highest assists for a single game in a nba game as 17th season in the playoffs

John Stockton had the most assists by a player in a playoff game in his 17th playoff, with 18 assists in Game 1 of the 2001 First Round versus the Mavericks.

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highest assists by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 17th 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	18	4/21/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	37	12	6	1	2	3	7	42.9	0	2	0.0	6	7	85.7	59.5	3	3	2	4	+19
2	LeBron James L. James	12	4/22/2024	LAL	@	DEN	38	26	8	2	2	9	19	47.4	3	6	50.0	5	7	71.4	58.9	0	8	2	3	+2
3	LeBron James L. James	11	4/29/2024	LAL	@	DEN	44	30	9	4	0	11	21	52.4	3	7	42.9	5	7	71.4	62.3	1	8	1	4	+3
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	11	5/3/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	40	4	3	4	1	2	4	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	2	1	0	4	0
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	10	4/28/2001	UTA	@	DAL	36	12	11	0	0	6	11	54.5	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	52.4	2	9	2	5	+9
6	LeBron James L. James	9	4/25/2024	LAL	vs	DEN	42	26	6	2	1	12	20	60.0	1	6	16.7	1	2	50.0	62.3	0	6	3	3	-8
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	9	5/1/2001	UTA	@	DAL	31	4	5	2	0	2	7	28.6	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0	25.4	1	4	0	1	-19
8	John Stockton J. Stockton	9	4/24/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	42	17	3	3	0	4	8	50.0	0	2	0.0	9	11	81.8	66.2	3	0	3	5	0
9	LeBron James L. James	8	4/20/2024	LAL	@	DEN	41	27	6	1	1	10	16	62.5	3	5	60.0	4	5	80.0	74.2	2	4	7	1	-9
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	7	4/27/2002	UTA	vs	SAC	44	23	6	2	2	9	19	47.4	0	1	0.0	5	9	55.6	50.1	1	5	2	2	-4
11	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	6	4/26/2013	NYK	@	BOS	26	0	6	0	2	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	0	6	0	0	+4
12	LeBron James L. James	4	4/27/2024	LAL	vs	DEN	39	30	5	3	1	14	23	60.9	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	62.8	1	4	6	0	+1
13	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	4	4/28/2015	SAS	@	LAC	39	21	11	3	1	8	13	61.5	0	0		5	6	83.3	67.1	2	9	1	3	0
14	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	4	4/24/2015	SAS	vs	LAC	31	4	7	1	3	2	6	33.3	0	0		0	2	0.0	29.1	1	6	1	1	+23
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	4	4/22/2015	SAS	@	LAC	44	28	11	2	1	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	59.7	1	10	1	5	+9
16	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	4	4/19/2015	SAS	@	LAC	30	11	11	1	2	4	10	40.0	0	0		3	5	60.0	45.1	4	7	1	4	0
17	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	4	5/7/2013	NYK	vs	IND	24	0	2	2	0	0	3	0.0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0.0	1	1	2	0	+20
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	4	4/23/2002	UTA	@	SAC	39	18	12	0	1	6	15	40.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	51.0	1	11	3	3	+4
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	4	4/20/2002	UTA	@	SAC	39	25	9	2	0	8	19	42.1	0	0		9	11	81.8	52.4	1	8	1	3	-8
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4	6/4/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	35	17	7	2	2	8	14	57.1	0	0		1	1	100.0	58.9	1	6	0	4
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4	5/17/1988	LAL	vs	UTA	38	14	5	0	2	5	13	38.5	0	0		4	5	80.0	46.1	3	2	5	6
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4	5/8/1988	LAL	vs	UTA	28	16	10	1	2	7	14	50.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	53.8	4	6	2	3
23	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	3	4/30/2015	SAS	vs	LAC	32	12	13	0	0	6	9	66.7	0	0		0	2	0.0	60.7	3	10	1	4	0
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	3	4/26/2015	SAS	vs	LAC	38	22	14	2	3	8	13	61.5	0	0		6	10	60.0	63.2	4	10	2	6	-8
25	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	3	5/14/2013	NYK	@	IND	16	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	0	1	0	0	-9