highest assists for a single game in a nba game as 12th season in the playoffs

John Stockton had the most assists by a player in a playoff game in his 12th playoff, with 23 assists in Game 1 of the 1996 First Round versus the Trail Blazers.

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highest assists by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 12th season in the playoffs

	NAME	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	John Stockton J. Stockton	23	4/25/1996	UTA	vs	POR	41	11	2	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	73.1	0	2	1	2
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	5/18/1991	LAL	@	POR	43	15	6	2	0	2	8	25.0	0	3	0.0	11	13	84.6	54.7	2	4	2	2
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	4/27/1991	LAL	vs	HOU	45	13	7	1	0	5	13	38.5	0	3	0.0	3	4	75.0	44.0	1	6	3	1
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	6/12/1991	LAL	vs	CHI	48	16	11	1	0	4	12	33.3	2	6	33.3	6	6	100.0	54.6	4	7	6	0
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	19	5/7/1996	UTA	@	SAS	39	13	5	1	0	5	10	50.0	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	59.7	0	5	3	2
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	5/24/1991	LAL	vs	POR	44	14	7	1	0	3	8	37.5	1	5	20.0	7	7	100.0	63.2	0	7	4	2
7	Jerry West J. West	19	4/1/1973	LAL	vs	CHI	43	30	5			13	24	54.2				4	4	100.0	58.2				5
8	James Harden J. Harden	18	5/30/2021	BKN	@	BOS	40	23	5	2	2	8	12	66.7	2	5	40.0	5	6	83.3	78.6	1	4	6	3	+8
9	Tony Parker T. Parker	18	5/21/2013	SAS	vs	MEM	42	15	5	3	0	6	20	30.0	1	4	25.0	2	4	50.0	34.5	0	5	2	1	+12
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17	5/5/1991	LAL	vs	GSW	31	21	10	3	0	7	15	46.7	0	1	0.0	7	9	77.8	55.4	2	8	0	2
11	John Stockton J. Stockton	16	4/27/1996	UTA	vs	POR	38	15	1	1	3	5	8	62.5	0	0		5	7	71.4	67.7	0	1	3	4
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	15	5/10/1991	LAL	@	GSW	45	15	7	1	0	2	8	25.0	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	60.5	0	7	6	2
13	LeBron James L. James	14	6/4/2017	CLE	@	GSW	39	29	11	3	1	12	18	66.7	1	3	33.3	4	5	80.0	71.8	0	11	4	2	-11
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	14	5/15/1992	BOS	vs	CLE	37	16	6	1	1	8	18	44.4	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	43.4	0	6	1	3
15	LeBron James L. James	13	4/15/2017	CLE	vs	IND	43	32	6	3	0	12	20	60.0	2	3	66.7	6	9	66.7	66.8	1	5	3	3	+5
16	John Stockton J. Stockton	13	5/16/1996	UTA	vs	SAS	35	9	6	0	1	4	6	66.7	1	3	33.3	0	0		75.0	1	5	3	4
17	John Stockton J. Stockton	13	5/9/1996	UTA	@	SAS	40	4	5	2	0	1	6	16.7	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	29.1	0	5	6	4
18	Jerry West J. West	13	4/6/1973	LAL	@	CHI	42	21	5			7	19	36.8				7	8	87.5	46.6				3
19	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	12	4/20/2023	LAC	vs	PHX	40	30	8	3	1	11	23	47.8	3	7	42.9	5	6	83.3	58.5	1	7	6	4	+1
20	Chris Paul C. Paul	12	9/2/2020	OKC	@	HOU	40	19	11	2	0	5	11	45.5	3	6	50.0	6	6	100.0	69.6	0	11	6	2	-5
21	LeBron James L. James	12	4/20/2017	CLE	@	IND	45	41	13	1	2	14	27	51.9	6	12	50.0	7	14	50.0	61.8	1	12	3	4	+13
22	John Stockton J. Stockton	12	5/30/1996	UTA	vs	SEA	35	14	2	1	1	5	11	45.5	0	2	0.0	4	4	100.0	54.9	0	2	1	2
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12	5/21/1991	LAL	@	POR	46	19	7	2	0	6	14	42.9	3	8	37.5	4	5	80.0	58.6	1	6	8	3
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12	5/14/1991	LAL	vs	GSW	47	28	14	0	0	8	22	36.4	2	4	50.0	10	11	90.9	52.2	3	11	2	2
25	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	12	4/3/1962	BOS	@	PHI	35	22	7			9	25	36.0				4	7	57.1	39.2				2