Rod Strickland, Avery Johnson and Brevin Knight were tied for the most assists in a game in 1997-98, with 20 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in a regular-season game in 1998

	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	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	20	2/10/1998	WAS	@	GSW	42	21	12	2	0	7	18	38.9	0	1	0.0	7	9	77.8	47.8	3	9	5	2	+23
2	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	20	12/17/1997	SAS	vs	VAN	43	9	4	2	0	4	11	36.4	0	0		1	2	50.0	37.9	0	4	1	1	+13
3	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	20	12/10/1997	SAS	vs	LAC	44	9	3	2	1	3	5	60.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	66.6	0	3	4	1	+5
4	Brevin Knight B. Knight	20	11/22/1997	CLE	vs	WAS	37	13	2	4	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		5	6	83.3	75.2	0	2	3	4	+12
5	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	19	11/8/1997	WAS	@	MIA	44	14	2	2	0	5	14	35.7	0	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	42.1	1	1	4	5	-8
6	John Stockton J. Stockton	18	2/4/1998	UTA	vs	CHI	37	17	3	5	0	6	12	50.0	1	2	50.0	4	4	100.0	61.8	0	3	3	1	+19
7	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	18	1/23/1998	IND	vs	UTA	32	9	5	2	0	4	6	66.7	1	1	100.0	0	0		75.0	0	5	2	2	+16
8	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	18	1/7/1998	LAL	vs	MIL	25	6	1	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		60.0	0	1	4	2	+9
9	Charlie Ward C. Ward	17	4/18/1998	NYK	@	CHI	41	13	7	3	1	5	11	45.5	1	6	16.7	2	3	66.7	52.8	0	7	1	3	+5
10	Brevin Knight B. Knight	17	3/4/1998	CLE	vs	TOR	29	8	2	3	1	3	6	50.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	58.1	0	2	5	1	+26
11	Brevin Knight B. Knight	17	2/25/1998	CLE	vs	VAN	37	7	5	4	1	3	8	37.5	0	0		1	1	100.0	41.5	1	4	5	4	+10
12	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	17	2/14/1998	WAS	@	VAN	47	22	9	4	0	10	24	41.7	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	44.2	4	5	5	4	-1
13	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	17	1/15/1998	NJN	vs	LAC	43	18	6	2	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		0	2	0.0	60.5	3	3	3	6	0
14	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	17	11/26/1997	WAS	@	SAS	44	23	5	3	1	8	11	72.7	0	0		7	13	53.8	68.8	2	3	2	4	+4
15	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	17	11/22/1997	WAS	@	CLE	47	27	7	1	1	11	20	55.0	0	1	0.0	5	10	50.0	55.3	3	4	6	2	-10
16	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	16	4/17/1998	PHX	vs	UTA	41	12	5	5	4	4	9	44.4	0	0		4	4	100.0	55.8	0	5	4	1	+11
17	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	16	4/7/1998	MIN	vs	MIA	39	18	6	3	0	8	20	40.0	0	5	0.0	2	2	100.0	43.1	2	4	2	3	+3
18	Elliot Perry E. Perry	16	3/24/1998	MIL	vs	HOU	45	16	5	1	0	4	14	28.6	0	0		8	8	100.0	45.7	2	3	5	1	+13
19	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	16	2/20/1998	PHX	vs	CHA	35	11	6	1	0	4	8	50.0	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	61.9	0	6	4	1	+16
20	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	16	2/3/1998	PHX	@	TOR	35	22	5	2	0	7	10	70.0	3	4	75.0	5	7	71.4	84.1	0	5	1	3	+9
21	Brevin Knight B. Knight	16	1/22/1998	CLE	vs	SAC	35	10	1	5	0	4	5	80.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	85.0	0	1	3	5	+13
22	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	16	1/2/1998	TOR	vs	DET	45	11	5	2	0	5	17	29.4	0	5	0.0	1	2	50.0	30.8	1	4	3	1	-5
23	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	16	12/27/1997	WAS	@	HOU	39	14	2	0	0	4	13	30.8	0	0		6	8	75.0	42.4	0	2	4	1	-16
24	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	16	12/20/1997	MIN	vs	LAC	33	9	2	1	0	4	12	33.3	0	1	0.0	1	6	16.7	30.7	1	1	4	1	+10
25	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	16	11/14/1997	PHX	@	POR	56	6	7	5	0	2	8	25.0	1	3	33.3	1	1	100.0	35.5	1	6	6	1	-11