James Harden had the most assists in 2016-17, with 907 assists.

Interpreted as:

2016-17 most total assists by a player

	NAME	AST	SEASON	TM	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	James Harden J. Harden	907	2016-17	HOU	81	2,947	2,356	659	121	38	674	1,533	44.0	262	756	34.7	746	881	84.7	61.3	95	564	464	215	+425	36.4	29.1	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	5.7
2	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	840	2016-17	OKC	81	2,802	2,558	864	132	31	824	1,941	42.5	200	583	34.3	710	840	84.5	55.4	137	727	438	190	+251	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	5.4
3	John Wall J. Wall	831	2016-17	WAS	78	2,836	1,805	326	157	49	647	1,435	45.1	89	272	32.7	422	527	80.1	54.1	59	267	322	151	+248	36.4	23.1	4.2	10.7	2.0	0.6	4.1
4	Ricky Rubio R. Rubio	682	2016-17	MIN	75	2,469	836	305	128	10	261	650	40.2	60	196	30.6	254	285	89.1	53.9	68	237	195	202	-9	32.9	11.1	4.1	9.1	1.7	0.1	2.6
5	LeBron James L. James	646	2016-17	CLE	74	2,795	1,954	639	92	44	736	1,344	54.8	124	342	36.3	358	531	67.4	61.9	97	542	303	134	+483	37.8	26.4	8.6	8.7	1.2	0.6	4.1
6	Jeff Teague J. Teague	639	2016-17	IND	82	2,657	1,254	330	100	32	402	909	44.2	90	252	35.7	360	415	86.7	57.4	33	297	216	165	+51	32.4	15.3	4.0	7.8	1.2	0.4	2.6
7	Chris Paul C. Paul	563	2016-17	LAC	61	1,921	1,104	304	119	8	374	785	47.6	124	302	41.1	232	260	89.2	61.4	40	264	147	146	+577	31.5	18.1	5.0	9.2	2.0	0.1	2.4
8	T.J. McConnell	534	2016-17	PHI	81	2,133	556	251	134	10	236	512	46.1	11	55	20.0	73	90	81.1	50.4	39	212	159	139	-316	26.3	6.9	3.1	6.6	1.7	0.1	2.0
9	Draymond Green D. Green	533	2016-17	GSW	76	2,471	776	599	154	106	272	650	41.8	81	263	30.8	151	213	70.9	52.2	98	501	184	217	+820	32.5	10.2	7.9	7.0	2.0	1.4	2.4
10	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	529	2016-17	ORL	82	2,412	1,046	387	88	40	430	912	47.1	40	146	27.4	146	211	69.2	52.0	89	298	178	177	-145	29.4	12.8	4.7	6.5	1.1	0.5	2.2
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	524	2016-17	GSW	79	2,638	1,999	353	142	17	675	1,443	46.8	324	789	41.1	325	362	89.8	62.4	61	292	239	183	+1015	33.4	25.3	4.5	6.6	1.8	0.2	3.0
12	Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	499	2016-17	ATL	79	2,485	1,414	248	74	16	548	1,214	45.1	100	294	34.0	218	255	85.5	53.3	42	206	258	149	-76	31.5	17.9	3.1	6.3	0.9	0.2	3.3
13	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	488	2016-17	NOP	67	2,190	1,029	264	100	44	405	893	45.4	100	281	35.6	119	168	70.8	53.2	46	218	194	133	+37	32.7	15.4	3.9	7.3	1.5	0.7	2.9
14	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	461	2016-17	CHI	69	1,843	538	355	99	11	229	561	40.8	50	133	37.6	30	50	60.0	46.1	73	282	169	144	-59	26.7	7.8	5.1	6.7	1.4	0.2	2.4
15	Nicolas Batum N. Batum	456	2016-17	CHA	77	2,617	1,164	481	86	29	393	975	40.3	135	405	33.3	243	284	85.6	52.9	46	435	194	109	+70	34.0	15.1	6.2	5.9	1.1	0.4	2.5
16	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	448	2016-17	BOS	76	2,569	2,199	205	70	13	682	1,473	46.3	245	646	37.9	590	649	90.9	62.5	43	162	210	167	+276	33.8	28.9	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	2.8
17	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	440	2016-17	POR	75	2,693	2,024	368	68	20	661	1,488	44.4	214	579	37.0	488	545	89.5	58.6	46	322	197	152	+80	35.9	27.0	4.9	5.9	0.9	0.3	2.6
18	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	434	2016-17	MIL	80	2,845	1,832	700	131	151	656	1,259	52.1	49	180	27.2	471	612	77.0	59.9	142	558	234	246	+46	35.6	22.9	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9
19	Kemba Walker K. Walker	434	2016-17	CHA	79	2,739	1,830	308	85	22	643	1,449	44.4	240	602	39.9	304	359	84.7	56.9	45	263	168	119	+190	34.7	23.2	3.9	5.5	1.1	0.3	2.1
20	Mike Conley M. Conley	433	2016-17	MEM	69	2,292	1,415	241	92	19	464	1,009	46.0	171	419	40.8	316	368	85.9	60.4	31	210	156	126	+189	33.2	20.5	3.5	6.3	1.3	0.3	2.3
21	Goran Dragic G. Dragic	423	2016-17	MIA	73	2,459	1,483	279	89	13	534	1,124	47.5	117	289	40.5	298	377	79.0	57.5	62	217	212	199	+66	33.7	20.3	3.8	5.8	1.2	0.2	2.9
22	Eric Bledsoe E. Bledsoe	418	2016-17	PHX	66	2,176	1,390	320	91	31	449	1,034	43.4	104	310	33.5	388	458	84.7	56.3	52	268	224	164	-182	33.0	21.1	4.8	6.3	1.4	0.5	3.4
23	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	418	2016-17	CLE	72	2,525	1,816	230	83	24	671	1,420	47.3	177	441	40.1	297	328	90.5	58.0	52	178	180	157	+333	35.1	25.2	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5
24	Ish Smith I. Smith	418	2016-17	DET	81	1,955	758	235	61	33	329	749	43.9	28	105	26.7	72	102	70.6	47.7	21	214	112	127	+50	24.1	9.4	2.9	5.2	0.8	0.4	1.4
25	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	417	2016-17	CHI	76	2,809	1,816	470	143	32	570	1,252	45.5	91	248	36.7	585	676	86.5	58.6	129	341	159	112	+204	37.0	23.9	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.4	2.1