most assists by a single player in the first half of a game

James Harden had the most assists in a first half this season, with 13 assists versus the Hawks on January 4.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a single player in the first half of a regular-season game this season

	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	James Harden J. Harden	13	1/4/2025	LAC	vs	ATL	17	2	1	2	0	1	5	20.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		20.0	0	1	3	2	+8
2	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	11	4/10/2025	NOP	@	MIL	15	0	3	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	0	3	2	0	-5
3	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	11	3/26/2025	IND	vs	LAL	18	7	0	1	1	3	8	37.5	1	5	20.0	0	0		43.8	0	0	1	1	-2
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	11	3/17/2025	DEN	@	GSW	20	2	7	3	1	1	6	16.7	0	2	0.0	0	0		16.7	2	5	3	1	+7
5	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	11	3/14/2025	CHA	@	SAS	17	13	1	0	0	4	6	66.7	3	5	60.0	2	2	100.0	94.5	0	1	3	0	+26
6	Trae Young T. Young	11	12/28/2024	ATL	vs	MIA	18	6	1	1	0	2	5	40.0	2	4	50.0	0	0		60.0	0	1	2	0	+11
7	Trae Young T. Young	11	11/18/2024	ATL	@	SAC	18	4	0	2	0	1	3	33.3	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	51.5	0	0	1	0	+14
8	Trae Young T. Young	10	4/1/2025	ATL	vs	POR	17	7	2	3	0	3	6	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		58.3	0	2	3	1	+2
9	Trae Young T. Young	10	3/30/2025	ATL	@	MIL	18	16	2	1	0	4	10	40.0	2	4	50.0	6	7	85.7	61.2	0	2	1	0	+5
10	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	10	3/14/2025	LAL	@	DEN	20	22	5	1	0	8	15	53.3	3	5	60.0	3	3	100.0	67.4	0	5	3	1	+4
11	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	10	2/23/2025	DET	@	ATL	19	29	5	0	1	11	16	68.8	6	8	75.0	1	1	100.0	88.2	0	5	1	1	+13
12	Isaiah Collier I. Collier	10	2/7/2025	UTA	@	PHX	15	4	3	1	0	2	3	66.7	0	1	0.0	0	0		66.7	0	3	2	0	+8
13	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	10	2/5/2025	MIL	@	CHA	19	18	1	2	0	6	12	50.0	2	6	33.3	4	5	80.0	63.4	0	1	1	1	+11
14	Trae Young T. Young	10	2/1/2025	ATL	@	IND	18	8	1	2	0	3	9	33.3	0	4	0.0	2	2	100.0	40.5	0	1	1	0	-1
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	10	1/31/2025	DEN	@	PHI	19	13	7	1	0	5	6	83.3	0	0		3	4	75.0	83.8	1	6	2	1	+2
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	10	1/6/2025	MIL	@	TOR	18	7	7	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	59.5	1	6	3	0	+23
17	Malik Monk M. Monk	10	1/5/2025	SAC	@	GSW	18	16	1	2	1	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	0	0		88.9	0	1	1	1	+32
18	Trae Young T. Young	10	1/4/2025	ATL	@	LAC	21	12	2	0	0	4	9	44.4	2	5	40.0	2	3	66.7	58.1	0	2	2	1	-5
19	Trae Young T. Young	10	12/6/2024	ATL	vs	LAL	16	9	2	1	0	1	6	16.7	1	4	25.0	6	6	100.0	52.1	0	2	1	1	-4
20	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	10	11/25/2024	NOP	@	IND	14	6	5	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	1	4	2	2	+5
21	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	10	11/11/2024	BKN	@	NOP	12	4	3	1	0	2	3	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	1	2	0	1	+7
22	Trae Young T. Young	10	11/9/2024	ATL	vs	CHI	18	8	1	0	0	3	6	50.0	2	3	66.7	0	0		66.7	0	1	2	1	+9
23	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	10	11/6/2024	DEN	vs	OKC	19	12	6	2	1	4	8	50.0	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	61.5	1	5	2	1	-6
24	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	10	11/6/2024	SAC	vs	TOR	18	6	5	0	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	104.2	2	3	0	0	+10
25	James Harden J. Harden	10	10/31/2024	LAC	vs	PHX	18	13	8	2	2	4	10	40.0	2	6	33.3	3	3	100.0	57.4	0	8	2	0	+23