most assists in a 50 point game since 1995

Since 1994-95, James Harden has the most assists in a game with 50+ points, with 17 assists versus the Knicks on December 31, 2016.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in a 50 or more point regular-season game since 1995

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	13	50	1/26/2020	POR	vs	IND	38	6	1	0	14	23	60.9	8	12	66.7	14	16	87.5	83.2	0	6	1	0	+19
5	James Harden J. Harden	13	54	11/26/2018	HOU	@	WAS	47	8	3	0	17	32	53.1	7	15	46.7	13	15	86.7	69.9	1	7	11	4	+7
6	James Harden J. Harden	13	56	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
7	James Harden J. Harden	13	51	1/27/2017	HOU	@	PHI	39	13	2	1	16	28	57.1	6	11	54.5	13	14	92.9	74.6	1	12	5	4	+13
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12	50	2/6/2021	DEN	@	SAC	41	8	1	3	20	33	60.6	3	6	50.0	7	7	100.0	69.3	1	7	1	2	+2
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	12	51	2/1/2020	POR	vs	UTA	36	2	1	0	17	29	58.6	9	15	60.0	8	8	100.0	78.4	0	2	2	2	+17
10	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	12	50	2/13/2001	NJN	vs	LAL	47	3	0	0	17	29	58.6	4	8	50.0	12	16	75.0	69.4	2	1	5	4	-5
11	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	11	71	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
12	Kevin Porter Jr. K. Porter Jr.	11	50	4/29/2021	HOU	vs	MIL	41	5	0	1	16	26	61.5	9	15	60.0	9	11	81.8	81.1	0	5	5	5	+19
13	James Harden J. Harden	11	50	12/13/2018	HOU	vs	LAL	35	10	2	0	14	26	53.8	4	12	33.3	18	19	94.7	72.8	2	8	6	4	+14
14	James Harden J. Harden	11	60	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
15	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	11	57	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
16	LeBron James L. James	11	52	2/4/2009	CLE	@	NYK	44	9	0	2	17	33	51.5	2	7	28.6	16	19	84.2	62.9	0	9	3	1	+7
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	10	61	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
18	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	10	50	11/23/2024	CHA	@	MIL	40	5	1	0	17	38	44.7	6	17	35.3	10	13	76.9	57.2	0	5	4	3	+7
19	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	10	60	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
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	10	50	12/23/2022	DAL	@	HOU	42	8	3	0	17	30	56.7	6	12	50.0	10	12	83.3	70.9	0	8	7	3	0
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	10	50	11/8/2021	GSW	vs	ATL	35	7	4	1	14	28	50.0	9	19	47.4	13	13	100.0	74.1	2	5	2	0	+31
22	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	10	50	3/16/2021	POR	vs	NOP	41	6	0	0	13	20	65.0	6	13	46.2	18	18	100.0	89.5	1	5	4	3	+9
23	James Harden J. Harden	10	50	3/30/2019	HOU	vs	SAC	38	11	0	0	13	31	41.9	7	23	30.4	17	18	94.4	64.2	1	10	3	1	+17
24	James Harden J. Harden	10	58	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
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	10	50	4/9/2017	OKC	@	DEN	37	16	1	0	17	32	53.1	5	12	41.7	11	11	100.0	67.9	2	14	2	1	+10