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 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 the current 2019–20 season, this has occurred only 22 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 13 remaining instances have been 20 assists.
No school has had more than one player reach the 20-assist mark, but Southern University is on this list four times via 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. 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. He is also the only player in Division I history to reach 20 assists more than once.
The most recent player to accomplish this feat is the aforementioned Cameron Parker.
Key
| Pos. | G | F | C | Ref. |
| Position | Guard | Forward | Center | Reference |
| * | Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| Player | Denotes the number of times the player appears on the list |
Dates of 20+ assists
| Assists | Player | Pos. | Cl. | Team | Opponent | Date | Ref. |
| 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 | 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 | NC State | Maryland | ||||
| 20 | G | New Mexico State | Sam Houston State | ||||
| 20 | G | Temple | Villanova | ||||
| 20 | G | UMBC | St. Mary's | ||||
| 20 | G | Fairfield | Loyola | ||||
| 20 | G | Southern | Texas Southern | ||||
| 20 | G | Southern | Mississippi Valley State | ||||
| 20 | G | Middle Tennessee | Freed–Hardeman | ||||
| 20 | G | Clemson | Maryland–Eastern Shore | ||||
| 20 | G | Saint Peter's | Holy Cross | ||||
| 20 | G | Nicholls | McNeese State |