most assists by a single player in a loss in nba history

Guy Rodgers has the most assists in a loss, with 28 assists against the St. Louis Hawks on March 14, 1963.

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most assists by a single player in a regular-season loss in NBA history

	NAME	AST	L	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	28	1	3/14/1963	SFW	vs	STL	48	14	5			6	11	54.5				2	2	100.0	58.9				4
2	John Stockton J. Stockton	27	1	12/19/1989	UTA	@	NYK	36	18	3	2	0	8	12	66.7	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	69.9	1	2	2	5
3	John Stockton J. Stockton	26	1	4/14/1988	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
4	Kevin Porter K. Porter	25	1	4/1/1979	DET	@	PHX	46	13	3	2	0	6	20	30.0				1	2	50.0	31.1	1	2	4	3
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	24	1	1/10/2019	OKC	@	SAS	50	24	13	2	0	11	22	50.0	0	4	0.0	2	5	40.0	49.6	2	11	3	4	-5
6	Ramon Sessions R. Sessions	24	1	4/14/2008	MIL	vs	CHI	44	20	8	1	1	7	12	58.3	0	0		6	7	85.7	66.3	2	6	2	2	-13
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	24	1	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
8	John Stockton J. Stockton	24	1	1/3/1989	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	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	24	1	2/7/1985	DET	@	WAS	50	25	10	2	1	9	27	33.3	1	3	33.3	6	9	66.7	40.4	4	6	2	1
10	Kevin Porter K. Porter	23	1	3/30/1979	DET	@	LAL	43	15	3	1	0	6	22	27.3				3	4	75.0	31.6	1	2	3	5
11	Steve Nash S. Nash	22	1	1/2/2006	PHX	@	NYK	55	28	5	1	0	10	25	40.0	3	13	23.1	5	6	83.3	50.7	2	3	4	5	-1
12	Andre Miller A. Miller	22	1	12/15/2001	CLE	vs	PHI	44	14	4	9	0	6	12	50.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	50.9	2	2	4	4	+2
13	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	22	1	12/16/1994	GSW	vs	ORL	45	15	1	5	0	5	18	27.8	2	10	20.0	3	4	75.0	38.0	0	1	4	3
14	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	22	1	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
15	John Stockton J. Stockton	22	1	12/11/1989	UTA	vs	CLE	44	14	2	4	0	6	9	66.7	0	0		2	4	50.0	65.1	0	2	4	2
16	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	22	1	1/14/1984	CHI	vs	NYK	41	8	5	4	0	3	10	30.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	36.8	3	2	3	1
17	John Lucas J. Lucas	22	1	2/27/1981	GSW	@	DEN	36	13	5	1	2	4	7	57.1	0	0		5	7	71.4	64.5	1	4	4	3
18	Kevin Porter K. Porter	22	1	2/27/1979	DET	@	CHI	44	32	5	4	0	13	22	59.1				6	8	75.0	62.7	4	1	4	3
19	Kevin Porter K. Porter	22	1	12/23/1978	DET	vs	SAS	45	10	1	2	0	3	7	42.9				4	5	80.0	54.3				5
20	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	21	1	11/25/2024	NOP	@	IND	31	14	7	2	0	7	11	63.6	0	0		0	0		63.6	1	6	5	5	+10
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	21	1	5/10/2021	WAS	@	ATL	40	28	13	0	0	10	22	45.5	3	7	42.9	5	5	100.0	57.9	0	13	3	4	-1
22	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	21	1	2/1/2018	OKC	@	DEN	39	20	9	2	1	7	18	38.9	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	50.6	0	9	3	5	-8
23	Deron Williams D. Williams	21	1	1/24/2007	UTA	vs	MEM	42	7	5	0	1	3	13	23.1	0	3	0.0	1	2	50.0	25.2	1	4	1	5	+13
24	Scott Skiles S. Skiles	21	1	4/16/1993	ORL	@	CLE	44	12	6	1	1	6	13	46.2	0	3	0.0	0	0		46.2	2	4	5	1
25	John Stockton J. Stockton	21	1	3/13/1990	UTA	vs	PHX	43	18	5	2	0	7	16	43.8	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	50.7	2	3	4	4