5.3	4.4	2,452	1,830	425	71	53	309	195	+175
25	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	635	23	1968-69	NYK	80	36.9	17.5	6.2	7.9			6.6	13.2	50.5				4.3	5.7	74.6	56.0				2,949	1,403	499				245

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