Russell Westbrook had the most assists in a game in 2016-17, with 22 assists versus the Suns on December 17, 2016.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in a single regular-season game 2017

	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	22	12/17/2016	OKC	vs	PHX	34	26	11	2	1	9	17	52.9	1	2	50.0	7	7	100.0	64.7	0	11	5	3	+16
2	John Wall J. Wall	20	3/17/2017	WAS	vs	CHI	34	14	0	1	1	4	13	30.8	1	3	33.3	5	6	83.3	44.8	0	0	2	2	+12
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	20	12/10/2016	LAC	vs	NOP	30	20	5	3	0	8	16	50.0	3	6	50.0	1	2	50.0	59.2	0	5	0	3	+21
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	19	3/14/2017	OKC	@	BKN	35	25	12	2	1	6	18	33.3	2	7	28.6	11	13	84.6	52.7	1	11	5	3	+7
5	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	19	3/13/2017	MIN	vs	WAS	39	22	5	3	0	8	15	53.3	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	65.6	1	4	6	3	+20
6	John Wall J. Wall	19	2/28/2017	WAS	vs	GSW	40	12	6	3	0	6	20	30.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		30.0	2	4	5	0	+1
7	John Wall J. Wall	19	1/29/2017	WAS	@	NOP	37	18	1	2	1	8	19	42.1	0	3	0.0	2	4	50.0	43.4	0	1	3	2	+7
8	Chris Paul C. Paul	18	1/8/2017	LAC	vs	MIA	29	19	6	2	0	7	11	63.6	1	3	33.3	4	5	80.0	72.0	1	5	1	4	+23
9	John Wall J. Wall	18	1/6/2017	WAS	vs	MIN	40	18	1	2	0	8	16	50.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	53.3	0	1	3	2	+16
10	James Harden J. Harden	17	3/24/2017	HOU	vs	NOP	38	38	7	2	1	12	24	50.0	5	12	41.7	9	11	81.8	65.9	1	6	3	2	+12
11	Chris Paul C. Paul	17	2/26/2017	LAC	vs	CHA	41	15	9	1	0	4	18	22.2	2	6	33.3	5	6	83.3	36.3	0	9	0	3	+18
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	17	2/24/2017	OKC	vs	LAL	35	17	18	3	0	4	18	22.2	1	5	20.0	8	9	88.9	38.7	2	16	6	1	+19
13	LeBron James L. James	17	2/6/2017	CLE	@	WAS	42	32	7	2	2	12	18	66.7	6	8	75.0	2	5	40.0	79.2	0	7	6	6	0
14	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	17	1/11/2017	MIN	vs	HOU	35	10	3	1	0	1	5	20.0	0	2	0.0	8	8	100.0	58.7	0	3	1	2	+12
15	T.J. McConnell	17	1/6/2017	PHI	@	BOS	37	9	4	1	0	4	6	66.7	0	0		1	2	50.0	65.4	0	4	2	2	+10
16	James Harden J. Harden	17	12/31/2016	HOU	vs	NYK	42	53	16	0	0	14	26	53.8	9	16	56.3	16	18	88.9	78.1	3	13	8	2	+13
17	Jeff Teague J. Teague	17	12/30/2016	IND	vs	CHI	35	7	5	2	0	2	13	15.4	0	2	0.0	3	4	75.0	23.7	0	5	3	1	+19
18	James Harden J. Harden	17	12/23/2016	HOU	@	MEM	36	16	7	1	0	6	13	46.2	2	6	33.3	2	3	66.7	55.9	1	6	9	5	+10
19	James Harden J. Harden	17	12/10/2016	HOU	vs	DAL	40	18	9	2	0	4	12	33.3	2	8	25.0	8	10	80.0	54.9	0	9	4	1	+21
20	Goran Dragic G. Dragic	17	11/28/2016	MIA	vs	BOS	38	27	2	2	0	8	15	53.3	0	2	0.0	11	12	91.7	66.6	0	2	1	5	-3
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	17	11/25/2016	OKC	@	DEN	41	36	11	1	1	9	25	36.0	3	4	75.0	15	17	88.2	55.4	1	10	7	3	+10
22	James Harden J. Harden	17	10/26/2016	HOU	@	LAL	37	34	7	1	0	9	19	47.4	1	7	14.3	15	16	93.8	65.3	3	4	7	5	+10
23	Kris Dunn K. Dunn	16	4/12/2017	MIN	@	HOU	32	10	2	1	2	5	13	38.5	0	2	0.0	0	0		38.5	0	2	3	4	+3
24	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	16	4/3/2017	MIN	vs	POR	39	11	7	0	1	2	7	28.6	0	0		7	9	77.8	50.2	0	7	5	4	+7
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	16	3/16/2017	OKC	@	TOR	28	24	10	1	0	8	17	47.1	4	8	50.0	4	4	100.0	64.0	0	10	2	2	+26