NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Trailers for Assists Per Game

Active players are listed in bold
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Table
Season Lg Player APG Tm
2023-24 NBA JT Thor 0.41 CHO
2022-23 NBA Chris Boucher 0.38 TOR
2021-22 NBA Chris Boucher 0.31 TOR
2020-21 NBA Garrison Mathews 0.41 WAS
2019-20 NBA Tony Bradley 0.40 UTA
2018-19 NBA Sindarius Thornwell 0.28 LAC
2017-18 NBA Semi Ojeleye 0.27 BOS
2016-17 NBA Salah Mejri 0.19 DAL
2015-16 NBA Kelly Oubre Jr. 0.21 WAS
2014-15 NBA Dewayne Dedmon 0.15 ORL
2013-14 NBA Bismack Biyombo 0.10 CHA
2012-13 NBA Festus Ezeli 0.28 GSW
2011-12 NBA Enes Freedom 0.12 UTA
2010-11 NBA Brendan Haywood 0.26 DAL
2009-10 NBA Serge Ibaka 0.14 OKC
2008-09 NBA Samuel Dalembert 0.22 PHI
2007-08 NBA Adonal Foyle 0.22 ORL
2006-07 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 0.17 HOU
2005-06 NBA Etan Thomas 0.20 WAS
2004-05 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 0.12 HOU
2003-04 NBA Samuel Dalembert 0.26 PHI
2002-03 NBA Brian Skinner 0.25 PHI
2001-02 NBA Jahidi White 0.24 WAS
2000-01 NBA Greg Ostertag 0.27 UTA
1999-00 NBA Jahidi White 0.19 WAS
1998-99 NBA Chris Dudley 0.15 NYK
1997-98 NBA Darvin Ham 0.23 WAS
1996-97 NBA Theo Ratliff 0.17 DET
1995-96 NBA Jim McIlvaine 0.14 WSB
1994-95 NBA Adam Keefe 0.40 UTA
1993-94 NBA Acie Earl 0.16 BOS
1992-93 NBA Chris Dudley 0.23 NJN
1991-92 NBA Mark West 0.27 PHO
1990-91 NBA Manute Bol 0.24 PHI
1989-90 NBA Olden Polynice 0.19 SEA
1988-89 NBA Eddie Lee Wilkins 0.10 NYK
1987-88 NBA Manute Bol 0.17 WSB
1986-87 NBA Manute Bol 0.13 WSB
1985-86 NBA Clemon Johnson 0.20 PHI
1984-85 NBA Harvey Catchings 0.20 LAC
1983-84 NBA Jerome Whitehead 0.27 SDC
1982-83 NBA Rickey Brown 0.33 TOT
1981-82 NBA Rickey Brown 0.23 GSW
1980-81 NBA Larry Demic 0.37 NYK
1979-80 NBA Wayne Cooper 0.53 GSW
1978-79 NBA Scott Lloyd 0.44 TOT
1977-78 NBA Toby Knight 0.47 NYK
1976-77 NBA Corky Calhoun 0.50 POR
1975-76 NBA Howard Porter 0.33 DET
  ABA George Karl* 3.33 SAA
1974-75 NBA Truck Robinson 0.53 WSB
  ABA Wil Jones 3.05 KEN
1973-74 NBA Howard Porter 0.44 CHI
  ABA Wil Jones 2.53 MMT
1972-73 NBA Steve Kuberski 0.33 BOS
  ABA Gerald Govan 2.98 UTS
1971-72 NBA Luther Rackley 0.30 TOT
  ABA Julius Erving* 3.99 VIR
1970-71 NBA Phil Jackson* 0.44 NYK
  ABA Joe Caldwell 4.18 CAR
1969-70 NBA Nate Bowman 0.57 NYK
  ABA Glen Combs 4.07 DLC
1968-69 NBA Walt Wesley 0.57 CIN
  ABA Larry Jones 3.44 DNR
1967-68 NBA Ed Manning 0.45 BAL
  ABA Chuck Gardner 0.31 DNR
1966-67 NBA Len Chappell 0.45 TOT
1965-66 NBA Happy Hairston 0.61 CIN
1964-65 NBA Paul Silas 0.61 STL
1963-64 NBA Charlie Hardnett 0.41 BAL
1962-63 NBA Gene Wiley 0.53 LAL
1961-62 NBA Ted Luckenbill 0.40 PHW
1960-61 NBA Jim Loscutoff 0.33 BOS
1959-60 NBA John Richter 0.41 BOS
1958-59 NBA Charlie Tyra 0.48 NYK
1957-58 NBA Jim Krebs 0.40 MNL
1956-57 NBA Bill Thieben 0.29 FTW
1955-56 NBA Jackie Moore 0.48 PHW
1954-55 NBA Togo Palazzi 0.57 BOS
1953-54 NBA Jim Neal 0.36 SYR
1952-53 NBA Ralph Polson 0.49 TOT
1951-52 NBA Ray Ragelis 0.61 ROC
1950-51 NBA Joe McNamee 0.30 ROC
1949-50 NBA Les Pugh 0.29 BLB
1948-49 BAA Earl Gardner 0.38 MNL
1947-48 BAA Don Martin 0.05 STB
1946-47 BAA Jake Weber 0.08 TOT