nba record for most assists in a game by a forward

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jalen Rose are tied for the most assists by a forward in a game, with 20 assists.

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NBA record for most assists in a regular-season game by a forward

	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	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	20	4/3/2025	MIL	@	PHI	39	35	17	2	0	12	19	63.2	1	1	100.0	10	11	90.9	73.4	2	15	2	0	+23
2	Jalen Rose J. Rose	20	4/18/2001	IND	@	CLE	44	22	4	1	0	9	19	47.4	3	5	60.0	1	2	50.0	55.3	1	3	4	2	+11
3	Draymond Green D. Green	19	4/23/2021	GSW	vs	DEN	33	2	12	0	0	1	3	33.3	0	2	0.0	0	0		33.3	1	11	6	1	+11
4	Draymond Green D. Green	19	2/26/2021	GSW	vs	CHA	36	11	12	1	1	5	8	62.5	1	3	33.3	0	0		68.8	1	11	5	4	+23
5	LeBron James L. James	19	1/15/2020	LAL	vs	ORL	36	19	3	1	0	7	19	36.8	2	9	22.2	3	5	60.0	44.8	0	3	5	1	-9
6	LeBron James L. James	19	2/9/2018	CLE	@	ATL	41	22	12	0	0	8	20	40.0	0	3	0.0	6	7	85.7	47.7	2	10	3	2	+12
7	Rick Barry R. Barry	19	11/30/1976	GSW	@	CHI	42	28	5	5	1	10	20	50.0				8	9	88.9	58.4	2	3		2
8	LeBron James L. James	17	4/14/2024	LAL	@	NOP	38	28	11	5	1	11	20	55.0	0	2	0.0	6	6	100.0	61.8	2	9	4	0	+19
9	Julius Randle J. Randle	17	3/18/2021	NYK	vs	ORL	40	18	10	1	0	8	20	40.0	1	5	20.0	1	2	50.0	43.1	0	10	2	3	+9
10	LeBron James L. James	17	3/21/2018	CLE	vs	TOR	39	35	7	1	0	11	19	57.9	1	3	33.3	12	14	85.7	69.6	1	6	0	2	+12
11	LeBron James L. James	17	12/12/2017	CLE	vs	ATL	35	25	7	2	0	11	13	84.6	2	3	66.7	1	2	50.0	90.1	0	7	2	4	+19
12	LeBron James L. James	17	2/6/2017	CLE	@	WAS	42	32	7	2	2	12	18	66.7	6	8	75.0	2	5	40.0	79.2	0	7	6	6	0
13	Hedo Turkoglu H. Turkoglu	17	1/8/2011	ORL	@	DAL	40	13	3	5	1	5	8	62.5	2	4	50.0	1	2	50.0	73.2	0	3	2	3	+11
14	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	17	11/23/1988	DAL	vs	DEN	38	22	4	1	1	8	18	44.4	0	2	0.0	6	8	75.0	51.1	1	3	6	2
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	17	2/16/1984	BOS	@	GSW	40	16	9	2	0	5	12	41.7	0	0		6	6	100.0	54.6	1	8	2	5
16	LeBron James L. James	16	11/10/2024	LAL	vs	TOR	35	19	10	1	0	6	14	42.9	0	3	0.0	7	7	100.0	55.6	2	8	3	0	+13
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	16	12/27/2023	PHX	@	HOU	41	27	10	2	1	9	16	56.3	3	7	42.9	6	8	75.0	69.2	0	10	3	2	+17
18	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	16	12/19/2023	MIL	vs	SAS	34	11	14	2	1	4	12	33.3	0	2	0.0	3	6	50.0	37.6	2	12	3	1	+13
19	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	16	1/13/2023	SAC	vs	HOU	37	19	15	2	2	6	14	42.9	0	3	0.0	7	10	70.0	51.6	5	10	2	3	+26
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	16	4/10/2022	BKN	vs	IND	41	20	10	1	0	5	17	29.4	0	6	0.0	10	10	100.0	46.7	0	10	6	0	+10
21	Draymond Green D. Green	16	4/14/2021	GSW	@	OKC	30	12	10	3	2	5	10	50.0	0	2	0.0	2	3	66.7	53.0	1	9	4	1	+33
22	Draymond Green D. Green	16	2/15/2021	GSW	vs	CLE	30	6	8	2	2	3	6	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	1	7	1	3	+20
23	Draymond Green D. Green	16	2/1/2020	GSW	@	CLE	26	8	7	2	2	3	6	50.0	2	5	40.0	0	0		66.7	1	6	2	3	+26
24	LeBron James L. James	16	12/28/2019	LAL	@	POR	37	21	7	2	1	7	15	46.7	1	4	25.0	6	8	75.0	56.7	1	6	1	2	+5
25	LeBron James L. James	16	11/1/2019	LAL	@	DAL	43	39	12	4	1	13	23	56.5	4	9	44.4	9	11	81.8	70.0	0	12	4	5	+15