NHL Active Leaders and Records for Assists
Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).
NHL Leaders
Rank | Player | Career Start | A |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Sidney Crosby | 2005-06 | 993 |
2. | Patrick Kane | 2007-08 | 809 |
3. | Evgeni Malkin | 2006-07 | 792 |
4. | Anže Kopitar | 2006-07 | 788 |
5. | Nicklas Bäckström | 2007-08 | 762 |
6. | Claude Giroux | 2007-08 | 713 |
7. | Alex Ovechkin | 2005-06 | 695 |
8. | Connor McDavid | 2015-16 | 640 |
9. | Brent Burns | 2003-04 | 622 |
  | Blake Wheeler | 2008-09 | 622 |
11. | Erik Karlsson | 2009-10 | 621 |
12. | Eric Staal | 2003-04 | 608 |
13. | Joe Pavelski | 2006-07 | 587 |
14. | Jakub Voráček | 2008-09 | 583 |
15. | John Tavares | 2009-10 | 581 |
16. | Phil Kessel | 2006-07 | 579 |
17. | Steven Stamkos | 2008-09 | 577 |
18. | Ryan Suter | 2005-06 | 576 |
19. | Kris Letang | 2006-07 | 568 |
20. | Victor Hedman | 2009-10 | 566 |
21. | Nathan MacKinnon | 2013-14 | 553 |
22. | Nikita Kucherov | 2013-14 | 535 |
23. | Brad Marchand | 2009-10 | 526 |
24. | Jamie Benn | 2009-10 | 520 |
25. | John Carlson | 2009-10 | 519 |
26. | Jonathan Toews | 2007-08 | 511 |
27. | Drew Doughty | 2008-09 | 508 |
28. | Artemi Panarin | 2015-16 | 504 |
29. | Roman Josi | 2011-12 | 497 |
30. | Johnny Gaudreau | 2013-14 | 495 |
31. | Leon Draisaitl | 2014-15 | 493 |
32. | Jonathan Huberdeau | 2012-13 | 489 |
33. | Ryan O'Reilly | 2009-10 | 482 |
34. | Corey Perry | 2005-06 | 474 |
35. | Matt Duchene | 2009-10 | 466 |
36. | Alex Pietrangelo | 2008-09 | 459 |
37. | Zach Parise | 2005-06 | 454 |
38. | David Perron | 2007-08 | 450 |
39. | Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 2011-12 | 443 |
40. | Aleksander Barkov | 2013-14 | 437 |
  | Tyler Seguin | 2010-11 | 437 |
  | Mitch Marner | 2016-17 | 437 |
43. | Mats Zuccarello | 2010-11 | 432 |
44. | Taylor Hall | 2010-11 | 431 |
45. | Mark Giordano | 2005-06 | 419 |
46. | Mark Scheifele | 2011-12 | 415 |
47. | Jeff Carter | 2005-06 | 408 |
48. | Evgeny Kuznetsov | 2013-14 | 400 |
49. | Jordan Eberle | 2010-11 | 399 |
50. | Josh Bailey | 2008-09 | 396 |
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