Rod Strickland had the most assists per game in 1997-98, with 10.5 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA assist with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders 1997-1998

	NAME	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	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	10.5	1997-98	WAS	76	39.7	17.8	5.3	1.7	0.3	6.4	14.9	43.4	0.2	0.6	25.0	4.7	6.5	72.6	50.1	1.5	3.9	3.5	3,020	1,349	405	801	126	25	266	182	+100
2	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	9.1	1997-98	PHX	82	38.0	11.6	6.2	2.0	0.3	4.4	10.5	41.6	0.9	2.8	31.3	2.0	2.5	79.9	50.2	1.3	4.9	3.2	3,118	954	510	745	162	26	261	142	+305
3	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	8.7	1997-98	IND	82	29.4	8.3	3.9	1.0	0.0	3.0	7.3	41.6	0.5	1.7	31.4	1.7	2.2	76.1	50.1	0.8	3.1	2.1	2,413	678	322	713	84	2	174	132	+443
4	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	8.6	1997-98	MIN	82	38.0	17.7	2.8	1.3	0.1	6.3	15.1	41.5	1.2	3.7	31.3	4.0	5.5	73.1	50.5	0.7	2.1	3.1	3,112	1,450	230	704	104	7	256	222	+23
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	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
6	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	8.3	1997-98	MIA	81	37.4	18.9	3.7	1.7	0.2	6.9	16.0	43.1	1.9	5.5	35.1	3.2	4.1	78.1	53.0	0.6	3.1	2.8	3,031	1,528	299	672	136	16	224	200	+454
7	Gary Payton G. Payton	8.3	1997-98	SEA	82	38.4	19.2	4.6	2.3	0.2	7.1	15.6	45.3	1.6	4.8	33.8	3.4	4.6	74.4	54.4	0.9	3.6	2.8	3,145	1,571	376	679	185	18	229	195	+622
8	Brevin Knight B. Knight	8.2	1997-98	CLE	80	31.0	9.0	3.2	2.5	0.2	3.3	7.4	44.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.1	80.1	51.5	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,483	723	253	656	196	18	194	271	+298
9	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	8.2	1997-98	TOT	71	40.0	17.3	4.2	1.6	0.1	6.3	15.4	41.1	1.3	4.3	29.9	3.4	4.0	82.9	50.3	1.2	3.0	3.1	2,839	1,225	298	580	113	7	223	150	-252
10	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	8.0	1997-98	NJN	75	34.7	19.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	6.8	15.4	44.1	0.2	1.1	18.8	5.8	6.8	86.0	53.3	1.0	2.1	3.6	2,606	1,471	228	603	121	20	269	262	+133
11	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	7.9	1997-98	SAS	75	35.7	10.2	2.0	1.1	0.2	4.3	8.9	47.8	0.0	0.2	15.4	1.6	2.2	72.6	51.4	0.4	1.6	2.2	2,674	766	150	591	84	18	165	140	+255
12	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	6.9	1997-98	LAL	64	32.1	13.8	3.0	1.0	0.1	4.9	11.6	41.9	1.9	4.9	38.9	2.1	2.7	79.1	53.8	0.5	2.5	1.6	2,053	881	194	442	64	6	104	120	+323
13	Grant Hill G. Hill	6.8	1997-98	DET	81	40.7	21.1	7.7	1.8	0.7	7.6	16.8	45.2	0.0	0.3	14.3	5.9	8.0	74.0	52.0	1.1	6.5	3.5	3,294	1,712	623	551	143	53	285	196	+214
14	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	6.7	1997-98	ATL	70	38.6	13.2	4.9	2.6	0.3	5.3	13.4	39.2	1.3	4.8	26.9	1.4	1.9	70.9	46.2	1.2	3.7	2.5	2,700	921	341	469	183	21	176	122	+415
15	David Wesley D. Wesley	6.5	1997-98	CHA	81	35.1	13.0	2.6	1.7	0.4	4.7	10.7	44.3	0.7	2.1	34.7	2.8	3.6	79.5	53.2	0.6	2.0	2.8	2,845	1,054	213	529	140	30	226	229	+134
16	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	6.2	1997-98	PHI	80	39.4	22.0	3.7	2.2	0.3	8.1	17.6	46.1	0.9	2.9	29.8	4.9	6.7	72.9	53.5	1.1	2.6	3.1	3,150	1,758	296	494	176	25	244	200	-92
17	Charlie Ward C. Ward	5.7	1997-98	NYK	82	28.3	7.8	3.3	1.8	0.5	2.9	6.3	45.5	1.0	2.6	37.7	1.1	1.4	80.5	56.7	0.4	3.0	2.1	2,317	642	274	466	144	37	175	195	+278
18	Kenny Anderson K. Anderson	5.7	1997-98	TOT	61	30.5	12.2	2.8	1.4	0.0	4.4	11.0	39.8	0.9	2.6	35.6	2.5	3.2	78.9	49.1	0.6	2.2	2.3	1,858	746	173	345	87	1	143	135	+16
19	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	5.5	1997-98	HOU	70	35.3	18.4	4.9	1.8	0.6	6.5	15.1	42.7	1.5	4.8	31.7	4.0	4.9	80.1	53.1	1.5	3.4	2.7	2,473	1,287	346	382	126	42	189	193	+69
20	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	5.4	1997-98	TOT	61	25.7	5.7	2.2	1.1	0.0	2.3	5.3	43.7	0.1	0.3	25.0	1.0	1.1	89.7	49.2	0.5	1.7	1.7	1,570	347	132	331	67	3	105	58	-225
21	Michael Finley M. Finley	4.9	1997-98	DAL	82	41.4	21.5	5.3	1.6	0.4	8.2	18.4	44.9	1.1	3.0	35.7	4.0	5.1	78.4	52.2	1.8	3.5	2.7	3,394	1,763	438	405	132	30	219	163	-410
22	Jim Jackson J. Jackson	4.8	1997-98	TOT	79	38.6	15.7	5.1	1.0	0.1	6.0	14.0	43.0	0.8	2.4	31.9	2.9	3.6	81.2	50.4	1.6	3.4	3.3	3,046	1,242	400	381	79	8	263	186	-302
23	Mark Price M. Price	4.7	1997-98	ORL	63	22.7	9.5	2.0	0.8	0.1	3.6	8.4	43.1	0.8	2.5	33.5	1.4	1.6	84.5	51.8	0.4	1.7	2.6	1,430	597	129	297	53	5	162	92	-19
24	Bobby Jackson B. Jackson	4.7	1997-98	DEN	68	30.0	11.6	4.4	1.5	0.2	4.6	11.6	39.2	0.3	1.2	25.9	2.2	2.7	81.4	45.3	1.1	3.3	2.7	2,042	790	302	317	105	11	184	160	-491
25	Antonio Daniels A. Daniels	4.5	1997-98	VAN	74	26.4	7.8	1.9	0.7	0.1	3.1	7.4	41.6	0.1	0.7	21.2	1.5	2.3	65.9	46.5	0.3	1.6	2.2	1,956	579	143	334	55	10	164	88	-498