most assists in an nba playoff game by player after turning 39

John Stockton has the most assists by a player 39 or older in a playoff game, with 18 assists in Game 1 of the 2001 First Round against the Mavericks.

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most assists in an NBA playoff game by player after turning 39 years old

	NAME	AST	AGE	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	John Stockton J. Stockton	18	39-026	4/21/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	37	12	6	1	2	3	7	42.9	0	2	0.0	6	7	85.7	59.5	3	3	2	4	+19
2	LeBron James L. James	12	39-114	4/22/2024	LAL	@	DEN	38	26	8	2	2	9	19	47.4	3	6	50.0	5	7	71.4	58.9	0	8	2	3	+2
3	John Stockton J. Stockton	12	40-028	4/23/2002	UTA	@	SAC	39	13	4	2	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		5	5	100.0	58.0	0	4	1	3	+9
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	12	40-025	4/20/2002	UTA	@	SAC	35	10	4	3	0	4	10	40.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	46.0	1	3	5	4	0
5	LeBron James L. James	11	39-121	4/29/2024	LAL	@	DEN	44	30	9	4	0	11	21	52.4	3	7	42.9	5	7	71.4	62.3	1	8	1	4	+3
6	John Stockton J. Stockton	11	39-038	5/3/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	40	4	3	4	1	2	4	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	2	1	0	4	0
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	10	39-033	4/28/2001	UTA	@	DAL	36	12	11	0	0	6	11	54.5	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	52.4	2	9	2	5	+9
8	LeBron James L. James	9	39-117	4/25/2024	LAL	vs	DEN	42	26	6	2	1	12	20	60.0	1	6	16.7	1	2	50.0	62.3	0	6	3	3	-8
9	John Stockton J. Stockton	9	40-034	4/29/2002	UTA	vs	SAC	38	12	3	2	1	5	12	41.7	1	4	25.0	1	1	100.0	48.2	1	2	1	3	-6
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	9	39-036	5/1/2001	UTA	@	DAL	31	4	5	2	0	2	7	28.6	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0	25.4	1	4	0	1	-19
11	John Stockton J. Stockton	9	39-029	4/24/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	42	17	3	3	0	4	8	50.0	0	2	0.0	9	11	81.8	66.2	3	0	3	5	0
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	9	39-020	5/6/1986	LAL	vs	DAL	42	34	8	1	1	14	21	66.7	0	0		6	8	75.0	69.3	4	4	5	4
13	LeBron James L. James	8	40-118	4/27/2025	LAL	@	MIN	46	27	12	3	3	5	9	55.6	2	4	50.0	15	18	83.3	79.8	3	9	3	2	-4
14	LeBron James L. James	8	39-112	4/20/2024	LAL	@	DEN	41	27	6	1	1	10	16	62.5	3	5	60.0	4	5	80.0	74.2	2	4	7	1	-9
15	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	8	39-043	5/5/2012	DAL	vs	OKC	38	16	7	1	1	6	11	54.5	4	8	50.0	0	0		72.7	1	6	4	2	+6
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	8	40-308	5/27/2004	LAL	vs	MIN	43	12	11	1	0	5	18	27.8	0	0		2	3	66.7	31.1	6	5	2	2	+2
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	8	39-269	4/19/2003	UTA	@	SAC	41	25	7	1	0	10	23	43.5	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	47.1	2	5	5	4	+3
18	LeBron James L. James	7	40-113	4/22/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	40	21	11	1	1	8	19	42.1	1	5	20.0	4	4	100.0	50.6	3	8	2	4	+9
19	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	7	40-270	4/24/2018	SAS	@	GSW	25	10	5	0	0	3	7	42.9	1	4	25.0	3	3	100.0	60.1	0	5	2	3	-2
20	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	7	39-298	5/22/2017	SAS	vs	GSW	32	15	1	3	0	6	12	50.0	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	58.2	1	0	1	4	-21
21	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	7	39-038	4/30/2012	DAL	@	OKC	37	10	6	3	0	2	10	20.0	1	6	16.7	5	5	100.0	41.0	2	4	3	2	+13
22	Karl Malone K. Malone	7	40-312	5/31/2004	LAL	vs	MIN	43	10	10	1	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		2	3	66.7	48.4	2	8	3	5	0
23	John Stockton J. Stockton	7	41-035	4/30/2003	UTA	@	SAC	28	8	1	0	0	3	7	42.9	0	0		2	2	100.0	50.8	1	0	3	3	-14
24	John Stockton J. Stockton	7	41-033	4/28/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	33	12	5	2	1	3	9	33.3	0	0		6	6	100.0	51.5	0	5	5	1	-12
25	John Stockton J. Stockton	7	41-031	4/26/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	33	15	3	2	0	3	6	50.0	0	0		9	9	100.0	75.3	2	1	2	4	-3