John Stockton had the most assists in a game in 1988-89, with 24 assists versus the Rockets on January 3, 1989.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in a regular-season game in 1989

	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 Stockton J. Stockton	24	1/3/1989	UTA	@	HOU	45	26	1	6	0	12	16	75.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	77.0	1	0	1	3
2	Fat Lever F. Lever	23	4/21/1989	DEN	@	GSW	42	15	13	5	0	6	11	54.5	0	0		3	4	75.0	58.8	1	12	1	3
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	4/23/1989	LAL	vs	SEA	40	29	9	1	0	8	14	57.1	4	4	100.0	9	9	100.0	80.7	2	7	2	2
4	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	21	2/26/1989	PHX	@	LAL	45	30	2	4	1	11	16	68.8	0	0		8	11	72.7	72.0	0	2	4	3
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	21	2/14/1989	UTA	vs	DEN	34	22	2	3	1	6	8	75.0	0	0		10	11	90.9	85.7	1	1	2	4
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	12/6/1988	LAL	@	LAC	41	25	8	2	0	7	16	43.8	0	3	0.0	11	11	100.0	60.0	2	6	4	2
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	21	11/19/1988	UTA	vs	PHX	42	19	1	7	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		1	2	50.0	63.8	0	1	3	4
8	John Stockton J. Stockton	20	4/21/1989	UTA	@	DAL	42	19	2	8	0	5	14	35.7	1	4	25.0	8	10	80.0	51.6	0	2	5	4
9	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	20	4/15/1989	PHX	vs	SAS	38	21	4	4	1	9	17	52.9	0	0		3	3	100.0	57.3	0	4	3	4
10	Gary Grant G. Grant	20	4/6/1989	LAC	vs	POR	40	17	3	4	0	4	7	57.1	0	0		9	10	90.0	74.6	0	3	3	4
11	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	20	12/8/1988	LAC	vs	HOU	38	15	3	1	0	5	11	45.5	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	55.0	1	2	3	1
12	John Stockton J. Stockton	20	12/7/1988	UTA	vs	WAS	40	18	2	5	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		10	11	90.9	65.0	0	2	4	3
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	11/28/1988	LAL	@	PHI	42	32	11	2	0	12	23	52.2	1	1	100.0	7	10	70.0	58.4	1	10	7	1
14	Muggsy Bogues M. Bogues	19	4/23/1989	CHA	@	BOS	33	4	6	0	0	2	10	20.0	0	0		0	2	0.0	18.4	3	3	0	1
15	John Stockton J. Stockton	19	4/12/1989	UTA	vs	DEN	42	24	3	4	1	7	12	58.3	1	1	100.0	9	10	90.0	73.2	0	3	6	2
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	2/26/1989	LAL	vs	PHX	33	25	6	0	0	8	18	44.4	1	3	33.3	8	9	88.9	56.9	0	6	3	0
17	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	19	2/18/1989	SEA	@	POR	38	3	5	1	0	1	2	50.0	0	1	0.0	1	4	25.0	39.9	2	3	3	1
18	John Stockton J. Stockton	19	1/6/1989	UTA	@	CHI	43	5	2	2	0	1	2	50.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	66.5	0	2	0	2
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	11/9/1988	LAL	vs	DEN	38	18	6	0	0	7	12	58.3	0	0		4	6	66.7	61.5	0	6	4	3
20	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	18	4/13/1989	HOU	vs	PHX	40	9	7	0	0	4	13	30.8	1	4	25.0	0	0		34.6	0	7	3	4
21	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18	4/4/1989	LAL	@	SEA	38	15	9	1	0	7	12	58.3	1	3	33.3	0	0		62.5	0	9	2	1
22	John Stockton J. Stockton	18	4/4/1989	UTA	vs	DAL	38	13	3	4	0	5	12	41.7	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	48.8	1	2	4	3
23	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	18	3/31/1989	PHX	vs	MIL	47	17	3	1	0	2	10	20.0	0	0		13	14	92.9	52.6	0	3	7	0
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18	3/26/1989	LAL	vs	PHX	44	34	10	1	0	11	22	50.0	0	5	0.0	12	13	92.3	61.3	0	10	4	1
25	Gary Grant G. Grant	18	3/10/1989	LAC	vs	CLE	37	10	5	4	0	5	14	35.7	0	0		0	0		35.7	1	4	7	2