Magic Johnson had his most assists in a game on January 9, 1990 and on November 17, 1989, with 24 assists.

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Magic Johnson 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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24	1/9/1990	LAL	@	PHX	45	24	6	2	2	6	11	54.5	3	5	60.0	9	11	81.8	75.8	2	4	4	2
2	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24	11/17/1989	LAL	vs	DEN	40	24	8	6	1	6	13	46.2	1	3	33.3	11	11	100.0	67.3	2	6	3	0
3	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	23	4/20/1988	LAL	@	DAL	42	8	10	0	1	1	7	14.3	0	0		6	8	75.0	38.0	2	8	8	2
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	23	2/21/1984	LAL	vs	SEA	36	9	5	2	0	4	10	40.0	0	2	0.0	1	3	33.3	39.8	0	5	3	3
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	22	11/6/1990	LAL	vs	POR	49	24	6	3	0	8	16	50.0	1	4	25.0	7	7	100.0	62.9	1	5	5	3
6	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	22	11/17/1983	LAL	vs	CLE	37	23	9	3	1	8	13	61.5	0	1	0.0	7	10	70.0	66.1	1	8	2	1
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	12/16/1990	LAL	vs	IND	39	29	7	1	0	7	14	50.0	0	0		15	16	93.8	68.9	2	5	7	2
8	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	12/15/1989	LAL	@	BOS	43	16	6	6	0	4	12	33.3	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	51.5	0	6	3	0
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	4/23/1989	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
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	12/6/1988	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
11	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	21	1/15/1983	LAL	@	ATL	37	13	17			6	10	60.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	62.3				2
12	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	11/28/1988	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	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	3/10/1987	LAL	vs	DEN	28	11	5	3	0	4	8	50.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	59.0	1	4	4	2
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	4/6/1986	LAL	@	HOU	42	20	5	3	0	9	18	50.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	53.0	1	4	6	3
15	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	12/12/1985	LAL	vs	PHX	31	13	4	0	0	3	6	50.0	0	1	0.0	7	7	100.0	71.6	0	4	3	0
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	11/20/1985	LAL	vs	LAC	35	22	9	1	0	9	12	75.0	0	0		4	5	80.0	77.5	4	5	2	2
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	12/19/1984	LAL	@	HOU	44	26	6	4	0	10	17	58.8	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	66.2	0	6	4	3
18	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	12/18/1984	LAL	@	ATL	45	25	14	0	0	7	12	58.3	0	0		11	12	91.7	72.3	1	13	4	1
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	11/25/1983	LAL	vs	NJN	37	19	7	1	1	3	7	42.9	0	0		13	14	92.9	72.2	1	6	3	1
20	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	3/9/1983	LAL	vs	SDC	42	7	5	2	0	2	5	40.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	51.8	2	3	5	2
21	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	20	1/26/1983	LAL	vs	MIL	46	9	12	0	0	4	11	36.4	0	0		1	4	25.0	35.3	2	10	4	4
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	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
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	4/15/1991	LAL	vs	DAL	37	7	9	3	0	1	4	25.0	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	52.7	1	8	11	0
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	2/26/1989	LAL	vs	PHX	33	25	6	0	0	8	18	44.4	1	3	33.3	8	9	88.9	56.9	0	6	3	0
25	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	19	11/9/1988	LAL	vs	DEN	38	18	6	0	0	7	12	58.3	0	0		4	6	66.7	61.5	0	6	4	3