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.

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Pos.GFCRef.PositionGuardForwardCenterReference(s) Class (Cl.) keyFr FreshmanSo SophomoreJr JuniorSr Senior

*Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of FamePlayer (X)Denotes the number of times the player appears on the list

Dates of 20+ assists

AssistsPlayerPos.Cl.TeamOpponentDateRef. 24 G Sacred Heart Pine Manor 22 G Syracuse Providence 22 G Charleston Southern Armstrong Atlantic 22 G Southern Texas Southern 22 G Oklahoma Northwestern State 21 (2) G Southern Alabama State 21 G Bradley UC Irvine 21 G New Mexico Hawaii 21 G UNLV Navy 20 G Alabama State Jackson State 20 G Michigan State Michigan 20 G Saint Louis Tennessee State 20G NC State Maryland 20 G New Mexico State Sam Houston State 20 G Temple Villanova 20 G UMBC St. Mary's (MD) 20 G Fairfield Loyola (MD) 20 (3) G Southern Texas Southern 20 (4) G Southern Mississippi Valley State 20 G Middle Tennessee Freed–Hardeman 20 G Clemson Maryland Eastern Shore 20 G Louisiana Tech Rust 20 (2) G Montana SAGU AIC 20 G Saint Peter's Holy Cross 20 G Nicholls McNeese

See also List of NBA single-game assists leaders

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