highest assists for a single game in a nba game as 13th season in the playoffs

John Stockton had the most assists by a player in a playoff game in his 13th playoff, with 17 assists in Game 1 of the 1997 First Round against the Los Angeles Clippers.

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highest assists by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 13th 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	17	4/24/1997	UTA	vs	LAC	37	13	7	1	0	5	9	55.6	2	3	66.7	1	2	50.0	65.8	3	4	4	3	+16
2	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	16	4/10/1963	BOS	vs	CIN	34	21	3			9	18	50.0				3	4	75.0	53.1				3
3	James Harden J. Harden	15	4/28/2022	PHI	@	TOR	42	22	6	0	0	7	12	58.3	2	5	40.0	6	6	100.0	75.1	0	6	3	3	+38
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	15	6/9/2021	PHX	vs	DEN	31	17	5	0	1	6	10	60.0	2	2	100.0	3	3	100.0	75.1	1	4	0	2	+26
5	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	15	4/24/1977	BOS	vs	PHI	44	12	4			4	13	30.8				4	4	100.0	40.7				4
6	James Harden J. Harden	14	4/16/2022	PHI	vs	TOR	40	22	5	1	1	6	17	35.3	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	54.8	2	3	1	0	+14
7	LeBron James L. James	14	5/3/2018	CLE	@	TOR	41	43	8	1	0	19	28	67.9	1	3	33.3	4	8	50.0	68.2	1	7	1	1	+20
8	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	14	4/21/1963	BOS	vs	LAL	35	12	4			5	17	29.4				2	2	100.0	33.6				6
9	LeBron James L. James	13	6/3/2018	CLE	@	GSW	44	29	9	2	0	10	20	50.0	2	4	50.0	7	9	77.8	60.5	1	8	5	2	-18
10	LeBron James L. James	13	5/1/2018	CLE	@	TOR	47	26	11	1	2	12	30	40.0	1	8	12.5	1	6	16.7	39.8	0	11	1	2	+5
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	13	5/19/2010	LAL	vs	PHX	43	21	5	0	1	8	19	42.1	1	3	33.3	4	4	100.0	50.6	2	3	2	2	+14
12	John Stockton J. Stockton	13	5/29/1997	UTA	@	HOU	38	25	2	2	0	8	15	53.3	3	6	50.0	6	6	100.0	70.9	2	0	4	3	+9
13	John Stockton J. Stockton	13	5/19/1997	UTA	vs	HOU	34	16	6	2	0	5	13	38.5	2	2	100.0	4	5	80.0	52.6	1	5	2	3	+18
14	John Stockton J. Stockton	13	4/28/1997	UTA	@	LAC	36	12	3	3	0	4	10	40.0	0	3	0.0	4	4	100.0	51.0	0	3	4	4	+12
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	4/30/1996	LAL	@	HOU	38	7	9	0	0	2	9	22.2	0	2	0.0	3	4	75.0	32.5	4	5	2	0
16	Bill Russell B. Russell	13	4/25/1969	BOS	@	LAL	48	9	21			4	7	57.1				1	5	20.0	48.9				4
17	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	13	3/29/1963	BOS	@	CIN	31	4	1			2	12	16.7				0	0		16.7				3
18	Chris Paul C. Paul	12	6/24/2021	PHX	@	LAC	39	15	2	3	0	5	19	26.3	2	7	28.6	3	3	100.0	36.9	0	2	2	3	-15
19	Chris Paul C. Paul	12	6/3/2021	PHX	@	LAL	29	8	2	0	0	4	12	33.3	0	3	0.0	0	0		33.3	0	2	1	4	+3
20	LeBron James L. James	12	5/19/2018	CLE	vs	BOS	38	27	5	2	2	8	12	66.7	3	3	100.0	8	10	80.0	82.3	1	4	3	3	+31
21	LeBron James L. James	12	5/15/2018	CLE	@	BOS	39	42	10	0	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	5	10	50.0	62.9	1	9	6	3	-9
22	LeBron James L. James	12	4/15/2018	CLE	vs	IND	44	24	10	1	1	7	17	41.2	0	4	0.0	10	14	71.4	51.8	3	7	3	2	-13
23	Tony Parker T. Parker	12	5/19/2014	SAS	vs	OKC	36	14	3	1	0	6	12	50.0	0	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	52.6	0	3	1	1	+12
24	John Stockton J. Stockton	12	6/8/1997	UTA	vs	CHI	38	17	3	4	0	6	11	54.5	2	3	66.7	3	4	75.0	66.6	0	3	2	1	0
25	John Stockton J. Stockton	12	6/6/1997	UTA	vs	CHI	37	17	7	2	1	5	10	50.0	0	1	0.0	7	7	100.0	65.0	0	7	4	2	+10