most assists by a player in a playoff game last 4 years

Between May 9, 2021 and May 9, 2025, Trae Young and James Harden are tied for the most assists in a playoff game, with 18 assists.

	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	Trae Young T. Young	18	6/14/2021	ATL	vs	PHI	40	25	4	1	0	8	26	30.8	3	11	27.3	6	8	75.0	42.3	1	3	2	3	+7
2	James Harden J. Harden	18	5/30/2021	BKN	@	BOS	40	23	5	2	2	8	12	66.7	2	5	40.0	5	6	83.3	78.6	1	4	6	3	+8
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	James Harden J. Harden	15	4/28/2022	PHI	@	TOR	42	22	6	0	0	7	12	58.3	2	5	40.0	6	6	100.0	75.1	0	6	3	3	+38
9	Ja Morant J. Morant	15	4/23/2022	MEM	@	MIN	34	11	8	1	0	4	13	30.8	0	2	0.0	3	3	100.0	38.4	0	8	2	4	-6
10	Chris Paul C. Paul	15	6/9/2021	PHX	vs	DEN	31	17	5	0	1	6	10	60.0	2	2	100.0	3	3	100.0	75.1	1	4	0	2	+26
11	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	15	5/29/2021	MIL	@	MIA	36	20	12	0	2	8	18	44.4	0	4	0.0	4	6	66.7	48.4	0	12	2	4	+21
12	Mike Conley M. Conley	15	5/26/2021	UTA	vs	MEM	37	20	4	0	0	8	16	50.0	3	5	60.0	1	1	100.0	60.8	2	2	2	4	+4
13	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	15	5/24/2021	MIL	vs	MIA	31	11	7	2	0	5	12	41.7	1	4	25.0	0	0		45.8	2	5	2	2	+37
14	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	15	5/23/2021	PHI	vs	WAS	38	6	15	1	1	3	9	33.3	0	1	0.0	0	6	0.0	25.8	8	7	2	4	+18
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Chris Paul C. Paul	14	4/22/2022	PHX	@	NOP	40	28	4	1	0	10	18	55.6	1	6	16.7	7	8	87.5	65.1	2	2	0	2	+10
21	Chris Paul C. Paul	14	4/19/2022	PHX	vs	NOP	36	17	1	1	0	5	16	31.3	2	6	33.3	5	5	100.0	46.7	0	1	0	3	-12
22	James Harden J. Harden	14	4/16/2022	PHI	vs	TOR	40	22	5	1	1	6	17	35.3	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	54.8	2	3	1	0	+14
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	14	6/6/2021	DAL	@	LAC	45	46	7	0	0	17	30	56.7	5	11	45.5	7	11	63.6	66.0	0	7	6	3	-9
24	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	14	6/2/2021	DAL	@	LAC	43	42	8	1	0	17	37	45.9	6	12	50.0	2	3	66.7	54.8	1	7	4	2	+15
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	14	5/31/2021	WAS	vs	PHI	42	19	21	2	0	3	19	15.8	0	4	0.0	13	16	81.3	36.5	6	15	4	5	+1