most assists in a game by a shooting guard since 2002

Since 2001-02, James Harden has the most assists by a shooting guard in a game, with 21 assists against the Clippers on December 23, 2022.

Interpreted as:

most assists in a regular-season game by a shooting guard since 2002

	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	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
2	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
3	James Harden J. Harden	17	2/8/2025	LAC	vs	UTA	38	23	2	2	0	7	18	38.9	2	8	25.0	7	8	87.5	53.4	0	2	5	1	+30
4	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	17	3/7/2023	OKC	vs	GSW	38	17	11	0	0	6	11	54.5	1	4	25.0	4	4	100.0	66.6	2	9	3	2	+15
5	James Harden J. Harden	17	10/31/2022	PHI	@	WAS	38	23	7	2	0	8	17	47.1	2	6	33.3	5	6	83.3	58.6	0	7	4	2	+8
6	Bradley Beal B. Beal	17	1/1/2022	WAS	vs	CHI	43	27	2	4	0	8	20	40.0	0	4	0.0	11	13	84.6	52.5	0	2	2	2	+3
7	James Harden J. Harden	17	3/23/2021	BKN	@	POR	40	25	7	2	0	7	24	29.2	0	7	0.0	11	13	84.6	42.1	0	7	4	2	-5
8	James Harden J. Harden	17	12/26/2020	HOU	@	POR	43	44	4	1	0	12	21	57.1	6	13	46.2	14	16	87.5	78.5	1	3	5	1	-6
9	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	17	3/6/2018	NOP	@	LAC	36	19	4	1	2	7	22	31.8	2	3	66.7	3	3	100.0	40.7	1	3	2	4	+17
10	James Harden J. Harden	17	12/11/2017	HOU	vs	NOP	35	26	1	6	0	8	16	50.0	4	10	40.0	6	9	66.7	65.1	0	1	3	3	-2
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	17	1/15/2015	LAL	vs	CLE	32	19	6	0	0	7	14	50.0	3	6	50.0	2	3	66.7	62.0	1	5	3	0	+3
12	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	17	4/12/2013	MIL	@	ATL	44	27	8	5	0	9	23	39.1	5	9	55.6	4	5	80.0	53.6	0	8	4	4	-1
13	Antonio Daniels A. Daniels	17	4/4/2007	WAS	vs	CHA	45	18	4	0	0	4	10	40.0	0	1	0.0	10	14	71.4	55.7	0	4	1	0	0
14	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	17	3/13/2006	ATL	@	MIL	46	9	9	2	0	3	13	23.1	0	3	0.0	3	4	75.0	30.5	0	9	4	2	-1
15	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	17	1/11/2006	CHI	@	MIN	46	17	8	1	0	5	14	35.7	2	8	25.0	5	5	100.0	52.5	1	7	2	4	-3
16	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	16	12/28/2024	LAL	vs	SAC	43	26	6	0	0	9	16	56.3	3	4	75.0	5	8	62.5	66.6	1	5	5	3	+15
17	James Harden J. Harden	16	11/18/2024	LAC	vs	GSW	41	12	6	2	2	4	15	26.7	2	6	33.3	2	2	100.0	37.8	0	6	3	2	-4
18	James Harden J. Harden	16	10/26/2024	LAC	@	DEN	38	23	6	1	1	5	11	45.5	1	5	20.0	12	13	92.3	68.8	0	6	7	5	+3
19	Desmond Bane D. Bane	16	3/27/2024	MEM	vs	LAL	40	26	4	1	0	8	17	47.1	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	66.2	0	4	4	5	-7
20	Shake Milton S. Milton	16	4/7/2023	PHI	@	ATL	43	15	4	0	0	7	22	31.8	0	3	0.0	1	1	100.0	33.4	1	3	4	4	+12
21	James Harden J. Harden	16	12/11/2022	PHI	vs	CHA	38	19	9	0	1	6	12	50.0	3	8	37.5	4	5	80.0	66.9	1	8	4	3	+18
22	James Harden J. Harden	16	2/27/2022	PHI	@	NYK	39	29	10	5	0	8	14	57.1	3	7	42.9	10	10	100.0	78.8	0	10	3	4	+19
23	James Harden J. Harden	16	1/12/2022	BKN	@	CHI	33	25	7	1	1	6	13	46.2	5	8	62.5	8	8	100.0	75.7	1	6	2	0	+24
24	James Harden J. Harden	16	2/13/2021	BKN	@	GSW	35	19	8	3	1	6	11	54.5	5	8	62.5	2	2	100.0	80.0	0	8	5	2	+28
25	Nicolas Batum N. Batum	16	3/15/2018	CHA	@	ATL	40	10	10	0	0	4	9	44.4	2	4	50.0	0	1	0.0	53.0	1	9	5	1	+25