nba players with 20 assists in a game before 1978

Kevin Porter assisted on 20 baskets against the Celtics on November 20, 1976.

Interpreted as:
NBA players with 20 or more assists in a regular-season game before 1978
NAME DATE AST TM OPP MIN PTS REB STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
11/20/1976
20
DET DET
vs
BOS BOS
39
14
2
5
10
50.0
4
5
80.0
57.4
4
2 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
3/5/1975
22
WAS WAS
vs
ATL ATL
46
14
2
7
15
46.7
0
0
46.7
4
3 Kevin Porter
K. Porter
3/2/1975
21
WAS WAS
vs
LAL LAL
32
4
3
1
5
20.0
2
2
100.0
34.0
4
4 Ernie DiGregorio
E. DiGregorio
1/1/1974
25
BUF BUF
@
POR POR
48
20
9
2
0
9
22
40.9
2
2
100.0
43.7
3
6
4
5 Lenny Wilkens
L. Wilkens
11/27/1973
20
CLE CLE
vs
SEA SEA
42
18
6
2
9
17
52.9
0
0
52.9
1
5
5
6 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
3/2/1973
20
KCO KCO
@
GSW GSW
48
34
3
15
30
50.0
4
4
100.0
53.5
1
7 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
2/9/1973
20
KCO KCO
@
HOU HOU
48
37
6
14
24
58.3
9
10
90.0
65.1
1
8 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
12/15/1972
21
KCO KCO
vs
DET DET
53
41
3
15
27
55.6
11
12
91.7
63.5
2
9 Jerry West
J. West
11/7/1972
20
LAL LAL
vs
HOU HOU
35
10
3
5
18
27.8
0
1
0.0
27.1
3
10 Bobby Washington
B. Washington
11/7/1971
20
CLE CLE
vs
POR POR
40
13
4
4
16
25.0
5
6
83.3
34.9
4
11 Larry Siegfried
L. Siegfried
11/16/1970
21
SDR SDR
@
POR POR
34
15
6
6
7
85.7
3
3
100.0
90.1
1
12 Art Williams
A. Williams
2/14/1970
22
SDR SDR
vs
SFW SFW
27
8
6
4
11
36.4
0
0
36.4
3
13 Clem Haskins
C. Haskins
12/6/1969
21
CHI CHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
23
5
7
20
35.0
9
11
81.8
46.3
5
14 Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
3/4/1969
20
CIN CIN
@
PHX PHX
42
23
7
10
13
76.9
3
3
100.0
80.3
3
15 Art Williams
A. Williams
12/28/1968
22
SDR SDR
@
PHX PHX
42
8
9
4
9
44.4
0
1
0.0
42.4
5
16 Guy Rodgers
G. Rodgers
10/31/1968
21
MIL MIL
vs
DET DET
15
5
5
6
83.3
17 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
2/2/1968
21
PHI PHI
vs
DET DET
48
22
25
9
13
69.2
4
12
33.3
60.2
0
18 Jerry West
J. West
2/1/1967
23
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
24
6
9
18
50.0
6
9
66.7
54.6
3
19 Guy Rodgers
G. Rodgers
12/21/1966
24
CHI CHI
vs
NYK NYK
46
18
2
6
16
37.5
6
8
75.0
46.1
1
20 Guy Rodgers
G. Rodgers
10/18/1966
20
CHI CHI
vs
SFW SFW
41
22
10
8
20
40.0
6
6
100.0
48.6
5
21 Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
3/5/1966
22
CIN CIN
vs
NYK NYK
53
44
8
16
22
72.7
12
12
100.0
80.6
4
22 Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
2/28/1965
20
CIN CIN
NYK NYK
48
27
9
10
17
58.8
7
7
100.0
67.2
1
23 Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
12/28/1964
20
CIN CIN
vs
SFW SFW
48
35
8
12
22
54.5
11
11
100.0
65.2
2
24 Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
2/14/1964
21
CIN CIN
vs
NYK NYK
48
29
11
11
23
47.8
7
10
70.0
52.9
4
25 Guy Rodgers
G. Rodgers
3/14/1963
28
SFW SFW
vs
STL STL
48
14
5
6
11
54.5
2
2
100.0
58.9
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1982-83 season.

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30
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32
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