James Harden had the most assists in a game in 2022-23, with 21 assists against the Clippers on December 23, 2022.

Interpreted as:

NBA player most ast in a regular-season game 2023

	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	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	17	3/22/2023	DAL	vs	GSW	41	30	7	1	0	11	27	40.7	2	10	20.0	6	10	60.0	47.8	1	6	5	3	+2
8	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
9	Trae Young T. Young	17	2/11/2023	ATL	vs	SAS	33	24	4	1	1	9	19	47.4	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	57.8	1	3	5	0	+24
10	Ja Morant J. Morant	17	12/29/2022	MEM	@	TOR	36	19	4	0	1	9	19	47.4	1	4	25.0	0	0		50.0	0	4	3	1	+21
11	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
12	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
13	Spencer Dinwiddie S. Dinwiddie	16	4/5/2023	BKN	@	DET	33	6	3	1	1	1	10	10.0	0	4	0.0	4	4	100.0	25.5	0	3	2	1	+15
14	Trae Young T. Young	16	4/5/2023	ATL	vs	WAS	39	25	2	0	0	4	10	40.0	1	4	25.0	16	18	88.9	69.8	0	2	4	2	+13
15	Spencer Dinwiddie S. Dinwiddie	16	3/12/2023	BKN	@	DEN	38	15	6	1	1	5	15	33.3	0	7	0.0	5	6	83.3	42.5	0	6	3	5	-2
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	16	3/11/2023	PHX	vs	SAC	39	16	6	1	0	6	13	46.2	2	9	22.2	2	2	100.0	57.6	0	6	3	2	+2
17	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	16	3/6/2023	IND	vs	PHI	37	39	3	1	0	12	19	63.2	5	10	50.0	10	10	100.0	83.3	0	3	2	4	+7
18	Trae Young T. Young	16	2/7/2023	ATL	@	NOP	36	16	3	1	0	4	14	28.6	2	8	25.0	6	6	100.0	48.1	1	2	4	4	-13
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	16	2/7/2023	DEN	vs	MIN	28	20	12	1	1	8	10	80.0	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	82.0	1	11	1	1	+40
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	16	2/2/2023	DEN	vs	GSW	33	22	14	1	1	9	13	69.2	0	0		4	5	80.0	72.4	2	12	3	0	+26
21	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	16	1/13/2023	SAC	vs	HOU	37	19	15	2	2	6	14	42.9	0	3	0.0	7	10	70.0	51.6	5	10	2	3	+26
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	16	1/9/2023	DEN	vs	LAL	35	14	11	1	1	5	5	100.0	1	1	100.0	3	3	100.0	110.8	2	9	4	2	+10
23	Chris Paul C. Paul	16	12/25/2022	PHX	@	DEN	41	17	4	2	1	6	17	35.3	0	3	0.0	5	10	50.0	39.7	0	4	0	4	-1
24	Trae Young T. Young	16	12/14/2022	ATL	@	ORL	39	19	3	0	0	6	15	40.0	1	5	20.0	6	7	85.7	52.5	1	2	5	3	-17
25	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