Russell Westbrook has the most assists in a game on December 17, with 22 assists against the Suns on December 17, 2016.

Interpreted as:

most assists by a player in a game on 12/17

	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	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	20	12/17/1997	SAS	vs	VAN	43	9	4	2	0	4	11	36.4	0	0		1	2	50.0	37.9	0	4	1	1	+13
3	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	18	12/17/2010	HOU	vs	MEM	38	17	2	5	1	5	9	55.6	2	4	50.0	5	6	83.3	73.0	1	1	5	4	+31
4	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	18	12/17/1986	DET	vs	UTA	42	20	7	3	0	6	13	46.2	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	60.5	4	3	6	1
5	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	17	12/17/1987	LAL	@	GSW	39	31	8	5	0	10	16	62.5	0	0		11	16	68.8	67.3	1	7	4	3
6	Ty Lawson T. Lawson	16	12/17/2014	DEN	vs	HOU	47	12	1	1	0	4	12	33.3	0	0		4	4	100.0	43.6	0	1	4	3	-4
7	Vern Fleming V. Fleming	16	12/17/1989	IND	@	POR	41	12	2	3	0	6	13	46.2	0	1	0.0	0	0		46.2	0	2	3	3
8	John Stockton J. Stockton	16	12/17/1988	UTA	@	PHI	43	20	5	1	0	9	13	69.2	0	3	0.0	2	4	50.0	67.8	2	3	4	5
9	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	16	12/17/1983	CHI	vs	DAL	32	8	4	3	1	4	7	57.1	0	0		0	0		57.1	1	3	7	3
10	Rickey Green R. Green	16	12/17/1983	UTA	vs	GSW	32	13	2	2	1	5	12	41.7	0	0		3	4	75.0	47.2	0	2	2	2
11	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	15	12/17/2021	MIA	@	ORL	35	11	5	0	2	3	6	50.0	2	4	50.0	3	3	100.0	75.1	0	5	5	1	+1
12	LeBron James L. James	15	12/17/2017	CLE	@	WAS	41	20	11	0	1	8	23	34.8	2	7	28.6	2	3	66.7	41.1	2	9	6	4	+4
13	Rajon Rondo R. Rondo	15	12/17/2014	BOS	vs	ORL	33	13	7	2	0	6	12	50.0	1	3	33.3	0	0		54.2	1	6	6	1	+14
14	John Stockton J. Stockton	15	12/17/1994	UTA	@	CHI	35	16	3	4	0	6	10	60.0	0	0		4	6	66.7	63.3	0	3	4	4
15	Dean Meminger D. Meminger	15	12/17/1974	ATL	vs	WAS	45	2	6			1	6	16.7				0	0		16.7				5
16	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	14	12/17/2018	PHX	@	NYK	26	6	2	1	0	3	9	33.3	0	3	0.0	0	0		33.3	0	2	2	0	+14
17	Jose Calderon J. Calderon	14	12/17/2010	TOR	vs	NJN	35	15	3	0	0	7	9	77.8	1	2	50.0	0	0		83.3	1	2	4	1	+13
18	Anthony Johnson A. Johnson	14	12/17/2007	ATL	vs	UTA	45	17	1	1	0	7	11	63.6	3	4	75.0	0	0		77.3	0	1	3	4	+9
19	T.J. Ford	14	12/17/2006	TOR	vs	GSW	33	21	3	2	0	5	13	38.5	0	0		11	13	84.6	56.1	1	2	1	4	0
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	14	12/17/2004	LAL	vs	WAS	50	36	10	2	1	9	22	40.9	3	7	42.9	15	22	68.2	56.8	1	9	5	1	-3
21	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	14	12/17/1997	MIN	@	PHI	41	14	6	1	0	3	8	37.5	1	2	50.0	7	10	70.0	56.5	0	6	0	3	+10
22	Robert Pack R. Pack	14	12/17/1995	WAS	@	POR	39	12	6	4	0	6	15	40.0	0	0		0	0		40.0	1	5	5	2
23	Pooh Richardson P. Richardson	14	12/17/1994	LAC	vs	DAL	38	3	2	3	0	0	10	0.0	0	5	0.0	3	6	50.0	11.9	0	2	3	4
24	Michael Adams M. Adams	14	12/17/1991	WAS	@	HOU	41	22	5	4	1	7	14	50.0	1	4	25.0	7	9	77.8	61.2	1	4	4	1
25	John Stockton J. Stockton	14	12/17/1990	UTA	@	NJN	37	17	4	4	0	7	11	63.6	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	71.5	0	4	7	3