John Johnson has the most assists by a rookie forward in a game, with 16 assists versus the Buffalo Braves on December 19, 1970.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a rookie forward in a regular-season game

	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	John Johnson J. Johnson	16	12/19/1970	CLE	vs	BUF	45	26	9			8	19	42.1				10	10	100.0	55.6				4
2	Derek Anderson D. Anderson	14	11/28/1997	CLE	@	CHA	40	12	5	2	0	4	10	40.0	0	0		4	6	66.7	47.5	3	2	3	2	+2
3	Antoine Walker A. Walker	13	4/18/1997	BOS	@	PHI	46	23	12	2	1	11	26	42.3	0	2	0.0	1	3	33.3	42.1	6	6	3	3	+10
4	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	12	4/15/1989	SAS	@	PHX	41	9	4	1	2	4	14	28.6	0	0		1	1	100.0	31.2	0	4	8	5
5	John Johnson J. Johnson	12	2/19/1971	CLE	vs	CIN	44	16	9			7	15	46.7				2	4	50.0	47.7				3
6	John Johnson J. Johnson	12	12/26/1970	CLE	vs	BUF	43	33	12			8	21	38.1				17	20	85.0	55.4				4
7	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	12	2/22/1970	MIL	@	PHX	43	24	6			10	20	50.0				4	4	100.0	55.1				4
8	Maurice Stokes M. Stokes	12	1/14/1956	ROC	vs	SYR	45	26	38			11	18	61.1				4	8	50.0	60.4				4
9	Jim Tucker J. Tucker	12	2/20/1955	SYR	vs	NYK		12	10			6						0	0						3
10	Jonathan Mogbo J. Mogbo	11	4/9/2025	TOR	vs	CHA	38	17	10	3	0	7	16	43.8	1	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	50.4	3	7	4	1	+20
11	Kenyon Martin K. Martin	11	3/5/2001	NJN	vs	MIL	45	18	15	2	3	7	16	43.8	1	1	100.0	3	4	75.0	50.7	5	10	4	4	+2
12	Lamar Odom L. Odom	11	3/10/2000	LAC	vs	CHA	36	10	10	1	1	3	10	30.0	1	2	50.0	3	6	50.0	39.6	2	8	2	3	-10
13	Grant Hill G. Hill	11	2/24/1995	DET	@	SAS	33	9	5	0	1	4	13	30.8	0	0		1	4	25.0	30.5	0	5	1	5
14	Jim Jackson J. Jackson	11	3/28/1993	DAL	vs	SAS	34	18	3	1	0	8	15	53.3	0	3	0.0	2	3	66.7	55.1	2	1	2	3
15	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	11	12/5/1992	WAS	vs	IND	40	19	12	5	0	8	21	38.1	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	43.4	2	10	3	3
16	Bob Wilkerson B. Wilkerson	11	2/6/1977	SEA	vs	MIL	31	6	5			1	7	14.3				4	4	100.0	34.2				5
17	Kenny Sears K. Sears	11	1/4/1956	NYK		BOS		20	14			8						4	6	66.7					5
18	Jonathan Mogbo J. Mogbo	10	4/13/2025	TOR	@	SAS	35	9	14	4	0	4	14	28.6	0	5	0.0	1	2	50.0	30.2	4	10	2	3	+4
19	Amen Thompson A. Thompson	10	4/14/2024	HOU	@	LAC	40	18	11	3	3	8	9	88.9	0	0		2	3	66.7	87.2	5	6	3	5	+12
20	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	10	1/10/2024	SAS	@	DET	21	16	12	0	0	6	16	37.5	0	4	0.0	4	5	80.0	44.0	3	9	0	1	+15
21	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	10	3/12/2022	TOR	@	DEN	39	25	8	2	1	11	20	55.0	2	4	50.0	1	3	33.3	58.6	3	5	1	3	+15
22	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	10	1/12/2022	ORL	@	WAS	32	14	6	1	0	6	16	37.5	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	41.5	3	3	0	1	-12
23	Jae'Sean Tate J. Tate	10	5/8/2021	HOU	@	UTA	29	13	8	1	0	5	18	27.8	1	6	16.7	2	4	50.0	32.9	3	5	1	2	-4
24	Jae'Sean Tate J. Tate	10	1/14/2021	HOU	@	SAS	33	13	5	0	2	6	12	50.0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	50.5	3	2	2	2	+17
25	Bogdan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	10	3/9/2018	SAC	vs	ORL	27	8	3	1	0	3	12	25.0	2	8	25.0	0	0		33.3	1	2	2	4	+1