List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season assists leaders

In basketball, an assist is a pass to a teammate that directly leads to a score by field goal.[1] The National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I assist title is awarded to the player with the highest assists per game average in a given season. The assist title was first recognized in the 1950–51 season when statistics on assists were first compiled by the NCAA, but there are no officially recorded assist leaders between 1952–53 and 1982–83. The NCAA did not split into its current divisions format until August 1973.[2] From 1906 to 1955, there were no classifications to the NCAA nor its predecessor, the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS).[2] Then, from 1956 to 1973, colleges were classified as either "NCAA University Division (Major College)" or "NCAA College Division (Small College)".[2]

Avery Johnson of Southern University holds the all-time NCAA Division I record for single season assists per game (apg) average (13.30), which he accomplished in 1987–88.[3] He also recorded 399 assists that season, which is the second highest single season mark behind UNLV's Mark Wade's record of 406, which occurred in 1986–87.[4] From 1952–53 to 1982–83, the official NCAA record book has no assists per game leaders.[4]

Only three players have earned multiple assist titles: Avery Johnson of Southern (1987, 1988), Jared Jordan of Marist (2006, 2007), and Jason Brickman of LIU Brooklyn (2013, 2014).[5][6] There has been one tie for the national assists leader, which happened during the 2004–05 season when Damitrius Coleman of Mercer and Will Funn of Portland State recorded identical season statistics: 28 games played, 224 total assists and an 8.00 apg average.[7]

Through 2016, only one freshman and one sophomore have ever led Division I in average assists; in 2001–02, T. J. Ford of Texas compiled 8.27 apg as a freshman, and in 1993–94 Jason Kidd of California compiled 9.07 apg as a sophomore.[4][8][9]

Two players born outside the United States have led Division I in assists—1995–96 leader Raimonds Miglinieks of UC Irvine, born in modern-day Latvia (the Latvian SSR of the Soviet Union at the time of his birth), and 1999–2000 leader Mark Dickel of UNLV, born in New Zealand.

Key

Pos.GFCAPGRef.
PositionGuardForwardCenterAssists per gameReferences
Class (Cl.) key
Fr Freshman So Sophomore Jr Junior Sr Senior
^ Player still active in NCAA Division I
* Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
† Denotes a tie for the season's assists leader
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been the
assists leader up to and including that season

Assists leaders

A man of mixed ethnicity (half white, half black) shoots a free throw during a basketball game.
Jason Kidd won the assists title in 1993–94.
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T. J. Ford is the only freshman to lead NCAA Division I in assists.
Season Player Pos. Cl. Team Games
played		 Assists APG Ref.
1950–51 Walker, BillBill Walker G Sr Toledo 29 210 7.24 [4]
1951–52 O'Toole, TomTom O'Toole G Sr Boston College 27 213 7.89 [4]
1953–83
No assists leaders recorded
1983–84 Lathen, CraigCraig Lathen G Jr UIC 29 274 9.45 [10]
1984–85 Weingard, RobbieRobbie Weingard G Sr Hofstra 24 228 9.50 [11]
1985–86 Jackson, MarkMark Jackson G Jr St. John's 36 328 9.11 [12]
1986–87 Johnson, AveryAvery Johnson G Jr Southern 31 333 10.74 [5]
1987–88 Johnson, AveryAvery Johnson (2) G Sr Southern 30 399 13.30 [5]
1988–89 Williams, GlennGlenn Williams G Sr Holy Cross 28 278 9.93 [11]
1989–90 Lehmann, ToddTodd Lehmann G Sr Drexel 28 260 9.29 [13]
1990–91 Corchiani, ChrisChris Corchiani G Sr NC State 31 299 9.65 [14]
1991–92 Usher, VanVan Usher G Sr Tennessee Tech 29 254 8.76 [11]
1992–93 Crawford, SamSam Crawford G Sr New Mexico State 34 310 9.12 [15]
1993–94 Kidd, JasonJason Kidd G So California 30 272 9.07 [8]
1994–95 Haggerty, NelsonNelson Haggerty G Sr Baylor 28 284 10.14 [16]
1995–96 Miglinieks, RaimondsRaimonds Miglinieks G Sr UC Irvine 27 230 8.52 [11]
1996–97 Mitchell, KennyKenny Mitchell G Sr Dartmouth 26 203 7.81 [17]
1997–98 Lewis, AhlonAhlon Lewis G Sr Arizona State 32 294 9.19 [18]
1998–99 Gottlieb, DougDoug Gottlieb G Jr Oklahoma State 34 299 8.79 [19]
1999–00 Dickel, MarkMark Dickel G Sr UNLV 31 280 9.03 [20]
2000–01 Carr, MarkusMarkus Carr G Jr Cal State Northridge 32 286 8.94 [21]
2001–02 Ford, T. J.T. J. Ford G Fr Texas 33 273 8.27 [9]
2002–03 Bailey, MartellMartell Bailey G Jr UIC 30 244 8.13 [22]
2003–04 Davis, GregGreg Davis G Sr Troy 31 256 8.26 [23]
2004–05† Coleman, DamitriusDamitrius Coleman G Jr Mercer 28 224 8.00 [7]
2004–05† Funn, WillWill Funn G Sr Portland State 28 224 8.00 [7]
2005–06 Jordan, JaredJared Jordan G Jr Marist 29 247 8.52 [6]
2006–07 Jordan, JaredJared Jordan (2) G Sr Marist 33 286 8.67 [6]
2007–08 Richards, JasonJason Richards G Sr Davidson 36 293 8.14 [24]
2008–09 Jones, JohnathonJohnathon Jones G Jr Oakland 36 290 8.06 [25]
2009–10 Moore, RonaldRonald Moore G Sr Siena 34 261 7.67 [26]
2010–11 Johnson, AaronAaron Johnson G Sr UAB 31 239 7.70 [27]
2011–12 Machado, ScottScott Machado G Sr Iona 33 327 9.90 [28]
2012–13 Brickman, JasonJason Brickman G Jr LIU Brooklyn 34 290 8.52 [29]
2013–14 Brickman, JasonJason Brickman (2) G Sr LIU Brooklyn 29 290 10.00 [30]
2014–15 West, JalanJalan West G Jr Northwestern State 32 245 7.65 [31]
2015–16 Felder, KayKay Felder^ G Jr Oakland 35 324 9.25 [32]

References

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  13. ↑ "Hall of Fame – Todd Lehmann". DrexelDragons.com. Drexel University. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
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  15. ↑ Healey, Brendan (February 23, 1990). "A Knight to Champion Moorpark's Court". latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
  16. ↑ "Assistant Coach: Nelson Haggerty". MSUMustangs.com. Midwestern State University. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
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  20. ↑ "Mark Dickel". UNLVRebels.com. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
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  23. ↑ "Greg Davis profile". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
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  25. ↑ "Johnathon Jones". Oakland University. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
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  28. ↑ "Scott Machado Stats". ESPN Internet Ventures. 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  29. ↑ "Jason Brickman Stats". Sports Reference LLC. 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
  30. ↑ "LIU Brooklyn's Jason Brickman becomes fourth player to 1,000 assists". NCAA.com. NCAA. March 2, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  31. ↑ "Jalan West Stats". Sports Reference LLC. 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  32. ↑ "Kahlil Felder Stats". Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
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