highest assists for a single game in a nba game as 4th season in the playoffs

John Stockton had the most assists by a player in a playoff game in his 4th playoff, with 24 assists in Game 5 of the 1988 Western Conference Semifinals against the Lakers.

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highest assists by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 4th 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	24	5/17/1988	UTA	@	LAL	48	23	3	5	0	8	16	50.0	0	0		7	9	77.8	57.6	0	3	3	3
2	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	22	5/16/1988	ATL	vs	BOS	38	14	4	3	0	5	12	41.7	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	54.3	1	3	1	3
3	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	20	4/22/2011	BOS	@	NYK	41	15	11	2	0	5	13	38.5	0	0		5	6	83.3	48.0	6	5	4	4	+23
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	20	5/21/1988	UTA	@	LAL	48	29	1	5	0	10	15	66.7	1	3	33.3	8	8	100.0	78.3	0	1	5	2
5	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	19	4/26/1992	PHX	vs	SAS	43	21	4	2	0	6	13	46.2	0	1	0.0	9	10	90.0	60.3	1	3	3	2
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	5/18/1983	LAL	vs	SAS	45	16	11	2	1	7	12	58.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	62.1			4	3
7	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	18	5/1/1990	HOU	vs	LAL	46	23	5	1	1	9	12	75.0	3	4	75.0	2	6	33.3	78.6	0	5	6	1
8	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	18	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	39	16	5	2	0	7	17	41.2	0	3	0.0	2	2	100.0	44.7	2	3	2	6
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18	4/24/1983	LAL	vs	POR	39	19	9	7	1	8	15	53.3	0	0		3	3	100.0	58.2	3	6	3	4
10	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	17	4/24/1992	PHX	vs	SAS	42	24	2	0	0	10	20	50.0	0	0		4	7	57.1	52.0	0	2	4	1
11	John Stockton J. Stockton	17	5/19/1988	UTA	vs	LAL	44	14	5	3	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		6	9	66.7	54.0	2	3	5	3
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17	5/15/1983	LAL	@	SAS	44	31	8	1	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		13	15	86.7	75.2	2	6	3	3
13	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	16	5/14/2000	PHX	vs	LAL	37	22	10	2	0	8	13	61.5	4	6	66.7	2	3	66.7	76.8	2	8	3	3	+28
14	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	16	5/9/1992	PHX	vs	POR	42	16	2	4	0	4	8	50.0	0	0		8	10	80.0	64.5	0	2	3	4
15	John Stockton J. Stockton	16	5/8/1988	UTA	@	LAL	39	7	1	4	0	3	13	23.1	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	26.0	1	0	3	4
16	John Stockton J. Stockton	16	5/4/1988	UTA	vs	POR	41	17	4	4	1	6	10	60.0	0	2	0.0	5	7	71.4	65.0	2	2	5	3
17	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	16	5/7/1986	MIL	vs	PHI	47	23	10	0	0	4	7	57.1	0	0		15	17	88.2	79.4	5	5	4	4
18	Johnny Moore J. Moore	16	4/26/1985	SAS	vs	DEN	36	17	10	4	2	7	10	70.0	0	0		3	6	50.0	67.2	1	9	3	3
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	5/20/1983	LAL	@	SAS	48	2	15	2	1	1	6	16.7	0	0		0	4	0.0	12.9	9	6	3	2
20	John Wall J. Wall	15	4/14/2018	WAS	@	TOR	39	23	3	4	2	6	20	30.0	3	5	60.0	8	10	80.0	47.1	0	3	5	3	+2
21	Steve Nash S. Nash	15	5/9/2002	DAL	vs	SAC	45	15	4	3	0	5	19	26.3	2	10	20.0	3	3	100.0	36.9	0	4	3	4	+3
22	Mark Price M. Price	15	4/25/1992	CLE	vs	NJN	35	15	4	2	0	5	10	50.0	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	59.3	0	4	5	1
23	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	15	5/8/1988	ATL	vs	MIL	36	14	7	4	0	3	7	42.9	0	2	0.0	8	8	100.0	66.5	0	7	6	4
24	Rickey Green R. Green	15	4/23/1987	UTA	vs	GSW	39	15	6	1	0	7	14	50.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	51.9	1	5	4	2
25	Paul Pressey P. Pressey	15	5/11/1986	MIL	vs	PHI	43	11	5	2	1	3	8	37.5	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	51.7	3	2	4	4