most assist by a player in a nba playoff game scoring 20 points or more

John Stockton has the most assists with 20+ points in a playoff game, with 24 assists in Game 5 of the 1988 Western Conference Semifinals against the Lakers.

NAME AST PTS DATE TM OPP MIN REB STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 John Stockton
J. Stockton
24
23
5/17/1988
UTA UTA
@
LAL LAL
48
3
5
0
8
16
50.0
0
0
7
9
77.8
57.6
0
3
3
3
2 Tim Hardaway
T. Hardaway
20
27
5/14/1991
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
51
1
5
2
11
22
50.0
1
5
20.0
4
6
66.7
54.8
0
1
1
3
3 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20
21
5/28/1989
LAL LAL
@
PHX PHX
41
6
3
1
6
11
54.5
1
2
50.0
8
8
100.0
72.3
0
6
6
2
4 John Stockton
J. Stockton
20
29
5/21/1988
UTA UTA
@
LAL LAL
48
1
5
0
10
15
66.7
1
3
33.3
8
8
100.0
78.3
0
1
5
2
5 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20
22
6/4/1987
LAL LAL
vs
BOS BOS
31
5
3
0
10
17
58.8
0
0
2
2
100.0
61.5
2
3
2
2
6 Johnny Moore
J. Moore
20
26
4/27/1983
SAS SAS
vs
DEN DEN
38
5
1
1
13
24
54.2
0
0
0
0
54.2
0
5
1
4
7 Kevin Johnson
K. Johnson
19
21
4/26/1992
PHX PHX
vs
SAS SAS
43
4
2
0
6
13
46.2
0
1
0.0
9
10
90.0
60.3
1
3
3
2
8 John Stockton
J. Stockton
19
21
4/26/1992
UTA UTA
vs
LAC LAC
40
8
2
0
6
11
54.5
1
3
33.3
8
13
61.5
62.8
2
6
7
4
9 John Stockton
J. Stockton
19
22
5/2/1990
UTA UTA
@
PHX PHX
41
3
3
0
8
18
44.4
1
5
20.0
5
6
83.3
53.3
1
2
3
5
10 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
19
22
6/19/1988
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
45
4
2
0
5
12
41.7
0
1
0.0
12
13
92.3
62.1
2
2
2
2
11 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
19
24
5/13/1986
LAL LAL
vs
HOU HOU
43
8
2
0
7
14
50.0
0
1
0.0
10
12
83.3
62.2
2
6
4
2
12 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
19
34
5/7/1985
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
40
9
2
0
9
16
56.3
0
0
16
17
94.1
72.4
1
8
4
3
13 Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
19
21
4/22/1979
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
43
1
0
9
16
56.3
3
4
75.0
59.1
0
1
0
4
14 Jerry West
J. West
19
30
4/1/1973
LAL LAL
vs
CHI CHI
43
5
13
24
54.2
4
4
100.0
58.2
5
15 Walt Frazier
W. Frazier
19
36
5/8/1970
NYK NYK
vs
LAL LAL
44
7
12
17
70.6
12
12
100.0
80.8
3
16 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
19
23
4/7/1959
BOS BOS
@
MIN MIN
48
3
6
18
33.3
11
15
73.3
46.7
2
17 Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
19
21
4/9/1957
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
45
8
8
21
38.1
5
8
62.5
42.8
3
18 Trae Young
T. Young
18
25
6/14/2021
ATL ATL
vs
PHI PHI
40
4
1
0
8
26
30.8
3
11
27.3
6
8
75.0
42.3
1
3
2
3
+7
19 James Harden
J. Harden
18
23
5/30/2021
BKN BKN
@
BOS BOS
40
5
2
2
8
12
66.7
2
5
40.0
5
6
83.3
78.6
1
4
6
3
+8
20 Sleepy Floyd
S. Floyd
18
23
5/1/1990
HOU HOU
vs
LAL LAL
46
5
1
1
9
12
75.0
3
4
75.0
2
6
33.3
78.6
0
5
6
1
21 Kevin Johnson
K. Johnson
18
27
5/20/1989
PHX PHX
@
LAL LAL
46
3
0
0
10
18
55.6
1
1
100.0
6
6
100.0
65.4
1
2
4
4
22 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
18
26
5/10/1986
LAL LAL
vs
HOU HOU
41
7
3
0
9
15
60.0
0
0
8
13
61.5
62.7
1
6
4
4
23 Johnny Moore
J. Moore
18
25
5/8/1983
SAS SAS
@
LAL LAL
40
4
2
1
10
18
55.6
1
4
25.0
4
6
66.7
60.6
0
4
3
4
24 Jerry West
J. West
18
37
5/1/1970
LAL LAL
vs
NYK NYK
52
5
13
26
50.0
11
12
91.7
59.1
4
25 Jerry West
J. West
18
36
4/5/1970
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
46
1
13
27
48.1
10
13
76.9
55.0
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1965 playoffs.

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