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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 November 14, 2025
- 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. Austin Reaves 8.33 75 2026 9 3.33
17. LeBron James 8.30 589 2024 71 3.45
18. Nick Van Exel 8.25 660 1995 80 2.75
19. LeBron James 8.21 575 2025 70 3.71
20. Norm Nixon 7.95 652 1982 82 2.90
Player
Assists
 Total
Assists		 Season Games TO
21. Norm Nixon 7.83 642 1980 82 3.51
22. Jerry West 7.49 554 1970 74 -
23. Magic Johnson 7.31 563 1980 77 3.96
24. Sedale Threatt 7.23 593 1992 82 2.22
25. Norm Nixon 7.16 566 1983 79 3.00
26. Russell Westbrook 7.05 550 2022 78 3.78
27. Nick Van Exel 6.91 442 1998 64 1.63
28. Nick Van Exel 6.88 509 1996 74 2.11
29. Sedale Threatt 6.88 564 1993 82 2.11
30. Norm Nixon 6.83 553 1978 81 3.10
Player
Assists
 Total
Assists		 Season Games TO
31. Jerry West 6.77 447 1967 66 -
32. D'Angelo Russell 6.34 482 2024 76 2.05
33. Slater Martin 6.18 445 1956 72 -
34. Jerry West 6.08 480 1966 79 -
35. Kobe Bryant 6.01 469 2013 78 3.68
36. Slater Martin 5.93 427 1955 72 -
37. Michael Cooper 5.88 482 1984 82 1.80
38. Kobe Bryant 5.87 481 2003 82 3.51
39. Gail Goodrich 5.83 420 1975 72 -
40. Austin Reaves 5.77 421 2025 73 2.42
Player
Assists
 Total
Assists		 Season Games TO
41. Dennis Schroder 5.75 351 2021 61 2.67
42. Nick Van Exel 5.75 466 1994 81 1.79
43. Michael Cooper 5.68 466 1986 82 1.84
44. Gail Goodrich 5.61 421 1976 75 -
45. Jerry West 5.60 403 1964 72 -
46. Lamar Odom 5.54 443 2006 80 2.66
47. Austin Reaves 5.49 450 2024 82 2.12
48. Gary Payton 5.48 449 2004 82 1.84
49. Kobe Bryant 5.48 438 2002 80 2.79
50. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 5.39 431 1979 80 3.53
= 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 (9 games)
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