Assist Master 0 assist game count: Harden 32 times, Nash 33 times, Paul 1 time, James twice

In an NBA regular season that ended today, the Clippers lost to the Warriors 79-98 on the road. Harden played 31 minutes and 56 seconds, making 6 of 15 shots, 1 of 5 three-pointers, 7 of 7 free throws, and scored 20 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, and 2 steals. In this game, Harden rarely provided only 1 assist, and this assist did not appear until 6 minutes and 40 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

Harden's organizational ability is undoubtedly excellent, which has been verified for many years. However, including him, many assist masters have also had 0 assists in a single game. Today, Lao Zhen will take a look at some of the assist masters in the NBA this century and how many games they have had zero assists.

Harden (32 times)

Big Beard is the two-time NBA assist king. He has 0 assists in a single game 32 times in his career, but these 32 times are all concentrated in the Thunder period.

Rondo (17 times)

Rondo is the three-time NBA assists leader. He has 0 assists in a single game 17 times in his career. Most of them appeared in his rookie season, 11 times in the 2006-07 season.

Kidd (5 times)

Kidd is the 5-time NBA assist king. He has 0 assists in a single game 5 times in his playing career. One of these 5 times was in the 2004-05 season, and the other 4 times were all in the 2012-13 season.

Nash (33 times)

Nash is the five-time NBA assist king. He has 0 assists in a single game 33 times in his career, most of which appeared before the 1997-1998 season, with 26 times.

Jokic (18 times)

Jokic has yet to win the assists title in his career, but he is undoubtedly a master of organization. So far in his career, he has had a total of 18 times with 0 assists in a single game, 15 of which appeared in his rookie season.

Westbrook (5 times)

Westbrook is the three-time NBA assists leader and the triple-double leader in NBA history. So far in his career, Westbrook has had 0 assists in a single game 5 times, including twice in the 2023-2024 season.

Paul (1 time)

Paul is an outstanding representative of traditional point guards and is the 5-time assist king. So far in his career, he has only had 0 assists in a single game once. That was in the Warriors' game against the Kings in November 2023. Paul played 5 minutes and scored 3 points and 0 assists.

James (twice)

When it comes to point forwards, James has to mention that he has 11,584 assists so far in his career, ranking fourth on the NBA's historical assist list. Lao Zhan is still the assist king in the 2019-20 season. So far in his career, James has only had 0 assists in a single game twice, once in 2009 and once in 2012.

Doncic (3 times)

In his NBA career of more than 7 seasons, Doncic has provided a total of 3,717 assists. A total of 452 games were played, and there were only 3 games with 0 assists. Two of them played 3 minutes and one played 2 minutes.