Between the 2019-20 and 2028-29 seasons, Russell Westbrook had the most assists in a game, with 24 assists versus the Pacers on May 3, 2021.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in a regular-season game 2020s

	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	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	24	5/3/2021	WAS	vs	IND	39	14	21	1	1	5	8	62.5	0	0		4	4	100.0	71.7	4	17	6	3	+21
2	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	23	12/30/2023	IND	vs	NYK	36	22	5	2	1	8	17	47.1	2	10	20.0	4	4	100.0	58.6	1	4	2	0	+19
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	22	3/7/2025	DEN	vs	PHX	45	31	21	3	0	13	22	59.1	3	7	42.9	2	3	66.7	66.5	4	17	4	3	+8
4	Trae Young T. Young	22	11/27/2024	ATL	@	CLE	37	20	4	0	0	6	18	33.3	3	13	23.1	5	5	100.0	49.5	0	4	5	3	+5
5	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	21	11/25/2024	NOP	@	IND	31	14	7	2	0	7	11	63.6	0	0		0	0		63.6	1	6	5	5	+10
6	James Harden J. Harden	21	12/23/2022	PHI	vs	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
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	21	5/10/2021	WAS	@	ATL	40	28	13	0	0	10	22	45.5	3	7	42.9	5	5	100.0	57.9	0	13	3	4	-1
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	21	3/29/2021	WAS	vs	IND	39	35	14	2	1	14	26	53.8	4	6	66.7	3	5	60.0	62.1	1	13	4	3	+7
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	20	4/3/2025	MIL	@	PHI	39	35	17	2	0	12	19	63.2	1	1	100.0	10	11	90.9	73.4	2	15	2	0	+23
10	Trae Young T. Young	20	1/7/2025	ATL	@	UTA	37	24	2	0	1	6	16	37.5	3	10	30.0	9	10	90.0	58.8	0	2	2	1	+4
11	Trae Young T. Young	20	12/6/2024	ATL	vs	LAL	42	31	4	2	0	9	25	36.0	5	13	38.5	8	8	100.0	54.3	0	4	3	1	-6
12	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	20	12/28/2023	IND	@	CHI	37	21	3	2	1	7	17	41.2	6	13	46.2	1	2	50.0	58.7	0	3	0	2	+32
13	Trae Young T. Young	20	4/7/2023	ATL	vs	PHI	43	27	3	4	0	7	14	50.0	1	6	16.7	12	14	85.7	67.0	0	3	9	0	+10
14	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	20	4/2/2023	TOR	@	CHA	38	20	5	3	0	7	17	41.2	1	8	12.5	5	5	100.0	52.1	1	4	2	4	+18
15	James Harden J. Harden	20	3/6/2023	PHI	@	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
16	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	20	5/1/2021	DAL	vs	WAS	39	31	12	0	0	12	23	52.2	1	6	16.7	6	11	54.5	55.7	2	10	1	4	+6
17	Trae Young T. Young	19	3/30/2025	ATL	@	MIL	37	19	3	2	0	4	16	25.0	2	9	22.2	9	11	81.8	45.6	0	3	2	3	+13
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	19	2/24/2025	DEN	@	IND	39	18	9	3	1	9	14	64.3	0	1	0.0	0	0		64.3	0	9	4	1	+17
19	Trae Young T. Young	19	2/12/2025	ATL	@	NYK	44	38	1	0	0	11	29	37.9	4	11	36.4	12	14	85.7	54.0	0	1	8	2	0
20	Trae Young T. Young	19	11/18/2024	ATL	@	SAC	36	7	3	2	0	1	7	14.3	0	2	0.0	5	5	100.0	38.0	0	3	5	1	+15
21	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	19	3/9/2023	IND	vs	HOU	38	29	2	0	0	9	20	45.0	2	9	22.2	9	10	90.0	59.4	0	2	1	1	+14
22	Chris Paul C. Paul	19	2/14/2023	PHX	vs	SAC	37	17	5	2	0	7	15	46.7	1	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	53.5	0	5	4	0	+14
23	Darius Garland D. Garland	19	3/4/2022	CLE	@	PHI	43	26	4	2	1	10	22	45.5	4	8	50.0	2	2	100.0	56.8	1	3	5	2	+3
24	Chris Paul C. Paul	19	2/10/2022	PHX	vs	MIL	37	17	7	2	0	5	11	45.5	0	3	0.0	7	7	100.0	60.4	0	7	2	1	+20
25	Chris Paul C. Paul	19	1/30/2022	PHX	vs	SAS	40	20	8	1	1	9	16	56.3	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	59.2	0	8	2	2	+14