| 1972-73 assists | |||
| Player | Team | APG | |
| 1 | Bill Melchionni | NYN | 7.4 |
| 2 | Chuck Williams | SDQ | 7.0 |
| 3 | Warren Jabali | DEN | 6.6 |
| 4 | Lou Dampier | KEN | 6.5 |
| 5 | Billy Cunningham | CAR | 6.3 |
| 6 | Johnny Neumann | MMT | 5.9 |
| 7 | Al Smith | DEN | 5.7 |
| 8 | Jimmy Jones | UTS | 5.6 |
| 9 | George Thompson | MMT | 5.0 |
| 10 | Fatty Taylor | VIR | 4.8 |
| 11 | Joe Caldwell | CAR | 4.6 |
| 12 | John Roche | NYN | 4.5 |
| 13 | Billy Keller | IND | 4.3 |
| 14 | Ron Boone | UTS | 4.2 |
| 15 | Julius Erving | VIR | 4.2 |
| 16 | Rich Jones | DLC | 4.1 |
| 17 | Freddie Lewis | IND | 4.0 |
| 18 | Walt Simon | KEN | 4.0 |
| 19 | Ollie Taylor | SDQ | 4.0 |
| 20 | Joe Hamilton | DLC | 3.9 |
| 21 | Mack Calvin | CAR | 3.6 |
| 22 | Artis Gilmore | KEN | 3.5 |
| 23 | Larry Miller | SDQ | 3.4 |
| 24 | Willie Wise | UTS | 3.3 |
| 25 | Mike Barr | VIR | 3.2 |