NHL Active Playoff 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. Sidney Crosby 2005-06119
2. Evgeni Malkin 2006-07103
3. Joe Thornton 1997-9896
4. Ryan Getzlaf 2005-0683
5. Patrick Kane 2007-0873
6. Jonathan Toews 2007-0870
7. Nicklas Backstrom 2007-0867
8. Chris Kunitz 2003-0466
9. Duncan Keith 2005-0663
10. Kris Letang 2006-0758
  Justin Williams 2000-0158
12. Valtteri Filppula 2005-0657
13. Alex Ovechkin 2005-0656
14. Patrice Bergeron 2003-0455
  David Krejci 2006-0755
16. Patrick Marleau 1997-9853
  Corey Perry 2005-0653
18. Logan Couture 2009-1047
  Joe Pavelski 2006-0747
20. Zdeno Chara 1997-9846
21. Anze Kopitar 2006-0745
22. Phil Kessel 2006-0743
  Jason Spezza 2002-0343
24. P.K. Subban 2009-1042
  Milan Lucic 2007-0842
  Niklas Kronwall 2003-0442
27. Claude Giroux 2007-0841
  Ryan Kesler 2003-0441
  Victor Hedman 2009-1041
30. Zach Parise 2005-0639
  Brad Marchand 2009-1039
  Brent Seabrook 2005-0639
  Matt Cullen 1997-9839
34. John Carlson 2009-1037
35. Ryan McDonagh 2010-1136
  Derick Brassard 2007-0836
37. Drew Doughty 2008-0935
  Jeff Carter 2005-0635
  Tomas Plekanec 2003-0435
40. Matt Niskanen 2007-0833
41. Brent Burns 2003-0431
  Erik Karlsson 2009-1031
43. Nikita Kucherov 2013-1430
  Jason Pominville 2003-0430
  Derek Stepan 2010-1130
  Paul Stastny 2006-0730
47. Steven Stamkos 2008-0929
  Kevin Shattenkirk 2010-1129
  T.J. Oshie 2008-0929
50. Braydon Coburn 2005-0628
  Evgeny Kuznetsov 2013-1428
  Dustin Brown 2003-0428
  Lars Eller 2009-1028
  Marc-Edouard Vlasic 2006-0728
  Dan Girardi 2006-0728
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