most points in an nba game by a player while also recording 17 or more assists

James Harden has scored the most points in a game with 17+ assists, with 53 points versus the Knicks on December 31, 2016.

Interpreted as:

most points in an NBA regular-season game by a player while also recording 17 or more assists

	NAME	PTS	AST	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	53	17	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	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	47	17	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	52	5	4	1	18	34	52.9	1	2	50.0	10	19	52.6	55.5	2	3	2	5
3	James Harden J. Harden	44	17	12/26/2020	HOU	@	POR	43	4	1	0	12	21	57.1	6	13	46.2	14	16	87.5	78.5	1	3	5	1	-6
4	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	44	22	3/5/1966	CIN	vs	NYK	53	8			16	22	72.7				12	12	100.0	80.6				4
5	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	43	20	2/19/1961	CIN	vs	LAL		9			15						13	15	86.7					5
6	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	42	17	4/3/1994	PHX	vs	DEN	45	1	3	0	14	25	56.0	0	1	0.0	14	16	87.5	65.5	1	0	2	4
7	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	42	17	1/17/1975	NOJ	vs	SEA	43	10	4		16	34	47.1				10	12	83.3	53.5				4
8	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	42	18	2/13/1962	CIN	vs	PHI	46	15			17	29	58.6				8	10	80.0	62.9				4
9	Chris Paul C. Paul	41	17	4/1/2015	LAC	@	POR	39	5	4	0	13	21	61.9	5	9	55.6	10	10	100.0	80.7	1	4	1	2	+6
10	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	41	18	4/25/1993	GSW	vs	SEA	45	7	2	1	13	26	50.0	5	13	38.5	10	11	90.9	66.5	1	6	3	3
11	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	41	21	12/15/1972	KCO	vs	DET	53	3			15	27	55.6				11	12	91.7	63.5				2
12	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	41	17	11/10/1965	CIN	vs	NYK	48	8			14	21	66.7				13	14	92.9	75.5				4
13	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	40	17	1/2/1988	DET	vs	DEN	43	2	2	0	16	23	69.6	2	4	50.0	6	9	66.7	74.2	1	1	3	3
14	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	40	17	12/25/1961	CIN	vs	LAL	48	12			13	25	52.0				14	16	87.5	62.4				3
15	Trae Young T. Young	39	18	1/30/2020	ATL	vs	PHI	38	6	2	0	9	22	40.9	3	9	33.3	18	20	90.0	63.3	1	5	7	2	+17
16	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	39	17	1/18/1988	LAL	vs	HOU	38	5	2	0	15	20	75.0	0	0		9	10	90.0	79.9	0	5	5	2
17	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	39	18	1/20/1968	STL	vs	SEA	42	7			13	25	52.0				13	13	100.0	63.5				5
18	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	39	18	2/22/1961	CIN		PHI	48	15			12	26	46.2				15	16	93.8	59.0				5
19	Trae Young T. Young	38	19	2/12/2025	ATL	@	NYK	44	1	0	0	11	29	37.9	4	11	36.4	12	14	85.7	54.0	0	1	8	2	0
20	James Harden J. Harden	38	17	3/24/2017	HOU	vs	NOP	38	7	2	1	12	24	50.0	5	12	41.7	9	11	81.8	65.9	1	6	3	2	+12
21	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	38	17	2/3/1984	DET	vs	SDC	38	4	3	0	15	20	75.0	0	0		8	13	61.5	73.9	2	2	2	2
22	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	38	19	1/11/1962	CIN	vs	PHI	46	12			13	24	54.2				12	17	70.6	60.4				2
23	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	37	20	4/2/1991	PHX	vs	UTA	42	3	2	0	13	21	61.9	0	1	0.0	11	13	84.6	69.2	1	2	4	2
24	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	37	20	2/9/1973	KCO	@	HOU	48	6			14	24	58.3				9	10	90.0	65.1				1
25	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman M. Abdul-Rahman	37	17	12/26/1967	SEA		NYK	40	2			13	24	54.2				11	14	78.6	61.3				4

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