most assists in the 3rd quarter in a game ever

Chris Paul has the most assists in a third quarter, with 10 assists against the Pelicans on December 10, 2016.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in the 3rd quarter in a regular-season game ever

	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	Chris Paul C. Paul	10	12/10/2016	LAC	vs	NOP	12	7	0	2	0	3	7	42.9	1	2	50.0	0	0		50.0	0	0	0	1	+12
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	9	2/6/2025	DEN	vs	ORL	12	5	5	1	0	2	4	50.0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	51.2	0	5	2	0	+16
3	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	9	11/25/2024	NYK	@	DEN	12	5	0	0	0	1	2	50.0	1	1	100.0	2	2	100.0	86.8	0	0	1	2	+3
4	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	9	11/12/2023	IND	@	PHI	12	8	0	1	1	3	4	75.0	2	3	66.7	0	0		100.0	0	0	0	0	+8
5	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	9	4/2/2023	TOR	@	CHA	12	5	2	2	0	2	9	22.2	0	5	0.0	1	1	100.0	26.5	1	1	0	2	-3
6	Killian Hayes K. Hayes	9	3/11/2023	DET	vs	IND	11	6	4	0	0	2	5	40.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	51.0	0	4	0	0	+11
7	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	9	2/5/2023	IND	vs	CLE	10	2	1	0	0	1	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	0	0		33.3	1	0	0	1	-1
8	Trae Young T. Young	9	1/2/2023	ATL	@	GSW	9	6	2	0	0	2	3	66.7	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	87.2	0	2	2	2	+14
9	James Harden J. Harden	9	12/11/2022	PHI	vs	CHA	9	3	1	0	0	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		75.0	0	1	2	1	+1
10	Darius Garland D. Garland	9	3/21/2022	CLE	vs	LAL	12	8	0	0	0	4	7	57.1	0	0		0	0		57.1	0	0	1	2	+6
11	Trae Young T. Young	9	10/21/2021	ATL	vs	DAL	11	12	1	0	0	4	6	66.7	1	1	100.0	3	3	100.0	82.0	0	1	1	0	+15
12	Lonzo Ball L. Ball	9	3/16/2021	NOP	@	POR	12	3	2	0	0	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		75.0	0	2	1	1	-1
13	Jeff Teague J. Teague	9	1/5/2017	IND	vs	BKN	10	4	3	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	0	3	1	0	+12
14	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	9	3/17/2015	DET	vs	MEM		2	0	0	0	1	4	25.0	0	0		0	0		25.0	0	0	0	0
15	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	9	11/14/2014	BOS	vs	CLE		2	3	1	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	3	1	2
16	James Harden J. Harden	8	4/5/2025	LAC	vs	DAL	12	10	1	0	0	3	7	42.9	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	57.1	0	1	0	2	+14
17	Isaiah Collier I. Collier	8	2/28/2025	UTA	vs	MIN	7	4	1	0	0	2	3	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	0	1	0	0	+23
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	8	1/7/2024	DEN	vs	DET	9	0	3	0	2	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	3	2	4	+8
19	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	8	1/5/2024	IND	vs	ATL	9	3	2	1	0	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		75.0	0	2	1	0	+10
20	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	8	11/19/2022	IND	vs	ORL	10	4	2	1	1	2	4	50.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		50.0	0	2	0	2	+13
21	Darius Garland D. Garland	8	1/15/2022	CLE	@	OKC	12	14	0	0	0	5	6	83.3	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	90.2	0	0	1	1	+8
22	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	8	1/2/2022	OKC	vs	DAL	12	3	4	3	0	1	6	16.7	1	2	50.0	0	0		25.0	0	4	2	0	+3
23	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	8	12/28/2021	MIA	vs	WAS	12	3	1	2	1	1	3	33.3	0	0		1	1	100.0	43.6	0	1	0	0	+4
24	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	8	4/26/2021	MIN	vs	UTA	9	2	1	0	0	1	2	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		50.0	0	1	1	0	+14
25	Kevin Porter Jr. K. Porter Jr.	8	4/9/2021	HOU	@	LAC	12	8	2	0	0	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	2	3	66.7	75.2	1	1	1	1	+10