oldest nba player to have 20 assists in a game

Steve Nash is the oldest in a game with 20+ assists. He was 37 years and 43 days old versus the Lakers on March 22, 2011.

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oldest NBA player to have 20 or more assists in a regular-season game

	NAME	Age	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Steve Nash S. Nash	37-043	20	3/22/2011	PHX	@	LAL	49	19	5	0	0	7	15	46.7	5	7	71.4	0	0		63.3	1	4	6	2	-4
2	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	36-030	20	11/27/1973	CLE	vs	SEA	42	18	6	2		9	17	52.9				0	0		52.9	1	5		5
3	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	36-013	20	4/5/2009	DAL	vs	PHX	30	19	4	1	0	6	8	75.0	3	4	75.0	4	4	100.0	97.3	0	4	2	3	+29
4	Steve Nash S. Nash	35-275	20	11/9/2009	PHX	@	PHI	36	21	2	0	1	6	9	66.7	1	3	33.3	8	8	100.0	83.9	0	2	7	0	+19
5	Steve Nash S. Nash	35-265	20	10/30/2009	PHX	vs	GSW	37	18	6	0	1	7	17	41.2	3	6	50.0	1	1	100.0	51.6	1	5	3	0	+21
6	Bob Davies B. Davies	35-007	20	1/22/1955	ROC	vs	BOS		25				4	15	26.7				17	21	81.0	51.6				3
7	Steve Nash S. Nash	35-001	21	2/8/2009	PHX	@	DET	34	15	3	1	0	5	12	41.7	1	2	50.0	4	5	80.0	52.8	2	1	2	2	+9
8	Jerry West J. West	34-163	20	11/7/1972	LAL	vs	HOU	35	10	3			5	18	27.8				0	1	0.0	27.1				3
9	Steve Nash S. Nash	33-344	20	1/17/2008	PHX	@	LAL	37	13	0	2	0	5	15	33.3	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	40.9	0	0	5	2	+14
10	George McCloud G. McCloud	33-303	22	3/26/2001	DEN	@	CHI	49	5	4	0	0	2	9	22.2	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	26.5	1	3	5	4	+12
11	James Harden J. Harden	33-192	20	3/6/2023	PHI	@	IND	40	14	9	0	0	3	11	27.3	1	6	16.7	7	9	77.8	46.8	1	8	1	0	+13
12	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	33-156	23	2/5/1982	BOS	vs	DEN	38	15	4	0	0	7	15	46.7	0	0		1	3	33.3	46.0	0	4	1	3
13	James Harden J. Harden	33-119	21	12/23/2022	PHI	vs	LAC	41	20	11	1	0	6	17	35.3	3	6	50.0	5	6	83.3	50.9	0	11	3	2	+11
14	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	33-060	21	10/31/1968	MIL	vs	DET		15				5						5	6	83.3
15	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	33-058	20	12/8/1988	LAC	vs	HOU	38	15	3	1	0	5	11	45.5	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	55.0	1	2	3	1
16	Steve Nash S. Nash	32-338	21	1/11/2007	PHX	vs	CLE	30	4	4	1	0	2	7	28.6	0	1	0.0	0	0		28.6	0	4	1	2	+21
17	Steve Nash S. Nash	32-301	20	12/5/2006	PHX	vs	SAC	33	11	4	2	0	4	8	50.0	3	4	75.0	0	0		68.8	1	3	3	1	+18
18	John Stockton J. Stockton	32-287	20	1/7/1995	UTA	vs	PHI	30	10	2	3	0	4	6	66.7	2	3	66.7	0	0		83.3	0	2	3	2
19	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	32-267	20	12/17/1997	SAS	vs	VAN	43	9	4	2	0	4	11	36.4	0	0		1	2	50.0	37.9	0	4	1	1	+13
20	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	32-260	20	12/10/1997	SAS	vs	LAC	44	9	3	2	1	3	5	60.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	66.6	0	3	4	1	+5
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	32-179	21	5/10/2021	WAS	@	ATL	40	28	13	0	0	10	22	45.5	3	7	42.9	5	5	100.0	57.9	0	13	3	4	-1
22	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	32-172	24	5/3/2021	WAS	vs	IND	39	14	21	1	1	5	8	62.5	0	0		4	4	100.0	71.7	4	17	6	3	+21
23	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	32-137	21	3/29/2021	WAS	vs	IND	39	35	14	2	1	14	26	53.8	4	6	66.7	3	5	60.0	62.1	1	13	4	3	+7
24	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	32-134	21	12/21/1960	BOS	vs	STL		25				9						7	10	70.0					2
25	John Stockton J. Stockton	31-345	20	3/6/1994	UTA	@	PHX	41	18	1	5	0	7	9	77.8	1	2	50.0	3	3	100.0	87.2	0	1	6	4

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