List of NBA single-game assists leaders explained

This is a complete listing of National Basketball Association players who have recorded 22 or more assists in a game.

36 players have recorded 22 or more assists in a game. It has occurred 68 times in the regular season and six times in the playoffs.

John Stockton has performed the feat the most times (13), followed by Kevin Porter (9) and Earvin "Magic" Johnson (8).

Key

^	Active NBA player
	Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
†	Not yet eligible for Hall of Fame consideration
Bold score	Occurred in playoff competition
Italicized score	Player's team lost the game
Min	Minutes played		Pts	Points		Reb	Rebounds
Stl	Steals		Blk	Blocks		Tov	Turnovers
Team FG%	Rest of team's field goal percentage (subtracting player's own shooting)

Single-game leaders

width=2%	Assists	width=10%	Player	width=11%	Team	width=2%	Score	width=11%	Opponent	width=9%	Date	width=2%	Min	width=2%	Pts	width=2%	Reb	width=2%	Stl	width=2%	Blk	width=2%	Tov	width=20% class="unsortable"	Notes
30			155–116	Denver Nuggets		44	22	6	2	0	4
29		New Jersey Nets	126–112	Houston Rockets		48	14	5	2	0	0
align=center rowspan=3	28		Boston Celtics	173–139	Minneapolis Lakers		45	31	5
	San Francisco Warriors	109–114	St. Louis Hawks		48	14	5
	Utah Jazz	124–102	San Antonio Spurs		39	20	3	8	0	5
align=center rowspan=2	27		Cleveland Cavaliers	110–106	Golden State Warriors		46	24	1	0	0	4
(2)	Utah Jazz	107–115	New York Knicks		36	18	3	2	0	2
26	(3)	Utah Jazz	123–128	Portland Trail Blazers		45	17	3	2	0	2
align=center rowspan=8	25		Buffalo Braves	120–119	Portland Trail Blazers		48	20	9	2	0
(2)	Detroit Pistons	160–119	Boston Celtics		37	30	3	0	0	4
(3)	Detroit Pistons	105–116	Phoenix Suns		46	13	3	2	0	4
	Detroit Pistons	124–119	Dallas Mavericks		41	23	5	2	0	5
	Seattle SuperSonics	124–112	Los Angeles Clippers		41	8	8	1	4	3
	Phoenix Suns	107–95	San Antonio Spurs		41	16	3	0	0	4
	Dallas Mavericks	136–133	Utah Jazz		49	20	4	4	0	5
^†	New Orleans Pelicans	128–113	Brooklyn Nets		30:18	2	7	1	0	3
align=center rowspan=13	24	(2)	Chicago Bulls	110–107	New York Knicks			18	0
(4)	Washington Bullets	119–114	Detroit Pistons		44	12	1	0	0	0
	San Antonio Spurs	157–154	Denver Nuggets		28	0	0	2	0	2
	Los Angeles Lakers	118–102	Phoenix Suns		38	6	7	5	2	4
(2)	Detroit Pistons	126–128	Washington Bullets		50	25	10	2	1	2
(4)	Utah Jazz	109–111	Los Angeles Lakers		48	23	3	5	0	3
(5)	Utah Jazz	102–104	Houston Rockets		45	26	1	6	0	1
(2)	Los Angeles Lakers	119–105	Denver Nuggets		40	24	8	6	1	3
(3)	Los Angeles Lakers	118–121	Phoenix Suns		45	24	6	2	2	4
	Milwaukee Bucks	135–151	Chicago Bulls		44:27	20	8	1	1	2
^† (2)	Boston Celtics	105–101	New York Knicks		45:20	10	10	1	0	7
^	Oklahoma City Thunder	147–154	San Antonio Spurs		49:35	24	13	2	0	3
^ (2)	Washington Wizards	154–141	Indiana Pacers		38:38	14	21	1	1	6
align=center rowspan=19	23		Los Angeles Lakers	143–133	Philadelphia 76ers			24	6
(5)	Detroit Pistons	131–119	Houston Rockets		41	20	3	1	0	0
(6)	Detroit Pistons	113–124	Los Angeles Lakers		43	15	3	1	0	3
	Boston Celtics	145–144	Denver Nuggets		38	15	4	0	0	1
(4)	Los Angeles Lakers	128–112	Seattle SuperSonics		36	9	5	2	0	3
(5)	Los Angeles Lakers	130–126	Portland Trail Blazers		41	13	7	1	0	6
(6)	Los Angeles Lakers	114–107	Dallas Mavericks		42	8	10	0	1	8
	Denver Nuggets	139–121	Golden State Warriors		42	15	13	5	0	1
(6)	Utah Jazz	107–104	Los Angeles Lakers		44	15	4	3	0	3
(7)	Utah Jazz	105–95	Los Angeles Clippers		41	27	3	4	0	1
(8)	Utah Jazz	135–108	Golden State Warriors		36	21	2	2	1	4
(9)	Utah Jazz	120–106	Minnesota Timberwolves		36	9	2	5	0	4
	Atlanta Hawks	139–118	Utah Jazz		37	11	0	4	0	2
(10)	Utah Jazz	110–102	Portland Trail Blazers		41	11	2	0	0	1
	Los Angeles Lakers	95–82	Vancouver Grizzlies		43:32	8	8	1	0	2
	Indiana Pacers	110–103	Washington Wizards		45:02	19	11	1	1	5
	Phoenix Suns	113–100	Los Angeles Lakers		39:05	17	1	2	1	3
^† (3)	Boston Celtics	105–103	San Antonio Spurs		43:30	12	10	6	1	5
^	Indiana Pacers	140–126	New York Knicks		35:43	22	5	2	1	2
align=center rowspan=26	22		Cincinnati Royals	139–132	Syracuse Nationals			26	11
(2)	Cincinnati Royals	149–145	New York Knicks		53	44	8
	San Diego Rockets	136–126	Phoenix Suns		42	8	9
(2)	San Diego Rockets	141–123	San Francisco Warriors		27	8	6
(7)	Washington Bullets	118–112	Atlanta Hawks		46	14	2	0	0	0
(8)	Detroit Pistons	126–130	San Antonio Spurs		45	10	1	2	0	0
(9)	Detroit Pistons	117–124	Chicago Bulls		44	32	5	4	0	4
(2)	Golden State Warriors	130–137	Denver Nuggets		36	13	5	1	2	4
	Houston Rockets	114–111	New Jersey Nets		41	24	7	1	0	5
(7)	Los Angeles Lakers	127–114	Cleveland Cavaliers		37	23	9	3	1	2
	Chicago Bulls	111–113	New York Knicks		41	8	5	4	0	3
(2)	Chicago Bulls	102–98	Atlanta Hawks		37	10	2	2	0	4
(11)	Utah Jazz	107–101	Los Angeles Lakers		43	11	5	1	0	2
	Atlanta Hawks	118–109	Boston Celtics		38	14	4	3	0	1
(12)	Utah Jazz	110–113	Cleveland Cavaliers		44	14	2	4	0	4
(8)	Los Angeles Lakers	123–125	Portland Trail Blazers		49	24	6	3	0	5
(13)	Utah Jazz	112–98	Philadelphia 76ers		32	17	2	2	0	1
	Boston Celtics	135–112	Philadelphia 76ers		46	27	8	3	0	4
	Golden State Warriors	128–131	Orlando Magic		45	15	1	5	0	4
	New Jersey Nets	114–91	Dallas Mavericks		39:13	17	2	5	0	4
	Denver Nuggets	132–123	New Jersey Nets		39:35	21	7	0	0	2
	Denver Nuggets	109–104	Chicago Bulls		49:21	5	4	0	0	5
	Cleveland Cavaliers	91–94	Philadelphia 76ers		43:43	14	4	9	0	4
(2)	Phoenix Suns	133–140	New York Knicks		55:28	28	5	1	0	4
	New York Knicks	138–125	Golden State Warriors		45:15	12	4	1	0	3
^ (3)	Oklahoma City Thunder	114–101	Phoenix Suns		34:01	26	11	2	1	5

See also

• NBA regular season records
• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 20 or more assists in a game

References

• Sporting News, The (2005). 2005–06 Official NBA Guide.