oldest player to have 8 assists in a playoff game

Karl Malone is the oldest with 8+ assists in a playoff game. He was 40 years and 308 days old in Game 4 of the 2004 Western Conference Finals versus the Timberwolves.

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oldest player to have 8 or more assists in a playoff 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	Karl Malone K. Malone	40-308	8	5/27/2004	LAL	vs	MIN	43	12	11	1	0	5	18	27.8	0	0		2	3	66.7	31.1	6	5	2	2	+2
2	LeBron James L. James	40-118	8	4/27/2025	LAL	@	MIN	46	27	12	3	3	5	9	55.6	2	4	50.0	15	18	83.3	79.8	3	9	3	2	-4
3	John Stockton J. Stockton	40-034	9	4/29/2002	UTA	vs	SAC	38	12	3	2	1	5	12	41.7	1	4	25.0	1	1	100.0	48.2	1	2	1	3	-6
4	John Stockton J. Stockton	40-028	12	4/23/2002	UTA	@	SAC	39	13	4	2	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		5	5	100.0	58.0	0	4	1	3	+9
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	40-025	12	4/20/2002	UTA	@	SAC	35	10	4	3	0	4	10	40.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	46.0	1	3	5	4	0
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	39-269	8	4/19/2003	UTA	@	SAC	41	25	7	1	0	10	23	43.5	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	47.1	2	5	5	4	+3
7	LeBron James L. James	39-121	11	4/29/2024	LAL	@	DEN	44	30	9	4	0	11	21	52.4	3	7	42.9	5	7	71.4	62.3	1	8	1	4	+3
8	LeBron James L. James	39-117	9	4/25/2024	LAL	vs	DEN	42	26	6	2	1	12	20	60.0	1	6	16.7	1	2	50.0	62.3	0	6	3	3	-8
9	LeBron James L. James	39-114	12	4/22/2024	LAL	@	DEN	38	26	8	2	2	9	19	47.4	3	6	50.0	5	7	71.4	58.9	0	8	2	3	+2
10	LeBron James L. James	39-112	8	4/20/2024	LAL	@	DEN	41	27	6	1	1	10	16	62.5	3	5	60.0	4	5	80.0	74.2	2	4	7	1	-9
11	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	39-043	8	5/5/2012	DAL	vs	OKC	38	16	7	1	1	6	11	54.5	4	8	50.0	0	0		72.7	1	6	4	2	+6
12	John Stockton J. Stockton	39-038	11	5/3/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	40	4	3	4	1	2	4	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	2	1	0	4	0
13	John Stockton J. Stockton	39-036	9	5/1/2001	UTA	@	DAL	31	4	5	2	0	2	7	28.6	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0	25.4	1	4	0	1	-19
14	John Stockton J. Stockton	39-033	10	4/28/2001	UTA	@	DAL	36	12	11	0	0	6	11	54.5	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	52.4	2	9	2	5	+9
15	John Stockton J. Stockton	39-029	9	4/24/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	42	17	3	3	0	4	8	50.0	0	2	0.0	9	11	81.8	66.2	3	0	3	5	0
16	John Stockton J. Stockton	39-026	18	4/21/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	37	12	6	1	2	3	7	42.9	0	2	0.0	6	7	85.7	59.5	3	3	2	4	+19
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	39-020	9	5/6/1986	LAL	vs	DAL	42	34	8	1	1	14	21	66.7	0	0		6	8	75.0	69.3	4	4	5	4
18	LeBron James L. James	38-143	9	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	48	40	10	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
19	LeBron James L. James	38-141	12	5/20/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	43	23	7	0	0	8	19	42.1	3	9	33.3	4	7	57.1	52.1	0	7	2	2	-4
20	LeBron James L. James	38-139	10	5/18/2023	LAL	@	DEN	40	22	9	4	2	9	19	47.4	0	6	0.0	4	4	100.0	53.0	0	9	3	2	+4
21	LeBron James L. James	38-137	9	5/16/2023	LAL	@	DEN	40	26	12	0	1	9	16	56.3	0	4	0.0	8	11	72.7	62.4	3	9	3	1	-6
22	LeBron James L. James	38-133	9	5/12/2023	LAL	vs	GSW	43	30	9	2	1	10	14	71.4	2	3	66.7	8	11	72.7	79.6	0	9	2	2	+21
23	LeBron James L. James	38-127	8	5/6/2023	LAL	vs	GSW	32	21	8	0	1	6	11	54.5	2	4	50.0	7	8	87.5	72.3	1	7	0	0	+26
24	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	38-081	8	6/12/2011	DAL	@	MIA	36	9	4	0	1	2	4	50.0	2	3	66.7	3	4	75.0	78.1	0	4	2	1	+18
25	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	38-074	10	6/5/2011	DAL	vs	MIA	35	9	6	0	1	3	8	37.5	2	5	40.0	1	2	50.0	50.7	1	5	4	2	+5

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