Jason Kidd and Gary Payton were tied for the most assists in a game in 2002-03, with 18 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in a regular-season game in 2003

	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	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	18	3/22/2003	NJN	vs	MEM	39	14	6	0	0	5	10	50.0	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	57.4	1	5	2	2	-3
2	Gary Payton G. Payton	18	11/5/2002	SEA	@	HOU	40	20	7	1	0	7	21	33.3	0	2	0.0	6	7	85.7	41.5	1	6	1	2	+8
3	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	16	3/28/2003	NJN	@	NYK	30	8	7	3	0	3	6	50.0	2	3	66.7	0	0		66.7	1	6	1	2	+11
4	Jason Terry J. Terry	16	3/25/2003	ATL	vs	LAL	42	10	6	0	0	3	13	23.1	1	6	16.7	3	3	100.0	34.9	0	6	6	1	-16
5	Jason Williams J. Williams	16	3/19/2003	MEM	vs	CLE	32	16	2	2	0	7	12	58.3	2	5	40.0	0	0		66.7	0	2	0	0	+13
6	Brent Barry B. Barry	16	2/21/2003	SEA	vs	MIL	38	16	5	0	0	6	7	85.7	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	101.5	1	4	3	1	+21
7	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	16	1/22/2003	MIL	@	BOS	35	14	11	0	0	6	15	40.0	0	3	0.0	2	2	100.0	44.1	0	11	1	0	0
8	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	16	1/15/2003	NJN	@	PHI	42	9	4	3	0	4	21	19.0	1	9	11.1	0	0		21.4	3	1	3	5	0
9	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	16	1/10/2003	SAC	@	MIN	40	7	3	1	0	2	12	16.7	1	2	50.0	2	4	50.0	25.4	0	3	4	2	-6
10	Andre Miller A. Miller	16	11/28/2002	LAC	vs	NJN	48	37	3	2	0	14	24	58.3	2	5	40.0	7	7	100.0	68.3	2	1	1	4	+11
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	16	11/12/2002	SEA	@	WAS	42	14	4	2	0	6	18	33.3	0	3	0.0	2	3	66.7	36.2	1	3	1	3	+10
12	Steve Nash S. Nash	15	3/30/2003	DAL	@	MIN	31	14	5	1	0	6	12	50.0	1	4	25.0	1	1	100.0	56.3	2	3	2	1	+27
13	Anthony Carter A. Carter	15	3/25/2003	MIA	@	MIN	27	6	1	2	0	3	6	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	0	1	1	3	-6
14	Jason Williams J. Williams	15	3/24/2003	MEM	@	ORL	35	17	5	2	0	7	15	46.7	3	5	60.0	0	0		56.7	0	5	3	1	+15
15	Jason Williams J. Williams	15	3/21/2003	MEM	@	IND	33	10	5	2	0	3	13	23.1	3	9	33.3	1	1	100.0	37.2	0	5	0	2	+5
16	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	15	3/2/2003	NJN	vs	UTA	41	12	9	3	0	3	11	27.3	0	2	0.0	6	6	100.0	44.0	4	5	9	0	+6
17	Jason Williams J. Williams	15	2/28/2003	MEM	vs	MIA	35	18	3	1	0	5	12	41.7	3	6	50.0	5	6	83.3	61.5	0	3	6	4	+5
18	Troy Hudson T. Hudson	15	2/28/2003	MIN	vs	CLE	35	18	2	3	0	8	12	66.7	2	2	100.0	0	0		75.0	0	2	1	2	+27
19	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	15	2/23/2003	NJN	vs	ORL	43	26	11	6	0	9	25	36.0	3	9	33.3	5	5	100.0	47.8	5	6	3	1	-6
20	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	15	1/31/2003	PHX	@	LAC	41	19	4	5	0	5	11	45.5	0	1	0.0	9	10	90.0	61.7	0	4	3	5	+4
21	Eric Snow E. Snow	15	1/29/2003	PHI	vs	ATL	44	11	8	0	0	4	11	36.4	0	0		3	6	50.0	40.3	3	5	0	3	-17
22	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	15	1/26/2003	IND	vs	LAC	31	8	3	2	0	4	10	40.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		40.0	1	2	2	3	+5
23	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	15	11/28/2002	IND	vs	DAL	43	13	7	1	1	5	11	45.5	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	54.7	0	7	3	3	+13
24	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	15	11/11/2002	GSW	@	MEM	47	5	8	4	0	2	9	22.2	0	0		1	2	50.0	25.3	0	8	2	1	+9
25	Troy Hudson T. Hudson	14	4/13/2003	MIN	vs	CHI	27	4	2	2	0	2	7	28.6	0	2	0.0	0	0		28.6	0	2	4	1	+30