oldest player to record 16 assists in a playoff game

John Stockton is the oldest with 16+ assists in a playoff game. He was 39 years and 26 days old in Game 1 of the 2001 First Round versus the Mavericks.

Interpreted as:
oldest player to record 16 or more assists in a playoff game
NAMEAGEASTDATETMOPPMINPTSREBSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1John Stockton
J. Stockton
39-026
18
4/21/2001
UTA UTA
vs
DAL 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
2Steve Nash
S. Nash
36-072
16
4/20/2010
PHX PHX
vs
POR POR
30
13
1
0
0
5
11
45.5
1
3
33.3
2
3
66.7
52.8
0
1
1
2
+24
3LeBron James
L. James
35-232
16
8/18/2020
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
41
23
17
1
0
9
20
45.0
1
5
20.0
4
7
57.1
49.8
2
15
4
1
-3
4Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
35-129
16
4/2/1974
MIL MIL
@
LAL LAL
42
13
3
3
0
5
12
41.7
3
4
75.0
47.2
5
5John Stockton
J. Stockton
35-029
17
4/24/1997
UTA UTA
vs
LAC LAC
37
13
7
1
0
5
9
55.6
2
3
66.7
1
2
50.0
65.8
3
4
4
3
+16
6Jerry West
J. West
34-308
19
4/1/1973
LAL LAL
vs
CHI CHI
43
30
5
13
24
54.2
4
4
100.0
58.2
5
7Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
34-244
16
4/10/1963
BOS BOS
vs
CIN CIN
34
21
3
9
18
50.0
3
4
75.0
53.1
3
8John Stockton
J. Stockton
34-042
19
5/7/1996
UTA UTA
@
SAS SAS
39
13
5
1
0
5
10
50.0
1
3
33.3
2
2
100.0
59.7
0
5
3
2
9Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
34-035
19
4/27/2007
NJN NJN
vs
TOR TOR
40
16
16
3
1
7
14
50.0
2
8
25.0
0
0
57.1
4
12
5
2
+14
10John Stockton
J. Stockton
34-032
16
4/27/1996
UTA UTA
vs
POR POR
38
15
1
1
3
5
8
62.5
0
0
5
7
71.4
67.7
0
1
3
4
11John Stockton
J. Stockton
34-030
23
4/25/1996
UTA UTA
vs
POR POR
41
11
2
0
0
2
4
50.0
0
0
7
8
87.5
73.1
0
2
1
2
12Larry Bird
L. Bird
33-142
16
4/28/1990
BOS BOS
vs
NYK NYK
37
15
3
1
2
5
15
33.3
0
4
0.0
5
6
83.3
42.5
0
3
1
1
13Steve Nash
S. Nash
33-090
16
5/8/2007
PHX PHX
vs
SAS SAS
36
20
1
0
0
7
17
41.2
1
2
50.0
5
5
100.0
52.1
0
1
3
0
+13
14Steve Nash
S. Nash
33-081
23
4/29/2007
PHX PHX
@
LAL LAL
39
17
1
2
1
6
15
40.0
1
2
50.0
4
4
100.0
50.7
1
0
3
3
+17
15Mark Jackson
M. Jackson
33-026
17
4/27/1998
IND IND
@
CLE CLE
34
3
1
4
0
1
6
16.7
0
3
0.0
1
2
50.0
21.8
0
1
1
3
+4
16Jrue Holiday
J. Holiday
32-308
16
4/16/2023
MIL MIL
vs
MIA MIA
35
16
7
1
0
6
18
33.3
2
9
22.2
2
2
100.0
42.4
3
4
1
3
-15
17Maurice Cheeks
M. Cheeks
32-231
16
4/27/1989
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
41
19
1
3
1
9
17
52.9
0
1
0.0
1
2
50.0
53.1
0
1
1
1
18Steve Nash
S. Nash
32-106
16
5/24/2006
PHX PHX
@
DAL DAL
40
27
5
0
0
11
18
61.1
2
5
40.0
3
3
100.0
69.9
1
4
3
2
+6
19Rajon Rondo
R. Rondo
32-071
21
5/4/2018
NOP NOP
vs
GSW GSW
37
4
10
1
0
2
11
18.2
0
2
0.0
0
0
18.2
2
8
4
2
+23
20Rajon Rondo
R. Rondo
32-058
16
4/21/2018
NOP NOP
vs
POR POR
35
7
7
0
0
3
7
42.9
0
1
0.0
1
1
100.0
47.0
0
7
2
2
+12
21Rajon Rondo
R. Rondo
32-051
17
4/14/2018
NOP NOP
@
POR POR
39
6
8
1
0
3
9
33.3
0
1
0.0
0
0
33.3
0
8
2
4
-4
22John Stockton
J. Stockton
32-040
18
5/5/1994
UTA UTA
vs
SAS SAS
39
13
0
3
1
5
8
62.5
0
0
3
3
100.0
69.7
0
0
2
0
23Jerry West
J. West
31-338
18
5/1/1970
LAL LAL
vs
NYK NYK
52
37
5
13
26
50.0
11
12
91.7
59.1
4
24Jerry West
J. West
31-312
18
4/5/1970
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
46
36
1
13
27
48.1
10
13
76.9
55.0
3
25Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
31-302
20
6/12/1991
LAL LAL
vs
CHI CHI
48
16
11
1
0
4
12
33.3
2
6
33.3
6
6
100.0
54.6
4
7
6
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1965 playoffs.

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