most assists in one game by a player ever

Caitlin Clark has the most assists in a game, with 19 assists against the Wings on July 17, 2024.

Interpreted as:

most assists in one regular-season game by a player ever

	NAME	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Caitlin Clark C. Clark	19	7/17/2024	IND	@	DAL	40	24	6	0	0	10	19	52.6	2	9	22.2	2	3	66.7	59.1	0	6	6	1	-8
2	Courtney Vandersloot C. Vandersloot	18	8/31/2020	CHI	@	IND	34	13	2	2	1	4	8	50.0	0	1	0.0	5	5	100.0	63.7	0	2	3	2	+30
3	Alyssa Thomas A. Thomas	16	8/22/2025	PHX	vs	GSV	37	13	12	0	2	5	9	55.6	0	0		3	6	50.0	55.8	2	10	4	1	+19
4	Alyssa Thomas A. Thomas	16	6/1/2023	CON	@	MIN	40	16	9	0	1	8	15	53.3	0	0		0	0		53.3	3	6	2	3	+5
5	Sabrina Ionescu S. Ionescu	16	7/31/2022	NYL	vs	PHX	34	10	8	2	0	3	14	21.4	1	6	16.7	3	3	100.0	32.6	1	7	3	1	+19
6	Courtney Vandersloot C. Vandersloot	16	5/23/2021	CHI	vs	NYL	35	14	5	4	0	5	15	33.3	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	44.1	2	3	4	1	-3
7	Ticha Penicheiro T. Penicheiro	16	8/3/2002	SAC	vs	LAS	40	3	6	5	0	1	9	11.1	0	3	0.0	1	2	50.0	15.2	1	5	2	2	-10
8	Ticha Penicheiro T. Penicheiro	16	7/29/1998	SAC	@	CLE	39	4	6	2	0	1	6	16.7	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	29.1	0	6	3	4	-8
9	Alyssa Thomas A. Thomas	15	8/26/2025	PHX	@	LAS	35	12	16	3	0	5	9	55.6	0	0		2	4	50.0	55.8	3	13	5	0	+15
10	Alyssa Thomas A. Thomas	15	7/7/2025	PHX	vs	DAL	29	15	10	2	0	5	8	62.5	0	0		5	8	62.5	65.1	1	9	4	4	+30
11	Alyssa Thomas A. Thomas	15	6/27/2025	PHX	vs	NYL	31	17	9	0	0	7	11	63.6	0	0		3	3	100.0	69.0	1	8	2	1	+15
12	Alyssa Thomas A. Thomas	15	5/27/2025	PHX	vs	CHI	35	10	7	3	2	4	7	57.1	0	0		2	4	50.0	57.1	0	7	1	2	+5
13	Natasha Cloud N. Cloud	15	9/8/2023	WAS	vs	ATL	35	7	5	0	1	1	5	20.0	1	2	50.0	4	4	100.0	51.8	1	4	2	2	+9
14	Courtney Vandersloot C. Vandersloot	15	7/10/2021	CHI	vs	WAS	40	13	4	4	1	5	14	35.7	0	6	0.0	3	5	60.0	40.1	1	3	4	4	-8
15	Courtney Vandersloot C. Vandersloot	15	9/6/2020	CHI	@	LAS	36	9	3	1	0	3	10	30.0	1	6	16.7	2	3	66.7	39.8	0	3	2	4	-5
16	Courtney Vandersloot C. Vandersloot	15	8/18/2020	CHI	vs	LVA	33	15	6	0	1	6	9	66.7	3	4	75.0	0	0		83.3	1	5	2	3	+4
17	Courtney Vandersloot C. Vandersloot	15	8/10/2018	CHI	vs	CON	37	20	0	0	2	8	12	66.7	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	77.6	0	0	5	2	+11
18	Courtney Vandersloot C. Vandersloot	15	7/20/2018	CHI	vs	DAL	37	13	10	1	1	4	5	80.0	2	3	66.7	3	4	75.0	96.2	2	8	3	3	+20
19	Ticha Penicheiro T. Penicheiro	15	8/4/2010	LAS	vs	CHI	37	4	8	2	0	1	4	25.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	34.7	0	8	2	3	+6
20	Cappie Pondexter C. Pondexter	15	7/15/2009	PHX	vs	SAC	31	12	3	0	0	4	10	40.0	3	7	42.9	1	2	50.0	55.1	0	3	1	2	+22
21	Ticha Penicheiro T. Penicheiro	15	7/15/2003	SAC	@	CLE	35	7	6	3	0	3	8	37.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	39.4	1	5	2	2	+12
22	Veronica Burton V. Burton	14	8/19/2025	GSV	vs	PHX	34	24	2	2	0	6	13	46.2	2	5	40.0	10	10	100.0	69.0	0	2	0	4	-10
23	Leila Lacan L. Lacan	14	8/17/2025	CON	vs	IND	38	7	4	3	0	3	6	50.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		58.3	0	4	0	4	+1
24	Chelsea Gray C. Gray	14	8/17/2025	LVA	vs	DAL	32	10	2	1	0	3	6	50.0	1	2	50.0	3	3	100.0	68.3	1	1	1	1	+22
25	Arike Ogunbowale A. Ogunbowale	14	7/28/2025	DAL	vs	NYL	32	20	1	1	0	7	15	46.7	2	7	28.6	4	5	80.0	58.1	0	1	1	1	+11