Between the 1979-80 and 1989-90 seasons, Magic Johnson had the most assists per game, with 11.2 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA assist with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games leaders 1979-80 to 1989-90

	NAME	APG	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11.2	795	36.9	19.8	7.3	2.0	0.4	7.1	13.4	52.5	0.3	1.0	29.1	5.4	6.4	84.1	60.8	1.8	5.5	3.9	29,354	15,708	5,825	8,932	1,596	344	3,089	1,852
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	10.4	488	29.1	11.6	2.3	2.4	0.2	4.2	8.0	52.4	0.2	0.6	31.6	3.1	3.8	82.2	60.5	0.6	1.7	2.7	14,211	5,685	1,126	5,075	1,155	83	1,324	1,375
3	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	9.8	716	36.7	20.0	3.7	2.1	0.3	7.7	16.7	46.0	0.4	1.3	28.3	4.3	5.7	76.2	52.2	1.0	2.7	3.9	26,269	14,354	2,680	6,985	1,477	200	2,759	2,311
4	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	9.7	235	33.5	17.2	3.4	1.4	0.3	6.1	12.3	49.4	0.1	0.4	17.2	5.0	5.9	85.6	57.9	0.5	2.9	3.1	7,878	4,047	801	2,274	333	62	731	524
5	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	8.9	236	34.6	13.3	4.5	1.9	0.1	5.3	11.8	44.6	0.6	2.1	29.8	2.1	2.9	73.4	50.8	1.4	3.1	2.9	8,154	3,142	1,055	2,091	453	17	695	528
6	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	8.7	79	33.7	14.7	3.9	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	689	165	12	260	232
7	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	8.4	605	35.2	15.8	2.5	1.4	0.1	6.8	14.3	47.4	0.2	0.6	29.4	2.1	2.7	77.7	51.0	0.6	1.9	3.1	21,326	9,554	1,521	5,096	848	47	1,886	1,474
8	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	8.3	310	29.4	6.6	4.7	1.9	0.6	2.5	5.5	45.6	0.1	0.4	26.5	1.4	2.2	65.3	50.7	1.6	3.1	2.4	9,104	2,052	1,460	2,579	590	171	742	1,001
9	Gary Grant G. Grant	8.2	115	30.0	12.4	3.8	2.2	0.1	5.2	11.7	44.7	0.1	0.4	23.3	1.8	2.4	75.3	48.4	1.2	2.6	4.0	3,453	1,421	433	948	252	14	464	290
10	Terry Porter T. Porter	8.1	402	31.8	14.1	3.7	1.7	0.1	5.1	10.5	48.3	0.5	1.6	34.7	3.4	4.0	85.3	57.5	0.8	2.9	2.7	12,802	5,666	1,471	3,240	687	38	1,098	869
11	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	7.9	239	25.6	6.6	2.1	1.7	0.1	2.8	6.3	44.4	0.0	0.2	16.4	1.0	1.2	77.7	48.2	0.6	1.6	1.6	6,126	1,579	508	1,891	404	13	371	447
12	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	7.6	81	30.5	14.3	2.5	1.8	0.1	5.7	11.6	49.4	0.1	0.4	16.1	2.8	4.0	68.7	53.4	0.9	1.7	3.0	2,470	1,155	206	619	145	10	246	187
13	Kevin Porter K. Porter	7.6	162	26.4	10.2	1.3	1.1	0.1	4.1	8.3	50.0	0.0	0.1	18.8	1.9	2.4	78.5	54.5	0.4	0.9	2.7	4,281	1,645	211	1,237	179	21	436	467
14	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	7.6	484	35.9	16.1	5.8	2.8	0.4	6.7	14.5	46.0	0.3	1.2	22.0	2.5	3.6	70.1	50.1	1.9	4.0	3.5	17,371	7,784	2,823	3,686	1,363	188	1,713	1,671
15	Johnny Moore J. Moore	7.4	520	25.8	9.4	3.0	2.0	0.2	3.8	8.4	46.0	0.2	0.7	25.1	1.5	2.2	71.2	50.5	0.8	2.2	2.2	13,430	4,890	1,548	3,866	1,017	116	1,163	1,325
16	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	7.3	852	33.7	12.4	3.0	2.2	0.3	4.9	9.4	52.7	0.1	0.2	25.0	2.4	3.1	79.8	57.7	0.7	2.3	2.2	28,693	10,533	2,524	6,234	1,892	270	1,898	1,814
17	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	7.2	489	30.1	12.6	3.6	2.1	0.5	4.4	9.5	46.0	0.2	0.6	31.5	3.7	4.7	77.5	54.4	1.0	2.6	2.4	14,715	6,160	1,747	3,526	1,018	229	1,174	1,694
18	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	7.1	340	31.5	12.1	1.9	0.9	0.1	4.2	9.0	47.4	0.1	0.3	22.4	3.6	4.6	78.0	55.3	0.5	1.5	2.7	10,700	4,130	656	2,399	304	35	926	738
19	Fat Lever F. Lever	6.9	636	32.9	14.9	6.4	2.3	0.3	6.1	13.5	45.2	0.2	0.6	30.2	2.6	3.3	77.2	50.0	2.0	4.3	2.1	20,897	9,502	4,064	4,364	1,455	179	1,337	1,570
20	Kenny Smith K. Smith	6.8	221	35.0	14.4	2.4	1.2	0.1	5.7	12.2	46.7	0.4	1.1	33.6	2.7	3.4	78.1	52.7	0.5	1.9	2.7	7,736	3,187	521	1,500	273	23	602	456
21	Gus Williams G. Williams	6.8	511	33.6	18.7	2.6	2.0	0.3	7.6	16.5	46.1	0.2	0.9	23.8	3.2	4.3	74.8	50.6	1.0	1.6	2.5	17,149	9,540	1,329	3,464	1,034	176	1,267	916
22	Pooh Richardson P. Richardson	6.8	82	31.5	11.4	2.6	1.6	0.3	5.2	11.3	46.1	0.3	1.0	27.7	0.8	1.3	58.9	48.2	0.7	2.0	1.7	2,581	938	217	554	133	25	141	143
23	Mark Price M. Price	6.7	295	31.4	15.5	2.6	1.3	0.1	5.7	11.8	48.5	1.2	2.7	42.3	3.0	3.4	88.3	58.7	0.7	1.9	2.4	9,277	4,587	774	1,979	371	28	715	381
24	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	6.7	640	31.9	15.3	3.1	1.4	0.2	5.5	11.9	45.9	0.6	1.8	34.3	3.7	4.5	82.8	54.9	0.8	2.3	2.8	20,436	9,769	1,975	4,260	911	157	1,803	1,519
25	Reggie Theus R. Theus	6.5	863	33.5	18.7	3.4	1.2	0.2	6.9	14.6	47.1	0.2	0.9	23.2	4.8	5.7	82.9	54.7	1.2	2.2	3.4	28,895	16,167	2,892	5,646	1,028	183	2,938	2,507