every player to record 20+ assists in a game in the 80s

Magic Johnson had 21 assists against the Seattle SuperSonics on April 23, 1989.

Interpreted as:

every player to record 20+ assists in a regular-season game in the 80s

	NAME	DATE	AST	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	4/23/1989	21	LAL	vs	SEA	40	29	9	1	0	8	14	57.1	4	4	100.0	9	9	100.0	80.7	2	7	2	2
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	4/21/1989	20	UTA	@	DAL	42	19	2	8	0	5	14	35.7	1	4	25.0	8	10	80.0	51.6	0	2	5	4
3	Fat Lever F. Lever	4/21/1989	23	DEN	@	GSW	42	15	13	5	0	6	11	54.5	0	0		3	4	75.0	58.8	1	12	1	3
4	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	4/15/1989	20	PHX	vs	SAS	38	21	4	4	1	9	17	52.9	0	0		3	3	100.0	57.3	0	4	3	4
5	Gary Grant G. Grant	4/6/1989	20	LAC	vs	POR	40	17	3	4	0	4	7	57.1	0	0		9	10	90.0	74.6	0	3	3	4
6	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	2/26/1989	21	PHX	@	LAL	45	30	2	4	1	11	16	68.8	0	0		8	11	72.7	72.0	0	2	4	3
7	John Stockton J. Stockton	2/14/1989	21	UTA	vs	DEN	34	22	2	3	1	6	8	75.0	0	0		10	11	90.9	85.7	1	1	2	4
8	John Stockton J. Stockton	1/3/1989	24	UTA	@	HOU	45	26	1	6	0	12	16	75.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	77.0	1	0	1	3
9	Norm Nixon N. Nixon	12/8/1988	20	LAC	vs	HOU	38	15	3	1	0	5	11	45.5	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	55.0	1	2	3	1
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	12/7/1988	20	UTA	vs	WAS	40	18	2	5	0	4	9	44.4	0	0		10	11	90.9	65.0	0	2	4	3
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	12/6/1988	21	LAL	@	LAC	41	25	8	2	0	7	16	43.8	0	3	0.0	11	11	100.0	60.0	2	6	4	2
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	11/28/1988	20	LAL	@	PHI	42	32	11	2	0	12	23	52.2	1	1	100.0	7	10	70.0	58.4	1	10	7	1
13	John Stockton J. Stockton	11/19/1988	21	UTA	vs	PHX	42	19	1	7	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		1	2	50.0	63.8	0	1	3	4
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	4/20/1988	23	LAL	@	DAL	42	8	10	0	1	1	7	14.3	0	0		6	8	75.0	38.0	2	8	8	2
15	John Stockton J. Stockton	4/20/1988	21	UTA	@	LAC	38	13	1	5	0	4	11	36.4	0	0		5	6	83.3	47.7	0	1	3	4
16	John Stockton J. Stockton	4/14/1988	26	UTA	vs	POR	45	17	3	2	0	6	9	66.7	0	2	0.0	5	5	100.0	75.9	1	2	2	3
17	John Stockton J. Stockton	4/12/1988	20	UTA	vs	LAC	42	16	5	4	0	5	9	55.6	0	0		6	7	85.7	66.2	0	5	6	1
18	John Stockton J. Stockton	3/22/1988	21	UTA	vs	PHX	42	16	5	2	2	6	10	60.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	68.0	1	4	3	3
19	John Stockton J. Stockton	3/14/1988	20	UTA	@	DEN	45	24	5	3	0	10	14	71.4	1	1	100.0	3	4	75.0	76.1	1	4	4	2
20	John Stockton J. Stockton	2/20/1988	21	UTA	vs	LAC	35	16	0	6	0	7	8	87.5	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	94.8	0	0	1	2
21	John Stockton J. Stockton	2/19/1988	21	UTA	@	LAC	42	19	2	8	0	8	9	88.9	0	0		3	6	50.0	81.6	1	1	4	0
22	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	3/31/1987	21	SEA	vs	SAC	34	6	3	3	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	1	2	2	4
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3/10/1987	20	LAL	vs	DEN	28	11	5	3	0	4	8	50.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	59.0	1	4	4	2
24	Nate McMillan N. McMillan	2/23/1987	25	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
25	John Stockton J. Stockton	1/8/1987	22	UTA	vs	LAL	43	11	5	1	0	5	10	50.0	0	1	0.0	1	3	33.3	48.6	2	3	2	2