most assists in a game by a lakers player

Magic Johnson has the most assists for the Lakers in a game, with 24 assists on January 9, 1990 and on November 17, 1989.

Interpreted as:
most assists in a regular-season game by a lakers player
NAMEASTDATETMOPPMINPTSREBSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
24
1/9/1990
LAL LAL
@
PHX PHX
45
24
6
2
2
6
11
54.5
3
5
60.0
9
11
81.8
75.8
2
4
4
2
2Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
24
11/17/1989
LAL LAL
vs
DEN DEN
40
24
8
6
1
6
13
46.2
1
3
33.3
11
11
100.0
67.3
2
6
3
0
3Nick Van Exel
N. Van Exel
23
1/5/1997
LAL LAL
@
VAN VAN
44
8
8
1
0
3
12
25.0
0
4
0.0
2
2
100.0
31.1
1
7
2
0
+18
4Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
23
4/20/1988
LAL LAL
@
DAL DAL
42
8
10
0
1
1
7
14.3
0
0
6
8
75.0
38.0
2
8
8
2
5Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
23
2/21/1984
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
36
9
5
2
0
4
10
40.0
0
2
0.0
1
3
33.3
39.8
0
5
3
3
6Jerry West
J. West
23
2/1/1967
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
24
6
9
18
50.0
6
9
66.7
54.6
3
7Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
22
11/6/1990
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
49
24
6
3
0
8
16
50.0
1
4
25.0
7
7
100.0
62.9
1
5
5
3
8Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
22
11/17/1983
LAL LAL
vs
CLE CLE
37
23
9
3
1
8
13
61.5
0
1
0.0
7
10
70.0
66.1
1
8
2
1
9Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
21
12/16/1990
LAL LAL
vs
IND IND
39
29
7
1
0
7
14
50.0
0
0
15
16
93.8
68.9
2
5
7
2
10Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
21
12/15/1989
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
43
16
6
6
0
4
12
33.3
0
1
0.0
8
8
100.0
51.5
0
6
3
0
11Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
21
4/23/1989
LAL LAL
vs
SEA SEA
40
29
9
1
0
8
14
57.1
4
4
100.0
9
9
100.0
80.7
2
7
2
2
12Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
21
12/6/1988
LAL LAL
@
LAC LAC
41
25
8
2
0
7
16
43.8
0
3
0.0
11
11
100.0
60.0
2
6
4
2
13Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
21
1/15/1983
LAL LAL
@
ATL ATL
37
13
17
6
10
60.0
0
0
1
1
100.0
62.3
2
14Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20
11/28/1988
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
42
32
11
2
0
12
23
52.2
1
1
100.0
7
10
70.0
58.4
1
10
7
1
15Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20
3/10/1987
LAL LAL
vs
DEN DEN
28
11
5
3
0
4
8
50.0
0
0
3
3
100.0
59.0
1
4
4
2
16Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20
4/6/1986
LAL LAL
@
HOU HOU
42
20
5
3
0
9
18
50.0
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
53.0
1
4
6
3
17Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20
12/12/1985
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
31
13
4
0
0
3
6
50.0
0
1
0.0
7
7
100.0
71.6
0
4
3
0
18Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20
11/20/1985
LAL LAL
vs
LAC LAC
35
22
9
1
0
9
12
75.0
0
0
4
5
80.0
77.5
4
5
2
2
19Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20
12/19/1984
LAL LAL
@
HOU HOU
44
26
6
4
0
10
17
58.8
0
1
0.0
6
6
100.0
66.2
0
6
4
3
20Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20
12/18/1984
LAL LAL
@
ATL ATL
45
25
14
0
0
7
12
58.3
0
0
11
12
91.7
72.3
1
13
4
1
21Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20
11/25/1983
LAL LAL
vs
NJN NJN
37
19
7
1
1
3
7
42.9
0
0
13
14
92.9
72.2
1
6
3
1
22Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20
3/9/1983
LAL LAL
vs
SDC SDC
42
7
5
2
0
2
5
40.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
51.8
2
3
5
2
23Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20
1/26/1983
LAL LAL
vs
MIL MIL
46
9
12
0
0
4
11
36.4
0
0
1
4
25.0
35.3
2
10
4
4
24Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
20
1/5/1983
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
46
23
12
2
0
11
16
68.8
0
0
1
1
100.0
70.0
5
7
6
3
25Jerry West
J. West
20
11/7/1972
LAL LAL
vs
HOU HOU
35
10
3
5
18
27.8
0
1
0.0
27.1
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1982-83 season.

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Thunder Thunder
21
1
.955
2
Lakers Lakers
16
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.762
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15
6
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/7
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
7:30 PM
Wed
12/10
SAS SAS
@
LAL LAL
10:00 PM
Thu
12/18
LAL LAL
@
UTA UTA
9:00 PM
Sat
12/20
LAL LAL
@
LAC LAC
10:30 PM
Tue
12/23
LAL LAL
@
PHX PHX
9:00 PM
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Thunder Thunder
21
1
.955
2
Lakers Lakers
16
5
.762
4.5
3
Rockets Rockets
14
5
.737
5.5
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Spurs Spurs
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.773
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.667
2.5
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.652
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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
11/6
CHA CHA
@
MIA MIA
108-126
Thu
11/6
UTA UTA
@
MIN MIN
97-137
Thu
11/6
OKC OKC
@
SAC SAC
132-101
Thu
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GSW GSW
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DEN DEN
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Fri
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DAL DAL
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
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DAL DAL
@
OKC OKC
9:30 PM
Sat
12/6
NOP NOP
@
BKN BKN
5:00 PM
Sat
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WAS WAS
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