who is the oldest nba player to average 8 assists per game

LeBron James is the oldest with 8.0+ assists per game in a season. He was 40 years old in 2024-25.

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Who is the oldest NBA player to average 8 or higher assists per game in a regular season?

	NAME	AGE	APG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	40	8.2	2024-25	LAL	70	34.9	24.4	7.8	1.0	0.6	9.3	18.1	51.3	2.1	5.7	37.6	3.7	4.7	78.2	60.4	1.0	6.8	3.7	2,444	1,710	546	575	70	39	260	99	-54
2	LeBron James L. James	39	8.3	2023-24	LAL	71	35.3	25.7	7.3	1.3	0.5	9.6	17.9	54.0	2.1	5.1	41.0	4.3	5.7	75.0	63.0	0.9	6.4	3.5	2,504	1,822	518	589	89	38	245	78	+220
3	John Stockton J. Stockton	39	8.2	2001-02	UTA	82	31.3	13.4	3.2	1.9	0.3	4.9	9.5	51.7	0.3	1.0	32.1	3.4	3.9	85.7	60.1	0.7	2.5	2.5	2,566	1,102	263	674	152	24	208	209	+166
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	38	8.7	2000-01	UTA	82	29.2	11.5	2.8	1.6	0.3	4.0	7.9	50.4	0.7	1.6	46.2	2.8	3.4	81.7	61.0	0.7	2.1	2.5	2,397	944	227	713	132	21	203	194	+561
5	Chris Paul C. Paul	37	8.9	2022-23	PHX	59	32.0	13.9	4.3	1.5	0.4	5.0	11.3	44.0	1.7	4.4	37.5	2.3	2.7	83.1	55.5	0.5	3.8	1.9	1,889	819	251	524	91	22	114	126	+84
6	Steve Nash S. Nash	37	10.7	2011-12	PHX	62	31.6	12.5	3.0	0.6	0.1	4.8	9.0	53.2	0.9	2.3	39.0	2.0	2.3	89.4	62.5	0.4	2.6	3.7	1,961	772	186	664	38	8	229	53	+175
7	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	37	8.2	2010-11	DAL	80	33.2	7.9	4.4	1.7	0.4	2.7	7.5	36.1	1.7	4.9	34.0	0.8	1.0	87.0	50.0	0.4	4.0	2.2	2,653	630	351	655	134	29	179	119	+169
8	John Stockton J. Stockton	37	8.6	1999-00	UTA	82	29.7	12.1	2.6	1.7	0.2	4.4	8.8	50.1	0.5	1.5	35.5	2.7	3.1	86.0	59.1	0.5	2.1	2.2	2,432	990	215	703	143	15	179	192	+513
9	James Harden J. Harden	36	9.2	2025-26	LAC	5	33.2	21.8	4.8	1.4	0.2	6.6	14.0	47.1	2.8	8.2	34.1	5.8	6.4	90.6	64.8	0.2	4.6	4.0	166	109	24	46	7	1	20	9	+13
10	Chris Paul C. Paul	36	10.8	2021-22	PHX	65	32.9	14.7	4.4	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	702	121	20	153	134	+460
11	Steve Nash S. Nash	36	11.4	2010-11	PHX	75	33.3	14.7	3.5	0.6	0.1	5.3	10.8	49.2	1.1	2.7	39.5	3.0	3.3	91.2	60.1	0.5	2.9	3.5	2,497	1,106	260	855	48	4	265	87	+287
12	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	36	9.1	2009-10	DAL	80	36.0	10.3	5.6	1.8	0.4	3.6	8.4	42.3	2.2	5.2	42.5	1.0	1.2	80.8	57.7	0.6	5.0	2.4	2,881	824	445	724	145	35	195	142	+271
13	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	35	8.7	2025-26	POR	6	32.3	18.2	5.0	1.5	0.3	6.8	14.2	48.2	2.5	6.8	36.6	2.0	2.5	80.0	59.5	1.0	4.0	3.0	194	109	30	52	9	2	18	15	+44
14	James Harden J. Harden	35	8.7	2024-25	LAC	79	35.3	22.8	5.8	1.5	0.7	6.7	16.4	41.0	3.0	8.5	35.2	6.4	7.3	87.4	58.2	0.7	5.1	4.3	2,789	1,802	456	687	118	55	341	162	+344
15	Chris Paul C. Paul	35	8.9	2020-21	PHX	70	31.4	16.4	4.5	1.4	0.3	6.3	12.6	49.9	1.5	3.7	39.5	2.4	2.6	93.4	59.9	0.4	4.1	2.2	2,199	1,149	312	622	99	19	156	166	+310
16	LeBron James L. James	35	10.2	2019-20	LAL	67	34.6	25.3	7.8	1.2	0.5	9.6	19.4	49.3	2.2	6.3	34.8	3.9	5.7	69.3	57.7	1.0	6.9	3.9	2,316	1,698	525	684	78	36	261	118	+441
17	Steve Nash S. Nash	35	11.0	2009-10	PHX	81	32.8	16.5	3.3	0.5	0.1	6.2	12.2	50.7	1.5	3.6	42.6	2.6	2.8	93.8	61.5	0.4	2.9	3.6	2,660	1,333	268	892	42	12	295	108	+379
18	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	35	8.7	2008-09	DAL	81	35.6	9.0	6.2	2.0	0.5	3.2	7.6	41.6	1.6	4.0	40.6	1.1	1.3	81.9	55.0	1.0	5.1	2.3	2,886	731	500	702	160	39	185	168	+317
19	John Stockton J. Stockton	35	8.5	1997-98	UTA	64	29.0	12.0	2.6	1.4	0.2	4.2	8.0	52.8	0.6	1.4	42.9	3.0	3.6	82.7	62.8	0.5	2.0	2.5	1,858	770	166	543	89	10	161	138	+498
20	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	35	8.4	1972-73	CLE	75	39.6	20.5	4.6			7.6	17.0	44.9				5.3	6.3	82.8	51.8				2,973	1,538	346	628				221
21	James Harden J. Harden	34	8.5	2023-24	LAC	72	34.3	16.6	5.1	1.1	0.8	4.9	11.4	42.8	2.6	6.8	38.1	4.2	4.8	87.8	61.2	0.5	4.7	2.6	2,470	1,192	369	614	77	57	185	127	+291
22	LeBron James L. James	34	8.3	2018-19	LAL	55	35.2	27.4	8.5	1.3	0.6	10.1	19.9	51.0	2.0	5.9	33.9	5.1	7.6	66.5	58.8	1.0	7.4	3.6	1,937	1,505	465	454	72	33	197	94	+115
23	Steve Nash S. Nash	34	9.7	2008-09	PHX	74	33.6	15.7	3.0	0.7	0.1	5.8	11.5	50.3	1.5	3.3	43.9	2.6	2.8	93.3	61.5	0.3	2.8	3.4	2,484	1,160	223	717	55	10	248	108	+245
24	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	34	10.1	2007-08	TOT	80	36.3	10.8	7.5	1.7	0.3	3.8	9.9	38.5	1.5	3.9	38.1	1.7	2.1	81.8	49.9	1.2	6.3	3.3	2,906	864	600	806	136	26	266	165	+21
25	Gary Payton G. Payton	34	8.3	2002-03	TOT	80	40.1	20.4	4.2	1.7	0.3	8.3	18.3	45.4	0.7	2.3	29.7	3.1	4.4	71.0	50.4	1.0	3.2	2.3	3,208	1,634	334	663	133	20	187	181	-50