most assist in a game by a shooting guard

Fat Lever and Jerry West are tied for the most assists by a shooting guard in a game, with 23 assists.

Interpreted as:
most assist in a regular-season game by a shooting guard
NAMEASTDATETMOPPMINPTSREBSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Fat Lever
F. Lever
23
4/21/1989
DEN DEN
@
GSW GSW
42
15
13
5
0
6
11
54.5
0
0
3
4
75.0
58.8
1
12
1
3
2Jerry West
J. West
23
2/1/1967
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
24
6
9
18
50.0
6
9
66.7
54.6
3
3George McCloud
G. McCloud
22
3/26/2001
DEN DEN
@
CHI CHI
49
5
4
0
0
2
9
22.2
0
1
0.0
1
1
100.0
26.5
1
3
5
4
+12
4James Harden
J. Harden
21
12/23/2022
PHI PHI
vs
LAC 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
5Clem Haskins
C. Haskins
21
12/6/1969
CHI CHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
23
5
7
20
35.0
9
11
81.8
46.3
5
6Richie Guerin
R. Guerin
21
12/12/1958
NYK NYK
vs
STL STL
18
8
2
3
66.7
3
7James Harden
J. Harden
20
3/6/2023
PHI PHI
@
IND 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
8Micheal Ray Richardson
M. Ray Richardson
19
3/21/1981
NYK NYK
vs
CLE CLE
47
27
15
2
0
11
21
52.4
1
2
50.0
4
7
57.1
56.1
3
4
9Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
19
11/4/1978
NOJ NOJ
@
MIL MIL
48
25
2
3
0
10
16
62.5
5
5
100.0
68.7
1
10Clem Haskins
C. Haskins
19
11/15/1969
CHI CHI
vs
SFW SFW
35
8
3
4
14
28.6
0
0
28.6
2
11Si Green
S. Green
19
2/9/1963
CHI CHI
vs
LAL LAL
8
4
0
2
0.0
4
12Richie Guerin
R. Guerin
19
2/13/1960
NYK NYK
vs
STL STL
21
11
8
5
5
100.0
2
13Tom Garrick
T. Garrick
18
3/30/1990
LAC LAC
vs
ATL ATL
41
22
5
3
0
8
10
80.0
0
1
0.0
6
6
100.0
87.0
0
5
4
4
14Jeff Hornacek
J. Hornacek
18
3/2/1989
PHX PHX
vs
SAC SAC
41
11
7
0
0
4
14
28.6
1
1
100.0
2
2
100.0
37.0
0
7
0
2
15Jeff Hornacek
J. Hornacek
18
1/28/1987
PHX PHX
vs
GSW GSW
30
6
1
3
0
1
5
20.0
0
1
0.0
4
4
100.0
44.4
0
1
1
1
16Micheal Ray Richardson
M. Ray Richardson
18
1/23/1980
NYK NYK
@
PHX PHX
40
22
10
3
0
10
18
55.6
2
5
40.0
0
0
61.1
1
9
5
4
17Micheal Ray Richardson
M. Ray Richardson
18
11/17/1979
NYK NYK
vs
BOS BOS
46
22
3
3
1
10
14
71.4
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
73.9
2
1
5
2
18Brian Winters
B. Winters
18
3/19/1978
MIL MIL
@
WAS WAS
42
22
6
2
0
8
16
50.0
6
6
100.0
59.0
1
19Pete Maravich
P. Maravich
18
1/16/1973
ATL ATL
vs
DET DET
20
2
6
23
26.1
8
9
88.9
37.1
5
20Jeff Mullins
J. Mullins
18
3/17/1972
GSW GSW
@
POR POR
44
16
5
7
18
38.9
2
2
100.0
42.4
3
21Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
18
3/14/1971
CIN CIN
@
CLE CLE
48
15
14
4
15
26.7
7
7
100.0
41.5
3
22Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
18
3/5/1971
CIN CIN
POR POR
42
27
9
10
16
62.5
7
7
100.0
70.8
1
23Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
18
3/3/1971
CIN CIN
@
BAL BAL
51
22
4
9
18
50.0
4
5
80.0
54.5
4
24Norm Van Lier
N. Van Lier
18
2/15/1970
CIN CIN
@
SDR SDR
6
10
2
8
25.0
2
2
100.0
33.8
5
25Paul Seymour
P. Seymour
18
1/26/1955
SYR SYR
PHI PHI
45
22
10
9
24
37.5
4
4
100.0
42.7
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1982-83 season.

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@
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9:00 PM
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Mon
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DEN DEN
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