Before 2007-08, Kobe Bryant had his most assists in a game against the Wizards on February 12, 2002, with 15 assists.

Interpreted as:

kobe most assist in a regular-season game before 2008

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	15	2/12/2002	LAL	vs	WAS	43	23	11	1	1	9	20	45.0	0	1	0.0	5	9	55.6	48.0	1	10	2	3	+3
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	14	12/17/2004	LAL	vs	WAS	50	36	10	2	1	9	22	40.9	3	7	42.9	15	22	68.2	56.8	1	9	5	1	-3
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	14	12/10/2002	LAL	@	GSW	42	19	5	3	0	6	12	50.0	1	1	100.0	6	7	85.7	63.0	0	5	5	5	+1
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	14	12/8/2002	LAL	vs	UTA	39	25	4	5	0	9	18	50.0	0	1	0.0	7	9	77.8	56.9	0	4	5	4	+6
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	13	4/1/2007	LAL	vs	SAC	38	19	2	3	1	6	14	42.9	1	2	50.0	6	6	100.0	57.1	0	2	4	1	+13
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	13	3/3/2004	LAL	@	HOU	46	18	8	0	0	7	19	36.8	0	5	0.0	4	4	100.0	43.4	0	8	4	2	+9
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12	12/16/2004	LAL	@	SAC	41	31	6	2	2	10	17	58.8	3	8	37.5	8	10	80.0	72.4	0	6	4	2	+15
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12	12/29/2002	LAL	vs	TOR	35	13	9	2	1	5	15	33.3	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	39.8	1	8	3	3	+4
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12	11/3/2002	LAL	vs	POR	50	33	14	1	0	11	19	57.9	2	6	33.3	9	11	81.8	69.2	5	9	4	5	+7
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12	11/1/2002	LAL	@	LAC	41	33	15	2	1	12	18	66.7	1	2	50.0	8	8	100.0	76.7	5	10	4	3	+7
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12	11/20/2001	LAL	@	LAC	42	25	4	3	1	7	14	50.0	3	3	100.0	8	10	80.0	67.9	0	4	4	2	+3
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	12	12/17/1999	LAL	@	MIN	44	28	7	1	0	10	24	41.7	0	2	0.0	8	9	88.9	50.1	3	4	4	5	+7
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11	12/22/2006	LAL	@	NJN	40	21	6	0	0	4	13	30.8	2	5	40.0	11	12	91.7	57.4	0	6	3	4	+2
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11	3/17/2006	LAL	@	NJN	45	24	2	1	1	9	24	37.5	2	8	25.0	4	4	100.0	46.6	0	2	7	5	-4
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11	2/25/2005	LAL	vs	DET	40	20	4	1	0	6	12	50.0	1	3	33.3	7	7	100.0	66.3	0	4	6	4	-22
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11	12/8/2004	LAL	vs	PHX	45	20	14	2	0	7	23	30.4	4	10	40.0	2	3	66.7	41.1	3	11	8	3	-1
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11	11/30/2004	LAL	@	MIL	43	20	7	1	2	4	13	30.8	2	6	33.3	10	12	83.3	54.7	3	4	4	2	+1
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11	11/17/2004	LAL	vs	LAC	45	23	6	5	2	9	16	56.3	0	1	0.0	5	5	100.0	63.2	0	6	5	5	+15
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11	1/20/2003	LAL	vs	LAC	45	26	8	3	2	8	18	44.4	1	3	33.3	9	9	100.0	59.2	0	8	4	2	+5
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11	1/10/2003	LAL	vs	CLE	34	21	10	4	1	7	12	58.3	0	2	0.0	7	10	70.0	64.0	3	7	5	2	+25
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11	12/3/2002	LAL	vs	MEM	41	24	10	1	3	11	16	68.8	1	2	50.0	1	1	100.0	73.0	2	8	3	1	+14
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11	12/1/2002	LAL	vs	MIN	41	22	5	0	1	9	15	60.0	1	3	33.3	3	5	60.0	64.0	2	3	5	1	-2
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11	11/24/2002	LAL	vs	MIL	44	15	11	1	0	6	15	40.0	0	3	0.0	3	3	100.0	46.0	2	9	2	3	+10
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11	3/17/2002	LAL	vs	DAL	41	14	9	1	0	5	14	35.7	1	1	100.0	3	3	100.0	45.7	0	9	1	1	+10
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11	2/27/2002	LAL	@	MIN	42	20	5	0	0	8	25	32.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	37.4	1	4	2	4	-7