who has the most 16 assist games in a season

John Stockton has the most games with 16+ assists in a season, with 35 games in 1987-88.

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	NAME	GP	AST	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	John Stockton J. Stockton	35	630	1987-88	UTA	38.9	16.8	3.5	18.0	3.3	0.3	6.3	10.4	60.8	0.5	1.0	47.1	3.7	4.4	82.6	67.9	0.8	2.7	3.8	1,363	588	123	117	11	132	107
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	33	610	1989-90	UTA	39.6	17.8	2.8	18.5	3.0	0.3	6.2	11.4	54.3	0.7	1.3	55.8	4.7	6.0	78.7	63.4	0.7	2.1	3.3	1,306	587	93	100	9	110	104
3	John Stockton J. Stockton	31	551	1990-91	UTA	38.9	17.5	2.9	17.8	2.8	0.3	6.1	12.0	50.5	0.8	2.2	38.2	4.5	5.4	83.8	60.8	0.6	2.4	3.3	1,205	542	91	86	9	101	86
4	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	27	498	1984-85	DET	38.6	20.5	4.4	18.4	2.4	0.3	7.8	16.0	48.6	0.3	1.4	21.6	4.7	5.7	81.3	55.4	1.2	3.2	4.2	1,043	554	118	65	7	113	91
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	26	460	1988-89	UTA	40.2	17.0	3.2	17.7	3.7	0.2	6.0	11.3	53.2	0.3	0.9	29.2	4.7	5.2	89.7	62.5	1.0	2.2	3.4	1,046	441	82	95	4	89	73
6	John Stockton J. Stockton	22	401	1991-92	UTA	38.6	17.8	3.2	18.2	3.1	0.3	6.0	12.5	47.8	1.1	3.0	36.9	4.7	5.4	86.6	59.5	1.0	2.2	3.3	849	391	71	69	6	73	55
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	333	1985-86	LAL	37.1	17.6	6.7	17.5	1.7	0.4	6.3	12.4	50.6	0.1	0.4	25.0	5.0	5.7	87.2	59.2	1.3	5.4	3.3	704	335	128	32	8	63	31
8	John Stockton J. Stockton	18	305	1993-94	UTA	38.3	13.8	3.2	16.9	2.3	0.2	5.6	10.4	53.7	0.5	1.6	32.1	2.1	2.9	73.1	59.0	0.8	2.3	3.4	689	249	57	42	4	61	63
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18	324	1988-89	LAL	37.9	21.8	8.9	18.0	1.3	0.2	7.4	13.8	53.8	0.9	2.4	37.2	6.0	6.9	87.1	64.6	1.2	7.7	3.8	683	392	161	23	4	68	38
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18	318	1986-87	LAL	36.8	21.6	6.8	17.7	1.9	0.6	7.6	13.4	56.6	0.1	0.4	28.6	6.3	7.3	85.6	64.8	1.3	5.5	4.0	663	389	123	35	11	72	30
11	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	17	294	1996-97	TOT	42.3	11.4	5.8	17.3	0.8	0.2	4.1	9.4	43.4	0.9	2.6	33.3	2.4	2.8	85.1	53.7	1.2	4.6	3.4	719	193	99	13	4	57	47	+61
12	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	16	275	1988-89	PHX	41.1	21.4	4.4	17.2	2.1	0.3	7.3	14.1	51.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.9	7.7	90.2	61.4	0.8	3.7	3.9	657	343	71	33	5	63	40
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	282	1984-85	LAL	40.0	17.7	7.4	17.6	1.6	0.4	6.3	12.1	51.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.2	6.2	83.8	59.8	1.2	6.2	4.2	640	283	118	26	7	67	33
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	16	286	1983-84	LAL	38.3	16.1	8.8	17.9	2.4	0.8	5.8	11.1	52.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	4.6	5.6	82.2	59.6	1.6	7.2	4.1	612	258	140	38	12	66	34
15	Chris Paul C. Paul	15	258	2007-08	NOH	38.2	19.5	4.3	17.2	2.4	0.1	6.7	14.7	45.2	1.0	2.9	34.9	5.1	5.9	86.5	56.1	0.9	3.4	2.3	573	292	64	36	2	35	38	+181
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	13	234	1989-90	LAL	40.5	21.3	6.4	18.0	2.2	0.4	6.1	12.8	47.3	1.5	3.6	40.4	7.7	8.6	89.3	64.0	0.9	5.5	4.0	527	277	83	29	5	52	27
17	John Stockton J. Stockton	12	208	1994-95	UTA	36.4	13.8	3.5	17.3	2.7	0.3	4.9	8.9	55.1	1.4	3.0	47.2	2.5	2.8	88.2	67.6	0.7	2.8	3.0	437	165	42	32	3	36	32
18	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12	212	1990-91	LAL	41.5	20.0	7.6	17.7	1.5	0.2	5.8	12.6	46.4	1.2	3.5	33.3	7.2	7.8	91.5	62.4	1.5	6.1	5.2	498	240	91	18	2	62	21
19	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	12	208	1989-90	PHX	39.8	20.8	4.4	17.3	1.3	0.2	7.3	14.6	49.7	0.0	0.5	0.0	6.3	7.8	80.6	57.7	0.6	3.8	3.4	477	249	53	15	2	41	24
20	Trae Young T. Young	11	200	2024-25	ATL	37.8	22.7	2.5	18.2	1.3	0.1	6.6	18.0	36.9	2.7	8.5	31.9	6.7	7.5	90.2	53.4	0.2	2.4	4.1	415	250	28	14	1	45	22	+26
21	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	11	197	2015-16	SAC	38.8	11.0	7.3	17.9	1.9	0.2	4.6	10.8	42.9	0.7	2.5	29.6	1.0	2.3	44.0	46.5	1.6	5.6	4.2	427	121	80	21	2	46	25	-8
22	Steve Nash S. Nash	11	189	2010-11	PHX	37.3	14.5	3.9	17.2	0.7	0.0	4.7	10.3	46.0	0.7	2.5	29.6	4.4	4.6	94.1	59.1	0.4	3.5	3.8	410	160	43	8	0	42	12	+74
23	Andre Miller A. Miller	11	189	2001-02	CLE	40.8	18.6	5.2	17.2	3.0	0.5	6.9	13.7	50.3	0.2	1.0	18.2	4.6	5.6	82.3	57.5	1.6	3.5	2.3	449	205	57	33	5	25	29	+21
24	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	11	184	1987-88	NYK	41.4	13.9	4.3	16.7	2.4	0.0	5.5	11.5	48.0	0.7	1.8	40.0	2.1	2.5	82.1	54.9	1.1	3.2	3.0	455	153	47	26	0	33	36
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11	193	1987-88	LAL	40.3	22.9	7.5	17.5	1.5	0.3	7.3	14.1	51.6	0.2	0.4	50.0	8.2	9.8	83.3	62.2	1.1	6.4	4.2	443	252	82	17	3	46	20

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11	Pelicans	26	56	.317	38.0
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15	Jazz	22	60	.268	42.0

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Wed 10/21	UTA	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NOP	@	UTA	9:30 PM
Sun 10/25	LAL	@	UTA	5:00 PM
Mon 10/26	MEM	@	UTA	9:00 PM
Wed 10/28	SAS	@	UTA	9:00 PM

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33.5

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RPG Leaders

12.9

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4,039.7

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3,694

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3,474

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DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

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