Bobby Washington had the most assists in a game in 1971-72, with 20 assists against the Trail Blazers on November 7, 1971.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in a single regular-season game in 1972

	NAME	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Bobby Washington B. Washington	20	11/7/1971	CLE	vs	POR	40	13	4	4	16	25.0	5	6	83.3	34.9	4
2	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	19	10/30/1971	SEA	vs	LAL	44	16	5	3	13	23.1	10	11	90.9	44.8	3
3	Jeff Mullins J. Mullins	18	3/17/1972	GSW	@	POR	44	16	5	7	18	38.9	2	2	100.0	42.4	3
4	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	18	1/9/1972	CIN	@	CHI	53	26	5	9	21	42.9	8	9	88.9	52.1	4
5	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	18	1/5/1972	CHI	@	PHI	36	15	7	7	13	53.8	1	4	25.0	50.8	3
6	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	18	11/26/1971	CIN	@	CLE	48	33	2	11	16	68.8	11	12	91.7	77.5	2
7	Jerry West J. West	18	11/26/1971	LAL	vs	DET	36	25	2	8	15	53.3	9	14	64.3	59.1	3
8	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	17	2/20/1972	SEA	vs	POR	42	25	2	9	12	75.0	7	9	77.8	78.3	3
9	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	17	2/6/1972	CIN	@	CHI	46	24	1	9	17	52.9	6	12	50.0	53.9	2
10	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	17	1/28/1972	CIN	vs	BAL		30	2	10	20	50.0	10	10	100.0	61.5	2
11	Jerry West J. West	17	12/26/1971	LAL	vs	HOU	38	34	1	10	13	76.9	14	17	82.4	83.0	3
12	Rick Adelman R. Adelman	17	11/19/1971	POR	vs	CLE	36	15	5	6	17	35.3	3	3	100.0	40.9	4
13	Ron Williams R. Williams	17	10/29/1971	GSW		CHI	47	11	3	3	8	37.5	5	6	83.3	51.7	4
14	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	17	10/14/1971	MIL	@	PHX	34	17	9	7	16	43.8	3	3	100.0	49.1	1
15	Jerry West J. West	16	3/15/1972	LAL	@	CIN	45	32	5	16	29	55.2	0	1	0.0	54.3	3
16	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	16	2/22/1972	BOS	vs	PHX	47	27	4	11	25	44.0	5	5	100.0	49.6	1
17	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	16	1/16/1972	CIN		CLE	46	41	4	14	25	56.0	13	15	86.7	64.9	4
18	Archie Clark A. Clark	16	1/13/1972	BAL	@	SEA	48	32	5	13	24	54.2	6	6	100.0	60.1	3
19	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	16	1/7/1972	CIN	@	DET		41	0	16	22	72.7	9	10	90.0	77.7
20	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	16	11/24/1971	CIN	vs	POR	48	33	3	13	22	59.1	7	14	50.0	58.6	3
21	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	15	2/23/1972	SEA	vs	DET	42	21	8	8	24	33.3	5	7	71.4	38.8	2
22	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	15	2/18/1972	SEA	vs	GSW	44	30	5	10	15	66.7	10	13	76.9	72.4	3
23	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	15	2/11/1972	BOS	vs	LAL	47	23	10	9	22	40.9	5	6	83.3	46.7	3
24	Butch Beard B. Beard	15	1/5/1972	CLE	vs	LAL	46	24	2	9	17	52.9	6	6	100.0	61.1	1
25	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	15	1/5/1972	SEA	vs	ATL	34	16	1	4	7	57.1	8	11	72.7	67.6	1