most assists in under 30 minutes of play in a game

John Lucas has the most assists in a game with fewer than 30 minutes played, with 24 assists against the Nuggets on April 15, 1984.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in under 30 minutes of play 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	John Lucas J. Lucas	24	28	4/15/1984	SAS	vs	DEN	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0		0.0	0	0	2	4
2	Art Williams A. Williams	22	27	2/14/1970	SDR	vs	SFW	8	6			4	11	36.4				0	0		36.4				3
3	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	21	29	3/18/1985	LAC	vs	DET	20	4	1	0	7	12	58.3	1	1	100.0	5	5	100.0	70.4	2	2	3	2
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	20	30	12/10/2016	LAC	vs	NOP	20	5	3	0	8	16	50.0	3	6	50.0	1	2	50.0	59.2	0	5	0	3	+21
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	28	3/10/1987	LAL	vs	DEN	11	5	3	0	4	8	50.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	59.0	1	4	4	2
6	Johnny Moore J. Moore	20	27	1/2/1982	SAS	vs	DEN	11	4	3	0	3	8	37.5	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	51.7	1	3	1	6
7	John Lucas J. Lucas	19	28	4/2/1988	MIL	vs	NJN	3	2	1	0	1	3	33.3	1	1	100.0	0	0		50.0	0	2	3	2
8	Doc Rivers D. Rivers	19	27	3/8/1988	ATL	vs	PHX	8	2	2	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		2	5	40.0	55.6	1	1	1	3
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	28	3/21/1984	LAL	@	KCK	24	12	2	1	8	14	57.1	0	1	0.0	8	11	72.7	63.7	2	10	5	4
10	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	18	25	1/5/2024	IND	vs	ATL	10	8	2	1	4	6	66.7	2	4	50.0	0	0		83.3	1	7	2	1	+24
11	Chris Paul C. Paul	18	29	1/8/2017	LAC	vs	MIA	19	6	2	0	7	11	63.6	1	3	33.3	4	5	80.0	72.0	1	5	1	4	+23
12	John Wall J. Wall	18	29	4/3/2015	WAS	vs	NYK	6	2	2	0	3	13	23.1	0	1	0.0	0	0		23.1	0	2	4	2	+24
13	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	18	25	1/7/1998	LAL	vs	MIL	6	1	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		60.0	0	1	4	2	+9
14	Mark Price M. Price	18	27	3/23/1993	CLE	vs	SAS	16	3	2	1	6	11	54.5	1	2	50.0	3	3	100.0	64.9	0	3	1	1
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18	29	1/1/1987	LAL	@	POR	4	6	0	0	1	4	25.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	41.0	0	6	3	1
16	John Lucas J. Lucas	18	27	1/18/1984	SAS	vs	DEN	16	2	1	0	7	9	77.8	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	74.3	0	2	3	1
17	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	18	23	11/13/1968	CIN	vs	BAL	12	1			3	10	30.0				6	8	75.0	44.4				1
18	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	17	27	2/22/2015	OKC	vs	DEN	21	8	0	0	8	12	66.7	2	3	66.7	3	5	60.0	73.9	1	7	2	1	+33
19	Chris Paul C. Paul	17	24	1/22/2015	LAC	vs	BKN	6	5	3	0	2	5	40.0	1	3	33.3	1	1	100.0	55.1	1	4	2	0	+30
20	Chris Paul C. Paul	17	27	11/24/2013	LAC	vs	CHI	16	1	2	1	6	10	60.0	1	4	25.0	3	4	75.0	68.0	0	1	1	1	+22
21	Steve Nash S. Nash	17	27	1/8/2012	PHX	vs	MIL	10	1	1	0	5	7	71.4	0	1	0.0	0	0		71.4	0	1	3	0	+26
22	Steve Blake S. Blake	17	26	2/22/2009	POR	vs	LAC	6	1	1	0	2	7	28.6	2	3	66.7	0	0		42.9	0	1	2	2	+21
23	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	17	25	3/3/1999	IND	@	WAS	6	2	0	0	3	6	50.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		50.0	0	2	1	0	0
24	Brevin Knight B. Knight	17	29	3/4/1998	CLE	vs	TOR	8	2	3	1	3	6	50.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	58.1	0	2	5	1	+26
25	Jim Les J. Les	17	29	3/2/1991	SAC	@	SEA	5	3	1	0	1	3	33.3	0	0		3	4	75.0	52.5	2	1	0	2