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Lakers All-Time Assists Leaders: Single Regular Season Per Game Average
List with the stats for the top 50 players with the best single season assists per game average in Lakers history.
Notes: - These stats were updated on March 28, 2024
- This list includes players with some minimum requirements
Lakers All-Time Assists Leaders:
Single Regular Season Per Game Average - Top 50
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Player |
Assists |
Total Assists |
Season | Games | TO | ||||||
1. | Magic Johnson | 13.06 | 875 | 1984 | 67 | 4.57 | |||||
2. | Magic Johnson | 12.83 | 988 | 1989 | 77 | 4.05 | |||||
3. | Magic Johnson | 12.60 | 907 | 1986 | 72 | 3.79 | |||||
4. | Magic Johnson | 12.57 | 968 | 1985 | 77 | 3.96 | |||||
5. | Magic Johnson | 12.52 | 989 | 1991 | 79 | 3.97 | |||||
6. | Magic Johnson | 12.21 | 977 | 1987 | 80 | 3.75 | |||||
7. | Magic Johnson | 11.92 | 858 | 1988 | 72 | 3.74 | |||||
8. | Magic Johnson | 11.48 | 907 | 1990 | 79 | 3.66 | |||||
9. | Magic Johnson | 10.49 | 829 | 1983 | 79 | 3.81 | |||||
10. | LeBron James | 10.21 | 684 | 2020 | 67 | 3.90 |
Player |
Assists |
Total Assists |
Season | Games | TO | ||||||
11. | Jerry West | 9.70 | 747 | 1972 | 77 | - | |||||
12. | Magic Johnson | 9.53 | 743 | 1982 | 78 | 3.67 | |||||
13. | Norm Nixon | 8.99 | 737 | 1979 | 82 | 2.82 | |||||
14. | Norm Nixon | 8.81 | 696 | 1981 | 79 | 3.61 | |||||
15. | Nick Van Exel | 8.51 | 672 | 1997 | 79 | 2.68 | |||||
16. | Nick Van Exel | 8.25 | 660 | 1995 | 80 | 2.75 | |||||
17. | LeBron James | 8.14 | 513 | 2024 | 63 | 3.33 | |||||
18. | Norm Nixon | 7.95 | 652 | 1982 | 82 | 2.90 | |||||
19. | Norm Nixon | 7.83 | 642 | 1980 | 82 | 3.51 | |||||
20. | Jerry West | 7.49 | 554 | 1970 | 74 | - |
Player |
Assists |
Total Assists |
Season | Games | TO | ||||||
21. | Magic Johnson | 7.31 | 563 | 1980 | 77 | 3.96 | |||||
22. | Sedale Threatt | 7.23 | 593 | 1992 | 82 | 2.22 | |||||
23. | Norm Nixon | 7.16 | 566 | 1983 | 79 | 3.00 | |||||
24. | Russell Westbrook | 7.05 | 550 | 2022 | 78 | 3.78 | |||||
25. | Nick Van Exel | 6.91 | 442 | 1998 | 64 | 1.63 | |||||
26. | Nick Van Exel | 6.88 | 509 | 1996 | 74 | 2.11 | |||||
27. | Sedale Threatt | 6.88 | 564 | 1993 | 82 | 2.11 | |||||
28. | Norm Nixon | 6.83 | 553 | 1978 | 81 | 3.10 | |||||
29. | Jerry West | 6.77 | 447 | 1967 | 66 | - | |||||
30. | D'Angelo Russell | 6.39 | 428 | 2024 | 67 | 2.04 |
Player |
Assists |
Total Assists |
Season | Games | TO | ||||||
31. | Slater Martin | 6.18 | 445 | 1956 | 72 | - | |||||
32. | Jerry West | 6.08 | 480 | 1966 | 79 | - | |||||
33. | Kobe Bryant | 6.01 | 469 | 2013 | 78 | 3.68 | |||||
34. | Slater Martin | 5.93 | 427 | 1955 | 72 | - | |||||
35. | Michael Cooper | 5.88 | 482 | 1984 | 82 | 1.80 | |||||
36. | Kobe Bryant | 5.87 | 481 | 2003 | 82 | 3.51 | |||||
37. | Gail Goodrich | 5.83 | 420 | 1975 | 72 | - | |||||
38. | Dennis Schroder | 5.75 | 351 | 2021 | 61 | 2.67 | |||||
39. | Nick Van Exel | 5.75 | 466 | 1994 | 81 | 1.79 | |||||
40. | Michael Cooper | 5.68 | 466 | 1986 | 82 | 1.84 |
Player |
Assists |
Total Assists |
Season | Games | TO | ||||||
41. | Austin Reaves | 5.63 | 411 | 2024 | 73 | 2.12 | |||||
42. | Gail Goodrich | 5.61 | 421 | 1976 | 75 | - | |||||
43. | Jerry West | 5.60 | 403 | 1964 | 72 | - | |||||
44. | Lamar Odom | 5.54 | 443 | 2006 | 80 | 2.66 | |||||
45. | Gary Payton | 5.48 | 449 | 2004 | 82 | 1.84 | |||||
46. | Kobe Bryant | 5.48 | 438 | 2002 | 80 | 2.79 | |||||
47. | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 5.39 | 431 | 1979 | 80 | 3.53 | |||||
48. | Kobe Bryant | 5.38 | 441 | 2008 | 82 | 3.13 | |||||
49. | Elgin Baylor | 5.37 | 408 | 1969 | 76 | - | |||||
50. | Kobe Bryant | 5.36 | 413 | 2007 | 77 | 3.31 |
= Season in progress
Minimum requirements:
1946-47: 40 games
1947-48: 32 games
1948-49: 40 games
1949-50 to 1950-51: 46 games
1951-52: 44 games
1952-53 to 1956-57: 48 games
1957-58 to 1958-59: 55 games
1959-60: 60 games
1960-61: 55 games
1961-62 to 1968-69: 65 games
1969-70 to 1973-74: 70 games
1974-75 to 2012-13: 70 games or 400 assists
with the exceptions of
1998-99: 43 games or 244 assists
and 2011-12: 56 games or 321 assists
2013-14 to present: 58 games
with the exceptions of
2019-20: 70% of games played
and season in progress: 70% of games played