highest assists for a single game in a nba game as 18th season in the playoffs

John Stockton had the most assists by a player in a playoff game in his 18th playoff, with 12 assists 2 times.

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highest assists by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 18th season in the playoffs
NAMEASTDATETMOPPMINPTSREBSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1John Stockton
J. Stockton
12
4/23/2002
@
39
13
4
2
0
4
9
44.4
0
0
5
5
100.0
58.0
0
4
1
3
+9
2John Stockton
J. Stockton
12
4/20/2002
@
35
10
4
3
0
4
10
40.0
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
46.0
1
3
5
4
0
3John Stockton
J. Stockton
9
4/29/2002
vs
38
12
3
2
1
5
12
41.7
1
4
25.0
1
1
100.0
48.2
1
2
1
3
-6
4LeBron James
L. James
8
4/27/2025
@
46
27
12
3
3
5
9
55.6
2
4
50.0
15
18
83.3
79.8
3
9
3
2
-4
5Karl Malone
K. Malone
8
4/19/2003
@
41
25
7
1
0
10
23
43.5
0
1
0.0
5
8
62.5
47.1
2
5
5
4
+3
6LeBron James
L. James
7
4/22/2025
vs
40
21
11
1
1
8
19
42.1
1
5
20.0
4
4
100.0
50.6
3
8
2
4
+9
7John Stockton
J. Stockton
7
4/27/2002
vs
29
15
5
4
0
5
9
55.6
1
2
50.0
4
5
80.0
67.0
1
4
1
6
+6
8LeBron James
L. James
6
4/30/2025
vs
40
22
7
2
0
9
21
42.9
1
5
20.0
3
6
50.0
46.5
2
5
3
2
-14
9LeBron James
L. James
4
4/25/2025
@
41
38
10
2
2
13
21
61.9
5
9
55.6
7
10
70.0
74.8
3
7
1
0
-10
10Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
4
4/19/2016
vs
26
3
9
1
1
0
1
0.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
54.3
1
8
2
1
+8
11Karl Malone
K. Malone
4
4/26/2003
vs
44
20
11
4
1
7
20
35.0
0
0
6
11
54.5
40.3
1
10
2
2
+2
12Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
4
5/14/1989
@
22
6
7
0
2
3
11
27.3
0
0
0
0
27.3
3
4
3
3
13LeBron James
L. James
3
4/19/2025
vs
36
19
5
2
3
8
18
44.4
1
5
20.0
2
2
100.0
50.3
1
4
4
0
-22
14Karl Malone
K. Malone
3
4/28/2003
vs
44
24
8
1
1
6
12
50.0
0
0
12
14
85.7
66.1
3
5
4
4
-12
15Karl Malone
K. Malone
3
4/21/2003
@
30
15
4
2
0
6
12
50.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
54.5
1
3
7
2
-9
16Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
3
6/13/1989
vs
29
7
3
0
2
2
8
25.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
35.9
1
2
2
3
17Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
2
5/2/2016
vs
28
2
9
0
0
1
8
12.5
0
0
0
0
12.5
2
7
1
3
-2
18Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
2
4/30/2016
vs
21
8
2
0
1
4
7
57.1
0
0
0
2
0.0
50.8
0
2
0
1
+28
19Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
2
4/24/2016
@
19
7
2
0
3
3
5
60.0
0
0
1
1
100.0
64.3
1
1
1
0
+5
20Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
2
4/22/2016
@
14
6
3
0
2
2
3
66.7
0
0
2
2
100.0
77.3
0
3
1
3
-8
21Karl Malone
K. Malone
2
4/30/2003
@
32
14
4
0
0
5
17
29.4
0
0
4
4
100.0
37.3
0
4
2
3
-15
22Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
2
6/11/1989
vs
33
24
13
1
0
10
19
52.6
0
0
4
4
100.0
57.8
3
10
2
1
23Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
2
6/8/1989
@
28
11
2
0
1
4
12
33.3
0
0
3
4
75.0
40.0
1
1
3
3
24Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
2
5/20/1989
vs
17
6
1
0
0
3
5
60.0
0
0
0
0
60.0
0
1
1
3
25Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
2
5/12/1989
@
21
8
1
0
0
2
3
66.7
0
0
4
4
100.0
84.0
0
1
1
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1965 playoffs.

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