Jason Kidd and Lenny Wilkens are tied for the most assists by a 36-year-old player in a game, with 20 assists.

Interpreted as:

highest assist regular-season game by a 36 years old by a player

	NAME	AST	AGE	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	20	36-013	4/5/2009	DAL	vs	PHX	30	19	4	1	0	6	8	75.0	3	4	75.0	4	4	100.0	97.3	0	4	2	3	+29
2	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	20	36-030	11/27/1973	CLE	vs	SEA	42	18	6	2		9	17	52.9				0	0		52.9	1	5		5
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	19	36-280	2/10/2022	PHX	vs	MIL	37	17	7	2	0	5	11	45.5	0	3	0.0	7	7	100.0	60.4	0	7	2	1	+20
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	19	36-269	1/30/2022	PHX	vs	SAS	40	20	8	1	1	9	16	56.3	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	59.2	0	8	2	2	+14
5	Steve Nash S. Nash	19	36-311	12/15/2010	PHX	vs	MIN	31	11	2	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	73.1	0	2	4	0	+20
6	Chris Paul C. Paul	18	36-180	11/2/2021	PHX	vs	NOP	36	14	7	1	1	6	8	75.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	78.8	0	7	4	3	+16
7	Steve Nash S. Nash	18	36-319	12/23/2010	PHX	vs	MIA	32	4	4	0	0	1	4	25.0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	41.0	0	4	5	1	0
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	17	36-145	1/15/2015	LAL	vs	CLE	32	19	6	0	0	7	14	50.0	3	6	50.0	2	3	66.7	62.0	1	5	3	0	+3
9	Steve Nash S. Nash	17	36-336	1/9/2011	PHX	vs	CLE	36	20	7	3	0	6	12	50.0	1	5	20.0	7	7	100.0	66.3	0	7	6	0	+9
10	Steve Nash S. Nash	17	36-301	12/5/2010	PHX	vs	WAS	30	20	3	0	0	8	8	100.0	1	1	100.0	3	3	100.0	107.3	1	2	2	0	+17
11	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	17	36-340	2/26/2010	DAL	@	ATL	46	19	16	2	0	7	18	38.9	4	10	40.0	1	2	50.0	50.3	3	13	3	1	+14
12	Steve Nash S. Nash	17	36-014	2/21/2010	PHX	vs	SAC	35	11	4	0	0	4	11	36.4	1	1	100.0	2	2	100.0	46.3	0	4	3	1	+18
13	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	17	36-301	1/18/2010	DAL	@	BOS	42	13	4	1	0	5	7	71.4	3	3	100.0	0	0		92.9	1	3	3	2	+15
14	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	17	36-238	11/16/2009	DAL	@	MIL	40	9	10	2	0	3	7	42.9	3	4	75.0	0	0		64.3	2	8	5	0	+6
15	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	17	36-277	1/3/2002	NYK	vs	DAL	40	5	8	4	0	2	9	22.2	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	25.3	0	8	2	2	+17
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	16	36-125	3/17/2025	DEN	@	GSW	42	12	12	3	2	5	18	27.8	2	9	22.2	0	0		33.3	4	8	7	4	+5
17	Chris Paul C. Paul	16	36-337	4/8/2022	PHX	@	UTA	38	16	6	2	0	7	11	63.6	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	67.3	1	5	3	3	+18
18	Chris Paul C. Paul	16	36-261	1/22/2022	PHX	vs	IND	41	18	4	4	0	8	11	72.7	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	75.8	0	4	4	0	+12
19	Chris Paul C. Paul	16	36-241	1/2/2022	PHX	@	CHA	26	7	6	1	0	3	6	50.0	1	3	33.3	0	0		58.3	0	6	1	2	+34
20	Steve Nash S. Nash	16	36-339	1/12/2011	PHX	vs	NJN	42	23	7	1	0	6	17	35.3	0	0		11	11	100.0	52.7	1	6	3	3	+13
21	Steve Nash S. Nash	16	36-298	12/2/2010	PHX	@	GSW	34	13	4	1	0	4	9	44.4	0	2	0.0	5	5	100.0	58.0	0	4	5	3	+10
22	Steve Nash S. Nash	16	36-290	11/24/2010	PHX	vs	CHI	49	14	5	0	0	5	15	33.3	0	5	0.0	4	5	80.0	40.7	0	5	3	1	+2
23	Steve Nash S. Nash	16	36-009	2/16/2010	PHX	@	MEM	32	4	4	0	0	1	4	25.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	41.0	0	4	2	0	+8
24	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	16	36-317	2/3/2010	DAL	vs	GSW	34	6	3	6	0	2	8	25.0	2	7	28.6	0	0		37.5	0	3	4	1	+5
25	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	16	36-327	2/15/2002	DEN	@	MIN	37	18	1	0	0	6	14	42.9	0	0		6	8	75.0	51.4	1	0	1	1	+5