most assists in an individual game 22 may nba

Magic Johnson has the most assists in a game on May 22, with 19 assists in Game 5 of the 1985 Western Conference Finals versus the Nuggets.

	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	5/22/1985	LAL	vs	DEN	28	17	6	2	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		1	1	100.0	58.9	1	5	3	2
2	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	18	5/22/1988	ATL	@	BOS	39	16	5	2	0	7	17	41.2	0	3	0.0	2	2	100.0	44.7	2	3	2	6
3	Tony Parker T. Parker	14	5/22/2007	SAS	vs	UTA	39	17	3	2	0	7	12	58.3	1	1	100.0	2	4	50.0	61.8	0	3	7	2	+9
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	13	5/22/2023	DEN	@	LAL	45	30	14	1	3	11	24	45.8	3	6	50.0	5	6	83.3	56.3	3	11	3	5	+6
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	13	5/22/2021	POR	@	DEN	40	34	2	0	0	10	25	40.0	5	12	41.7	9	9	100.0	58.7	0	2	2	2	+25
6	Steve Nash S. Nash	13	5/22/2005	PHX	vs	SAS	40	29	4	1	1	12	22	54.5	0	0		5	5	100.0	59.9	0	4	6	5	+4
7	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	12	5/22/2026	OKC	@	SAS	36	26	2	0	1	6	17	35.3	2	4	50.0	12	12	100.0	58.3	0	2	2	2	+11
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	12	5/22/2016	OKC	vs	GSW	32	30	8	2	0	10	19	52.6	1	5	20.0	9	11	81.8	62.9	2	6	4	3	+41
9	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	12	5/22/2010	BOS	vs	ORL	34	11	3	4	0	4	14	28.6	0	0		3	7	42.9	32.2	1	2	3	1	+25
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	11	5/22/2022	GSW	@	DAL	39	31	5	0	0	10	20	50.0	5	10	50.0	6	6	100.0	68.5	1	4	3	5	+19
11	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	11	5/22/2021	DAL	@	LAC	41	31	10	1	2	11	24	45.8	5	11	45.5	4	7	57.1	57.2	1	9	3	3	+19
12	LeBron James L. James	11	5/22/2015	CLE	@	ATL	39	30	9	0	1	10	22	45.5	2	7	28.6	8	11	72.7	55.9	1	8	4	1	+20
13	Steve Nash S. Nash	11	5/22/2006	PHX	vs	LAC	38	29	2	1	0	11	16	68.8	4	5	80.0	3	4	75.0	81.6	0	2	4	2	+12
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11	5/22/1983	LAL	@	PHI	43	19	9	1	0	8	15	53.3	0	0		3	3	100.0	58.2	5	4	3	4
15	LeBron James L. James	10	5/22/2013	MIA	vs	IND	47	30	10	0	3	12	24	50.0	2	6	33.3	4	7	57.1	55.4	3	7	4	5	+3
16	LeBron James L. James	10	5/22/2011	MIA	vs	CHI	44	22	6	2	2	6	13	46.2	1	2	50.0	9	9	100.0	64.9	1	5	0	4	+16
17	Deron Williams D. Williams	10	5/22/2007	UTA	@	SAS	42	26	4	3	0	10	19	52.6	1	2	50.0	5	8	62.5	57.7	1	3	6	3	-14
18	John Stockton J. Stockton	10	5/22/1992	UTA	vs	POR	47	14	3	1	1	5	13	38.5	0	3	0.0	4	4	100.0	47.4	2	1	3	2
19	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	10	5/22/1988	BOS	vs	ATL	47	13	1	0	0	5	10	50.0	2	6	33.3	1	1	100.0	62.3	0	1	1	4
20	LeBron James L. James	9	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	48	40	10	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
21	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	9	5/22/1999	LAL	vs	SAS	41	13	3	0	0	5	11	45.5	1	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	54.7	0	3	1	2	-1
22	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	9	5/22/1995	SAS	vs	HOU	39	18	2	1	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		0	0		64.3	1	1	1	2
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	9	5/22/1993	HOU	@	SEA	50	23	17	2	3	7	15	46.7	0	1	0.0	9	10	90.0	59.3	3	14	3	4
24	Julius Erving J. Erving	9	5/22/1983	PHI	vs	LAL	39	20	10	1	5	8	18	44.4	0	0		4	6	66.7	48.4	4	6	1	2
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	8	5/22/2025	OKC	vs	MIN	42	38	3	3	0	12	21	57.1	1	2	50.0	13	15	86.7	68.8	0	3	1	5	+25

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