Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Geoff Huston had the most assists in a game, with 27 assists against the Warriors on January 27, 1982.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in a regular-season game in the 1980s

	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	Geoff Huston G. Huston	27	1/27/1982	CLE	vs	GSW	46	24	1	0	0	10	17	58.8	0	0		4	6	66.7	61.1	0	1	4	2
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	26	4/14/1988	UTA	vs	POR	45	17	3	2	0	6	9	66.7	0	2	0.0	5	5	100.0	75.9	1	2	2	3
3	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	25	2/23/1987	SEA	vs	LAC	41	8	8	1	4	3	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	68.0	0	8	3	2
4	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	25	2/13/1985	DET	vs	DAL	41	23	5	2	0	10	18	55.6	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	56.9	0	5	5	4
5	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
6	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	24	2/7/1985	DET	@	WAS	50	25	10	2	1	9	27	33.3	1	3	33.3	6	9	66.7	40.4	4	6	2	1
7	John Lucas J. Lucas	24	4/15/1984	SAS	vs	DEN	28	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	0	2	4
8	Kevin Porter K. Porter	24	3/23/1980	WAS	vs	DET	44	12	1			5	15	33.3	0			2	4	50.0	35.8				1
9	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
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	23	4/20/1988	LAL	@	DAL	42	8	10	0	1	1	7	14.3	0	0		6	8	75.0	38.0	2	8	8	2
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	23	2/21/1984	LAL	vs	SEA	36	9	5	2	0	4	10	40.0	0	2	0.0	1	3	33.3	39.8	0	5	3	3
12	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	23	2/5/1982	BOS	vs	DEN	38	15	4	0	0	7	15	46.7	0	0		1	3	33.3	46.0	0	4	1	3
13	John Stockton J. Stockton	22	1/8/1987	UTA	vs	LAL	43	11	5	1	0	5	10	50.0	0	1	0.0	1	3	33.3	48.6	2	3	2	2
14	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	22	3/3/1984	CHI	vs	ATL	37	10	2	2	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	72.7	0	2	4	4
15	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	22	1/14/1984	CHI	vs	NYK	41	8	5	4	0	3	10	30.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	36.8	3	2	3	1
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	22	11/17/1983	LAL	vs	CLE	37	23	9	3	1	8	13	61.5	0	1	0.0	7	10	70.0	66.1	1	8	2	1
17	Allen Leavell A. Leavell	22	1/25/1983	HOU	vs	NJN	41	24	7	1	0	9	15	60.0	0	3	0.0	6	7	85.7	66.4	2	5	5	3
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	John Stockton J. Stockton	21	4/20/1988	UTA	@	LAC	38	13	1	5	0	4	11	36.4	0	0		5	6	83.3	47.7	0	1	3	4
25	John Stockton J. Stockton	21	3/22/1988	UTA	vs	PHX	42	16	5	2	2	6	10	60.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	68.0	1	4	3	3