most assists before 1970 in a single game

Before 1969-70, Guy Rodgers and Bob Cousy were tied for the most assists in a game, with 28 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player before 1970 in a single regular-season game

	NAME	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	28	3/14/1963	SFW	vs	STL	48	14	5	6	11	54.5	2	2	100.0	58.9	4
2	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	28	2/27/1959	BOS	vs	MIN	45	31	5	10	18	55.6	11	12	91.7	66.6	3
3	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	24	12/21/1966	CHI	vs	NYK	46	18	2	6	16	37.5	6	8	75.0	46.1	1
4	Jerry West J. West	23	2/1/1967	LAL	vs	PHI		24	6	9	18	50.0	6	9	66.7	54.6	3
5	Art Williams A. Williams	22	12/28/1968	SDR	@	PHX	42	8	9	4	9	44.4	0	1	0.0	42.4	5
6	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	22	3/5/1966	CIN	vs	NYK	53	44	8	16	22	72.7	12	12	100.0	80.6	4
7	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	22	10/29/1961	CIN	vs	SYR		26	11	6	12	50.0	14	17	82.4	66.7	1
8	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	21	10/31/1968	MIL	vs	DET		15		5			5	6	83.3
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	21	2/2/1968	PHI	vs	DET	48	22	25	9	13	69.2	4	12	33.3	60.2	0
10	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	21	2/14/1964	CIN	vs	NYK	48	29	11	11	23	47.8	7	10	70.0	52.9	4
11	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	21	12/21/1960	BOS	vs	STL		25		9			7	10	70.0		2
12	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	21	12/12/1958	NYK	vs	STL		18		8			2	3	66.7		3
13	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	20	3/4/1969	CIN	@	PHX	42	23	7	10	13	76.9	3	3	100.0	80.3	3
14	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	20	10/18/1966	CHI	vs	SFW	41	22	10	8	20	40.0	6	6	100.0	48.6	5
15	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	20	2/28/1965	CIN		NYK	48	27	9	10	17	58.8	7	7	100.0	67.2	1
16	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	20	12/28/1964	CIN	vs	SFW	48	35	8	12	22	54.5	11	11	100.0	65.2	2
17	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	20	3/1/1963	SFW		CIN	43	14	4	5	14	35.7	4	5	80.0	43.2	5
18	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	20	3/2/1962	PHI		NYK	48	11	7	1	4	25.0	9	12	75.0	59.3	5
19	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	20	12/11/1961	CIN		CHI	47	32	15	12	24	50.0	8	13	61.5	53.8	3
20	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	20	2/19/1961	CIN	vs	LAL		43	9	15			13	15	86.7		5
21	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	20	12/1/1960	PHI	vs	LAL		6	9	2	11	18.2	2	2	100.0	25.3	3
22	Bob Davies B. Davies	20	1/22/1955	ROC	vs	BOS		25		4	15	26.7	17	21	81.0	51.6	3
23	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman M. Abdul-Rahman	19	3/9/1969	ATL	vs	CIN	34	10	2	4	7	57.1	2	2	100.0	63.5	3
24	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	19	3/19/1968	PHI	vs	CIN	53	22	27	10	22	45.5	2	10	20.0	41.7	1
25	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	19	3/16/1968	STL	vs	SEA	38	19	6	7	18	38.9	5	10	50.0	42.4	2