John Stockton has averaged the most assists per game in a game 1, with 23.0 per game in Game 1 of the 1996 First Round against the Trail Blazers.

Interpreted as:

highest apg by a player in game 1

	NAME	APG	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	John Stockton J. Stockton	23.0	4/25/1996	UTA	vs	POR	41	11	2	23	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	73.1	0	2	1	2
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	21.0	4/24/1992	UTA	vs	LAC	39	10	2	21	1	0	3	7	42.9	0	0		4	5	80.0	54.3	1	1	1	2
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21.0	5/18/1991	LAL	@	POR	43	15	6	21	2	0	2	8	25.0	0	3	0.0	11	13	84.6	54.7	2	4	2	2
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	19.0	5/7/1996	UTA	@	SAS	39	13	5	19	1	0	5	10	50.0	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	59.7	0	5	3	2
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19.0	4/18/1985	LAL	vs	PHX	29	18	4	19	0	0	7	10	70.0	0	0		4	5	80.0	73.8	0	4	2	2
6	John Stockton J. Stockton	18.0	4/21/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	37	12	6	18	1	2	3	7	42.9	0	2	0.0	6	7	85.7	59.5	3	3	2	4	+19
7	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	18.0	4/26/1996	SAS	vs	PHX	39	12	5	18	1	0	6	13	46.2	0	0		0	0		46.2	1	4	3	1
8	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	18.0	5/20/1989	PHX	@	LAL	46	27	3	18	0	0	10	18	55.6	1	1	100.0	6	6	100.0	65.4	1	2	4	4
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18.0	4/29/1988	LAL	vs	SAS	42	13	4	18	3	0	5	11	45.5	0	0		3	4	75.0	50.9	0	4	6	2
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18.0	5/10/1986	LAL	vs	HOU	41	26	7	18	3	0	9	15	60.0	0	0		8	13	61.5	62.7	1	6	4	4
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18.0	4/17/1986	LAL	vs	SAS	33	13	3	18	1	0	6	9	66.7	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	65.8	0	3	9	1
12	Fat Lever F. Lever	18.0	4/30/1985	DEN	vs	UTA	39	19	16	18	2	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		3	4	75.0	60.3	8	8	5	3
13	Johnny Moore J. Moore	18.0	5/8/1983	SAS	@	LAL	40	25	4	18	2	1	10	18	55.6	1	4	25.0	4	6	66.7	60.6	0	4	3	4
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18.0	4/24/1983	LAL	vs	POR	39	19	9	18	7	1	8	15	53.3	0	0		3	3	100.0	58.2	3	6	3	4
15	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	17.0	4/14/2018	NOP	@	POR	39	6	8	17	1	0	3	9	33.3	0	1	0.0	0	0		33.3	0	8	2	4	-4
16	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	17.0	5/12/2012	BOS	vs	PHI	40	13	12	17	4	0	6	15	40.0	0	3	0.0	1	2	50.0	40.9	5	7	7	5	0
17	Deron Williams D. Williams	17.0	4/19/2009	UTA	@	LAL	45	16	3	17	2	0	4	14	28.6	0	4	0.0	8	8	100.0	45.7	1	2	3	3	-8
18	John Stockton J. Stockton	17.0	4/24/1997	UTA	vs	LAC	37	13	7	17	1	0	5	9	55.6	2	3	66.7	1	2	50.0	65.8	3	4	4	3	+16
19	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	17.0	4/24/1992	PHX	vs	SAS	42	24	2	17	0	0	10	20	50.0	0	0		4	7	57.1	52.0	0	2	4	1
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17.0	5/5/1991	LAL	vs	GSW	31	21	10	17	3	0	7	15	46.7	0	1	0.0	7	9	77.8	55.4	2	8	0	2
21	John Stockton J. Stockton	17.0	4/27/1990	UTA	vs	PHX	42	16	2	17	3	0	7	16	43.8	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	47.4	1	1	4	4
22	Fat Lever F. Lever	17.0	4/28/1989	DEN	@	PHX	47	20	12	17	4	0	8	21	38.1	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	45.7	2	10	5	3
23	Johnny Moore J. Moore	17.0	4/26/1983	SAS	vs	DEN	34	24	0	17	2	0	11	16	68.8	0	0		2	4	50.0	67.6	0	0	0	4
24	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	16.0	4/16/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	35	16	7	16	1	0	6	18	33.3	2	9	22.2	2	2	100.0	42.4	3	4	1	3	-15
25	LeBron James L. James	16.0	8/18/2020	LAL	vs	POR	41	23	17	16	1	0	9	20	45.0	1	5	20.0	4	7	57.1	49.8	2	15	4	1	-3