<P> In basketball, an assist is a pass to a teammate that directly leads to a score by field goal . The National Basketball Association's (NBA) assist title is awarded to the player with the highest assists per game average in a given season . The assists title was first recognized in the 1946--47 season when statistics on assists were first compiled by the Basketball Association of America (BAA), predecessor of the NBA . To qualify for the assist title, the player must appear in at least 70 games (out of 82) or have at least 400 assists . This has been the entry criteria since the 1974--75 season . The assists title was originally determined by assist total through the 1968--69 season, after which assists per game was used to determine the leader instead . </P> <P> John Stockton holds the all - time records for total assists (1,164) and assists per game (14.54) in a season, achieved in the 1990--91 and 1989--90 seasons, respectively . Mark Jackson holds the rookie records for total assists and assists per game when he had 868 and averaged 10.6 in the 1987--88 season . Among active players, Chris Paul had the highest season assists total (925) in the 2007--08 season and Rajon Rondo had the highest season assists average (11.70) in the 2011--12 season . </P> <P> Stockton has won the most assists titles in his career, with nine . Bob Cousy won eight assists titles, while Oscar Robertson won six . Jason Kidd and Steve Nash have won five assists titles, while Kevin Porter, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, and Chris Paul have each won four . Rajon Rondo has won three, while Andy Phillip and Guy Rodgers are the only other players to have won the title more than once . Stockton has also won the most consecutive assists titles, with nine . Three players have won both the assists title and the NBA championship in the same season: Cousy in 1957 and from 1959 to 1960 with the Boston Celtics; Jerry West in 1972 with the Los Angeles Lakers; and Johnson in 1987 with the Lakers . </P>

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