Russell Westbrook averaged the most assists per game in 2020-21, with 11.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA assist with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders 2021

	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	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	11.7	2020-21	WAS	65	36.4	22.2	11.5	1.4	0.4	8.4	19.0	43.9	1.3	4.2	31.5	4.2	6.4	65.6	50.9	1.7	9.9	4.8	2,369	1,445	750	763	89	23	312	190	-87
2	Trae Young T. Young	9.4	2020-21	ATL	63	33.7	25.3	3.9	0.8	0.2	7.7	17.7	43.8	2.2	6.3	34.3	7.7	8.7	88.6	58.9	0.6	3.3	4.1	2,124	1,594	245	594	53	12	261	111	+267
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	8.9	2020-21	PHX	70	31.4	16.4	4.5	1.4	0.3	6.3	12.6	49.9	1.5	3.7	39.5	2.4	2.6	93.4	59.9	0.4	4.1	2.2	2,199	1,149	312	622	99	19	156	166	+310
4	Draymond Green D. Green	8.9	2020-21	GSW	63	31.5	7.0	7.1	1.7	0.8	2.7	6.0	44.7	0.5	2.0	27.0	1.1	1.4	79.5	53.0	0.9	6.2	3.0	1,982	444	448	558	105	52	188	194	+241
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8.6	2020-21	DAL	66	34.3	27.7	8.0	1.0	0.5	9.8	20.5	47.9	2.9	8.3	35.0	5.2	7.1	73.0	58.7	0.8	7.2	4.3	2,262	1,830	527	567	64	36	281	152	+164
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	8.3	2020-21	DEN	72	34.5	26.4	10.8	1.3	0.7	10.2	18.0	56.6	1.3	3.3	38.8	4.8	5.5	86.8	64.7	2.8	8.0	3.1	2,487	1,898	780	599	95	48	222	192	+384
7	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	7.5	2020-21	POR	67	35.8	28.8	4.2	0.9	0.3	9.0	19.9	45.1	4.1	10.5	39.1	6.7	7.2	92.8	62.3	0.5	3.7	3.0	2,398	1,928	283	505	62	17	203	102	+198
8	Ja Morant J. Morant	7.4	2020-21	MEM	63	32.6	19.1	4.0	0.9	0.2	6.8	15.2	44.9	1.2	3.8	30.3	4.3	5.9	72.8	53.7	0.9	3.1	3.2	2,053	1,204	252	465	57	13	203	87	+108
9	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	7.2	2020-21	SAC	58	35.1	25.2	3.5	1.5	0.5	9.1	19.1	47.7	1.8	5.5	32.2	5.2	7.2	71.9	56.5	0.6	2.9	3.0	2,036	1,461	203	417	87	27	174	170	-195
10	Jimmy Butler J. Butler	7.1	2020-21	MIA	52	33.6	21.5	6.9	2.1	0.3	7.0	14.2	49.7	0.5	2.0	24.5	6.9	8.0	86.3	60.7	1.8	5.1	2.1	1,745	1,116	359	369	108	18	109	71	+196
11	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	6.9	2020-21	SAS	61	33.7	21.6	4.2	0.9	0.2	7.5	15.1	49.5	0.3	1.2	25.7	6.3	7.2	88.0	59.1	0.7	3.6	2.0	2,056	1,316	259	422	56	15	119	128	-105
12	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	6.9	2020-21	PHI	58	32.4	14.3	7.2	1.6	0.6	5.6	10.1	55.7	0.1	0.2	30.0	3.0	4.9	61.3	58.4	1.6	5.6	3.0	1,877	829	417	401	93	35	173	171	+329
13	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	6.7	2020-21	IND	62	36.0	20.3	12.0	1.2	0.5	7.8	14.6	53.5	0.8	2.6	32.1	3.9	5.3	73.2	60.1	2.4	9.5	3.4	2,231	1,260	742	415	75	33	213	203	-91
14	T.J. McConnell	6.6	2020-21	IND	69	26.0	8.6	3.7	1.9	0.3	4.0	7.1	55.9	0.2	0.7	31.3	0.5	0.7	68.8	58.3	0.8	2.9	2.0	1,796	596	256	456	128	23	135	113	+70
15	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	6.4	2020-21	MIN	68	26.0	8.6	3.3	1.4	0.1	2.8	7.3	38.8	1.0	3.1	30.8	1.9	2.2	86.7	51.6	0.4	2.9	1.6	1,771	582	223	433	98	4	111	139	-186
16	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	6.3	2020-21	TOR	52	36.5	19.6	4.2	1.7	0.7	6.5	16.7	38.9	3.3	9.2	36.6	3.3	3.7	88.5	53.4	0.6	3.6	1.8	1,898	1,019	220	328	87	37	95	119	+140
17	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	6.1	2020-21	CHA	51	28.8	15.7	5.9	1.6	0.4	5.7	13.2	43.6	1.8	5.1	35.2	2.5	3.2	75.8	53.9	1.2	4.7	2.8	1,468	803	302	313	81	18	145	136	-84
18	Darius Garland D. Garland	6.1	2020-21	CLE	54	33.1	17.4	2.4	1.2	0.1	6.7	14.9	45.1	1.9	4.9	39.5	2.1	2.4	84.8	54.7	0.4	2.0	3.0	1,790	941	129	329	66	6	164	110	-237
19	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	6.1	2020-21	MIL	59	32.3	17.7	4.5	1.6	0.6	7.0	13.9	50.3	1.9	4.8	39.2	1.8	2.3	78.7	59.2	1.2	3.3	2.2	1,907	1,046	268	357	96	37	127	98	+379
20	Julius Randle J. Randle	6.0	2020-21	NYK	71	37.6	24.1	10.2	0.9	0.3	8.5	18.6	45.6	2.3	5.5	41.1	4.9	6.0	81.1	56.7	1.2	9.0	3.4	2,667	1,712	724	427	64	18	241	225	+153
21	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	6.0	2020-21	BKN	54	34.9	26.9	4.8	1.4	0.7	10.2	20.1	50.6	2.8	7.0	40.2	3.7	4.0	92.2	61.4	1.0	3.8	2.4	1,886	1,451	257	324	76	37	130	140	+229
22	Mike Conley M. Conley	6.0	2020-21	UTA	51	29.4	16.2	3.5	1.4	0.2	5.6	12.5	44.4	2.7	6.6	41.2	2.4	2.8	85.2	58.9	0.7	2.8	1.9	1,498	827	177	305	70	9	99	98	+548
23	Malcolm Brogdon M. Brogdon	5.9	2020-21	IND	56	34.4	21.2	5.3	0.9	0.3	7.9	17.5	45.3	2.6	6.7	38.8	2.7	3.2	86.4	56.1	1.0	4.2	2.1	1,929	1,186	294	329	49	15	115	110	-32
24	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	5.9	2020-21	MIL	61	33.0	28.1	11.0	1.2	1.2	10.3	18.0	56.9	1.1	3.6	30.3	6.5	9.5	68.5	63.3	1.6	9.4	3.4	2,013	1,717	671	357	72	73	207	168	+409
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5.8	2020-21	GSW	63	34.1	32.0	5.5	1.2	0.1	10.4	21.7	48.2	5.3	12.7	42.1	5.7	6.3	91.6	65.5	0.5	5.0	3.4	2,151	2,015	345	363	77	8	213	119	+242