Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Jerry West averaged the most assists per game, with 8.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

most apg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player in 1970's

	NAME	APG	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Jerry West J. West	8.7	320	38.6	26.1	4.3	2.6	0.7	9.6	19.9	48.4	6.8	8.3	82.1	55.4	1.0	2.8		12,351	8,357	1,390	2,769	81	23		767
2	Phil Ford P. Ford	8.6	79	34.5	15.9	2.3	2.2	0.1	5.9	12.7	46.5	4.1	5.1	81.3	53.4	0.4	1.9	4.1	2,723	1,260	182	681	174	6	323	245
3	Kevin Porter K. Porter	8.2	497	29.8	12.1	1.9	1.5	0.1	5.1	10.6	47.8	1.9	2.6	72.3	51.2	0.7	1.4	4.3	14,826	6,000	968	4,077	651	51	697	1,784
4	John Lucas J. Lucas	8.1	246	34.8	13.2	2.9	1.8	0.2	5.4	11.8	45.8	2.4	3.0	79.8	50.3	0.7	2.2	2.9	8,559	3,252	721	1,993	437	37	468	611
5	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	7.9	440	34.2	16.7	4.0	1.3	0.2	5.8	13.2	44.3	5.0	6.3	79.5	52.3	0.8	2.0		15,049	7,346	1,778	3,488	174	26		1,104
6	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	7.9	163	36.3	15.4	2.9	2.1	0.1	6.9	13.2	52.1	1.7	2.2	74.8	54.4	0.5	2.3	3.0	5,924	2,511	470	1,290	339	24	482	509
7	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	7.6	536	38.2	23.0	2.6	1.4	0.2	8.3	17.9	46.5	6.4	7.8	82.1	54.0	0.6	1.7	2.9	20,459	12,351	1,390	4,077	415	46	197	1,264
8	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	7.6	357	38.3	18.1	5.2	1.1	0.1	6.8	14.3	47.9	4.4	5.3	83.3	54.4	1.0	3.0		13,663	6,449	1,846	2,714	77	4		793
9	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	7.0	746	35.1	11.8	4.8	1.8	0.2	4.4	10.7	41.4	2.9	3.7	78.0	47.6	1.3	3.0	2.1	26,171	8,770	3,596	5,217	767	71	249	2,661
10	Slick Watts S. Watts	6.1	437	26.3	8.9	3.2	2.2	0.3	3.7	8.9	41.3	1.6	2.7	59.7	44.4	1.0	2.2	1.8	11,513	3,901	1,398	2,678	961	111	239	1,314
11	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	6.1	668	39.5	20.2	6.0	1.9	0.2	8.0	16.3	49.0	4.2	5.3	80.0	54.3	1.1	4.3	2.1	26,401	13,502	4,015	4,092	679	62	135	1,734
12	Dave Bing D. Bing	6.0	665	35.7	19.2	3.5	1.3	0.2	7.2	16.2	44.5	4.8	6.0	79.9	51.0	1.1	1.9	2.7	23,759	12,784	2,306	4,012	483	89	216	1,888
13	Don Buse D. Buse	5.8	245	32.8	8.0	3.0	2.5	0.2	3.4	7.5	45.5	1.2	1.5	79.6	49.2	0.7	2.3	1.3	8,038	1,972	736	1,432	622	48	220	422
14	Rick Barry R. Barry	5.8	564	37.0	22.5	6.0	2.1	0.5	9.2	20.3	45.1	4.2	4.6	91.3	50.4	0.9	4.5	2.6	20,844	12,695	3,368	3,294	1,024	241	422	1,527
15	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	5.8	719	39.8	21.9	6.4	1.2	0.3	8.7	19.1	45.4	4.5	5.4	83.9	50.9	1.5	3.5	2.5	28,643	15,747	4,603	4,185	476	117	204	1,813
16	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	5.7	615	38.0	25.0	4.3	1.4	0.3	9.7	21.9	44.1	5.6	6.9	81.9	50.0	1.1	3.5	4.5	23,352	15,359	2,669	3,480	563	102	448	1,786
17	Archie Clark A. Clark	5.4	486	34.2	17.1	3.3	1.1	0.1	6.8	14.0	48.3	3.5	4.5	79.1	53.4	0.6	1.8		16,635	8,302	1,602	2,644	231	15		1,190
18	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	5.4	392	31.2	11.8	2.7	1.4	0.2	4.7	10.9	43.1	2.4	3.3	73.6	47.9	0.7	2.0	2.4	12,218	4,642	1,072	2,111	560	59	343	746
19	Quinn Buckner Q. Buckner	5.4	242	24.5	8.4	3.0	2.2	0.2	3.6	7.9	45.2	1.2	2.0	60.8	47.6	0.9	2.0	2.7	5,924	2,021	721	1,296	536	57	436	802
20	Ray Williams R. Williams	5.4	162	24.2	13.3	3.1	1.5	0.2	5.4	12.0	45.2	2.5	3.2	76.3	49.6	1.2	1.9	3.3	3,920	2,157	500	867	236	34	527	485
21	Armond Hill A. Hill	5.3	245	28.1	8.7	2.2	1.4	0.2	3.2	7.6	41.8	2.3	2.8	83.8	49.3	0.6	1.6	2.7	6,882	2,124	538	1,310	338	37	442	839
22	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	5.3	82	29.4	8.4	3.1	2.1	0.1	3.6	7.0	51.0	1.2	1.7	72.1	54.1	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,409	685	254	431	174	12	193	198
23	Reggie Theus R. Theus	5.2	82	33.6	16.3	2.8	1.1	0.2	6.5	13.6	48.0	3.2	4.2	76.1	52.6	1.1	1.7	3.7	2,753	1,338	228	429	93	18	303	270
24	Mike Gale M. Gale	5.2	234	29.1	9.1	2.9	2.1	0.5	3.9	8.3	46.8	1.3	1.6	84.0	50.6	0.6	2.3	2.2	6,810	2,139	682	1,223	502	115	329	586
25	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	5.2	729	34.9	20.2	3.1	1.3	0.2	7.9	17.1	46.2	4.3	5.2	83.0	51.9	1.1	1.6	2.5	25,446	14,692	2,262	3,769	545	72	390	1,997