most assists by a player in a playoff game last 3 years

Between May 9, 2022 and May 9, 2025, Nikola Jokić has the most assists in a playoff game, with 17 assists in Game 3 of the 2023 Western Conference Semifinals versus the Suns.

	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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	17	5/5/2023	DEN	@	PHX	42	30	17	0	1	11	19	57.9	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	66.6	6	11	6	3	+5
2	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	16	4/26/2024	IND	vs	MIL	46	18	10	0	1	8	22	36.4	1	12	8.3	1	1	100.0	40.1	5	5	4	1	+16
3	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
4	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	15	4/27/2025	IND	@	MIL	34	17	8	1	0	6	11	54.5	2	5	40.0	3	4	75.0	66.6	0	8	5	0	+25
5	Trae Young T. Young	15	4/23/2023	ATL	vs	BOS	41	35	3	2	0	11	26	42.3	4	10	40.0	9	11	81.8	56.7	0	3	1	2	0
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	14	4/27/2024	DEN	@	LAL	41	33	14	1	1	10	20	50.0	2	5	40.0	11	11	100.0	66.4	5	9	3	4	-7
7	Tyler Herro T. Herro	14	4/24/2024	MIA	@	BOS	39	24	5	1	0	7	13	53.8	6	11	54.5	4	4	100.0	81.3	0	5	3	3	+21
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	14	6/1/2023	DEN	vs	MIA	40	27	10	1	1	8	12	66.7	1	2	50.0	10	12	83.3	78.1	0	10	2	1	+14
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	14	5/16/2023	DEN	vs	LAL	42	34	21	0	2	12	17	70.6	3	3	100.0	7	8	87.5	82.8	6	15	5	4	+11
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	14	5/8/2023	GSW	@	LAL	42	31	10	3	0	12	30	40.0	3	14	21.4	4	4	100.0	48.8	3	7	2	5	+1
11	Andrew Nembhard A. Nembhard	13	5/6/2025	IND	@	CLE	36	13	7	2	0	5	13	38.5	0	4	0.0	3	5	60.0	42.8	2	5	8	5	+10
12	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	13	5/4/2025	IND	@	CLE	36	22	3	1	3	9	15	60.0	2	6	33.3	2	2	100.0	69.3	0	3	1	1	+11
13	James Harden J. Harden	13	5/3/2025	LAC	@	DEN	35	7	5	2	1	2	8	25.0	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	39.4	0	5	2	0	-29
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	13	4/29/2025	MIL	@	IND	44	30	20	2	2	9	17	52.9	1	2	50.0	11	17	64.7	61.3	2	18	7	5	-2
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	13	4/24/2025	DEN	@	LAC	37	23	13	1	0	9	14	64.3	2	3	66.7	3	4	75.0	73.0	1	12	2	1	-20
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	13	5/24/2024	DAL	@	MIN	41	32	10	0	0	10	23	43.5	5	11	45.5	7	7	100.0	61.3	1	9	4	0	+6
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	13	5/14/2024	DEN	vs	MIN	41	40	7	2	1	15	22	68.2	2	3	66.7	8	9	88.9	77.0	0	7	0	2	+21
18	James Harden J. Harden	13	5/3/2024	LAC	@	DAL	43	16	7	2	1	5	16	31.3	0	6	0.0	6	7	85.7	41.9	0	7	1	1	-6
19	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	13	5/3/2024	DAL	vs	LAC	43	28	7	1	1	9	26	34.6	1	10	10.0	9	11	81.8	45.4	1	6	5	5	+9
20	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	13	4/25/2024	NYK	@	PHI	45	39	2	0	0	13	27	48.1	3	7	42.9	10	12	83.3	60.4	0	2	4	3	-14
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	13	5/22/2023	DEN	@	LAL	45	30	14	1	3	11	24	45.8	3	6	50.0	5	6	83.3	56.3	3	11	3	5	+6
22	Trae Young T. Young	13	4/25/2023	ATL	@	BOS	44	38	4	2	0	14	33	42.4	5	13	38.5	5	5	100.0	54.0	0	4	4	4	+5
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	13	4/24/2023	MIL	@	MIA	38	26	10	1	2	12	22	54.5	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	54.7	3	7	6	3	+1
24	Ja Morant J. Morant	13	4/22/2023	MEM	@	LAL	42	45	9	0	0	13	26	50.0	6	10	60.0	13	14	92.9	70.0	3	6	3	2	+3
25	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	13	4/18/2023	CLE	vs	NYK	39	17	2	2	1	6	11	54.5	2	5	40.0	3	4	75.0	66.6	1	1	2	4	+24