highest assists for a single game in a nba game as 16th season in the playoffs

John Stockton had the most assists by a player in a playoff game in his 16th playoff, with 15 assists in Game 5 of the 2000 First Round against the Seattle SuperSonics.

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highest assists by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 16th 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	15	5/5/2000	UTA	vs	SEA	41	17	7	1	1	6	9	66.7	1	1	100.0	4	5	80.0	75.9	2	5	3	4	+8
2	James Harden J. Harden	13	5/3/2025	LAC	@	DEN	35	7	5	2	1	2	8	25.0	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	39.4	0	5	2	0	-29
3	John Stockton J. Stockton	13	4/29/2000	UTA	@	SEA	38	4	3	3	0	1	8	12.5	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	20.5	2	1	2	4	-7
4	LeBron James L. James	12	5/20/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	43	23	7	0	0	8	19	42.1	3	9	33.3	4	7	57.1	52.1	0	7	2	2	-4
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	12	5/11/2000	UTA	vs	POR	41	4	5	1	0	2	8	25.0	0	4	0.0	0	0		25.0	1	4	4	2	-13
6	John Stockton J. Stockton	12	5/3/2000	UTA	@	SEA	40	13	1	2	1	4	9	44.4	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	60.4	0	1	1	4	-3
7	James Harden J. Harden	11	4/26/2025	LAC	vs	DEN	43	15	4	2	2	5	11	45.5	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	55.0	0	4	4	3	-4
8	James Harden J. Harden	11	4/19/2025	LAC	@	DEN	43	32	6	0	1	11	22	50.0	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	64.9	0	6	2	5	0
9	John Stockton J. Stockton	11	4/24/2000	UTA	vs	SEA	30	21	2	2	0	9	11	81.8	2	2	100.0	1	2	50.0	88.4	0	2	4	1	+25
10	LeBron James L. James	10	5/18/2023	LAL	@	DEN	40	22	9	4	2	9	19	47.4	0	6	0.0	4	4	100.0	53.0	0	9	3	2	+4
11	John Stockton J. Stockton	10	4/22/2000	UTA	vs	SEA	34	10	3	2	0	4	10	40.0	2	2	100.0	0	0		50.0	2	1	2	5	+22
12	James Harden J. Harden	9	4/24/2025	LAC	vs	DEN	34	20	6	0	0	6	14	42.9	3	8	37.5	5	6	83.3	60.1	2	4	1	0	+25
13	LeBron James L. James	9	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	48	40	10	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
14	LeBron James L. James	9	5/16/2023	LAL	@	DEN	40	26	12	0	1	9	16	56.3	0	4	0.0	8	11	72.7	62.4	3	9	3	1	-6
15	LeBron James L. James	9	5/12/2023	LAL	vs	GSW	43	30	9	2	1	10	14	71.4	2	3	66.7	8	11	72.7	79.6	0	9	2	2	+21
16	John Stockton J. Stockton	9	5/16/2000	UTA	@	POR	36	6	2	0	0	2	7	28.6	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	38.1	0	2	3	1	+3
17	John Stockton J. Stockton	9	5/14/2000	UTA	vs	POR	37	18	3	0	0	6	12	50.0	1	3	33.3	5	5	100.0	63.4	0	3	3	3	+5
18	James Harden J. Harden	8	5/1/2025	LAC	vs	DEN	47	28	6	2	1	10	20	50.0	3	8	37.5	5	5	100.0	63.1	1	5	4	3	+2
19	LeBron James L. James	8	5/6/2023	LAL	vs	GSW	32	21	8	0	1	6	11	54.5	2	4	50.0	7	8	87.5	72.3	1	7	0	0	+26
20	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	8	5/5/2012	DAL	vs	OKC	38	16	7	1	1	6	11	54.5	4	8	50.0	0	0		72.7	1	6	4	2	+6
21	James Harden J. Harden	7	4/21/2025	LAC	@	DEN	39	18	3	1	2	7	17	41.2	4	11	36.4	0	0		52.9	0	3	4	1	-1
22	LeBron James L. James	7	4/24/2023	LAL	vs	MEM	45	22	20	0	2	8	18	44.4	1	7	14.3	5	7	71.4	52.2	5	15	1	3	+8
23	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	7	4/30/2012	DAL	@	OKC	37	10	6	3	0	2	10	20.0	1	6	16.7	5	5	100.0	41.0	2	4	3	2	+13
24	LeBron James L. James	6	5/8/2023	LAL	vs	GSW	43	27	9	0	1	10	25	40.0	2	9	22.2	5	5	100.0	49.6	2	7	3	3	-8
25	LeBron James L. James	6	4/28/2023	LAL	vs	MEM	31	22	5	1	0	9	13	69.2	2	5	40.0	2	3	66.7	76.8	1	4	3	2	+32