| NBA | -- | ABA | |||||||
| Year | Player, Team | Apg | Year | Player | Team | Apg | |||
| 2002-03 | Jason Kidd, NJN. | 8,9 | 1975-76 | Don Buse | IND | 8.2 | top25 | ||
| 2001-02 | Andre Miller, Cleveland | 10,9 | top20 | 1974-75 | Mack Calvin | DEN | 7.7 | top25 | |
| 2000-01 | Jason Kidd, Phoenix | 9,8 | top20 | 1973-74 | Al Smith | DEN | 8.1 | top25 | |
| 1999-00 | Jason Kidd, Phoenix | 10,1 | top20 | 1972-73 | Bill Melchionni | NYN | 7.4 | top25 | |
| 1998-99 | Jason Kidd, Phoenix | 10,8 | top20 | 1971-72 | Bill Melchionni | NYN | 8.4 | top25 | |
| 1997-98 | Rod Strickland, Washington | 10.5 | top20 | 1970-71 | Bill Melchionni | NYN | 8.3 | top25 | |
| 1996-97 | Mark Jackson, Den/Ind | 11.4 | top20 | 1969-70 | Larry Brown | WAC | 7.1 | top25 | |
| 1995-96 | John Stockton, Utah | 11.2 | top20 | 1968-69 | Larry Brown | OAK | 7.1 | top25 | |
| 1994-95 | John Stockton, Utah | 12.3 | top20 | 1967-68 | Larry Brown | NOB | 6.5 | top25 | |
| 1993-94 | John Stockton, Utah | 12.6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1992-93 | John Stockton, Utah | 12.0 | top20 | ||||||
| 1991-92 | John Stockton, Utah | 13.7 | top20 | ||||||
| 1990-91 | John Stockton, Utah | 14.2 | top20 | ||||||
| 1989-90 | John Stockton, Utah | 14.5 | top20 | ||||||
| 1988-89 | John Stockton, Utah | 13.6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1987-88 | John Stockton, Utah | 13.8 | top20 | ||||||
| 1986-87 | Magic Johnson, LA Lakers | 12.2 | top20 | ||||||
| 1985-86 | Magic Johnson, LA Lakers | 12.6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1984-85 | Isiah Thomas, Detroit | 13.9 | top20 | ||||||
| 1983-84 | Magic Johnson, LA Lakers | 13.1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1982-83 | Magic Johnson, LA Lakers | 10.5 | top20 | ||||||
| 1981-82 | Johnny Moore, San Antonio | 9.6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1980-81 | Kevin Porter, Washington | 9.1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1979-80 | Micheal Ray Richardson, New York | 10.1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1978-79 | Kevin Porter, Detroit | 13.4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1977-78 | Kevin Porter, Wash/NJ | 10.2 | top20 | ||||||
| 1976-77 | Don Buse, Indiana | 8.5 | top20 | ||||||
| 1975-76 | Don Watts, Seattle | 8.1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1974-75 | Kevin Porter, Washington | 8.0 | top20 | ||||||
| 1973-74 | Ernie DiGregorio, Buffalo | 8.2 | top20 | ||||||
| 1972-73 | Nate Archibald, Kasas City-Omaha | 11.4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1971-72 | Jerry West, LA Lakers | 9.7 | top20 | ||||||
| 1970-71 | Norm Van Lier, Cincinnati | 10.1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1969-70 | Lenny Wilkens, Seattle | 9,1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1968-69 | Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati | 9,8 | top20 | ||||||
| 1967-68 | Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia | 8,6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1966-67 | Guy Rodgers, Chicago | 11,2 | top20 | ||||||
| 1965-66 | Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati | 11,1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1964-65 | Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati | 11,5 | top20 | ||||||
| 1963-64 | Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati | 11.0 | top20 | ||||||
| 1962-63 | Guy Rodgers, San Francisco | 10,4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1961-62 | Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati | 11,4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1960-61 | Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati | 9,7 | top20 | ||||||
| 1959-60 | Bob Cousy, Boston | 9,5 | top20 | ||||||
| 1958-59 | Bob Cousy, Boston | 8,6 | top20 | ||||||
| 1957-58 | Bob Cousy, Boston | 7,1 | top20 | ||||||
| 1956-57 | Bob Cousy, Boston | 7,5 | top20 | ||||||
| 1955-56 | Bob Cousy, Boston | 8,9 | top20 | ||||||
| 1954-55 | Bob Cousy, Boston | 7,8 | top20 | ||||||
| 1953-54 | Bob Cousy, Boston | 7,2 | top20 | ||||||
| 1952-53 | Bob Cousy, Boston | 7,7 | top20 | ||||||
| 1951-52 | Andy Phillip, Philadelphia | 8,2 | top20 | ||||||
| 1950-51 | Andy Phillip, Philadelphia | 6,3 | top20 | ||||||
| 1949-50 | Dick McGuire, New York | 5,8 | top20 | ||||||
| 1948-49 | Bob Davies, Rochester | 5,4 | top20 | ||||||
| 1947-48 | Howie Dallmar, Philadelphia | 2,5 | top20 | ||||||
| 1946-47 | Ernie Calverly, Providence | 3,4 | top20 |