most assists in under 20 minutes in a game

7 players are tied for the most assists in a game with fewer than 20 minutes played, with 12 assists. The first three are Elfrid Payton on April 4, J.J. Barea on November 28, 2018 and Sergio Rodriguez on April 15, 2009.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in under 20 minutes in a regular-season game

	NAME	AST	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	12	20	4/4/2025	NOP	@	LAL	2	0	1	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		0	0		33.3	0	0	5	2	-8
2	J.J. Barea	12	18	11/28/2018	DAL	@	HOU	13	3	1	0	5	9	55.6	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	65.8	0	3	1	0	+24
3	Sergio Rodriguez S. Rodriguez	12	18	4/15/2009	POR	vs	DEN	7	1	1	0	3	6	50.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		58.3	0	1	4	2	+27
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	12	19	4/25/1993	UTA	@	MIN	8	2	2	2	3	6	50.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	58.1	1	1	2	4
5	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	12	19	11/6/1987	SEA	@	LAL	0	1	4	0	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	1	2	3
6	Lionel Hollins L. Hollins	12	12	2/29/1984	DET	vs	WAS	3	0	1	0	1	8	12.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	16.9	0	0	1	0
7	Eddie Jordan E. Jordan	12	19	2/6/1981	LAL	@	DET	4	3	1	1	2	5	40.0	0	0		0	0		40.0	0	3	6	2
8	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	11	18	1/29/2024	BKN	vs	UTA	10	8	1	1	5	5	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	5	3	0	3	+27
9	Markelle Fultz M. Fultz	11	19	3/13/2022	ORL	vs	PHI	8	4	2	0	3	6	50.0	1	1	100.0	1	2	50.0	58.1	1	3	3	0	+12
10	Jordan McLaughlin J. McLaughlin	11	19	2/8/2022	MIN	@	SAC	11	5	1	1	5	5	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		110.0	1	4	0	1	+18
11	Jeff Teague J. Teague	11	16	2/10/2020	ATL	@	ORL	8	3	1	1	4	5	80.0	0	0		0	0		80.0	0	3	2	0	+10
12	T.J. McConnell	11	20	12/7/2019	IND	@	NYK	6	2	1	0	3	3	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	2	2	2	+6
13	J.J. Barea	11	19	3/29/2017	DAL	@	NOP	8	2	0	0	4	7	57.1	0	2	0.0	0	0		57.1	0	2	2	0	+2
14	J.J. Barea	11	20	11/13/2014	DAL	vs	PHI	7	3	1	0	3	7	42.9	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	47.0	0	3	1	1	+32
15	Steve Nash S. Nash	11	19	3/21/2014	LAL	vs	WAS	5	4	3	0	2	4	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		62.5	1	3	4	1	+7
16	Devin Harris D. Harris	11	18	3/5/2014	DAL	@	DEN	2	4	1	0	0	5	0.0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	17.0	1	3	1	2	+5
17	Jerryd Bayless J. Bayless	11	17	12/14/2012	MEM	@	DEN	0	2	2	0	0	5	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	0	2	1	2	+6
18	Sebastian Telfair S. Telfair	11	20	1/15/2010	LAC	@	LAL	5	1	0	0	2	4	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		62.5	0	1	5	2	-13
19	Lindsey Hunter L. Hunter	11	19	4/17/2007	DET	vs	TOR	8	0	0	1	3	5	60.0	2	3	66.7	0	0		80.0	0	0	3	1	+17
20	Jacque Vaughn J. Vaughn	11	19	12/23/2006	SAS	@	NOK	4	3	2	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	51.5	0	3	1	2	+8
21	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	11	18	4/11/2003	MIN	vs	LAC	2	2	0	1	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	1	1	0	0	+21
22	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	11	18	4/23/1995	IND	vs	ATL	7	1	0	0	3	6	50.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	54.3	0	1	2	2
23	Randy Woods R. Woods	11	12	2/14/1995	LAC	@	HOU	5	1	1	0	1	4	25.0	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	51.2	1	0	1	2
24	Andre Turner A. Turner	11	17	2/11/1992	WAS	@	GSW	2	2	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	25.8	0	2	1	1
25	Mark Price M. Price	11	17	12/17/1991	CLE	vs	MIA	18	3	0	0	8	10	80.0	2	2	100.0	0	0		90.0	1	2	3	0