highest assists for a single game in a nba game as 7th season in the playoffs

Magic Johnson had the most assists by a player in a playoff game in his 7th playoff, with 20 assists in Game 3 of the 1986 Western Conference Finals versus the Rockets.

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highest assists by a player for a single game in a NBA game as 7th 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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	5/16/1986	LAL	@	HOU	45	17	8	3	0	6	11	54.5	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	62.3	3	5	3	4
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	5/13/1986	LAL	vs	HOU	43	24	8	2	0	7	14	50.0	0	1	0.0	10	12	83.3	62.2	2	6	4	2
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	19	3/24/1967	PHI	vs	CIN	48	16	30			8	13	61.5				0	2	0.0	57.6				1
4	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	19	4/9/1957	BOS	vs	STL	45	21	8			8	21	38.1				5	8	62.5	42.8				3
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18	5/10/1986	LAL	vs	HOU	41	26	7	3	0	9	15	60.0	0	0		8	13	61.5	62.7	1	6	4	4
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18	4/17/1986	LAL	vs	SAS	33	13	3	1	0	6	9	66.7	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	65.8	0	3	9	1
7	Steve Nash S. Nash	17	5/13/2005	PHX	@	DAL	42	27	3	2	0	12	21	57.1	1	5	20.0	2	3	66.7	60.5	0	3	7	1	+13
8	Fat Lever F. Lever	17	4/28/1989	DEN	@	PHX	47	20	12	4	0	8	21	38.1	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	45.7	2	10	5	3
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17	5/8/1986	LAL	@	DAL	43	21	6	3	0	5	14	35.7	0	0		11	13	84.6	53.2	1	5	3	3
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17	4/23/1986	LAL	@	SAS	32	14	10	2	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		6	8	75.0	73.5	4	6	2	4
11	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	16	4/16/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	35	16	7	1	0	6	18	33.3	2	9	22.2	2	2	100.0	42.4	3	4	1	3	-15
12	John Stockton J. Stockton	16	5/12/1991	UTA	vs	POR	43	12	4	4	0	4	14	28.6	0	3	0.0	4	6	66.7	36.1	2	2	3	3
13	John Stockton J. Stockton	16	5/7/1991	UTA	@	POR	44	23	6	4	0	7	15	46.7	1	3	33.3	8	10	80.0	59.3	2	4	3	4
14	Chris Paul C. Paul	15	4/30/2015	LAC	@	SAS	44	19	4	4	0	7	21	33.3	1	7	14.3	4	4	100.0	41.7	0	4	1	1	+12
15	Steve Nash S. Nash	15	5/24/2005	PHX	vs	SAS	46	29	5	1	0	13	22	59.1	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	63.4	0	5	5	2	-1
16	Steve Nash S. Nash	15	4/27/2005	PHX	vs	MEM	41	12	2	1	0	5	16	31.3	0	4	0.0	2	2	100.0	35.5	1	1	4	3	+4
17	John Stockton J. Stockton	15	5/11/1991	UTA	vs	POR	40	18	6	3	0	6	11	54.5	2	4	50.0	4	4	100.0	70.5	1	5	3	3
18	John Stockton J. Stockton	15	4/25/1991	UTA	@	PHX	31	18	1	1	0	8	11	72.7	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	75.8	0	1	1	3
19	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	15	4/4/1971	MIL	vs	SFW	27	12	5			4	13	30.8				4	5	80.0	39.5				0
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	14	4/23/2017	OKC	vs	HOU	39	35	14	3	1	10	28	35.7	3	8	37.5	12	13	92.3	51.9	0	14	5	2	+14
21	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	14	4/18/2017	CHI	@	BOS	40	11	9	5	0	5	11	45.5	0	3	0.0	1	2	50.0	46.3	2	7	3	1	+24
22	Jeff Teague J. Teague	14	5/6/2016	ATL	vs	CLE	36	19	1	0	0	7	17	41.2	2	6	33.3	3	4	75.0	50.6	0	1	1	3	-11
23	Hedo Turkoglu H. Turkoglu	14	5/20/2009	ORL	@	CLE	41	15	6	0	0	4	11	36.4	1	2	50.0	6	6	100.0	55.0	0	6	2	1	0
24	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	14	4/19/2003	NJN	vs	MIL	38	14	6	3	0	6	10	60.0	2	4	50.0	0	0		70.0	1	5	4	2	+20
25	Gary Payton G. Payton	14	5/1/1997	SEA	@	PHX	53	28	7	2	1	9	20	45.0	5	11	45.5	5	6	83.3	61.8	2	5	3	2	+7