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

	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	12	4/23/2002	UTA	@	SAC	39	13	4	2	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		5	5	100.0	58.0	0	4	1	3	+9
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	12	4/20/2002	UTA	@	SAC	35	10	4	3	0	4	10	40.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	46.0	1	3	5	4	0
3	John Stockton J. Stockton	9	4/29/2002	UTA	vs	SAC	38	12	3	2	1	5	12	41.7	1	4	25.0	1	1	100.0	48.2	1	2	1	3	-6
4	LeBron James L. James	8	4/27/2025	LAL	@	MIN	46	27	12	3	3	5	9	55.6	2	4	50.0	15	18	83.3	79.8	3	9	3	2	-4
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	8	4/19/2003	UTA	@	SAC	41	25	7	1	0	10	23	43.5	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	47.1	2	5	5	4	+3
6	LeBron James L. James	7	4/22/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	21	11	1	1	8	19	42.1	1	5	20.0	4	4	100.0	50.6	3	8	2	4	+9
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	7	4/27/2002	UTA	vs	SAC	29	15	5	4	0	5	9	55.6	1	2	50.0	4	5	80.0	67.0	1	4	1	6	+6
8	LeBron James L. James	6	4/30/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	22	7	2	0	9	21	42.9	1	5	20.0	3	6	50.0	46.5	2	5	3	2	-14
9	LeBron James L. James	4	4/25/2025	LAL	@	MIN	41	38	10	2	2	13	21	61.9	5	9	55.6	7	10	70.0	74.8	3	7	1	0	-10
10	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	4	4/19/2016	SAS	vs	MEM	26	3	9	1	1	0	1	0.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	54.3	1	8	2	1	+8
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	4	4/26/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	44	20	11	4	1	7	20	35.0	0	0		6	11	54.5	40.3	1	10	2	2	+2
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	4	5/14/1989	LAL	@	SEA	22	6	7	0	2	3	11	27.3	0	0		0	0		27.3	3	4	3	3
13	LeBron James L. James	3	4/19/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	36	19	5	2	3	8	18	44.4	1	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	50.3	1	4	4	0	-22
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	3	4/28/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	44	24	8	1	1	6	12	50.0	0	0		12	14	85.7	66.1	3	5	4	4	-12
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	3	4/21/2003	UTA	@	SAC	30	15	4	2	0	6	12	50.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	54.5	1	3	7	2	-9
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	3	6/13/1989	LAL	vs	DET	29	7	3	0	2	2	8	25.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	35.9	1	2	2	3
17	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2	5/2/2016	SAS	vs	OKC	28	2	9	0	0	1	8	12.5	0	0		0	0		12.5	2	7	1	3	-2
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2	4/30/2016	SAS	vs	OKC	21	8	2	0	1	4	7	57.1	0	0		0	2	0.0	50.8	0	2	0	1	+28
19	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2	4/24/2016	SAS	@	MEM	19	7	2	0	3	3	5	60.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	64.3	1	1	1	0	+5
20	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2	4/22/2016	SAS	@	MEM	14	6	3	0	2	2	3	66.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	77.3	0	3	1	3	-8
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	2	4/30/2003	UTA	@	SAC	32	14	4	0	0	5	17	29.4	0	0		4	4	100.0	37.3	0	4	2	3	-15
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2	6/11/1989	LAL	vs	DET	33	24	13	1	0	10	19	52.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	57.8	3	10	2	1
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2	6/8/1989	LAL	@	DET	28	11	2	0	1	4	12	33.3	0	0		3	4	75.0	40.0	1	1	3	3
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2	5/20/1989	LAL	vs	PHX	17	6	1	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	0	1	1	3
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2	5/12/1989	LAL	@	SEA	21	8	1	0	0	2	3	66.7	0	0		4	4	100.0	84.0	0	1	1	2