John Lucas had the most assists in a game in 1980-81, with 22 assists against the Nuggets on February 27, 1981.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in a regular-season game in 1981

	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 Lucas J. Lucas	22	2/27/1981	GSW	@	DEN	36	13	5	1	2	4	7	57.1	0	0		5	7	71.4	64.5	1	4	4	3
2	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	19	3/21/1981	NYK	vs	CLE	47	27	15	2	0	11	21	52.4	1	2	50.0	4	7	57.1	56.1			3	4
3	Kevin Porter K. Porter	19	2/25/1981	WAS	vs	NYK	45	12	1			5	9	55.6	0			2	4	50.0	55.8				5
4	John Lucas J. Lucas	19	2/15/1981	GSW	@	NJN	34	4	3	1	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	51.5	0	3	3	4
5	Johnny Moore J. Moore	19	1/11/1981	SAS	vs	WAS	42	17	4	3	0	5	15	33.3	0	1	0.0	7	10	70.0	43.8				3
6	Kevin Porter K. Porter	18	3/29/1981	WAS	vs	CLE	39	27	0	3	0	12	18	66.7	1	1	100.0	2	5	40.0	66.8	0	0	4	5
7	Wes Matthews W. Matthews	18	3/1/1981	ATL	vs	SEA	40	11	2		0	5	11	45.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	46.3	1	1	5	2
8	Kevin Porter K. Porter	18	2/6/1981	WAS	@	GSW	48	27	0	3	0	10	14	71.4	0	0		7	9	77.8	75.2	0	0	4	5
9	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	18	1/26/1981	LAL	vs	POR	36	23	4	4	0	11	21	52.4	0	0		1	2	50.0	52.6	1	3	1	1
10	Ray Williams R. Williams	18	11/14/1980	NYK	@	MIL	42	13	5	4	0	6	13	46.2	0			1	1	100.0	48.4			4	5
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17	3/29/1981	LAL	vs	DEN	47	33	15	6	1	14	26	53.8	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	55.9	3	12	8	5
12	Kevin Porter K. Porter	17	3/25/1981	WAS	vs	NYK	40	7	1			3	13	23.1	0			1	2	50.0	25.2				1
13	Kevin Porter K. Porter	17	2/10/1981	WAS	@	DEN	42	28	4	3	0	11	21	52.4	0	0		6	7	85.7	58.1	1	3	2	3
14	Kevin Porter K. Porter	17	2/8/1981	WAS	@	PHX	47	14	2	1	0	5	15	33.3	0	0		4	6	66.7	39.7	0	2	4	4
15	Kevin Porter K. Porter	17	1/25/1981	WAS	@	NJN	44	20	0			6	15	40.0	0			8	11	72.7	50.4	0	0		1
16	Kenny Higgs K. Higgs	16	3/29/1981	DEN	@	LAL	29	13	1	5	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		5	7	71.4	53.8	0	1	4	3
17	Kevin Porter K. Porter	16	3/28/1981	WAS	vs	DET	45	24	5			11	21	52.4	0			2	2	100.0	54.8				4
18	Brad Davis B. Davis	16	3/17/1981	DAL	vs	LAL	46	24	6	2	0	10	13	76.9	0	0		4	4	100.0	81.3	2	4	1	2
19	Brad Davis B. Davis	16	2/26/1981	DAL	@	KCK	42	12	2	3	1	5	9	55.6	0	0		2	2	100.0	60.7			4	4
20	Kevin Porter K. Porter	16	2/3/1981	WAS	@	POR	41	8	1	3	0	4	11	36.4	0	0		0	0		36.4	1	0	4	4
21	Phil Ford P. Ford	16	12/23/1980	KCK	@	CLE	35	11	0	0	0	5	10	50.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	50.6	0	0	6	4
22	Phil Ford P. Ford	16	12/16/1980	KCK	@	DEN	38	30	4	1	0	13	28	46.4	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	49.7	1	3	4	3
23	Phil Ford P. Ford	16	12/5/1980	KCK	vs	HOU	38	12	4	4	0	3	9	33.3	0			6	9	66.7	46.3			4	4
24	Foots Walker F. Walker	16	11/28/1980	NJN	vs	UTA	39	8	4		0	3	5	60.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	68.0				2
25	Ray Williams R. Williams	16	11/12/1980	NYK	@	PHI	41	24	9		0	9	20	45.0	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	51.0				5