Donovan Mitchell has posted the most points in a game with 8+ assists and more than 0 games played, with 71 points against the Bulls on January 2, 2023.

Interpreted as:

most 20 point and 8 or more assist regular-season games by a player

	NAME	PTS	AST	GP	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	71	11	1	1/2/2023	CLE	vs	CHI	50	8	0	1	22	34	64.7	7	15	46.7	20	25	80.0	78.9	3	5	4	3	+19
2	Rick Barry R. Barry	64	9	1	3/26/1974	GSW	vs	POR	43	10	5	0	30	45	66.7				4	5	80.0	67.8	0	10		4
3	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	64	8	1	11/8/1959	MIN	vs	BOS		17			25	47	53.2				14	19	73.7	57.8				4
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	61	10	1	4/1/2025	DEN	vs	MIN	53	10	2	0	18	29	62.1	6	11	54.5	19	24	79.2	77.1	2	8	4	5	+2
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	61	8	1	8/11/2020	POR	@	DAL	41	5	1	0	17	32	53.1	9	17	52.9	18	18	100.0	76.4	2	3	3	2	+8
6	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	60	8	1	1/25/2023	POR	vs	UTA	40	7	3	0	21	29	72.4	9	15	60.0	9	10	90.0	89.8	0	7	4	1	+11
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	60	10	1	12/27/2022	DAL	vs	NYK	47	21	2	1	21	31	67.7	2	6	33.3	16	22	72.7	73.7	5	16	4	5	+7
8	James Harden J. Harden	60	8	1	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	31	3	3	1	16	24	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	3	+50
9	James Harden J. Harden	60	11	1	1/30/2018	HOU	vs	ORL	46	10	4	1	19	30	63.3	5	14	35.7	17	18	94.4	79.1	2	8	5	2	+7
10	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	60	8	1	12/17/2006	WAS	@	LAL	49	8	2	0	17	32	53.1	5	12	41.7	21	27	77.8	68.4	0	8	3	3	+10
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	59	8	1	11/13/2022	PHI	vs	UTA	37	11	1	7	19	28	67.9	1	5	20.0	20	24	83.3	76.5	1	10	5	3	+25
12	James Harden J. Harden	59	9	1	10/30/2019	HOU	@	WAS	38	3	1	0	18	32	56.3	6	14	42.9	17	18	94.4	73.9	1	2	4	3	+6
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	59	9	1	1/28/1964	SFW	@	PHI	47	13			24	36	66.7				11	20	55.0	65.8				2
14	James Harden J. Harden	58	10	1	2/28/2019	HOU	vs	MIA	44	7	4	1	16	32	50.0	8	18	44.4	18	18	100.0	72.6	2	5	4	1	+10
15	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	58	9	1	3/7/2017	OKC	vs	POR	36	3	3	1	21	39	53.8	3	9	33.3	13	16	81.3	63.0	1	2	4	4	+7
16	James Harden J. Harden	57	8	1	3/20/2019	HOU	@	MEM	46	7	2	2	18	39	46.2	9	17	52.9	12	12	100.0	64.4	1	6	3	3	+11
17	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	57	11	1	3/29/2017	OKC	@	ORL	42	13	3	0	21	40	52.5	6	15	40.0	9	11	81.8	63.6	3	10	7	3	+8
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	57	10	1	12/23/1992	CHI	vs	WAS	42	2	3	1	22	37	59.5	6	8	75.0	7	8	87.5	70.3	0	2	1	3
19	Reggie Miller R. Miller	57	8	1	11/28/1992	IND	@	CHA	38	5	1	0	16	29	55.2	4	11	36.4	21	23	91.3	72.9	1	4	0	1
20	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	57	8	1	11/10/1969	ATL		CHI	38	8			25	34	73.5				7	8	87.5	76.0				4
21	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	57	8	1	12/11/1959	NYK	vs	SYR	38	12			18	31	58.1				21	26	80.8	67.2				1
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	56	8	1	12/7/2024	DEN	@	WAS	39	16	1	0	22	39	56.4	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	62.6	7	9	5	5	-1
23	Trae Young T. Young	56	14	1	1/3/2022	ATL	@	POR	37	4	0	0	17	26	65.4	7	12	58.3	15	15	100.0	85.9	1	3	4	1	+10
24	James Harden J. Harden	56	13	1	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	35	2	2	0	19	25	76.0	7	8	87.5	11	12	91.7	92.5	0	2	7	3	+25
25	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	56	12	1	12/18/1964	CIN	vs	LAL		9			17	33	51.5				22	23	95.7	64.9				2