List of Dutch Basketball League season assists leaders

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In basketball, an assist is a pass to a teammate that directly leads to a score by field goal. [1] The Dutch Basketball League's (DBL) assist title is awarded to the player with the highest assists per game average in a given regular season. The assists title was first recognized in the 1985–1986 season when statistics on assists were first compiled.

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Leaders

Toon van Helfteren averaged the most assists in 1987. Toon van Helfteren.jpg
Toon van Helfteren averaged the most assists in 1987.
Matt Bauscher was the DBL assists leader in 2009. Matt Bauscher-5.jpg
Matt Bauscher was the DBL assists leader in 2009.
Lance Jeter led the league in assist twice, in 2015 and 2017. Lance Jeter 2011.png
Lance Jeter led the league in assist twice, in 2015 and 2017.
Key
Player (X)Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
Club (X)Name of the club and the number of times a player of it has won the award (if more than one)
^Denotes player who is still active in the DBL
APG Assists per game
SeasonPlayerNationalityClubTotalAPGRef
1985–86 Marco de Waard Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Den Helder 1957.8 [2]
1986–87 Toon van Helfteren Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands DAS Delft 2758.1 [2]
1987–88 Jeroen Talens Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Red Giants Meppel 2848.4 [2]
1988–89 Terry Coner Flag of the United States.svg  United States DAS Delft 2888.2 [2]
1989–90 John Emanuels Flag of the United States.svg  United States DAS Delft 3529.8 [2]
1990–91 Maury Selvin Flag of the United States.svg  United States Donar 2186.8 [2]
1991–92 Cees van Rootselaar Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Den Helder 19210.1 [2]
1992–93 Cees van Rootselaar (2)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Den Helder 1598.8 [2]
1993–94 Cees van Rootselaar (3)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Den Helder 2429.0 [2]
1994–95 Cees van Rootselaar (4)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Den Helder 27010.0 [2]
1995–96 Cees van Rootselaar (5)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Den Helder 1668.3 [2]
1996–97 Tony Miller Flag of the United States.svg  United States Den Helder 2348.1 [2]
1997–98 Tony Miller (2)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Den Helder 1897.0 [2]
1998–99 Albert Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States Donar 32410.1 [2]
1999–00 Ed Norvell Flag of the United States.svg  United States Virtus 2648.3 [2]
2000–01 Ed Norvell (2)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Den Bosch 2649.1 [2]
2001–02 Scott Ungerer Flag of the United States.svg  United States Landstede Zwolle 2167.7 [2]
2002–03 Gregory Harris Flag of the United States.svg  United States BSW Weert 2987.1 [2]
2003–04 Gregory Harris (2)Flag of the United States.svg  United States BSW Weert 2057.3 [2]
2004–05 Tony Miller (3)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Omniworld Almere 1927.4 [2]
2005–06 Taron Downey Flag of the United States.svg  United States BSW Weert 3167.9 [2]
2007–08 Jesse Kimbrough Flag of the United States.svg  United States Aris Leeuwarden 2756.9 [2]
2009–09 Matt Bauscher Flag of the United States.svg  United States Aris Leeuwarden 2235.9 [2]
2009–10 Torey Thomas Flag of the United States.svg  United States Matrixx Magixx 2177.2 [2]
2010–11 Frank Turner Flag of the United States.svg  United States EiffelTowers Den Bosch 1905.3 [2]
2011–12 Frank Turner (2)Flag of the United States.svg  United States EiffelTowers Den Bosch 1375.1 [2]
2012–13 Whit Holcomb-Faye Flag of the United States.svg  United States Aris Leeuwarden 2807.8 [2]
2013–14 Emmanuel Ubilla Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Den Helder Kings 2025.6 [2]
2014–15 Lance Jeter Flag of the United States.svg  United States Donar 1245.0 [2]
2015–16 Nigel Van Oostrum ^Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Aris Leeuwarden 2288.2 [2]
2016–17 Lance Jeter (2)Flag of the United States.svg  United States Donar 1746.2 [2]
2017–18 Carrington Love Flag of the United States.svg  United States ZZ Leiden 2166.8 [2]
2018–19 Maurice Watson, Jr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States ZZ Leiden 2607.9 [2]
2019–20 [upper-alpha 1] Tayler Persons Flag of the United States.svg  United States ZZ Leiden 1357.5 [2]
2020–21 Austin Luke ^Flag of the United States.svg  United States Yoast United 2129.6 [2]

BNXT League Domestic Phase leaders

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SeasonPlayerNationalityClubAPGRef
2021–22
2022–23 Mike Schilder Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Yoast United 6.5 [4]

Notes

  1. The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]

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