Talk:List of NBA single-game assists leaders

Why 22?

Wouldn't 20 be a more logical cutoff point? Quadzilla99 (talk) 20:12, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Id assume that 22 was chosen as a cutoff because the frequency of 22 assist games allows for a reasonably sized table. A 25 assist cutoff would result in a much smaller list and a cutoff of 20 assists would lead to a considerably larger, or even exponentially larger list.67.253.106.75 (talk) 05:52, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Highlighting

The blue and yellow highlighting is inaccurate or incomplete, Steve nash is an active player, and thus not eligible for hall of fame induction.67.253.106.75 (talk) 05:46, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Why is the cutoff 22 assists?

20 makes a lot more sense then 22? I am trying to expand it to 20 because it more ideal but my editing keeps getting reverted Johny4814 (talk) 20:42, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

The cutoff is at 22, because if we include games with 21 and 20 assists then the table would get excessively long. There were far too many 20-assist games and they would pretty much overtake the whole table. The same can be said about 21-assist games. – Sabbatino (talk) 21:46, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

My suggestions are:

1. Break out playoff performances to a separate list List of National Basketball Association single-game playoff assists leaders. Playoff and regular season performances are always seperate in the media.
2. Since there are generally no "magic number" cutoffs for the NBA (unlike say List of 500-yard passing games in the National Football League), I'd suggest going with a standard top-50 like at List of National Basketball Association career assists leaders or List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders

If we follow those, the top-50 for regular season assists would cutoff at 21 assists for now.[1]—Bagumba (talk) 12:01, 2 December 2020 (UTC)