Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Ticha Penicheiro averaged the most assists per game, with 5.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

2000s assist with a minimum of 10 games played per 44 team games leaders

	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	Ticha Penicheiro T. Penicheiro	5.6	307	28.4	6.3	3.1	1.8	0.1	1.9	5.7	34.1	0.3	1.2	24.8	2.1	2.9	73.9	45.3	0.4	2.7	2.3	8,704	1,928	949	1,728	551	35	702	622	+699
2	Sue Bird S. Bird	5.5	257	33.5	12.6	2.7	1.5	0.1	4.5	10.7	42.6	1.6	4.3	37.8	1.9	2.2	87.4	54.3	0.5	2.2	2.8	8,612	3,238	695	1,425	373	34	717	406	+936
3	Cynthia Cooper C. Cooper	5.1	35	35.2	17.5	2.7	1.2	0.2	5.6	12.3	45.6	1.4	4.0	36.0	4.9	5.6	87.8	59.5	0.5	2.2	3.2	1,231	614	95	178	43	7	113	70	+353
4	Dawn Staley D. Staley	5.0	231	32.3	8.1	2.0	1.3	0.1	2.7	6.9	39.6	1.0	2.5	38.7	1.6	2.0	81.4	51.9	0.4	1.6	2.4	7,471	1,860	465	1,160	300	14	553	480	-186
5	Lindsay Whalen L. Whalen	4.9	197	29.5	11.6	4.2	1.4	0.1	3.8	8.5	44.7	0.6	2.1	26.8	3.5	4.3	81.7	56.2	0.9	3.3	2.3	5,806	2,290	832	964	276	13	458	477	+746
6	Nikki Teasley N. Teasley	4.7	207	28.5	8.2	3.0	1.0	0.3	2.6	6.8	37.6	1.5	3.9	37.7	1.6	1.9	83.5	53.5	0.6	2.4	2.4	5,908	1,690	621	982	211	57	493	463	+532
7	Jennifer Azzi J. Azzi	4.7	113	35.9	8.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.6	6.2	42.8	1.1	2.5	44.6	2.3	2.7	85.1	59.2	0.4	2.3	2.0	4,055	986	299	532	88	38	225	332	0
8	Teresa Weatherspoon T. Weatherspoon	4.7	164	25.2	3.9	2.7	1.2	0.1	1.4	3.4	40.2	0.1	0.6	24.7	1.0	1.5	67.1	47.9	0.6	2.1	2.0	4,127	635	439	769	202	18	333	343	+210
9	Temeka Johnson T. Johnson	4.4	134	24.6	7.9	2.9	1.1	0.1	3.1	7.4	41.7	0.4	1.3	31.4	1.3	1.7	78.5	48.5	0.4	2.5	2.3	3,293	1,064	393	596	152	9	302	290	+200
10	Cappie Pondexter C. Pondexter	4.1	129	31.9	19.2	3.7	1.0	0.2	6.8	15.7	43.6	1.3	3.8	34.4	4.3	5.0	84.9	53.8	0.9	2.9	2.3	4,110	2,483	482	527	135	29	293	324	+207
11	Shannon Johnson S. Johnson	4.0	319	28.9	9.7	3.1	1.4	0.2	3.0	7.7	38.8	0.9	2.6	33.1	2.8	3.7	77.3	51.9	0.9	2.2	2.5	9,218	3,095	992	1,282	436	55	812	734	-197
12	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	4.0	198	32.6	20.3	4.5	1.3	1.0	6.8	15.5	43.8	2.5	6.9	36.6	4.2	5.1	82.9	57.3	0.7	3.8	2.7	6,454	4,029	894	788	250	203	530	654	+464
13	Lindsey Harding L. Harding	3.9	78	30.6	10.5	3.6	1.2	0.3	3.8	9.7	39.6	0.4	1.6	24.6	2.5	3.4	71.4	47.0	0.6	2.9	2.6	2,387	822	278	308	90	23	203	168	-46
14	Shalee Lehning S. Lehning	3.7	34	20.8	3.0	2.3	0.5	0.1	1.1	2.7	38.7	0.2	0.9	20.0	0.7	0.9	77.4	47.8	0.6	1.8	1.6	707	102	79	127	18	3	54	44	+45
15	Suzie McConnell Serio S. McConnell Serio	3.7	31	21.9	5.3	1.6	0.5	0.0	1.8	4.4	40.4	1.1	3.0	37.6	0.6	0.8	76.0	55.8	0.3	1.3	2.2	680	164	49	115	15	1	67	29	0
16	Loree Moore L. Moore	3.7	155	26.1	6.0	3.5	1.7	0.1	2.1	5.8	36.2	0.9	2.7	33.7	0.8	1.2	67.4	46.7	0.8	2.7	2.2	4,050	924	544	567	256	21	340	319	-354
17	Tamika Catchings T. Catchings	3.6	246	33.4	16.4	7.7	2.6	0.9	5.2	12.8	40.3	1.5	4.3	35.2	4.6	5.6	82.6	53.9	2.3	5.3	2.6	8,226	4,045	1,890	897	630	217	642	733	+691
18	Michele Timms M. Timms	3.6	29	20.2	4.4	2.1	1.2	0.1	1.7	4.8	35.0	0.6	2.2	28.6	0.4	0.5	85.7	43.8	0.4	1.7	2.1	587	128	61	105	36	4	60	64	+22
19	Becky Hammon B. Hammon	3.5	289	29.2	13.8	2.7	1.2	0.1	4.5	10.2	43.9	1.9	5.1	37.0	2.9	3.3	88.9	59.1	0.5	2.2	2.8	8,435	4,000	774	1,015	353	34	811	524	+305
20	Noelle Quinn N. Quinn	3.5	100	21.3	5.0	2.8	0.9	0.3	2.0	4.9	40.9	0.4	1.5	27.9	0.6	0.8	72.2	47.6	0.6	2.2	1.6	2,132	496	280	347	90	26	164	132	+66
21	Sheryl Swoopes S. Swoopes	3.5	221	34.1	15.8	5.0	2.2	0.6	5.9	13.6	43.5	0.8	2.5	30.5	3.3	4.0	82.4	51.8	1.0	3.9	2.2	7,546	3,502	1,094	765	477	143	487	368	+805
22	Ukari Figgs U. Figgs	3.4	129	27.6	6.9	2.4	0.9	0.1	2.1	5.3	40.3	1.1	3.0	38.1	1.4	1.7	85.1	56.5	0.4	2.0	1.6	3,555	885	316	439	115	10	201	178	+655
23	Teresa Edwards T. Edwards	3.3	68	22.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	0.3	2.0	5.4	37.2	0.7	2.4	29.7	0.8	1.0	74.3	47.0	0.8	2.1	2.7	1,556	375	195	227	88	19	185	97	-35
24	Annie Burgess A. Burgess	3.2	91	24.2	4.2	2.4	1.0	0.1	1.5	4.1	36.2	0.5	1.5	30.4	0.7	1.1	68.0	45.4	0.7	1.6	1.7	2,199	380	217	293	87	7	153	131	-252
25	Kristen Veal K. Veal	3.2	52	19.6	3.6	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.1	3.9	28.9	0.5	1.9	27.8	0.8	1.1	76.4	41.0	0.4	1.3	2.4	1,018	187	87	166	47	6	124	99	-208