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 against 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
NAMEASTDATETMOPPMINPTSREBSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1John Stockton
J. Stockton
18
4/21/2001
vs
37
12
6
1
2
3
7
42.9
0
2
0.0
6
7
85.7
59.5
3
3
2
4
+19
2LeBron James
L. James
12
4/22/2024
@
38
26
8
2
2
9
19
47.4
3
6
50.0
5
7
71.4
58.9
0
8
2
3
+2
3LeBron James
L. James
11
4/29/2024
@
44
30
9
4
0
11
21
52.4
3
7
42.9
5
7
71.4
62.3
1
8
1
4
+3
4John Stockton
J. Stockton
11
5/3/2001
vs
40
4
3
4
1
2
4
50.0
0
0
0
0
50.0
2
1
0
4
0
5John Stockton
J. Stockton
10
4/28/2001
@
36
12
11
0
0
6
11
54.5
0
2
0.0
0
1
0.0
52.4
2
9
2
5
+9
6LeBron James
L. James
9
4/25/2024
vs
42
26
6
2
1
12
20
60.0
1
6
16.7
1
2
50.0
62.3
0
6
3
3
-8
7John Stockton
J. Stockton
9
5/1/2001
@
31
4
5
2
0
2
7
28.6
0
2
0.0
0
2
0.0
25.4
1
4
0
1
-19
8John Stockton
J. Stockton
9
4/24/2001
vs
42
17
3
3
0
4
8
50.0
0
2
0.0
9
11
81.8
66.2
3
0
3
5
0
9LeBron James
L. James
8
4/20/2024
@
41
27
6
1
1
10
16
62.5
3
5
60.0
4
5
80.0
74.2
2
4
7
1
-9
10Karl Malone
K. Malone
7
4/27/2002
vs
44
23
6
2
2
9
19
47.4
0
1
0.0
5
9
55.6
50.1
1
5
2
2
-4
11Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
6
4/26/2013
@
26
0
6
0
2
0
1
0.0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
6
0
0
+4
12LeBron James
L. James
4
4/27/2024
vs
39
30
5
3
1
14
23
60.9
0
2
0.0
2
2
100.0
62.8
1
4
6
0
+1
13Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
4
4/28/2015
@
39
21
11
3
1
8
13
61.5
0
0
5
6
83.3
67.1
2
9
1
3
0
14Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
4
4/24/2015
vs
31
4
7
1
3
2
6
33.3
0
0
0
2
0.0
29.1
1
6
1
1
+23
15Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
4
4/22/2015
@
44
28
11
2
1
14
23
60.9
0
1
0.0
0
1
0.0
59.7
1
10
1
5
+9
16Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
4
4/19/2015
@
30
11
11
1
2
4
10
40.0
0
0
3
5
60.0
45.1
4
7
1
4
0
17Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
4
5/7/2013
vs
24
0
2
2
0
0
3
0.0
0
3
0.0
0
0
0.0
1
1
2
0
+20
18Karl Malone
K. Malone
4
4/23/2002
@
39
18
12
0
1
6
15
40.0
0
0
6
6
100.0
51.0
1
11
3
3
+4
19Karl Malone
K. Malone
4
4/20/2002
@
39
25
9
2
0
8
19
42.1
0
0
9
11
81.8
52.4
1
8
1
3
-8
20Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
4
6/4/1988
vs
35
17
7
2
2
8
14
57.1
0
0
1
1
100.0
58.9
1
6
0
4
21Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
4
5/17/1988
vs
38
14
5
0
2
5
13
38.5
0
0
4
5
80.0
46.1
3
2
5
6
22Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
4
5/8/1988
vs
28
16
10
1
2
7
14
50.0
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
53.8
4
6
2
3
23Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
3
4/30/2015
vs
32
12
13
0
0
6
9
66.7
0
0
0
2
0.0
60.7
3
10
1
4
0
24Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
3
4/26/2015
vs
38
22
14
2
3
8
13
61.5
0
0
6
10
60.0
63.2
4
10
2
6
-8
25Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
3
5/14/2013
@
16
0
1
1
0
0
2
0.0
0
1
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
1
0
0
-9
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1965 playoffs.

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