who has the most games in a season with 20 assists in a single game

23 players are tied for the most games with 20+ assists, with 1 game. The first three are Ryan Nembhard in his rookie season in 2025-26 on April 12, Isaiah Collier in 2025-26 on February 3 and Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2024-25 on April 3, 2025.

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	NAME	GP	AST	DATE	SEASON	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	Ryan Nembhard R. Nembhard	1	23	4/12/2026	2025-26	38.3	15.0	9.0	23.0	2.0	0.0	6.0	11.0	54.5	1.0	2.0	50.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	63.1	2.0	7.0	4.0	38	15	9	2	0	4	2	+23
2	Isaiah Collier I. Collier	1	22	2/3/2026	2025-26	48.0	17.0	5.0	22.0	3.0	0.0	6.0	16.0	37.5	0.0	3.0	0.0	5.0	8.0	62.5	43.5	0.0	5.0	2.0	48	17	5	3	0	2	4	+9
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1	20	4/3/2025	2024-25	38.7	35.0	17.0	20.0	2.0	0.0	12.0	19.0	63.2	1.0	1.0	100.0	10.0	11.0	90.9	73.4	2.0	15.0	2.0	39	35	17	2	0	2	0	+23
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	22	3/7/2025	2024-25	44.9	31.0	21.0	22.0	3.0	0.0	13.0	22.0	59.1	3.0	7.0	42.9	2.0	3.0	66.7	66.5	4.0	17.0	4.0	45	31	21	3	0	4	3	+8
5	Trae Young T. Young	1	20	1/7/2025	2024-25	36.6	24.0	2.0	20.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	16.0	37.5	3.0	10.0	30.0	9.0	10.0	90.0	58.8	0.0	2.0	2.0	37	24	2	0	1	2	1	+4
6	Trae Young T. Young	1	20	12/6/2024	2024-25	42.1	31.0	4.0	20.0	2.0	0.0	9.0	25.0	36.0	5.0	13.0	38.5	8.0	8.0	100.0	54.3	0.0	4.0	3.0	42	31	4	2	0	3	1	-6
7	Trae Young T. Young	1	22	11/27/2024	2024-25	37.0	20.0	4.0	22.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	18.0	33.3	3.0	13.0	23.1	5.0	5.0	100.0	49.5	0.0	4.0	5.0	37	20	4	0	0	5	3	+5
8	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	1	21	11/25/2024	2024-25	31.0	14.0	7.0	21.0	2.0	0.0	7.0	11.0	63.6	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		63.6	1.0	6.0	5.0	31	14	7	2	0	5	5	+10
9	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	1	23	12/30/2023	2023-24	35.7	22.0	5.0	23.0	2.0	1.0	8.0	17.0	47.1	2.0	10.0	20.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	58.6	1.0	4.0	2.0	36	22	5	2	1	2	0	+19
10	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	1	20	12/28/2023	2023-24	37.2	21.0	3.0	20.0	2.0	1.0	7.0	17.0	41.2	6.0	13.0	46.2	1.0	2.0	50.0	58.7	0.0	3.0	0.0	37	21	3	2	1	0	2	+32
11	Trae Young T. Young	1	20	4/7/2023	2022-23	42.7	27.0	3.0	20.0	4.0	0.0	7.0	14.0	50.0	1.0	6.0	16.7	12.0	14.0	85.7	67.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	43	27	3	4	0	9	0	+10
12	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	1	20	4/2/2023	2022-23	37.7	20.0	5.0	20.0	3.0	0.0	7.0	17.0	41.2	1.0	8.0	12.5	5.0	5.0	100.0	52.1	1.0	4.0	2.0	38	20	5	3	0	2	4	+18
13	James Harden J. Harden	1	20	3/6/2023	2022-23	39.5	14.0	9.0	20.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	11.0	27.3	1.0	6.0	16.7	7.0	9.0	77.8	46.8	1.0	8.0	1.0	40	14	9	0	0	1	0	+13
14	James Harden J. Harden	1	21	12/23/2022	2022-23	41.1	20.0	11.0	21.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	17.0	35.3	3.0	6.0	50.0	5.0	6.0	83.3	50.9	0.0	11.0	3.0	41	20	11	1	0	3	2	+11
15	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	21	5/10/2021	2020-21	40.1	28.0	13.0	21.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	22.0	45.5	3.0	7.0	42.9	5.0	5.0	100.0	57.9	0.0	13.0	3.0	40	28	13	0	0	3	4	-1
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	24	5/3/2021	2020-21	38.6	14.0	21.0	24.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	8.0	62.5	0.0	0.0		4.0	4.0	100.0	71.7	4.0	17.0	6.0	39	14	21	1	1	6	3	+21
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1	20	5/1/2021	2020-21	39.2	31.0	12.0	20.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	23.0	52.2	1.0	6.0	16.7	6.0	11.0	54.5	55.7	2.0	10.0	1.0	39	31	12	0	0	1	4	+6
18	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	21	3/29/2021	2020-21	39.3	35.0	14.0	21.0	2.0	1.0	14.0	26.0	53.8	4.0	6.0	66.7	3.0	5.0	60.0	62.1	1.0	13.0	4.0	39	35	14	2	1	4	3	+7
19	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	21	4/2/2019	2018-19	36.8	20.0	20.0	21.0	3.0	0.0	8.0	23.0	34.8	2.0	9.0	22.2	2.0	3.0	66.7	41.1	5.0	15.0	2.0	37	20	20	3	0	2	2	+24
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	24	1/10/2019	2018-19	49.6	24.0	13.0	24.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	22.0	50.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	40.0	49.6	2.0	11.0	3.0	50	24	13	2	0	3	4	-5
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	21	2/1/2018	2017-18	39.3	20.0	9.0	21.0	2.0	1.0	7.0	18.0	38.9	2.0	5.0	40.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	50.6	0.0	9.0	3.0	39	20	9	2	1	3	5	-8
22	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	20	1/20/2018	2017-18	34.6	23.0	9.0	20.0	2.0	0.0	9.0	17.0	52.9	1.0	1.0	100.0	4.0	5.0	80.0	59.9	2.0	7.0	5.0	35	23	9	2	0	5	1	+26
23	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	1	25	12/27/2017	2017-18	30.3	2.0	7.0	25.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	20.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		20.0	1.0	6.0	3.0	30	2	7	1	0	3	4	+28
24	John Wall J. Wall	1	20	3/17/2017	2016-17	33.7	14.0	0.0	20.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	13.0	30.8	1.0	3.0	33.3	5.0	6.0	83.3	44.8	0.0	0.0	2.0	34	14	0	1	1	2	2	+12
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	22	12/17/2016	2016-17	34.0	26.0	11.0	22.0	2.0	1.0	9.0	17.0	52.9	1.0	2.0	50.0	7.0	7.0	100.0	64.7	0.0	11.0	5.0	34	26	11	2	1	5	3	+16

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RPG

7.8

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APG

6.8

Flagg

Team Rankings

ORTG

113.7

11th

DRTG

111.7

12th

NETRTG

2.0

13th

3P%

34.6

14th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Trail Blazers	3	1	.750	1.5
6	Spurs	3	2	.600	2.0
7	Mavericks	3	2	.600	2.0
8	Timberwolves	3	2	.600	2.0
9	Nuggets	2	2	.500	2.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/30	HOU	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Mon 11/2	SAC	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Wed 11/4	DAL	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Fri 11/6	UTA	@	DAL	8:00 PM
Sun 11/8	BKN	@	DAL	7:30 PM

Last Game

Thunder

4 - 1

Final

120

Mavericks

3 - 2

Wed 28 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

36.0

Dončić

33.3

Edwards

28.8

Curry

RPG Leaders

16.2

Sabonis

13.8

Towns

12.2

Gobert

APG Leaders

10.4

Young

9.5

Haliburton

9.0

Jokić

SPG Leaders

3.2

Williamson

3.0

Daniels

2.8

Flagg

BPG Leaders

3.8

Wembanyama

2.6

Turner

2.4

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.3

Dončić

4.5

Edwards

4.0

Murray

TS% Leaders

84.1

Camara

78.8

Carter

77.0

Banchero

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

123.4

123.3

121.9

118.6

118.0

117.6

DRtg Rankings

98.2

103.4

103.5

106.2

106.3

106.6

NetRtg Rankings

14.4

14.2

12.1

12.0

9.6

8.7

Tank Leaderboard

0-4

0-5

1-4

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FanDuel Points Leaders

284.4

Wembanyama

270.7

Johnson

247.7

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

280.5

Johnson

275.3

Wembanyama

259.5

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.2

Dončić

37.9

Edwards

35.5

Miller

MPG Leaders

38.5

Murray

37.6

Maxey

37.3

Jokić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.77

Wembanyama

1.65

Flagg

1.58

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.71

Wembanyama

1.70

Dončić

1.65

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

5-0

4-1

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-3

1-4

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	4	1	.800
2	76ers	4	1	.800
3	Celtics	3	1	.750	0.5
4	Raptors	3	1	.750	0.5
5	Hornets	3	2	.600	1.0
6	Cavaliers	3	2	.600	1.0
7	Hawks	3	3	.500	1.5
8	Knicks	2	3	.400	2.0
9	Wizards	2	3	.400	2.0
10	Pacers	2	3	.400	2.0
11	Magic	1	3	.250	2.5
12	Bulls	1	4	.200	3.0
13	Bucks	1	4	.200	3.0
14	Heat	1	4	.200	3.0
15	Nets	0	4	.000	3.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Rockets	5	0	1.000
2	Grizzlies	5	0	1.000
3	Thunder	4	1	.800	1.0
4	Lakers	4	1	.800	1.0
5	Trail Blazers	3	1	.750	1.5
6	Spurs	3	2	.600	2.0
7	Mavericks	3	2	.600	2.0
8	Timberwolves	3	2	.600	2.0
9	Nuggets	2	2	.500	2.5
10	Warriors	2	3	.400	3.0
11	Suns	1	2	.333	3.0
12	Clippers	1	3	.250	3.5
13	Jazz	1	4	.200	4.0
14	Pelicans	1	4	.200	4.0
15	Kings	0	5	.000	5.0

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/30	CHA	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Fri 10/30	DET	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Fri 10/30	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 10/30	NYK	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Fri 10/30	ORL	@	TOR	7:30 PM

23 players are tied for the most games with 20+ assists, with 1 game. The first three are Ryan Nembhard in his rookie season in 2025-26 on April 12, Isaiah Collier in 2025-26 on February 3 and Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2024-25 on April 3, 2025.

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NBA 2026-27 Leaders

36.0

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28.8

16.2

13.8

12.2

10.4

9.5

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3.2

3.0

2.8

3.8

2.6

2.4

5.3

4.5

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84.1

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NBA 2026-27 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

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270.7

247.7

280.5

275.3

259.5

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37.6

37.3

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