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NHL Assists Leaders: Defensemen

2024-25All situationsThrough 85 team games

This board ranks defensemen only by assists.

Assists credit the last one or two players to touch the puck before a goal. Playmaking centres and power-play quarterbacks on the blue line top the list, and secondary assists make the totals noisier than goals suggest. In leagues that split positions, use it to fill your defense slots, and check the per-60 board for defensemen getting more out of fewer minutes.

Leader in 2024-25: Cale Makar (COL), 62 A.

Season2026-27 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24

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NHL Assists Leaders: Defensemen, 2024-25, All situations
#	Player	Team	A	GP	Per game	G	PTS
1	Cale MakarDCOL	COL	62	80	0.78	30	92	25:43	96th	77th	100%▲1
2	Lane HutsonDMTL	MTL	60	82	0.73	6	66	22:44	24th	63rd	99%▲3.1
3	Quinn HughesDVAN	VAN	60	68	0.88	16	76	25:44	54th	53rd	100%
4	Zach WerenskiDCBJ	CBJ	59	81	0.73	23	82	26:45	34th	89th	100%
5	Evan BouchardDEDM	EDM	53	82	0.65	14	67	23:28	99th	48th	100%
6	Victor HedmanDTBL	TBL	51	79	0.65	15	66	23:05	84th	57th	93%▲11
7	Adam FoxDNYR	NYR	51	74	0.69	10	61	23:15	16th	79th	99%▲6.8
8	Rasmus DahlinDBUF	BUF	51	73	0.70	17	68	24:14	33rd	56th	100%▲1
9	Shea TheodoreDVGK	VGK	50	67	0.75	7	57	22:00	91st	51st	91%▲28
10	Josh MorrisseyDWPG	WPG	48	80	0.60	14	62	24:23	83rd	49th	99%▲3.2
11	Jake SandersonDOTT	OTT	46	80	0.57	11	57	24:27	56th	92nd	99%▲2.9
12	John CarlsonDWSH	WSH	46	79	0.58	5	51	23:34	61st	78th	99%▲2.4
13	Erik KarlssonDPIT	PIT	42	82	0.51	11	53	23:14	36th	82nd	95%
14	Matt GrzelcykDPIT	PIT	39	82	0.48	1	40	20:37	34th	85th	0.1%
15	MacKenzie WeegarDCGY	CGY	39	81	0.48	8	47	24:10	36th	49th	93%▼7.2
16	Moritz SeiderDDET	DET	38	82	0.46	8	46	25:04	20th	94th	100%▲0.6
17	Mikhail SergachevDUTA	UTA	38	77	0.49	15	53	25:07	84th	54th	98%▲5.2
18	Shayne GostisbehereDCAR	CAR	38	70	0.54	7	45	18:31	97th	5th	96%▲16
19	Luke HughesDNJD	NJD	37	71	0.52	7	44	21:09	81st	38th	84%▲40
20	Thomas ChabotDOTT	OTT	36	80	0.45	9	45	23:01	49th	56th	83%▼12
21	Morgan RiellyDTOR	TOR	34	82	0.41	7	41	21:23	65th	51st	76%▼5.1
22	Thomas HarleyDDAL	DAL	34	78	0.44	16	50	23:23	57th	63rd	88%▲8.6
23	Devon ToewsDCOL	COL	34	76	0.45	10	44	24:35	95th	82nd	62%▼1
24	Owen PowerDBUF	BUF	33	79	0.42	7	40	21:19	32nd	53rd	53%▲30
25	Jake WalmanDEDM	EDM	33	65	0.51	7	40	22:46	10th	70th	33%▲30
26	Bowen ByramDBUF	BUF	31	82	0.38	7	38	22:42	37th	61st	96%▲6.5
27	Darren RaddyshDTBL	TBL	31	73	0.42	6	37	17:18	78th	20th	99%▲3.2
28	Cam FowlerDSTL	STL	31	68	0.46	9	40	21:33	46th	44th	14%▲1.8
29	Dougie HamiltonDNJD	NJD	31	64	0.48	9	40	19:51	76th	83rd	84%▲12
30	Aaron EkbladDFLA	FLA	30	56	0.54	3	33	23:31	99th	97th	50%▲34
31	Noah HanifinDVGK	VGK	29	80	0.36	10	39	21:33	88th	38th	53%▼22
32	Jackson LaCombeDANA	ANA	29	75	0.39	14	43	22:18	8th	87th	98%▲9.6
33	Alex PietrangeloDVGK	VGK	29	71	0.41	4	33	22:24	88th	47th	4.0%▲3.7
34	Noah DobsonDNYI	NYI	29	71	0.41	10	39	23:16	50th	31st	98%▼1.2
35	Neal PionkDWPG	WPG	29	69	0.42	10	39	22:04	80th	43rd	32%▲31
36	Roman JosiDNSH	NSH	29	53	0.55	9	38	25:02	46th	63rd	98%▼0.5
37	Justin FaulkDSTL	STL	28	78	0.36	4	32	22:27	69th	77th	55%▼22
38	Brandt ClarkeDLAK	LAK	28	78	0.36	5	33	16:17	89th	9th	96%▲10
39	Mason LohreiDBOS	BOS	28	77	0.36	5	33	19:32	35th	59th	22%▲21
40	Darnell NurseDEDM	EDM	28	76	0.37	5	33	22:22	87th	24th	69%▼13
41	Vince DunnDSEA	SEA	28	62	0.45	11	39	22:05	26th	80th	89%▲12
42	Filip HronekDVAN	VAN	28	61	0.46	5	33	23:54	56th	36th	91%▲14
43	Ryan McDonaghDTBL	TBL	27	82	0.33	4	31	20:22	87th	89th	7.3%▲6.8
44	Jakob ChychrunDWSH	WSH	27	74	0.36	20	47	21:04	62nd	51st	99%
45	Seth JonesDFLA	FLA	27	63	0.43	9	36	24:38	13th	85th	80%▲32
46	Ivan ProvorovDCBJ	CBJ	26	82	0.32	7	33	23:21	21st	68th	36%▼27
47	Rasmus SandinDWSH	WSH	26	82	0.32	4	30	19:11	64th	65th	14%▲11
48	Alex VlasicDCHI	CHI	26	82	0.32	4	30	23:16	3rd	98th	9.0%▲7.7
49	Vladislav GavrikovDLAK	LAK	25	82	0.30	5	30	23:05	94th	54th	41%▼5.9
50	Mike MathesonDMTL	MTL	25	80	0.31	6	31	25:05	27th	92nd	85%▼7.8
51	Marcus PetterssonDVAN	VAN	25	78	0.32	4	29	21:41	43rd	63rd	6.6%▲6.2
52	Oliver Ekman-LarssonDTOR	TOR	25	77	0.32	4	29	21:04	69th	63rd	43%▲32
53	Jared SpurgeonDMIN	MIN	25	66	0.38	7	32	20:27	42nd	35th	10%▲8.2
54	Jordan SpenceDLAK	LAK	24	79	0.30	4	28	16:47	91st	8th	21%▲17
55	Simon EdvinssonDDET	DET	24	78	0.31	7	31	21:07	25th	89th	42%▲33
56	Mattias EkholmDEDM	EDM	24	65	0.37	9	33	22:12	99th	68th	77%▲9.5
57	Brent BurnsDCAR	CAR	23	82	0.28	6	29	20:57	98th	80th	50%▼14
58	Brady SkjeiDNSH	NSH	23	82	0.28	10	33	21:53	47th	72nd	18%▼31
59	Brandon MontourDSEA	SEA	23	81	0.28	18	41	22:59	15th	72nd	83%▲10
60	Travis SanheimDPHI	PHI	22	82	0.27	8	30	24:30	70th	61st	67%▼7.1
61	Michael KesselringDUTA	UTA	22	82	0.27	7	29	17:41	80th	38th	8.9%▲8.3
62	Alexandre CarrierDMTL	MTL	22	79	0.28	3	25	20:35	31st	98th	14%▲12
63	Dmitry OrlovDCAR	CAR	22	76	0.29	6	28	20:00	98th	40th	35%▲21
64	Adam LarssonDSEA	SEA	21	82	0.26	7	28	21:11	32nd	56th	23%▼19
65	Esa LindellDDAL	DAL	21	80	0.26	5	26	22:11	55th	66th	37%▼31
66	Jaccob SlavinDCAR	CAR	21	80	0.26	6	27	21:34	97th	83rd	16%▲4.6
67	Kris LetangDPIT	PIT	21	74	0.28	9	30	23:32	33rd	94th	47%▼16
68	Samuel GirardDCOL	COL	21	73	0.29	3	24	20:51	76th	44th	9.0%▲8.6
69	Matt RoyDWSH	WSH	21	69	0.30	3	24	19:53	64th	57th	9.0%▲8.3
70	Philip BrobergDSTL	STL	21	68	0.31	8	29	20:30	60th	74th	66%▲50
71	Jake McCabeDTOR	TOR	21	66	0.32	2	23	21:31	71st	68th	34%▼15
72	Adam PelechDNYI	NYI	21	60	0.35	0	21	21:07	51st	82nd	3.2%▲3
73	Cody CeciDDAL	DAL	20	85	0.24	4	24	21:13	10th	95th	0.3%
74	Trevor van RiemsdykDWSH	WSH	20	82	0.24	1	21	17:40	59th	43rd	0.8%
75	Rasmus AnderssonDCGY	CGY	20	81	0.25	11	31	23:59	32nd	61st	94%▼3.9
76	Martin FehérváryDWSH	WSH	20	81	0.25	5	25	19:00	61st	74th	27%▼7.7
77	Gustav ForslingDFLA	FLA	20	80	0.25	11	31	22:57	95th	87th	42%▲18
78	K'Andre MillerDNYR	NYR	20	74	0.27	7	27	21:57	19th	72nd	64%▲26
79	Ryker EvansDSEA	SEA	20	73	0.27	5	25	19:29	22nd	52nd	14%▲13
80	Colton ParaykoDSTL	STL	20	64	0.31	16	36	23:45	68th	91st	37%▼42
81	Miro HeiskanenDDAL	DAL	20	50	0.40	5	25	25:10	64th	77th	99%▲4.3
82	Brian DumoulinDNJD	NJD	19	80	0.24	3	22	19:33	10th	67th	0.4%
83	Brock FaberDMIN	MIN	19	78	0.24	10	29	25:32	39th	82nd	94%▼4.2
84	Damon SeversonDCBJ	CBJ	19	70	0.27	6	25	19:03	12th	57th	9.4%▲6.2
85	Brett KulakDEDM	EDM	18	82	0.22	7	25	20:32	86th	26th	0.3%
86	Nikita ZadorovDBOS	BOS	18	81	0.22	4	22	20:37	34th	92nd	39%▲21
87	Mikey AndersonDLAK	LAK	18	77	0.23	6	24	22:41	93rd	72nd	7.3%▲6.9
88	Erik CernakDTBL	TBL	18	76	0.24	3	21	18:16	89th	97th	4.1%▲3.7
89	Emil LillebergDTBL	TBL	18	76	0.24	1	19	15:17	69th	6th	4.8%▲4.7
90	Ryan PulockDNYI	NYI	18	74	0.24	5	23	21:05	59th	40th	10%▼1.4
91	Ryan LindgrenDCOL	COL	18	72	0.25	4	22	19:42	49th	35th	0.1%
92	Tyler MyersDVAN	VAN	18	71	0.25	6	24	20:48	53rd	71st	4.1%▲3.7
93	Nick JensenDOTT	OTT	18	71	0.25	3	21	20:13	55th	49th	0.1%
94	Nick SeelerDPHI	PHI	17	77	0.22	3	20	17:17	68th	45th	8.1%▲7.6
95	Kevin BahlDCGY	CGY	17	73	0.23	3	20	21:23	28th	77th	4.8%▲4.6
96	Connor MurphyDCHI	CHI	17	68	0.25	2	19	20:37	1st	84th	6.0%▲5.1
97	Dante FabbroDCBJ	CBJ	17	68	0.25	9	26	20:54	39th	80th	3.2%▲3.1
98	Ian ColeDUTA	UTA	16	82	0.20	1	17	20:17	82nd	28th	4.9%▲4.3
99	Dylan DeMeloDWPG	WPG	16	82	0.20	3	19	21:32	84th	56th	5.7%▲5.5
100	Johnathan KovacevicDNJD	NJD	16	81	0.20	1	17	19:49	77th	71st	0.1%

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