who is the youngest nba player to 20 assists in a game

Ennis Whatley is the youngest in a game with 20+ assists. He was 21 years and 156 days old against the Knicks on January 14, 1984.

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Who is the youngest NBA player to 20 or more assists in a regular-season 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	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	21-156	22	1/14/1984	CHI	vs	NYK	41	8	5	4	0	3	10	30.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	36.8	3	2	3	1
2	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	21-205	22	3/3/1984	CHI	vs	ATL	37	10	2	2	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	72.7	0	2	4	4
3	Ramon Sessions R. Sessions	22-003	24	4/14/2008	MIL	vs	CHI	44	20	8	1	1	7	12	58.3	0	0		6	7	85.7	66.3	2	6	2	2	-13
4	Brevin Knight B. Knight	22-014	20	11/22/1997	CLE	vs	WAS	37	13	2	4	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		5	6	83.3	75.2	0	2	3	4	+12
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	22-062	20	5/1/2021	DAL	vs	WAS	39	31	12	0	0	12	23	52.2	1	6	16.7	6	11	54.5	55.7	2	10	1	4	+6
6	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	22-064	20	4/25/1999	NJN	vs	IND	42	26	1	1	0	9	15	60.0	1	3	33.3	7	7	100.0	71.9	0	1	3	4	+20
7	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	22-087	20	2/19/1961	CIN	vs	LAL		43	9			15						13	15	86.7					5
8	Chris Paul C. Paul	22-184	21	11/6/2007	NOH	@	LAL	35	19	3	3	0	7	18	38.9	0	3	0.0	5	5	100.0	47.0	1	2	2	1	+17
9	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	22-196	21	2/23/1985	CHI	vs	GSW	31	1	0	2	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	12.9	0	0	2	3
10	Darren Collison D. Collison	22-197	20	3/8/2010	NOH	vs	GSW	46	16	1	3	0	7	12	58.3	2	3	66.7	0	2	0.0	62.1	1	0	7	1	+5
11	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	22-204	25	2/23/1987	SEA	vs	LAC	41	8	8	1	4	3	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	68.0	0	8	3	2
12	Deron Williams D. Williams	22-212	21	1/24/2007	UTA	vs	MEM	42	7	5	0	1	3	13	23.1	0	3	0.0	1	2	50.0	25.2	1	4	1	5	+13
13	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	22-240	21	3/31/1987	SEA	vs	SAC	34	6	3	3	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	1	2	2	4
14	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	22-304	20	2/28/1984	DET	@	ATL	36	15	4	2	0	5	14	35.7	0	0		5	5	100.0	46.3	1	3	4	5
15	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	22-322	25	2/8/1996	DAL	vs	UTA	49	20	4	4	0	6	17	35.3	3	10	30.0	5	9	55.6	47.7	0	4	5	4
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	22-325	20	3/26/2008	NOH	@	CLE	42	15	3	2	1	5	17	29.4	1	4	25.0	4	4	100.0	40.0	2	1	1	2	+5
17	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	22-339	22	10/29/1961	CIN	vs	SYR		26	11			6	12	50.0				14	17	82.4	66.7				1
18	Ernie DiGregorio E. DiGregorio	22-351	25	1/1/1974	BUF	@	POR	48	20	9	2	0	9	22	40.9				2	2	100.0	43.7	3	6		4
19	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	22-359	21	2/26/1989	PHX	@	LAL	45	30	2	4	1	11	16	68.8	0	0		8	11	72.7	72.0	0	2	4	3
20	Phil Ford P. Ford	23-012	22	2/21/1979	KCK	vs	MIL	44	26	5	5	0	12	16	75.0				2	3	66.7	75.1			6	5
21	Phil Ford P. Ford	23-014	21	2/23/1979	KCK	vs	PHX	45	22	3	3	0	8	16	50.0				6	8	75.0	56.4	0	3	4	3
22	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	23-017	20	12/11/1961	CIN		CHI	47	32	15			12	24	50.0				8	13	61.5	53.8				3
23	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	23-042	20	4/15/1989	PHX	vs	SAS	38	21	4	4	1	9	17	52.9	0	0		3	3	100.0	57.3	0	4	3	4
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	23-144	20	1/5/1983	LAL	@	PHI	46	23	12	2	0	11	16	68.8	0	0		1	1	100.0	70.0	5	7	6	3
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	23-154	21	1/15/1983	LAL	@	ATL	37	13	17			6	10	60.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	62.3				2

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Ennis Whatley is the youngest in a game with 20+ assists. He was 21 years and 156 days old against the Knicks on January 14, 1984.

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