NBA Players with the Highest Assist Averages in Their 21st Season
Explore the NBA players who delivered the best stats ever in a 21st 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 21st year?
Playing for the 2024 Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James averaged 8.3 assists in 71 games — the highest assists per game average by any NBA player in his 21st season.
Assists Per Game, 21st Season
8.3 apg
LeBron James
(2024 Los Angeles Lakers)
Note: No game minimums were used for this list / 
= NBA champion in this season.
Assists Per Game in a Player's 21st Season - Full List
Regular Season
| Assists | Other stats | ||||||||
| Rk | Player
(Team) |
Per Game | Total | Gms | Pts | Reb | Stl | Blk | 3pm |
| 1 | (2024 Lakers) |
8.3 | 589 | 71 | 25.7 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| 2 | (2026 Clippers) |
3.3 | 53 | 16 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| 3 | (2016 Timberwolves) |
1.6 | 62 | 38 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| 4 | (2019 Hawks) |
1.1 | 87 | 76 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| 5 | (2019 Mavericks) |
0.7 | 35 | 51 | 7.3 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| 6 | (1997 Bulls) |
0.5 | 22 | 43 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| 7 | (2007 Mavericks) |
0.2 | 1 | 5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |