most assists in a single game while scoring 45 pts all-time

James Harden and Isiah Thomas are tied for the most assists in a game with 45+ points, with 17 assists.

Interpreted as:
most assists in a single regular-season game while scoring by a player 45 or more pts all-time
NAMEASTPTSDATETMOPPMINREBSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1James Harden
J. Harden
17
53
12/31/2016
HOU HOU
vs
NYK NYK
42
16
0
0
14
26
53.8
9
16
56.3
16
18
88.9
78.1
3
13
8
2
+13
2Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
17
47
12/13/1983
DET DET
@
DEN DEN
52
5
4
1
18
34
52.9
1
2
50.0
10
19
52.6
55.5
2
3
2
5
3Trae Young
T. Young
16
49
3/1/2019
ATL ATL
vs
CHI CHI
56
8
1
1
17
33
51.5
6
13
46.2
9
11
81.8
64.7
1
7
9
2
-9
4Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
15
45
1/29/2024
DAL DAL
vs
ORL ORL
43
9
2
0
12
23
52.2
3
8
37.5
18
21
85.7
69.8
0
9
4
4
+3
5Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
15
50
12/25/2023
DAL DAL
@
PHX PHX
44
6
4
3
15
25
60.0
8
16
50.0
12
12
100.0
82.6
1
5
4
2
+16
6Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
15
47
3/9/1969
PHX PHX
vs
SDR SDR
46
8
16
32
50.0
15
18
83.3
58.9
3
7Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
14
45
2/27/2024
DAL DAL
@
CLE CLE
41
9
3
0
17
29
58.6
6
11
54.5
5
5
100.0
72.1
0
9
1
1
+13
8Trae Young
T. Young
14
45
11/30/2023
ATL ATL
@
SAS SAS
40
4
2
0
15
29
51.7
2
9
22.2
13
16
81.3
62.4
0
4
2
1
-1
9Trae Young
T. Young
14
56
1/3/2022
ATL ATL
@
POR POR
37
4
0
0
17
26
65.4
7
12
58.3
15
15
100.0
85.9
1
3
4
1
+10
10Trae Young
T. Young
14
45
1/26/2020
ATL ATL
vs
WAS WAS
39
6
1
0
13
24
54.2
6
11
54.5
13
16
81.3
72.5
1
5
5
2
+22
11Kenny Anderson
K. Anderson
14
45
4/15/1994
NJN NJN
vs
DET DET
48
8
4
0
12
26
46.2
1
4
25.0
20
23
87.0
62.3
4
4
3
3
12Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
14
52
1/9/1973
KCO KCO
vs
NYK NYK
53
3
18
28
64.3
16
17
94.1
73.3
1
13Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
14
51
11/18/1972
KCO KCO
vs
HOU HOU
48
1
17
34
50.0
17
18
94.4
60.8
4
14Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
14
53
3/18/1968
PHI PHI
vs
LAL LAL
48
32
24
29
82.8
5
10
50.0
79.3
0
15Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
14
46
2/15/1967
CIN CIN
vs
NYK NYK
47
5
15
28
53.6
16
17
94.1
64.8
3
16Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
13
45
12/15/2024
DAL DAL
@
GSW GSW
38
11
3
2
16
23
69.6
6
11
54.5
7
9
77.8
83.5
2
9
3
1
+18
17Trae Young
T. Young
13
48
2/9/2020
ATL ATL
vs
NYK NYK
48
1
2
0
13
30
43.3
6
13
46.2
16
16
100.0
64.8
0
1
7
1
+10
18Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
13
50
1/26/2020
POR POR
vs
IND IND
38
6
1
0
14
23
60.9
8
12
66.7
14
16
87.5
83.2
0
6
1
0
+19
19James Harden
J. Harden
13
54
11/26/2018
HOU HOU
@
WAS WAS
47
8
3
0
17
32
53.1
7
15
46.7
13
15
86.7
69.9
1
7
11
4
+7
20James Harden
J. Harden
13
56
11/5/2017
HOU HOU
vs
UTA UTA
35
2
2
0
19
25
76.0
7
8
87.5
11
12
91.7
92.5
0
2
7
3
+25
21James Harden
J. Harden
13
51
1/27/2017
HOU HOU
@
PHI PHI
39
13
2
1
16
28
57.1
6
11
54.5
13
14
92.9
74.6
1
12
5
4
+13
22Gilbert Arenas
G. Arenas
13
45
12/18/2009
WAS WAS
@
GSW GSW
43
3
0
1
15
25
60.0
4
10
40.0
11
16
68.8
70.2
1
2
5
2
+17
23Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
13
46
2/23/2003
ORL ORL
@
NJN NJN
45
10
0
2
16
27
59.3
3
8
37.5
11
13
84.6
70.3
0
10
4
0
+7
24Antoine Walker
A. Walker
13
47
1/17/2001
BOS BOS
@
SAC SAC
45
5
4
1
16
29
55.2
9
14
64.3
6
10
60.0
70.4
0
5
5
3
-5
25Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
13
47
4/13/1989
CHI CHI
@
IND IND
46
11
4
2
17
30
56.7
0
1
0.0
13
14
92.9
65.0
2
9
4
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1982-83 season.

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BOS BOS
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Mon
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DAL DAL
@
HOU HOU
8:00 PM
Wed
11/5
HOU HOU
@
MEM MEM
8:00 PM
Fri
11/7
HOU HOU
@
SAS SAS
7:30 PM
Sun
11/9
HOU HOU
@
MIL MIL
3:30 PM
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HOU HOU
@
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GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
119-109
Tue
10/21
CLE CLE
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NYK NYK
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8:00 PM
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