NHL Active Leaders and Records for Assists

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Active players are listed in bold.
Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*).

NHL Leaders

NHL Leaders Table
Rank Player Career Start A
1. Joe Thornton 1997-981064
2. Sidney Crosby 2005-06769
3. Ryan Getzlaf 2005-06662
4. Nicklas Backstrom 2007-08642
5. Patrick Marleau 1997-98615
6. Evgeni Malkin 2006-07611
7. Jason Spezza 2002-03583
8. Patrick Kane 2007-08581
9. Anze Kopitar 2006-07575
10. Eric Staal 2003-04557
11. Alex Ovechkin 2005-06553
12. Claude Giroux 2007-08524
13. Patrice Bergeron 2003-04492
14. Mikko Koivu 2005-06487
15. Duncan Keith 2005-06485
16. Justin Williams 2000-01474
17. Phil Kessel 2006-07466
18. Matt Cullen 1997-98465
19. Ryan Suter 2005-06458
20. Paul Stastny 2006-07455
21. Blake Wheeler 2008-09453
22. Brent Burns 2003-04450
23. David Krejci 2006-07448
24. Jakub Voracek 2008-09443
25. Zdeno Chara 1997-98442
26. Erik Karlsson 2009-10434
27. Keith Yandle 2006-07433
  Jason Pominville 2003-04433
29. Jonathan Toews 2007-08428
30. Ilya Kovalchuk 2001-02417
31. Thomas Vanek 2005-06416
32. Joe Pavelski 2006-07406
33. Corey Perry 2005-06404
34. John Tavares 2009-10390
35. Zach Parise 2005-06385
36. Kris Letang 2006-07381
37. Tomas Plekanec 2003-04375
38. Steven Stamkos 2008-09373
39. Alex Steen 2005-06367
  Jamie Benn 2009-10367
41. Brent Seabrook 2005-06360
42. Dion Phaneuf 2005-06357
  Drew Doughty 2008-09357
44. Chris Kunitz 2003-04351
45. Niklas Kronwall 2003-04349
46. Dustin Byfuglien 2005-06348
47. Mike Green 2005-06343
48. Jeff Carter 2005-06340
49. Loui Eriksson 2006-07336
50. Dustin Brown 2003-04334
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