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NHL Assists per 60 Leaders

2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games

Evgeni Malkin (PIT) leads NHL skaters with a A/60 of 2.74 in 2019-20, ahead of Connor McDavid (EDM) (2.70).

Evgeni Malkin, last 10 games

Leaders: Assists per 60, 2019-20

  1. Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins1stEvgeni MalkinPIT · 1,074 TOI (min)2.74Share
  2. Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers2ndConnor McDavidEDM · 1,399 TOI (min)2.70Share
  3. Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers3rdArtemi PanarinNYR · 1,422 TOI (min)2.66Share
  4. Brad Marchand, Boston Bruins4thBrad MarchandBOS · 1,362 TOI (min)2.60Share
  5. Jonathan Huberdeau, Florida Panthers5thJonathan HuberdeauFLA · 1,295 TOI (min)2.55Share

The full ranked table, with filters, follows.

What Assists per 60 measures

This board ranks skaters by assists per 60 minutes of ice time in all situations, so a fourth-liner who plays 9 minutes is compared fairly with a top-pair defenseman who plays 25. Players under the minimum-minutes cutoff are hidden. Assists per 60 minutes of ice time, all situations.

Rates settle faster than totals but need minutes: early in the season, low-minute players swing the most. A row needs at least 426 minutes to qualify, a bar that rises as the season goes on, so early leaders with a handful of games do not crowd the top.

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. Rates surface low-minute players who already produce; they are the ones to grab when an injury opens up ice time. In 2019-20, 597 skaters qualify for this board; the median is 0.90 and Evgeni Malkin leads at 2.74.

Assists per 60 leaderboard

WhoAll skatersForwardsDefensemenRookies
RateTotalPer gamePer 60
WindowSeasonLast 7 daysLast 14 daysLast 30 daysLast 10 games
StrengthAll situations5-on-5Power playShorthanded
Season2026-272025-262024-252023-24
2019-20
2022-232021-222020-212019-202018-192017-18
597 qualified
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NHL Assists per 60 Leaders, 2019-20, All situations
#PlayerA/60A
1Evgeni MalkinFPIT2.741,0744984%▼1
2Connor McDavidFEDM2.701,39963100%
3Artemi PanarinFNYR2.661,4226396%▼1.6
4Brad MarchandFBOS2.601,3625965%▼2.8
5Jonathan HuberdeauFFLA2.551,2955515%▼0.8
6Leon DraisaitlFEDM2.501,60567100%
7Nikita KucherovFTBL2.431,28352100%
8Mitch MarnerFTOR2.411,2725199%
9Nathan MacKinnonFCOL2.381,46458100%
10Jakub VoracekFPHI2.241,17644—
11Sidney CrosbyFPIT2.248313199%
12Teuvo TeravainenFCAR2.211,3054812%▲0.9
13Nicklas BackstromFWSH2.171,16042—
14David PastrnakFBOS2.121,32747100%
15John CarlsonDWSH2.121,7006098%
16Steven StamkosFTBL2.111,0503795%▲0.7
17Tomas TatarFMTL2.111,10839—
18Patrick KaneFCHI2.051,4945169%▼1.3
19Ryan O'ReillyFSTL2.011,4614983%▲2.3
20Travis KonecnyFPHI2.001,1093785%▼3
21Robert ThomasFSTL2.009613284%▼1.2
22Mark StoneFVGK2.001,2624296%▲1.2
23Andrei SvechnikovFCAR1.951,1383798%
24J.T. MillerFVAN1.951,3874589%▼0.6
25Torey KrugDBOS1.921,250400.0%

Minimum sample: 426 minutes (it scales with games played). 286 below the minimum are hidden.

Frequently asked questions

Who leads the NHL in Assists per 60 in 2019-20?

Evgeni Malkin leads with 2.74. The median of the 597 qualified skaters is 0.90.

Which defenseman leads in Assists per 60 in 2019-20?

John Carlson leads NHL defensemen with 2.12; the top forward is Evgeni Malkin at 2.74.

How is Assists per 60 calculated?

Assists per 60 minutes of ice time, all situations. Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.

How reliable is Assists per 60?

Rates settle faster than totals but need minutes: early in the season, low-minute players swing the most.

Why are some players missing from the board?

Rows below the minimum sample (426 minutes) are hidden; 286 are below it right now. The minimum grows with the number of games teams have played.