Gary Payton had his most assists in a game against the Rockets on November 5, 2002, with 18 assists.

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Gary Payton most assists in a regular-season game

	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	Gary Payton G. Payton	18	11/5/2002	SEA	@	HOU	40	20	7	1	0	7	21	33.3	0	2	0.0	6	7	85.7	41.5	1	6	1	2	+8
2	Gary Payton G. Payton	17	11/10/1999	SEA	@	WAS	36	20	7	1	0	9	20	45.0	2	8	25.0	0	2	0.0	47.9	3	4	2	1	+11
3	Gary Payton G. Payton	17	3/27/1996	SEA	vs	CHA	36	19	4	3	0	8	16	50.0	2	5	40.0	1	1	100.0	57.8	0	4	3	3
4	Gary Payton G. Payton	16	11/12/2002	SEA	@	WAS	42	14	4	2	0	6	18	33.3	0	3	0.0	2	3	66.7	36.2	1	3	1	3	+10
5	Gary Payton G. Payton	16	3/16/2000	SEA	vs	VAN	42	30	4	3	1	12	26	46.2	1	4	25.0	5	5	100.0	53.2	0	4	1	3	+17
6	Gary Payton G. Payton	16	3/10/2000	SEA	vs	GSW	41	27	3	4	0	10	27	37.0	1	7	14.3	6	7	85.7	44.9	2	1	3	1	+17
7	Gary Payton G. Payton	16	2/25/2000	SEA	vs	ATL	48	21	7	2	0	8	20	40.0	2	5	40.0	3	4	75.0	48.3	3	4	4	4	-8
8	Gary Payton G. Payton	16	2/13/1999	SEA	vs	DEN	42	28	9	4	1	7	19	36.8	0	4	0.0	14	20	70.0	50.4	3	6	2	3	+15
9	Gary Payton G. Payton	16	2/24/1991	SEA	vs	UTA	31	2	1	1	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	25.8	1	0	4	3
10	Gary Payton G. Payton	15	1/17/2004	LAL	vs	LAC	40	15	6	0	2	7	19	36.8	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	37.7	1	5	1	3	+3
11	Gary Payton G. Payton	15	1/11/2002	SEA	vs	CLE	44	24	3	3	1	10	22	45.5	1	3	33.3	3	4	75.0	50.5	0	3	2	1	+4
12	Gary Payton G. Payton	15	11/11/2001	SEA	@	WAS	44	32	7	0	0	11	22	50.0	3	4	75.0	7	8	87.5	62.7	1	6	4	3	+22
13	Gary Payton G. Payton	15	4/8/2001	SEA	vs	MIL	44	26	7	1	0	12	24	50.0	2	5	40.0	0	0		54.2	2	5	0	2	+24
14	Gary Payton G. Payton	15	12/9/2000	SEA	vs	HOU	43	35	5	2	1	15	25	60.0	0	3	0.0	5	8	62.5	61.4	1	4	3	2	+2
15	Gary Payton G. Payton	15	3/31/2000	SEA	vs	SAC	37	35	4	6	0	15	22	68.2	2	8	25.0	3	3	100.0	75.0	0	4	2	0	+25
16	Gary Payton G. Payton	15	4/19/1999	SEA	@	HOU	44	23	7	2	0	10	24	41.7	0	3	0.0	3	3	100.0	45.4	1	6	5	2	-7
17	Gary Payton G. Payton	15	4/6/1999	SEA	vs	SAC	43	21	4	5	0	8	22	36.4	2	5	40.0	3	5	60.0	43.4	0	4	2	2	-13
18	Gary Payton G. Payton	15	2/27/1998	SEA	vs	ATL	40	9	3	5	0	4	10	40.0	1	6	16.7	0	0		45.0	0	3	6	3	+7
19	Gary Payton G. Payton	15	11/15/1991	SEA	@	IND	38	16	5	2	0	6	8	75.0	0	0		4	5	80.0	78.4	2	3	2	4
20	Gary Payton G. Payton	14	1/3/2003	SEA	vs	DEN	42	25	4	2	0	9	20	45.0	3	4	75.0	4	9	44.4	52.2	1	3	2	5	-9
21	Gary Payton G. Payton	14	11/29/2002	SEA	vs	HOU	41	10	5	2	0	3	16	18.8	0	3	0.0	4	6	66.7	26.8	1	4	3	4	-7
22	Gary Payton G. Payton	14	11/21/2002	SEA	vs	POR	42	22	4	1	0	10	23	43.5	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	46.1	2	2	1	1	+2
23	Gary Payton G. Payton	14	2/15/2001	SEA	vs	BOS	40	20	3	1	2	8	17	47.1	2	3	66.7	2	4	50.0	53.3	0	3	5	2	-8
24	Gary Payton G. Payton	14	4/18/2000	SEA	@	SAC	53	33	11	3	1	13	28	46.4	2	6	33.3	5	6	83.3	53.9	2	9	1	3	+7
25	Gary Payton G. Payton	14	2/9/2000	SEA	@	DAL	41	25	7	0	0	11	23	47.8	3	7	42.9	0	0		54.3	1	6	1	2	+14