current nba players by career high assists in a game

Russell Westbrook has the most assists by an active player in a game, with 24 assists on May 3, 2021 and on January 10, 2019.

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current NBA players by career high assists in a regular-season game

	NAME	AST	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	24	5/3/2021	WAS	vs	IND	39	14	21	1	1	5	8	62.5	0	0		4	4	100.0	71.7	4	17	6	3	+21
2	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	24	1/10/2019	OKC	@	SAS	50	24	13	2	0	11	22	50.0	0	4	0.0	2	5	40.0	49.6	2	11	3	4	-5
3	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	23	12/30/2023	IND	vs	NYK	36	22	5	2	1	8	17	47.1	2	10	20.0	4	4	100.0	58.6	1	4	2	0	+19
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	22	3/7/2025	DEN	vs	PHX	45	31	21	3	0	13	22	59.1	3	7	42.9	2	3	66.7	66.5	4	17	4	3	+8
5	Trae Young T. Young	22	11/27/2024	ATL	@	CLE	37	20	4	0	0	6	18	33.3	3	13	23.1	5	5	100.0	49.5	0	4	5	3	+5
6	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	22	12/17/2016	OKC	vs	PHX	34	26	11	2	1	9	17	52.9	1	2	50.0	7	7	100.0	64.7	0	11	5	3	+16
7	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	21	11/25/2024	NOP	@	IND	31	14	7	2	0	7	11	63.6	0	0		0	0		63.6	1	6	5	5	+10
8	James Harden J. Harden	21	12/23/2022	PHI	vs	LAC	41	20	11	1	0	6	17	35.3	3	6	50.0	5	6	83.3	50.9	0	11	3	2	+11
9	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	21	5/10/2021	WAS	@	ATL	40	28	13	0	0	10	22	45.5	3	7	42.9	5	5	100.0	57.9	0	13	3	4	-1
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	21	3/29/2021	WAS	vs	IND	39	35	14	2	1	14	26	53.8	4	6	66.7	3	5	60.0	62.1	1	13	4	3	+7
11	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	21	4/2/2019	OKC	vs	LAL	37	20	20	3	0	8	23	34.8	2	9	22.2	2	3	66.7	41.1	5	15	2	2	+24
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	21	2/1/2018	OKC	@	DEN	39	20	9	2	1	7	18	38.9	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	50.6	0	9	3	5	-8
13	Chris Paul C. Paul	21	11/6/2007	NOH	@	LAL	35	19	3	3	0	7	18	38.9	0	3	0.0	5	5	100.0	47.0	1	2	2	1	+17
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	20	4/3/2025	MIL	@	PHI	39	35	17	2	0	12	19	63.2	1	1	100.0	10	11	90.9	73.4	2	15	2	0	+23
15	Trae Young T. Young	20	1/7/2025	ATL	@	UTA	37	24	2	0	1	6	16	37.5	3	10	30.0	9	10	90.0	58.8	0	2	2	1	+4
16	Trae Young T. Young	20	12/6/2024	ATL	vs	LAL	42	31	4	2	0	9	25	36.0	5	13	38.5	8	8	100.0	54.3	0	4	3	1	-6
17	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	20	12/28/2023	IND	@	CHI	37	21	3	2	1	7	17	41.2	6	13	46.2	1	2	50.0	58.7	0	3	0	2	+32
18	Trae Young T. Young	20	4/7/2023	ATL	vs	PHI	43	27	3	4	0	7	14	50.0	1	6	16.7	12	14	85.7	67.0	0	3	9	0	+10
19	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	20	4/2/2023	TOR	@	CHA	38	20	5	3	0	7	17	41.2	1	8	12.5	5	5	100.0	52.1	1	4	2	4	+18
20	James Harden J. Harden	20	3/6/2023	PHI	@	IND	40	14	9	0	0	3	11	27.3	1	6	16.7	7	9	77.8	46.8	1	8	1	0	+13
21	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	20	5/1/2021	DAL	vs	WAS	39	31	12	0	0	12	23	52.2	1	6	16.7	6	11	54.5	55.7	2	10	1	4	+6
22	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	20	1/20/2018	OKC	@	CLE	35	23	9	2	0	9	17	52.9	1	1	100.0	4	5	80.0	59.9	2	7	5	1	+26
23	Chris Paul C. Paul	20	12/10/2016	LAC	vs	NOP	30	20	5	3	0	8	16	50.0	3	6	50.0	1	2	50.0	59.2	0	5	0	3	+21
24	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	20	3/17/2015	DET	vs	MEM	34	23	2	1	0	10	18	55.6	2	5	40.0	1	1	100.0	62.4	1	1	2	2	+24
25	Chris Paul C. Paul	20	2/27/2009	NOH	vs	MIL	36	9	7	0	0	4	12	33.3	0	2	0.0	1	4	25.0	32.7	0	7	2	3	0