John Stockton has the most steals + assists in a game, with 36 against the Spurs on January 15, 1991.

Interpreted as:

most steals + assists by a player single regular-season game

	NAME	STL+AST	STL	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	John Stockton J. Stockton	36	8	28	1/15/1991	UTA	vs	SAS	39	20	3	0	8	12	66.7	0	2	0.0	4	5	80.0	70.4	1	2	5	4
2	Scott Skiles S. Skiles	32	2	30	12/30/1990	ORL	vs	DEN	44	22	6	0	7	13	53.8	2	3	66.7	6	7	85.7	68.4	1	5	4	2
3	Andre Miller A. Miller	31	9	22	12/15/2001	CLE	vs	PHI	44	14	4	0	6	12	50.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	50.9	2	2	4	4	+2
4	Kevin Porter K. Porter	31	2	29	2/24/1978	NJN	vs	HOU	48	14	5	0	7	17	41.2				0	0		41.2				2
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	30	6	24	11/17/1989	LAL	vs	DEN	40	24	8	1	6	13	46.2	1	3	33.3	11	11	100.0	67.3	2	6	3	0
6	John Stockton J. Stockton	30	6	24	1/3/1989	UTA	@	HOU	45	26	1	0	12	16	75.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	77.0	1	0	1	3
7	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	29	6	23	1/5/2011	BOS	vs	SAS	44	12	10	1	6	10	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	3	7	5	3	+9
8	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	29	4	25	2/8/1996	DAL	vs	UTA	49	20	4	0	6	17	35.3	3	10	30.0	5	9	55.6	47.7	0	4	5	4
9	John Stockton J. Stockton	29	2	27	12/19/1989	UTA	@	NYK	36	18	3	0	8	12	66.7	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	69.9	1	2	2	5
10	John Stockton J. Stockton	29	8	21	2/19/1988	UTA	@	LAC	42	19	2	0	8	9	88.9	0	0		3	6	50.0	81.6	1	1	4	0
11	John Stockton J. Stockton	28	5	23	4/17/1992	UTA	vs	MIN	36	9	2	0	2	9	22.2	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	38.7	1	1	4	2
12	John Stockton J. Stockton	28	8	20	4/21/1989	UTA	@	DAL	42	19	2	0	5	14	35.7	1	4	25.0	8	10	80.0	51.6	0	2	5	4
13	Fat Lever F. Lever	28	5	23	4/21/1989	DEN	@	GSW	42	15	13	0	6	11	54.5	0	0		3	4	75.0	58.8	1	12	1	3
14	John Stockton J. Stockton	28	7	21	11/19/1988	UTA	vs	PHX	42	19	1	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		1	2	50.0	63.8	0	1	3	4
15	John Stockton J. Stockton	28	2	26	4/14/1988	UTA	vs	POR	45	17	3	0	6	9	66.7	0	2	0.0	5	5	100.0	75.9	1	2	2	3
16	Robert Pack R. Pack	27	5	22	11/23/1996	NJN	vs	DAL	39	17	2	0	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	5	6	83.3	79.9	2	0	4	1	+24
17	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	27	5	22	12/16/1994	GSW	vs	ORL	45	15	1	0	5	18	27.8	2	10	20.0	3	4	75.0	38.0	0	1	4	3
18	Mookie Blaylock M. Blaylock	27	4	23	3/6/1993	ATL	vs	UTA	37	11	0	0	5	8	62.5	1	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	65.2	0	0	2	3
19	John Stockton J. Stockton	27	7	20	12/28/1992	UTA	vs	MIN	30	13	3	0	6	10	60.0	1	1	100.0	0	1	0.0	62.3	1	2	2	2
20	John Stockton J. Stockton	27	4	23	12/8/1990	UTA	@	LAC	41	27	3	0	9	16	56.3	2	3	66.7	7	8	87.5	69.2	1	2	1	4
21	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	27	6	21	12/15/1989	LAL	@	BOS	43	16	6	0	4	12	33.3	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	51.5	0	6	3	0
22	John Stockton J. Stockton	27	6	21	2/20/1988	UTA	vs	LAC	35	16	0	0	7	8	87.5	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	94.8	0	0	1	2
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	27	2	25	2/13/1985	DET	vs	DAL	41	23	5	0	10	18	55.6	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	56.9	0	5	5	4
24	Geoff Huston G. Huston	27	0	27	1/27/1982	CLE	vs	GSW	46	24	1	0	10	17	58.8	0	0		4	6	66.7	61.1	0	1	4	2
25	Kevin Porter K. Porter	27	2	25	4/1/1979	DET	@	PHX	46	13	3	0	6	20	30.0				1	2	50.0	31.1	1	2	4	3