nba most assists in playoff game by 20 year old

Magic Johnson has the most assists by a 20-year-old player in a playoff game, with 16 assists in Game 1 of the 1980 Western Conference Semifinals against the Suns.

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Data note: Assists: player game data may be incomplete before 1964-65 · postseason

	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	20-238	4/8/1980	LAL	vs	PHX	39	13	12	2	0	4	12	33.3	0	0		5	7	71.4	43.1	2	10	3	2
2	Shaun Livingston S. Livingston	14	20-232	5/1/2006	LAC	vs	DEN	29	8	5	0	0	2	3	66.7	0	0		4	4	100.0	84.0	3	2	2	3	+34
3	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	13	20-068	4/29/1997	MIN	vs	HOU	37	14	3	0	0	6	21	28.6	0	4	0.0	2	2	100.0	32.0	1	2	2	5	-8
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	20-243	4/13/1980	LAL	@	PHX	40	8	9	2	0	3	4	75.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	69.4	4	5	4	3
5	Derrick Rose D. Rose	11	20-196	4/18/2009	CHI	@	BOS	50	36	4	1	0	12	19	63.2	0	1	0.0	12	12	100.0	74.1	1	3	5	6	+8
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11	20-267	5/7/1980	LAL	vs	PHI	41	13	8	2	0	5	8	62.5	0	0		3	3	100.0	69.7	1	7	5	5
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11	20-245	4/15/1980	LAL	vs	PHX	38	19	7	2	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		3	5	60.0	58.6	4	3	2	1
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11	20-239	4/9/1980	LAL	vs	PHX	48	25	13	6	0	6	11	54.5	1	1	100.0	12	14	85.7	72.8	4	9	4	6
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	10	20-274	5/14/1980	LAL	vs	PHI	39	14	15	3	0	4	13	30.8	0	0		6	7	85.7	43.5	5	10	10	5
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	10	20-264	5/4/1980	LAL	vs	PHI	40	16	9	3	0	8	12	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	2	7	2	1
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	10	20-260	4/30/1980	LAL	vs	SEA	41	20	10	1	1	9	14	64.3	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	67.2	2	8	3	4
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	10	20-255	4/25/1980	LAL	@	SEA	43	14	11	0	1	4	15	26.7	0	1	0.0	6	9	66.7	36.9	5	6	3	1
13	Tyler Herro T. Herro	9	20-239	9/15/2020	MIA	@	BOS	40	12	11	0	0	5	10	50.0	2	5	40.0	0	0		60.0	0	11	2	3	+5
14	Derrick Rose D. Rose	9	20-204	4/26/2009	CHI	vs	BOS	49	23	11	0	0	10	17	58.8	0	0		3	4	75.0	61.3	1	10	7	4	+6
15	Shaun Livingston S. Livingston	9	20-239	5/8/2006	LAC	@	PHX	33	10	6	0	0	5	8	62.5	0	0		0	0		62.5	0	6	3	2	+2
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	9	20-271	5/11/1980	LAL	@	PHI	45	28	9	3	1	10	14	71.4	0	0		8	10	80.0	76.1	1	8	3	1
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	9	20-253	4/23/1980	LAL	vs	SEA	37	19	5	6	1	6	11	54.5	0	1	0.0	7	7	100.0	67.5	2	3	2	3
18	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	9	20-252	4/22/1980	LAL	vs	SEA	36	19	8	3	1	7	10	70.0	1	1	100.0	4	5	80.0	77.9	2	6	3	4
19	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	8	20-258	4/16/2022	TOR	@	PHI	32	15	10	0	1	4	6	66.7	0	0		7	9	77.8	75.3	2	8	2	1	-10
20	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	8	20-319	4/27/2011	PHI	@	MIA	37	10	5	2	1	3	9	33.3	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	44.6	1	4	3	1	+3
21	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	8	20-313	4/21/2011	PHI	vs	MIA	41	20	2	1	0	7	13	53.8	4	5	80.0	2	4	50.0	67.8	1	1	2	2	0
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	8	20-265	5/15/1999	LAL	@	HOU	47	24	6	3	2	9	25	36.0	1	3	33.3	5	6	83.3	43.4	1	5	3	1	+11
23	VJ Edgecombe	7	20-284	5/10/2026	PHI	vs	NYK	30	8	6	0	1	4	14	28.6	0	6	0.0	0	0		28.6	2	4	0	1	-33
24	Tyler Herro T. Herro	7	20-251	9/27/2020	MIA	vs	BOS	35	19	5	0	0	8	13	61.5	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	68.4	0	5	5	1	+9
25	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	7	20-245	5/22/2017	SAS	vs	GSW	29	9	2	5	0	2	7	28.6	0	0		5	7	71.4	44.6	1	1	3	3	-1

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