Mark Jackson has the most games by a rookie with 5+ assists, with 79 games in 1987-88.

Interpreted as:

most 5+ assist regular-season game by a rookie

	NAME	GP	AST	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	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	79	860	1987-88	NYK	40.0	13.9	4.9	10.9	2.5	0.1	5.5	12.5	43.6	0.4	1.6	25.8	2.6	3.3	78.3	49.7	1.5	3.4	3.2	3,157	1,096	389	198	6	249	234
2	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	71	627	2017-18	PHI	33.7	15.5	8.2	8.8	1.7	0.8	6.6	12.1	54.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.2	3.9	56.9	55.9	1.8	6.4	3.3	2,395	1,099	582	121	59	234	179	+408
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	70	583	2005-06	NOK	36.6	16.6	5.1	8.3	2.3	0.1	5.4	12.2	44.1	0.7	2.2	30.1	5.3	6.3	84.0	55.8	0.8	4.3	2.4	2,561	1,165	356	162	5	165	202	-128
4	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	69	583	1989-90	MIA	31.3	14.7	2.5	8.4	1.8	0.1	5.8	11.9	49.1	0.1	0.4	19.2	2.9	4.3	67.8	53.2	0.9	1.6	3.2	2,162	1,011	173	127	9	219	168
5	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	69	645	1983-84	CHI	29.3	9.1	2.7	9.3	1.6	0.2	3.6	7.4	47.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.7	71.8	52.5	0.9	1.8	3.6	2,020	625	189	111	15	248	208
6	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	68	570	1994-95	DAL	34.3	11.9	5.6	8.4	2.0	0.3	4.3	11.0	39.0	0.9	3.3	27.9	2.4	3.4	70.0	47.6	1.9	3.7	3.2	2,335	807	381	139	22	217	124
7	Trae Young T. Young	67	603	2018-19	ATL	31.4	19.6	3.9	9.0	0.9	0.2	6.6	15.7	42.3	2.0	6.1	33.3	4.3	5.1	84.5	54.7	0.7	3.1	3.7	2,106	1,311	258	60	11	251	119	-192
8	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	66	644	1995-96	TOR	41.0	19.2	4.0	9.8	1.4	0.3	7.0	16.3	42.6	1.9	4.9	39.5	3.4	4.3	78.8	52.8	0.8	3.2	3.8	2,709	1,269	266	95	17	254	154
9	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	65	597	2001-02	IND	31.8	9.7	3.8	9.2	1.8	0.6	3.8	9.9	38.2	0.5	2.2	23.2	1.6	2.4	68.6	44.3	1.1	2.8	3.4	2,069	632	249	115	37	219	208	+78
10	Brevin Knight B. Knight	65	606	1997-98	CLE	32.3	9.1	3.3	9.3	2.7	0.2	3.3	7.5	43.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.2	79.8	51.2	0.8	2.5	2.5	2,100	594	216	173	16	161	226	+384
11	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	64	529	1996-97	PHI	40.5	23.5	4.0	8.3	2.1	0.3	8.3	20.2	41.0	2.0	6.0	32.8	5.0	7.0	71.7	50.6	1.6	2.5	4.4	2,592	1,504	259	134	16	284	193	-336
12	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	64	488	1993-94	ORL	37.6	16.6	5.4	7.6	2.5	0.7	6.4	13.6	47.0	0.6	2.3	25.9	3.2	4.3	74.5	53.5	2.3	3.1	3.5	2,408	1,061	346	163	45	224	157
13	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	64	643	1989-90	GSW	35.4	16.0	4.3	10.0	2.3	0.2	6.3	13.0	48.6	0.3	1.2	25.7	3.0	3.9	77.6	54.2	0.8	3.5	3.6	2,267	1,023	272	147	10	230	200
14	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	63	469	2012-13	POR	39.0	19.0	3.4	7.4	0.9	0.3	6.7	15.8	42.6	2.2	6.2	35.3	3.3	3.9	85.0	54.1	0.5	2.9	3.0	2,456	1,194	216	54	16	192	130	+48
15	Derrick Rose D. Rose	63	464	2008-09	CHI	37.8	16.8	4.0	7.4	0.9	0.3	7.1	15.0	47.7	0.2	1.0	23.0	2.4	3.0	77.6	51.7	1.1	2.9	2.3	2,383	1,061	250	58	17	145	92	+71
16	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	61	470	2014-15	ORL	32.7	9.9	4.5	7.7	1.9	0.3	4.1	9.4	43.3	0.2	0.6	28.6	1.6	3.0	53.6	46.2	1.4	3.0	2.6	1,995	605	273	116	16	161	147	-128
17	John Wall J. Wall	61	548	2010-11	WAS	38.2	16.3	4.4	9.0	1.8	0.5	5.7	14.2	40.3	0.5	1.7	28.2	4.4	5.8	75.9	48.6	0.5	3.9	3.7	2,332	996	270	111	31	228	150	-381
18	Gary Payton G. Payton	60	466	1990-91	SEA	28.9	7.7	3.1	7.8	2.2	0.2	3.5	7.5	46.2	0.0	0.2	10.0	0.8	1.1	71.6	48.5	1.3	1.7	2.3	1,734	463	183	131	10	140	183
19	Pooh Richardson P. Richardson	59	489	1989-90	MIN	35.8	13.2	3.0	8.3	1.7	0.4	6.0	13.3	45.5	0.3	1.1	24.2	0.9	1.4	61.9	47.6	0.9	2.2	1.9	2,111	779	179	103	23	113	106
20	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	58	501	1996-97	MIN	36.0	16.4	2.6	8.6	1.1	0.3	5.5	13.2	41.5	1.6	4.4	35.8	3.8	5.2	72.7	52.7	0.8	1.9	3.3	2,087	951	153	66	15	190	132	-119
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	56	402	1984-85	CHI	39.2	28.8	6.9	7.2	2.4	0.8	10.3	20.0	51.3	0.1	0.7	16.2	8.2	9.6	85.5	59.5	2.2	4.8	3.5	2,197	1,615	388	134	43	195	195
22	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	55	456	2003-04	CHI	38.0	13.0	3.7	8.3	1.4	0.3	4.6	12.0	38.1	2.0	5.2	38.2	1.8	2.2	84.9	50.2	0.6	3.1	2.7	2,089	713	201	79	18	146	204	-183
23	Tyus Edney T. Edney	55	412	1995-96	SAC	32.6	11.1	2.8	7.5	1.3	0.1	3.9	9.7	40.5	0.7	1.9	35.5	2.5	3.2	79.0	49.8	0.9	1.9	2.4	1,795	611	152	70	3	133	141
24	Ja Morant J. Morant	54	448	2019-20	MEM	31.7	18.3	4.2	8.3	1.0	0.3	6.8	14.2	47.9	1.0	2.8	35.1	3.6	4.6	78.8	56.1	0.8	3.4	3.4	1,710	986	228	53	15	181	85	+110
25	Steve Francis S. Francis	54	435	1999-00	HOU	37.3	19.2	5.6	8.1	1.7	0.4	7.0	15.2	45.8	1.6	4.1	38.5	3.7	4.8	78.6	55.6	1.9	3.6	3.8	2,016	1,039	301	91	21	207	165	-7