James Harden had the most assists per game in 2016-17, with 11.2 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA assist with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders 2017

	NAME	APG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	James Harden J. Harden	11.2	2016-17	HOU	81	36.4	29.1	8.1	1.5	0.5	8.3	18.9	44.0	3.2	9.3	34.7	9.2	10.9	84.7	61.3	1.2	7.0	5.7	2,947	2,356	659	907	121	38	464	215	+425
2	John Wall J. Wall	10.7	2016-17	WAS	78	36.4	23.1	4.2	2.0	0.6	8.3	18.4	45.1	1.1	3.5	32.7	5.4	6.8	80.1	54.1	0.8	3.4	4.1	2,836	1,805	326	831	157	49	322	151	+248
3	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	10.4	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	31.6	10.7	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	2,802	2,558	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	9.2	2016-17	LAC	61	31.5	18.1	5.0	2.0	0.1	6.1	12.9	47.6	2.0	5.0	41.1	3.8	4.3	89.2	61.4	0.7	4.3	2.4	1,921	1,104	304	563	119	8	147	146	+577
5	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	9.1	2016-17	MIN	75	32.9	11.1	4.1	1.7	0.1	3.5	8.7	40.2	0.8	2.6	30.6	3.4	3.8	89.1	53.9	0.9	3.2	2.6	2,469	836	305	682	128	10	195	202	-9
6	LeBron James L. James	8.7	2016-17	CLE	74	37.8	26.4	8.6	1.2	0.6	9.9	18.2	54.8	1.7	4.6	36.3	4.8	7.2	67.4	61.9	1.3	7.3	4.1	2,795	1,954	639	646	92	44	303	134	+483
7	Jeff Teague J. Teague	7.8	2016-17	IND	82	32.4	15.3	4.0	1.2	0.4	4.9	11.1	44.2	1.1	3.1	35.7	4.4	5.1	86.7	57.4	0.4	3.6	2.6	2,657	1,254	330	639	100	32	216	165	+51
8	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	7.3	2016-17	NOP	67	32.7	15.4	3.9	1.5	0.7	6.0	13.3	45.4	1.5	4.2	35.6	1.8	2.5	70.8	53.2	0.7	3.3	2.9	2,190	1,029	264	488	100	44	194	133	+37
9	Draymond Green D. Green	7.0	2016-17	GSW	76	32.5	10.2	7.9	2.0	1.4	3.6	8.6	41.8	1.1	3.5	30.8	2.0	2.8	70.9	52.2	1.3	6.6	2.4	2,471	776	599	533	154	106	184	217	+820
10	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	7.0	2016-17	TOR	60	37.4	22.4	4.8	1.5	0.3	7.1	15.3	46.4	3.2	7.8	41.2	5.0	6.1	81.9	62.3	0.8	4.0	2.9	2,244	1,344	286	417	88	19	173	170	+358
11	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	6.7	2016-17	CHI	69	26.7	7.8	5.1	1.4	0.2	3.3	8.1	40.8	0.7	1.9	37.6	0.4	0.7	60.0	46.1	1.1	4.1	2.4	1,843	538	355	461	99	11	169	144	-59
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	6.6	2016-17	GSW	79	33.4	25.3	4.5	1.8	0.2	8.5	18.3	46.8	4.1	10.0	41.1	4.1	4.6	89.8	62.4	0.8	3.7	3.0	2,639	1,999	353	524	142	17	239	183	+1015
13	T.J. McConnell	6.6	2016-17	PHI	81	26.3	6.9	3.1	1.7	0.1	2.9	6.3	46.1	0.1	0.7	20.0	0.9	1.1	81.1	50.4	0.5	2.6	2.0	2,133	556	251	534	134	10	159	139	-316
14	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	6.5	2016-17	ORL	82	29.4	12.8	4.7	1.1	0.5	5.2	11.1	47.1	0.5	1.8	27.4	1.8	2.6	69.2	52.0	1.1	3.6	2.2	2,412	1,046	387	529	88	40	178	177	-145
15	Eric Bledsoe E. Bledsoe	6.3	2016-17	PHX	66	33.0	21.1	4.8	1.4	0.5	6.8	15.7	43.4	1.6	4.7	33.5	5.9	6.9	84.7	56.3	0.8	4.1	3.4	2,176	1,390	320	418	91	31	224	164	-182
16	Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	6.3	2016-17	ATL	79	31.5	17.9	3.1	0.9	0.2	6.9	15.4	45.1	1.3	3.7	34.0	2.8	3.2	85.5	53.3	0.5	2.6	3.3	2,485	1,414	248	499	74	16	258	149	-76
17	Mike Conley M. Conley	6.3	2016-17	MEM	69	33.2	20.5	3.5	1.3	0.3	6.7	14.6	46.0	2.5	6.1	40.8	4.6	5.3	85.9	60.4	0.4	3.0	2.3	2,292	1,415	241	433	92	19	156	126	+189
18	Nicolas Batum N. Batum	5.9	2016-17	CHA	77	34.0	15.1	6.2	1.1	0.4	5.1	12.7	40.3	1.8	5.3	33.3	3.2	3.7	85.6	52.9	0.6	5.6	2.5	2,617	1,164	481	456	86	29	194	109	+70
19	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	5.9	2016-17	BOS	76	33.8	28.9	2.7	0.9	0.2	9.0	19.4	46.3	3.2	8.5	37.9	7.8	8.5	90.9	62.5	0.6	2.1	2.8	2,569	2,199	205	448	70	13	210	167	+276
20	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	5.9	2016-17	POR	75	35.9	27.0	4.9	0.9	0.3	8.8	19.8	44.4	2.9	7.7	37.0	6.5	7.3	89.5	58.6	0.6	4.3	2.6	2,693	2,024	368	440	68	20	197	152	+80
21	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	5.8	2016-17	CLE	72	35.1	25.2	3.2	1.2	0.3	9.3	19.7	47.3	2.5	6.1	40.1	4.1	4.6	90.5	58.0	0.7	2.5	2.5	2,525	1,816	230	418	83	24	180	157	+333
22	Goran Dragic G. Dragic	5.8	2016-17	MIA	73	33.7	20.3	3.8	1.2	0.2	7.3	15.4	47.5	1.6	4.0	40.5	4.1	5.2	79.0	57.5	0.8	3.0	2.9	2,459	1,483	279	423	89	13	212	199	+66
23	Deron Williams D. Williams	5.6	2016-17	TOT	64	25.9	11.0	2.3	0.5	0.1	4.1	9.4	43.8	1.3	3.7	36.3	1.4	1.7	82.6	54.1	0.2	2.1	2.2	1,657	701	147	360	31	8	138	138	-92
24	Kemba Walker K. Walker	5.5	2016-17	CHA	79	34.7	23.2	3.9	1.1	0.3	8.1	18.3	44.4	3.0	7.6	39.9	3.8	4.5	84.7	56.9	0.6	3.3	2.1	2,739	1,830	308	434	85	22	168	119	+190
25	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	5.5	2016-17	CHI	76	37.0	23.9	6.2	1.9	0.4	7.5	16.5	45.5	1.2	3.3	36.7	7.7	8.9	86.5	58.6	1.7	4.5	2.1	2,809	1,816	470	417	143	32	159	112	+204