NBA Players with the Highest Assist Averages in Their 20th Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 20th NBA season, ranked by regular season assists per game. See how the all-time greats compare in this top-50 historical list.
Which NBA player averaged the most assists in the Regular Season in his 20th year?
Playing for the 2025 San Antonio Spurs, Chris Paul averaged 7.4 assists in 82 games — the highest assists per game average by any NBA player in his 20th season.
Assists Per Game, 20th Season
7.4 apg
Chris Paul
(2025 San Antonio Spurs)
Note: No game minimums were used for this list
Assists Per Game in a Player's 20th Season - Full List
Regular Season
| Assists | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Reb | Stl | Blk | 3pm |
| 1 | (2025 Spurs) |
7.4 | 605 | 82 | 8.8 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 2 | (2023 Lakers) |
6.8 | 375 | 55 | 28.9 | 8.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| 3 | (2020 Nets) |
3.0 | 3 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 4 | (2016 Lakers) |
2.8 | 184 | 66 | 17.6 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| 5 | (2015 more than 1 team) |
1.6 | 77 | 47 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| 6 | (2018 Mavericks) |
1.6 | 120 | 77 | 12.0 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
| 7 | (2018 Kings) |
1.2 | 69 | 58 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| 8 | (1989 Lakers) |
1.0 | 74 | 74 | 10.1 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| 9 | (1996 Hornets) |
0.4 | 29 | 74 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 10 | (2005 Hawks) |
0.3 | 9 | 29 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Assists | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Reb | Stl | Blk | 3pm |
| 11 | (2023 Heat) |
0.0 | 0 | 7 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |