most assists in game with 50 points ever

James Harden has the most assists in a game with 50+ points, with 17 assists against the Knicks on December 31, 2016.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in regular-season game with 50 or more points ever

	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	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	14	52	1/9/1973	KCO	vs	NYK	53	3			18	28	64.3				16	17	94.1	73.3				1
5	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	14	51	11/18/1972	KCO	vs	HOU	48	1			17	34	50.0				17	18	94.4	60.8				4
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	14	53	3/18/1968	PHI	vs	LAL	48	32			24	29	82.8				5	10	50.0	79.3				0
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	13	50	2/25/1962	NYK	@	PHI		11			17	28	60.7				16	19	84.2	68.8				3
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	12	56	12/18/1964	CIN	vs	LAL		9			17	33	51.5				22	23	95.7	64.9				2
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	11	50	1/19/1975	MIL	vs	POR	45	15	1	3	18	30	60.0				14	16	87.5	67.5	3	12		3
23	Rick Barry R. Barry	11	51	2/23/1974	GSW	vs	PHI	46	6	4		22	40	55.0				7	8	87.5	58.6	2	4		3
24	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	11	52	1/27/1973	KCO	@	ATL	48	8			21	31	67.7				10	13	76.9	70.8				2
25	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	11	50	2/13/1963	LAL	@	BOS	48	15			16	27	59.3				18	22	81.8	68.2				5