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