# List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 20 or more assists in a game

In basketball, an assist is a pass to a teammate that directly leads to a score by field goal. All of the players on this list have recorded at least 20 assists in a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I game. Assists were first recognized in the 1950–51 season, but only lasted through 1951–52 before the NCAA stopped recording them until the 1983–84 season. All players on this list have accumulated at least 20 assists in a game while playing for a Division I university. Through December 21, 2024, this has occurred only 25 times.
The single game record is 24 assists, set by Cameron Parker of Sacred Heart on December 1, 2019. The previous record of 22 had been accomplished by four players. Four 21-assist performances have been recorded, while the remaining instances have been 20 assists.
No school has had more than one player reach the 20-assist mark. Southern University is on this list four times via Avery Johnson's four 20-assist games during his career. Johnson, who spent his first two college seasons at New Mexico Junior College and then Cameron University, only played NCAA Division I basketball for two seasons (1987, 1988). He led Division I in assists per game both years and set the still-standing record of 13.30 assists per game in 1987–88. Cameron Parker joins him as the only two players in Division I history to reach 20 assists more than once.

## Key

| Pos. | G | F | C | Ref. |
| Position | Guard | Forward | Center | Reference(s) |
Class (Cl.) key :
| Fr | Freshman | So | Sophomore | Jr | Junior | Sr | Senior |
| * | Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player appears on the list |

## Dates of 20+ assists

| Assists | Player | Pos. | Cl. | Team | Opponent | Date |
| 24 | Cameron Parker | G | So | Sacred Heart | Pine Manor | December 1, 2019 |
| 22 | Sherman Douglas | G | Sr | Syracuse | Providence | January 28, 1989 |
| 22 | Tony Fairley | G | Sr | Charleston Southern | Armstrong Atlantic | February 9, 1987 |
| 22 | Avery Johnson | G | Sr | Southern | Texas Southern | January 25, 1988 |
| 22 | Trae Young | G | Fr | Oklahoma | Northwestern State | December 19, 2017 |
| 21 | Avery Johnson (2) | G | Sr | Southern | Alabama State | January 16, 1988 |
| 21 | Anthony Manuel | G | Jr | Bradley | UC Irvine | December 19, 1987 |
| 21 | Kelvin Scarborough | G | Sr | New Mexico | Hawaiʻi | February 13, 1987 |
| 21 | Mark Wade | G | Sr | UNLV | Navy | December 29, 1986 |
| 20 | Brandon Brooks | G | Jr | Alabama State | Jackson State | March 8, 2008 |
| 20 | Mateen Cleaves | G | Sr | Michigan State | Michigan | March 4, 2000 |
| 20 | Yuri Collins | G | Jr | Saint Louis | Tennessee State | November 30, 2022 |
| 20 | Chris Corchiani | G | Sr | NC State | Maryland | February 27, 1991 |
| 20 | Sam Crawford | G | Jr | New Mexico State | Sam Houston State | December 21, 1992 |
| 20 | Howard Evans | G | Sr | Temple | Villanova | February 10, 1988 |
| 20 | Dana Harris | G | Sr | UMBC | St. Mary's (MD) | December 12, 1992 |
| 20 | Drew Henderson | G | Jr | Fairfield | Loyola (MD) | January 25, 1992 |
| 20 | Avery Johnson (3) | G | Jr | Southern | Texas Southern | March 6, 1987 |
| 20 | Avery Johnson (4) | G | Sr | Southern | Mississippi Valley State | February 8, 1988 |
| 20 | James Johnson | G | Sr | Middle Tennessee | Freed–Hardeman | January 2, 1986 |
| 20 | Grayson Marshall | G | So | Clemson | Maryland Eastern Shore | November 25, 1985 |
| 20 | Sean Newman Jr. | G | Jr | Louisiana Tech | Rust | December 21, 2024 |
| 20 | Cameron Parker (2) | G | Sr | Montana | SAGU AIC | December 13, 2021 |
| 20 | Jasper Walker | G | So | Saint Peter's | Holy Cross | February 11, 1989 |
| 20 | Ray Washington | G | Sr | Nicholls | McNeese | January 28, 1995 |