2025-26 leaders

NBA assists per game leaders.

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Ranked league-wide among qualified players. Qualifying means at least 500 minutes.

Nikola Jokić leads the NBA in assists per game for the 2025-26 season at 10.7, through August 9, 2026. Cade Cunningham is second at 9.9. This page ranks the top qualified players of 378 who met the minimum for this metric.

2025-26 NBA leaders in Assists per game

1	Nikola Jokić	DEN	10.72	100	2,265	65	C	67.0%	28.9%	+10.80
2	Cade Cunningham	DET	9.91	100	2,172	64	G	56.4%	29.6%	+11.40
3	Josh Giddey	CHI	9.15	99	1,731	54	G	56.2%	23.8%	-5.00
4	Luka Dončić	LAL	8.28	99	2,289	64	G-F	61.6%	36.8%	+3.80
5	Ja Morant	MEM	8.05	99	569	20	G	52.1%	30.5%	-4.40
6	James Harden	CLE	7.96	99	2,439	70	G	61.0%	27.9%	+1.80
7	Jalen Johnson	ATL	7.86	98	2,532	72	F	58.1%	26.4%	+3.20
8	Andrew Nembhard	IND	7.67	98	1,786	57	G-F	56.4%	23.3%	-10.00
9	Stephon Castle	SAS	7.38	98	2,038	68	G	57.5%	24.3%	+9.80
10	Kevin Porter Jr.	MIL	7.37	98	1,261	38	G-F	56.7%	23.6%	-4.70
11	LeBron James	LAL	7.20	97	1,989	60	F	59.4%	26.2%	+2.60
12	Isaiah Collier	UTA	7.17	97	1,517	59	G	56.7%	20.4%	-13.20
13	LaMelo Ball	CHA	7.14	97	2,017	72	G	54.6%	30.6%	+9.10
14	Jamal Murray	DEN	7.13	97	2,652	75	G	62.2%	26.9%	+6.80
15	Jalen Brunson	NYK	6.80	96	2,590	74	G	58.0%	29.6%	+6.10
16	Deni Avdija	POR	6.70	96	2,199	66	F	60.0%	28.5%	+0.30
17	Darius Garland	LAC	6.69	96	1,344	45	G	58.2%	26.6%	+2.60
18	Russell Westbrook	SAC	6.66	95	1,853	64	G	52.8%	25.2%	-12.10
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	6.59	95	2,259	68	G	66.5%	32.3%	+16.30
20	Tyrese Maxey	PHI	6.59	95	2,661	70	G	58.8%	28.6%	+1.50
21	Davion Mitchell	MIA	6.47	95	2,000	70	G	58.2%	13.7%	+4.20
22	Alperen Sengun	HOU	6.18	94	2,398	72	C	56.9%	25.9%	+3.40
23	De'Aaron Fox	SAS	6.18	94	2,231	72	G	57.8%	24.2%	+9.90
24	Keyonte George	UTA	6.15	94	1,786	54	G	60.9%	27.5%	-8.60
25	Jrue Holiday	POR	6.08	94	1,560	53	G	57.3%	22.7%	+6.10
26	Devin Booker	PHX	6.03	93	2,146	64	G	58.5%	30.7%	+3.90
27	Immanuel Quickley	TOR	5.93	93	2,231	70	G	57.7%	20.6%	+2.90
28	Scottie Barnes	TOR	5.92	93	2,681	80	G-F	57.7%	22.6%	+4.60
29	Dyson Daniels	ATL	5.91	93	2,520	76	G	54.2%	15.7%	+6.20
30	Donovan Mitchell	CLE	5.69	92	2,342	70	G	61.3%	31.1%	+7.20
31	Ryan Rollins	MIL	5.59	92	2,376	74	G	58.3%	23.6%	-3.20
32	Cam Spencer	MEM	5.56	92	1,715	72	G	64.9%	16.6%	-3.60
33	Draymond Green	GSW	5.53	92	1,869	68	F	54.0%	15.8%	-4.30
34	Austin Reaves	LAL	5.49	91	1,762	51	G	64.1%	25.8%	+5.00
35	Jalen Williams	OKC	5.49	91	936	33	G-F	56.0%	25.2%	+11.70
36	Jalen Suggs	ORL	5.47	91	1,574	57	G	56.1%	22.0%	+5.20
37	Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	5.44	90	1,039	36	F	65.8%	35.8%	+4.40
38	Jamal Shead	TOR	5.42	90	1,852	82	G	49.1%	14.9%	+5.80
39	Tre Jones	CHI	5.38	90	1,752	65	G	63.7%	18.6%	-3.80
40	Derrick White	BOS	5.38	90	2,625	77	G	52.9%	21.6%	+11.30
41	Amen Thompson	HOU	5.32	89	2,953	79	G-F	59.4%	19.5%	+6.60
42	Jayson Tatum	BOS	5.31	89	522	16	G-F	54.1%	29.0%	+10.50
43	Ryan Nembhard	DAL	5.27	89	1,171	60	G	49.2%	17.3%	-1.90
44	Paolo Banchero	ORL	5.18	89	2,502	72	F	56.6%	27.4%	-0.20
45	Payton Pritchard	BOS	5.17	88	2,556	79	G	58.4%	21.0%	+8.00
46	Jaylen Brown	BOS	5.13	88	2,443	71	G-F	57.3%	35.1%	+6.50
47	T.J. McConnell	IND	5.13	88	963	56	G	56.7%	22.7%	-7.60
48	Julius Randle	MIN	5.04	88	2,610	79	F-C	58.5%	25.8%	+4.00
49	Dennis Schröder	CLE	4.87	87	1,696	70	G	52.6%	21.0%	-6.20
50	Jimmy Butler III	GSW	4.87	87	1,182	38	F	64.6%	22.6%	+7.30

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