most assists by a player with 40 points in a game since 2000

Since 1999-00, James Harden and Chris Paul are tied for the most assists in a game with 40+ points, with 17 assists.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player with 40 or more points in a regular-season game since 2000

	NAME	AST	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	James Harden J. Harden	17	44	12/26/2020	HOU	@	POR	43	4	1	0	12	21	57.1	6	13	46.2	14	16	87.5	78.5	1	3	5	1	-6
2	James Harden J. Harden	17	53	12/31/2016	HOU	vs	NYK	42	16	0	0	14	26	53.8	9	16	56.3	16	18	88.9	78.1	3	13	8	2	+13
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	17	41	4/1/2015	LAC	@	POR	39	5	4	0	13	21	61.9	5	9	55.6	10	10	100.0	80.7	1	4	1	2	+6
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	16	43	2/17/2021	POR	@	NOP	38	4	1	1	14	28	50.0	7	16	43.8	8	8	100.0	68.2	1	3	4	1	+14
5	Trae Young T. Young	16	49	3/1/2019	ATL	vs	CHI	56	8	1	1	17	33	51.5	6	13	46.2	9	11	81.8	64.7	1	7	9	2	-9
6	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	16	41	11/13/2016	OKC	vs	ORL	38	12	0	0	14	21	66.7	0	3	0.0	13	18	72.2	70.9	2	10	2	2	+9
7	LeBron James L. James	16	40	2/26/2013	MIA	vs	SAC	48	8	2	1	14	23	60.9	1	2	50.0	11	12	91.7	70.7	3	5	2	1	+11
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	15	45	1/29/2024	DAL	vs	ORL	43	9	2	0	12	23	52.2	3	8	37.5	18	21	85.7	69.8	0	9	4	4	+3
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	15	50	12/25/2023	DAL	@	PHX	44	6	4	3	15	25	60.0	8	16	50.0	12	12	100.0	82.6	1	5	4	2	+16
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	15	41	12/25/2022	DEN	vs	PHX	44	15	0	1	16	25	64.0	2	4	50.0	7	9	77.8	70.8	4	11	3	4	+12
11	James Harden J. Harden	15	40	3/17/2021	BKN	@	IND	42	10	2	0	13	27	48.1	2	9	22.2	12	14	85.7	60.3	2	8	2	4	+25
12	Trae Young T. Young	15	42	1/20/2020	ATL	vs	TOR	39	6	1	0	11	20	55.0	2	7	28.6	18	21	85.7	71.8	1	5	7	3	+1
13	Bradley Beal B. Beal	15	43	1/13/2019	WAS	vs	TOR	55	10	3	2	17	36	47.2	6	12	50.0	3	7	42.9	55.0	2	8	4	3	+4
14	James Harden J. Harden	15	44	1/3/2019	HOU	@	GSW	44	10	1	2	13	32	40.6	10	23	43.5	8	9	88.9	61.2	2	8	7	4	+5
15	Bradley Beal B. Beal	15	40	12/22/2018	WAS	vs	PHX	54	11	0	1	17	33	51.5	4	12	33.3	2	2	100.0	59.0	6	5	8	5	+6
16	James Harden J. Harden	15	41	11/1/2016	HOU	@	CLE	38	7	1	0	13	20	65.0	5	9	55.6	10	14	71.4	78.4	1	6	1	3	+10
17	Chris Paul C. Paul	15	42	10/31/2013	LAC	vs	GSW	37	2	6	0	12	20	60.0	2	6	33.3	16	17	94.1	76.4	1	1	6	4	+17
18	LeBron James L. James	15	43	2/18/2010	CLE	vs	DEN	47	13	2	4	15	33	45.5	1	9	11.1	12	17	70.6	53.1	1	12	3	1	-5
19	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	15	44	3/17/2007	DEN	vs	PHX	43	5	0	1	16	22	72.7	2	3	66.7	10	12	83.3	80.6	0	5	1	2	+31
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	14	45	2/27/2024	DAL	@	CLE	41	9	3	0	17	29	58.6	6	11	54.5	5	5	100.0	72.1	0	9	1	1	+13
21	Trae Young T. Young	14	45	11/30/2023	ATL	@	SAS	40	4	2	0	15	29	51.7	2	9	22.2	13	16	81.3	62.4	0	4	2	1	-1
22	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	14	41	10/27/2022	DAL	@	BKN	41	11	3	0	14	28	50.0	2	6	33.3	11	13	84.6	60.8	1	10	5	2	+20
23	Trae Young T. Young	14	56	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	Trae Young T. Young	14	45	1/26/2020	ATL	vs	WAS	39	6	1	0	13	24	54.2	6	11	54.5	13	16	81.3	72.5	1	5	5	2	+22
25	John Wall J. Wall	14	40	12/16/2018	WAS	vs	LAL	42	6	3	2	16	27	59.3	4	8	50.0	4	6	66.7	67.5	1	5	5	3	+25