oldest players to score 20 assists in a game

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

Interpreted as:
oldest players to score 20 or more assists in a regular-season game
NAMEAGEASTDATETMOPPMINPTSREBSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Steve Nash
S. Nash
37-043
20
3/22/2011
PHX PHX
@
LAL LAL
49
19
5
0
0
7
15
46.7
5
7
71.4
0
0
63.3
1
4
6
2
-4
2Lenny Wilkens
L. Wilkens
36-030
20
11/27/1973
CLE CLE
vs
SEA SEA
42
18
6
2
9
17
52.9
0
0
52.9
1
5
5
3Jason Kidd
J. Kidd
36-013
20
4/5/2009
DAL DAL
vs
PHX 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
4Steve Nash
S. Nash
35-275
20
11/9/2009
PHX PHX
@
PHI 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
5Steve Nash
S. Nash
35-265
20
10/30/2009
PHX PHX
vs
GSW 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
6Bob Davies
B. Davies
35-007
20
1/22/1955
ROC ROC
vs
BOS BOS
25
4
15
26.7
17
21
81.0
51.6
3
7Steve Nash
S. Nash
35-001
21
2/8/2009
PHX PHX
@
DET 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
8Jerry West
J. West
34-163
20
11/7/1972
LAL LAL
vs
HOU HOU
35
10
3
5
18
27.8
0
1
0.0
27.1
3
9Steve Nash
S. Nash
33-344
20
1/17/2008
PHX PHX
@
LAL 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
10George McCloud
G. McCloud
33-303
22
3/26/2001
DEN DEN
@
CHI 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
11James Harden
J. Harden
33-192
20
3/6/2023
PHI PHI
@
IND 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
12Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
33-156
23
2/5/1982
BOS BOS
vs
DEN DEN
38
15
4
0
0
7
15
46.7
0
0
1
3
33.3
46.0
0
4
1
3
13James Harden
J. Harden
33-119
21
12/23/2022
PHI PHI
vs
LAC 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
14Guy Rodgers
G. Rodgers
33-060
21
10/31/1968
MIL MIL
vs
DET DET
15
5
5
6
83.3
15Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
33-058
20
12/8/1988
LAC LAC
vs
HOU HOU
38
15
3
1
0
5
11
45.5
0
1
0.0
5
6
83.3
55.0
1
2
3
1
16Steve Nash
S. Nash
32-338
21
1/11/2007
PHX PHX
vs
CLE CLE
30
4
4
1
0
2
7
28.6
0
1
0.0
0
0
28.6
0
4
1
2
+21
17Steve Nash
S. Nash
32-301
20
12/5/2006
PHX PHX
vs
SAC SAC
33
11
4
2
0
4
8
50.0
3
4
75.0
0
0
68.8
1
3
3
1
+18
18John Stockton
J. Stockton
32-287
20
1/7/1995
UTA UTA
vs
PHI PHI
30
10
2
3
0
4
6
66.7
2
3
66.7
0
0
83.3
0
2
3
2
19Avery Johnson
A. Johnson
32-267
20
12/17/1997
SAS SAS
vs
VAN VAN
43
9
4
2
0
4
11
36.4
0
0
1
2
50.0
37.9
0
4
1
1
+13
20Avery Johnson
A. Johnson
32-260
20
12/10/1997
SAS SAS
vs
LAC LAC
44
9
3
2
1
3
5
60.0
0
0
3
4
75.0
66.6
0
3
4
1
+5
21Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
32-179
21
5/10/2021
WAS WAS
@
ATL 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
22Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
32-172
24
5/3/2021
WAS WAS
vs
IND IND
39
14
21
1
1
5
8
62.5
0
0
4
4
100.0
71.7
4
17
6
3
+21
23Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
32-137
21
3/29/2021
WAS WAS
vs
IND 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
24Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
32-134
21
12/21/1960
BOS BOS
vs
STL STL
25
9
7
10
70.0
2
25John Stockton
J. Stockton
31-345
20
3/6/1994
UTA UTA
@
PHX PHX
41
18
1
5
0
7
9
77.8
1
2
50.0
3
3
100.0
87.2
0
1
6
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1982-83 season.

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10
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2
4
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13
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2
4
.333
4.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
11/4
PHX PHX
@
GSW GSW
10:00 PM
Thu
11/6
LAC LAC
@
PHX PHX
9:00 PM
Sat
11/8
PHX PHX
@
LAC LAC
10:30 PM
Mon
11/10
NOP NOP
@
PHX PHX
9:00 PM
Wed
11/12
PHX PHX
@
DAL DAL
8:30 PM
Last Game
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1
Thunder Thunder
7
0
1.000
2
Spurs Spurs
5
1
.833
1.5
3
Trail Blazers Trail Blazers
4
2
.667
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4
Lakers Lakers
4
2
.667
2.5
5
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.600
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5
1
.833
2
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5
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3
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4
2
.667
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5
Heat Heat
3
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.600
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6
Cavaliers Cavaliers
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.571
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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
124-125
Mon
10/20
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
119-109
Tue
10/21
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
111-119
Tue
10/21
BKN BKN
@
CHA CHA
117-136
Tue
10/21
MIA MIA
@
ORL ORL
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/3
MIN MIN
@
BKN BKN
7:00 PM
Mon
11/3
MIL MIL
@
IND IND
7:00 PM
Mon
11/3
WAS WAS
@
NYK NYK
7:30 PM
Mon
11/3
UTA UTA
@
BOS BOS
7:30 PM
Mon
11/3
DAL DAL
@
HOU HOU
8:00 PM