Magic Johnson has the most assists by an MVP in a game, with 24 assists on January 9, 1990 and on November 17, 1989.

Interpreted as:

most assists in a regular-season game vs mvp by a player

	NAME	AST	MVP	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24	1	1/9/1990	LAL	@	PHX	45	24	6	2	2	6	11	54.5	3	5	60.0	9	11	81.8	75.8	2	4	4	2
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24	1	11/17/1989	LAL	vs	DEN	40	24	8	6	1	6	13	46.2	1	3	33.3	11	11	100.0	67.3	2	6	3	0
3	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	22	1	12/17/2016	OKC	vs	PHX	34	26	11	2	1	9	17	52.9	1	2	50.0	7	7	100.0	64.7	0	11	5	3	+16
4	Steve Nash S. Nash	22	1	1/2/2006	PHX	@	NYK	55	28	5	1	0	10	25	40.0	3	13	23.1	5	6	83.3	50.7	2	3	4	5	-1
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	1	12/15/1989	LAL	@	BOS	43	16	6	6	0	4	12	33.3	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	51.5	0	6	3	0
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	1	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
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	1	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
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	21	1	2/2/1968	PHI	vs	DET	48	22	25			9	13	69.2				4	12	33.3	60.2				0
9	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	21	1	2/14/1964	CIN	vs	NYK	48	29	11			11	23	47.8				7	10	70.0	52.9				4
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	1	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
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	1	3/10/1987	LAL	vs	DEN	28	11	5	3	0	4	8	50.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	59.0	1	4	4	2
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	19	1	3/14/2017	OKC	@	BKN	35	25	12	2	1	6	18	33.3	2	7	28.6	11	13	84.6	52.7	1	11	5	3	+7
13	Steve Nash S. Nash	19	1	1/6/2006	PHX	vs	MIA	35	11	3	0	0	3	6	50.0	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	79.9	0	3	3	0	+24
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	1	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
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	1	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
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	1	4/12/1987	LAL	vs	PHX	35	19	3	4	2	5	10	50.0	0	0		9	12	75.0	62.2	0	3	2	1
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	1	3/22/1987	LAL	vs	SAC	40	33	12	3	1	12	21	57.1	1	1	100.0	8	10	80.0	65.0	2	10	5	3
18	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	1	3/18/1987	LAL	vs	UTA	38	27	11	2	0	6	15	40.0	0	1	0.0	15	16	93.8	61.3	3	8	4	1
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	1	3/4/1987	LAL	vs	SEA	41	31	9	2	2	12	19	63.2	1	1	100.0	6	7	85.7	70.2	2	7	2	1
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	1	1/30/1987	LAL	@	PHX	36	15	3	5	0	5	10	50.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	59.3	0	3	2	2
21	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	19	1	3/19/1968	PHI	vs	CIN	53	22	27			10	22	45.5				2	10	20.0	41.7				1
22	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	19	1	1/5/1964	CIN	vs	BAL	48	25	13			9	28	32.1				7	10	70.0	38.6				3
23	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	19	1	11/24/1956	BOS	vs	SYR	38	21				9	19	47.4				3	3	100.0	51.7				1
24	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	18	1	11/17/2023	DEN	@	NOP	36	26	16	1	1	10	20	50.0	1	8	12.5	5	5	100.0	58.6	2	14	4	2	+5
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	18	1	12/28/2020	DEN	vs	HOU	34	19	12	3	1	8	11	72.7	1	1	100.0	2	3	66.7	77.1	4	8	3	2	+20